Harbor Village Apartments

I moved out recently and loved living here. I had been through several managers and had the chance to meet Ruben before I left, very nice gentleman. Loved my apartment and enjoyed the location and my short commute. I was a regular in The fitness center and enjoyed the Taco Tuesdays. This is a nice place to live in Costa Mesa, plenty of bang for your buck

The scenery is nice here but the apartments are crap. The paint on the walls and doors peel off. There are tons of spiders here. Also the apartments don’t have AC but they have a heating system. They told me that they don’t have AC because we get ocean breeze but yet the office gets AC!

Excellent customer service, friendly and attentive staff. Extremely affordable price for the location and apartment complex. Could not be happier!

Nice people and wonderful location. It is crazy how high rents are but they really take care of this entire property.

Best leasing office experience I have ever had! Linda, Sean and all those people are very hard working, sweet, fast and helpful!
When I read the other reviews, I was shocked! This is a very big apartment complex and those people in the office working like crazy and some people are still complaining!
We had this crazy French roommate issue and they handle it very smoothly. They are really good people who have a high work ethics, good morals and dignity. Of course ignorant people don’t understand those kinds of treats and they complain for everything!
Rent in harbor village is really affordable and maintenance people work very hard! Complex is very clean and good taking care of all the time. I never had a problem with parking. If you can’t find visitor parking front of your door no worries, there is other streets in the complex which has visitor spot as well, so don’t be lazy and just drive around a little!
Thank you for the all those people who work for the office and the maintenance! Keep it up the hard work! You guys are doing such great job!
Love and hugs
–H

Meh

I thought they were awesome, easy to talk to. Reasonable. Great area, spacious. Amazing patio, lots of storage, clean. No bugs. Great for students or families. They work with special needs people, if that makes you uncomfortable then don’t move here. But all of my neighbors were awesome. Month to month. No crazy agreements. I will be back, not tons of visitor spaces but more than surrounding complex’s. My friends never got towed while I lived here. And they gave me a warning on my first day parking without a sticker. They gave me the sticker that they hadn’t given me before and that was that. Small problems, fixed right away, no major issues.

YOU’LL BE BETTER OFF LIVING UNDER A BRIDGE!!!
Living there was a nightmare, the women in the office fought hard each and every day to reserve their spot in hell.
–They charged me hundreds of dollars for repainting the unit even though the walls were perfect when I left.
–They never provided in writing, as required by law, that I may elect to have them do their walk-​through while I’m present. When I brought this up to them, they did the adult-​like thing and simply said «yeah we did» as if arguing with reality is going to rewrite recent history.
–When I turned in the keys, passes, etc. I asked if there’s anything else I’m forgetting to which they responded «no» before charging 90 dollars to my deposit for a FUCKING KEY.
–The rest of the random charges had no itemization whatsoever.
–They made suing them extremely difficult as they blatantly refused to tell me who the owner/​company was. It took ridiculously unnecessary research on my end to figure it out.
–Judging by their behavior (horrific personalities), they don’t care about keeping tenants so much as they do acquiring them. They don’t care if you leave because they make all their money by stealing from people’s deposits via fraud.
Funny part though… The retarded old hags in the office go onto apartment review sites and makes responses to people giving them bad reviews (which leaves them lots of options), proving that they’re not only bad at their jobs, but pathetic as people. They pretend to be other tenants while doing this, but unfortunately, aren’t smart enough to make it sound believable or like someone who isn’t one of the insufferable pricks who work there.

I come here once in a while to visit my friends who are living here. The rooms are very spacious and has a really big living room which is always nice. The only downside is the guest parking. They only have two guest parking spots per section and they are usually full so we need to park by the leasing office which is a journey away. On top of that, we aren’t allowed to park for more than a certain number of times a year which I think is ridiculous. Apart from the parking, this complex has a really nice feel to it, very quiet despite the fact that it’s off a really busy street. The noise level is moderate as well.

Nicest apartments in this area for the price.
I have been living for almost 9 months now and I love it a lot. I have a three bedroom apartment, downstairs, overlooking a golf course. I really did luck out with the nice view, but in general the whole vicinity is very nice and well kept. The grass is always green and cut neatly, I see people working on the grounds cutting grass, picking flowers, etc. almost every day on my way to work. So they keep this place looking quite pleasant. The people around us so far have been very nice. The hispanic family next to us always smiles and says hello, not to mention whatever they are cooking smells amazing! The neighbors upstairs are loud as hell and we refer to them as elephants walking upstairs but they are super nice and we have become good friends with them and hangout when we can so we do not mind any noise.
The location is great. Close enough to the beach to get that amazing beach breeze flowing in, but far enough from the beach to avoid any cold weather or gloomy forecast. Both Newport Beach and Huntington Beach is only a few minutes away which is awesome to be able to go to the beach every weekend.
The service from the leasing office varies. One lady is super sweet, but another lady there is quite a b-​witch, but you can still get what you need from her so that’s all that matters to me. Every time we have called to get something fixed the maintenance crew has been extremely nice and helping, so no complaints there. Oh and did I mention we have pet squirrels? There are squirrels everywhere and they are quite use to humans as they will walk right up to you and ask for a peanut or food. They are very fun to watch on a Saturday morning as you recover from the adventurous night before.
Overall, this place is a great bang for your buck, good location, clean and safe neighborhood, and perfect weather. I like it a lot and am grateful for the opportunity to live here so far.

Stay Far Far Away from this Hell Hole! The leasing office does not inform u when you move in that this is a government Housing for the mental Institution. HARBOR VILLAGE IS A MENTAL INSTITUTION. It smells awful like sewage. There is also a infestation of Spiders, Roaches, And Ants. The Bitches at the leasing office are Mean and Rude and Scream at u when u have a problem. I have rented numerous places in my life and this is by far the worse. Save yourself the money and the hassle and go somewhere else. This place is a rip off I couldnt believe the rent was almost $ 1600 a month for a two bedroom. I killed at least 3 spiders a day living in this NASTY PIECE OF SHIT. Make sure u live on the top Floor. We lived on the bottom and the 8 (Spanish people) that lived above us with there 6 kids sounded like they were doing Gymnastics everyday. I hated this place

Harbor Village has been good to us for the year we’ve been here. We are moving to Northern California soon, or we’d probably stay here longer. Tenant parking is taken care of so I’ve never had an issue unless they were repaving the parking lot but they don’t do that often. Visitor parking can get tight on the weekends, but you can always have them park at the Vons next door and pick them up. =) Walls are thin inside, so your roommates can/​will hear you. But we rarely hear our neighbors, although we smell their delicious food if our balcony is open.
The only warning I have: Because they are state owned and give a discount to Fairview Development Center, about ¹⁄₃ of the tenants are developmentally disabled. I didn’t know moving in and it was a bit of a shock, but they are very sweet and most are well take care of. If it bothers you to have someone of that type in your building, this isn’t the place for you.
4 – 5 miles to the beach, close to tons of shopping, right by OCC and California Academy for the Healing Arts, great for students. The complex is usually pretty quiet, very peaceful.
Also– maintenance has been so great, even helping with things that were our fault with a pleasant smile.