Barrington Plaza

Just moved in.
To be frank this is absolutely terrible.
I immediately walked in the room and noticed a terrible odor. Then in the bed room there was an even worse odor. None of the windows have netting on them and the «blinds» are completely falling apart.
The kitchen has damages and there are marks all over the walls and ceiling. THE FRIDGE SMELLS LIKE SOUR MILK! The outside patio has a great view but the floor looks like someone scraped it with sandpaper for about 6 hours.
Don’t be fooled just because it’s a big building. The room I’m in is horrible. The gym and the pool look very nice but it doesn’t make up for how run down the rooms are.
I’m happy to get out of the unit because I’m afraid my clothes will start smelling.

Love this place! You don’t get amenities like this anywhere else. The pool is soooooo nice! The gym is a decent size, much better than the apartment complexes I have previously stayed at. I even have an ocean view! Yay :)

They have a cool
Gym but it’s over priced and there are a ton of ppl living in the building. some of the Apts have views of Santa Monica beach

This place is utterly disgusting. Even on the 24^th floor, the bathroom chute can be smelled down the hallway. Why haven’t they done anything about this? The building boasts a 50-​year old crumbling infrastructure with possible lead based paint that they make you sign your life away on. As I sit here and work from home, the walls are so paper thin, I can hear my upstairs neighbor peeing, and then flushing the toilet afterwards. Like I said in the first sentence, this place is utterly disgusting.
Bathrooms are small and boasts 1965 bathroom and kitchen fixtures. I would never live here, even if you get a good view. Not worth the money one bit

I have lived here for more than 11 years and it’s gotten so bad. The building smells like marijuana. I have to cover the vents as it’s reaking into my bathrooms and into my unit. The hallways smell like pot! It’s like a college dorm with 5 students in one unit. It’s horrible. The elevators now look like service elevators because the building is just slowly getting ruined. The laundry room is always dirty with broken machines. The owners along with a lot of tenants don’t care about this building and so it’s disgusting. Barrington plaza should be more selective with who they are renting to in order to improve this place. A lot of my older neighbors have been forced to move out because of this. One of them even got bed bugs come into their unit from the next and it was a big pain to get rid of it. Douglas Emmett sucks! No stars or negative would be more suitable!

if you finally decide to live here, make sure you are not anywhere near the trash chute. chute hatch often time remains open and you will have to deal with smell and insects. I reported the problem three different occasions with no result. also since this building is about 50 years old, all the interior of the chute is made from unsuitable metal and with every drop of garbage you will here a lot of loud bang noise all the way down the chute. (week-​ends worse. the lower floor your apt the worse. second floor, you will hear about 300 drops in a week-​end.)
avoid lower levels specially facing the swimming pool because you will often wake up at 7 a.m. (even on Saturdays) with loud noise of leaf blower and lawn mower.
consider the VA hospital is a block away and one night I heard the paramedics come and go 7 times. poor insulation on walls, doors and windows make it worse.

As I lie here awake again at 4 a.m. because of the noise level in this high priced frat house, I have to ask myself why are there suddenly such large numbers of Saudi students at SMC? And why do most of them live here? This is a 25 story high rise. Questions so many questions.
Another Thursday night. Another bust. 4 cop cars in the driveway. Barrington Plaza… Third World Living at First World Prices. Maybe ICE and DHS will show up and remove some tenants. Not likely. Douglass Emmet is too powerful.
Hot water supposed to be off from 12 midnight to five in the morning. It’s now 7:35 and I have no hot water and I have to go to work. Thanks Douglas Emmett. You’re the best. Do not ever move into this building. You will regret it!

The WORST building!!! Dirty, horribly maintained. The elevators take forever (10mins). Disgusting.

Been living here for the past 7 years, and finally they’ve brought on someone who can manage the property and it’s over 700 units. Monica is her name. She’s there to help and take care of the residence.
You can’t beat the pool, the gym and the view for an apartment complex though. Worth the $$

Finally I am two months away from moving out of Barrington. To anyone considering moving here – read the reviews carefully as they contain facts. Simply put, if you are young, love to smoke weed constantly and do not mind excessive noise —- you have found the dream apartment. However if you are a working adult that does not want to live in a frat house —this is your worse nightmare.
Additionally expect things from the garage to be stolen. Just had the third bike taken. A couple of years ago thieves broke into the bike storage and cut all the tubes that the bikes were locked to. So I decided to keep it in front of my car instead – but now that has been stolen as well. Everyday I go downstairs not knowing what to expect.
There are plenty of other places around — keep searching. Once you move in you are stuck under a years lease – and you will regret it everyday.

A lot of noise! I don’t care about traffic sounds but all-​way neighbors are really annoying! Too many young people in the building: loud music and smell of marihuana 24hours per day! Come to 10^th floor in building A — you’ll be drugged!
Good location, very good views, very nice apartment, gym, swimming pool… But! It’s impossible to live here like a normal person. I would prefer families and old couples around me. This is not a hostel or student dormitory but it feels like it is…
And… black girl working with white man downstairs is sooo rude! Unbelievable!!!

Noise!!!
As if the traffic noise at Wilshire and Barrington isn’t enough, the lawn maintenance guys and trash collectors will awaken you before allowed per city ordnance.
Noise Enforcement Team (213) 996‑1250
The responsibility of the Noise Enforcement Team entails Early/​Late Construction, Early/​Late Deliveries, Early/​Late Trash Pick-​Up, and Music Emitting from Nightclubs.
41.40 LAMC– Construction Noise
Allowable Construction Hours:
Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturdays and National Holidays between 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sundays, no construction except for residents

I think even one star is too much for Barrington!!!
It is the worst place that you can ever choice to leave.
We lived there for just 5 months that was like a nightmare!
However we lived in 24^th floor, we couldn’t open the window even in midnight due to the smell weed!!! It was the same problem in the elevators !!!
If you respect yourself and your family, you shouldn’t even think about Barrington with the worst management that I have ever seen in my life.

I lived here in the C building from Feb 2014 — Feb 2015. I can easily say this is the worst apartment complex I’ve ever had the displeasure of living in. Now that I’ve moved to a condo in Beverly Hills, I feel obligated to write an in-​depth review so people don’t make the same mistake that I made.
*Laundry facilities don’t work. You’ll spend $ 20 on a laundry card and you’ll only get about 2 loads done.
*Parking is a joke. People break into the garage all the time and vandalize the cars. Also, the ceilings leak disgusting fluids all over your car.
*Management is the WORST. They’ll never call you back when they say they will. They lose mail, packages, etc.
*Buildings are directly above a fire department so you’ll hear ambulances and fire trucks anywhere from 5 – 10 times a day.
*Also directly above a high school so you’ll hear construction, school bells, etc. numerous times a day.
*Everything in the unit is old! I had the maintenance guy inside my unit every single day because the second I’d have something fixed, something else would break down.
*After I moved out, I brought in a cleaning crew to make sure the place was spotless, and barrington plaza still stole $ 500 from my deposit for cleaning. When I confronted them about it, they actually admitted that my place was spotless but that the $ 500 is their policy.
During the year that I lived here, I was friends with over numerous neighbors and they ALL moved out by the time my lease expired. I can honestly say that the final month I was there, all my neighbors were new faces.
DO NOT MOVE HERE. You will regret it after the first month.

Update to me previous review: They appear to be «concerned» by responded to all the negative Unilocal reviews. I emailed them as directed and NO ONE responded… dont be fooled by these guys. Also, construction of another highrise is starting sometime this year across the street, the noise was already unbearable, if you are planning on living here, be prepared is all I can say.

old, run down, overpriced and very rude staff. I would not suggest moving here. Bad business practice.

I’ve lived at Barringinton Plaza two and a half months and have never had a more unpleasant experience with an apartment complex. The email below sums up the situation and I would read carefully before considering this place as your residence. This email was sent to the
account that responds to the negative reviews on Unilocal.It would appear they are more interested in providing the appearance of caring to prospective residents, than actually fixing any problems. I have yet to receive a response in the week since I sent the following email.
My name is Steven and I’m a resident at your
Barrington Plaza property. I am contacting you
to request assistance with an ongoing issue regarding damage
to my car in the parking structure. I moved in September 8,
2014 and, within two weeks, was notified I was required to
park in a lot across the street for ceiling repairs.
Following the completion of the parking repairs, I resumed
parking in the Barrington Plaza structure and immediately
noted substance leaking from the ceiling onto my car. At
this point (on October 1^st) I explained the issue to the ASSISTANT MANAGER. His corrective action was to explain to me the
ceiling had been repaired and Barrington Plaza was not at
fault. Eventually he provided my with a one week parking
pass and a $ 10 car wash certificate (which was inadequate at
cleaning up the substance from my car). A week later I
resumed parking in the Barrington Plaza structure and again
there was substance leaking on my car.
THE ISSUE WAS NOT ADDRESSED AND NO WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
Eventually, with additional photographic evidence, the ASSISTANT MANAGER and MANAGER admitted Barrington Plaza fault, provided
an additional parking pass and an auto detail (which was
still not sufficient at removing all the substance).
Most recently, there was additional construction on
the ceiling above my parking spot that proved to be
inadequate once again and my car again has substance leaked
all over. The standard response from management is to reply
with an offer of a car wash certificate (which in every
instance has been inadequate). Nothing has been said of the
extreme inconvenience to me as the tenant. ALL FIVE TIMES
I’VE HAD TO GET MY CAR WASHED/​DETAILED, I’VE HAD TO TAKE 1+
HOURS OUT OF MY DAY AND THIS IS TIME I DO NOT HAVE. I am
extremely busy; I MOVED TO BARRINGTON PLAZA A LIEUTENANT IN
THE NAVY TO START BUSINESS SCHOOL AND MY TIME IS
EXTREMELY LIMITED. Management at Barrington Plaza either
doesn’t care, or they are wildly incompetent; in either
case, this is a situation for which I do not have the time
or energy to deal with. I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE DISSATISFIED
WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND AM TURNING TO THE CORPORATE
OFFICE TO HELP RESOLVE THIS EXTREMELY
FRUSTRATING SITUATION. I appreciate any assistance you can
provide. I will attempt
to call the Douglas Emmett corporate office in the morning.
Thank you for your time.

I used to live in Barrington Plaza and I can tell you that Douglas-​Emmett is not a residential focused company like Post Properties and UDR. All they care about is buying all kind of properties around LA whether commercial or residential for the purpose of raising value of real estate including passing on the pricing towards residents.
Last year when I lived in Barrington Plaza there was a huge fire in the building. Damaging the floor throughout my whole time while I lived there. Did they use money to put in sprinklers to prevent another fire? No! Did they apologize to the residents? No. Did they charge us for rent that month! Yes while raising rent!
I hope that someone can take action to sue Douglas Emmett and hope the chickens come home to roost

No hot water again at least since 6 am and now its 11 am.
But plenty of ICE COLD water if that’s how you like your morning showers or trying to wash dishes.
Every week, no warning not that it would help in any way.
At least BP raised my rent another $ 100.
Why does BP get 1.5 stars instead of just 1 I don’t know.

I would give this building –5 starts if possible. HORRIBLE HORRIBLE MANAGEMENT.
I lived there 1 year (2013 – 2014) on the 20^th floor building A.
— Occasionally no hot water.
— My heater was on for days and I was calling day after day and no one came to fix it. My room was like a sauna. Eventually I stoped using it cause I was scared that it will never turn off.
— Elevators are ALWAYS broken and super slow. There was no week (and I am not exaggerating) that all the elevators work in A building.
— isolation sucks so apartments are always noisy from the street.
— the apartment is always dusty
— and at the end of your stay day they will take all your security deposit
…
Yes the views are awesome, you decide if it’s worth paying a lot of money just for the view and otherwise live in a crappy apartment.