The Flat

I will just be blunt and say stay far away from this apartment. For the price you pay you can afford something way better, cleaner, safer and deal with a better management team. Safety is a huge concern here, I've encountered multiple homeless individuals in and on the premise of the property. During the day anyone can tailgate into the property when a resident scans through the door. The daytime guard doesn't watch who comes in and out and just sits there on his phone. The building itself is old, the carpets in the hallways are dirty and stained, the laundry rooms on each floor only have two washers and dryers and are usually dirty. As for my unit the plumbing is terrible, every sink and drain has clogged multiple times and was only ever actually fixed after filing over 5 maintenance complaints. I've also found roaches in my unit and in other parts of the building. There are two homeless encampments right in front of the building that make using 8th Ave sketchy and not worth it. There is also a lot of illegal activity in the general area, if you know anything about Westlake then you know how "active" this area is as the locals will say. There's also human and animal shit always on the sidewalk all the way down Garland Ave. Reaching management about complaints has gone on deaf ears multiple times shaving sent emails to the leasing manager and regional manager and being ignored. I can go on and on about why you shouldn't live here. If you value your time, money, and safety just stay far away from here. I'll be editing this review shortly to see how the process goes of getting my security deposit back.

Since Mary left things have gone down already. It smells like rat, guards are never at their desks, roaches at the pool area, and they tow cars right away if the guard does not see a sticker, no guest parking allowed. Fee is 392$. Just go for better quality which is available in dtla with much much better deals around.