Pacific Beacon

RIPOFF!!! Do not move here they will charge you cleaning fee even if you mess up anything. Also they charge $ 1500 for a room. Stay Away! !!!

By far the biggest rip off for any junior sailor because the CO of 32^nd street doesn’t want to give BAH. The place isn’t that great and they are charging way too much for a shit hole in National City for you to live with a stranger that might be a huge dirtbag. I’m sure there are great people that live there and love it but if you didn’t join the military right out of high school and know what standards are– this place is a rip off. Military already work a ton of hours so it’s not like we can enjoy all their «free events». And some ppl in their management need to be fired for just being a complete idiot. But hey it’s junior sailors so the CNO or CO wouldn’t give two shits about it.

While you live here life is better than living on the ship. However they are the biggest rip offs ever. They charge you for damages you didnt do and their move out polices are ridiculous. This place is a trap. It is so easy to lure new sailors here because we all want a new place but they will steal your money when you leave.

DO NOT MOVE HERE, if you’re active duty, find some other way. Get married to your friend, stay in the barracks, get married and move out in town but stay away from this place.
I am currently dealing with a two month long financial nightmare trying to move out. Their management requires 30 days mandatory notice for your to apply to move out so they can suck every last drop of BAH from you while they have you.
These greedy people charge you your entire BAH to stay in a barracks room with a kitchen. Yeah you can have guests over, but it’s a hotel room. It’s an individual lease, so you’re paired up with a random roomate. I had two disrespectful slob roomates in a row. This place is known for barracks parties and underage drinking so if you ever get invited to anything in the building or if people are drinking at the pool, STAY AWAY.
The one time that I do have friends over to drink, security let themselves in and got aggressive with me. I almost went to the brig because I told a couple rent-​a-​cops not to walk into my residence.
It’s also ON-​base, so if you drive to work and like waiting in line half an hour to an hour for pissy MA’s to check your ID every day, this is your place. If you like searching for a parking spot in the overcrowed parking lot and garage where your car won’t get beat up, keyed, dented, scratched, or backed into, this is your place.

Horrible place to live! Go somewhere else worth using your BAH! Too many parties, staff is rude and won’t listen to your requests, they lose your mail, there is some weird unhuman creature living next door making ungodly noises all night… The list can go on. This is a waste of your BAH, STAY AWAY FROM HERE!

Wow! Debatably the biggest rip off I have ever been swindled into. So you are randomly paired with a random roomate in an apartment that is probably around 1000 – 1300 sqft that they charge you around $ 2700 combined to live in. Elevators regularly break. It takes forever and a day to have something repaired and the apartments flood did to sprinkler testing. Do what you can to not move here. Most people are underprivileged and act accordingly.

Really nice atmosphere! Parking can be challenging but it’s San Diego and parking is scares everywhere. it’s right near the trolley!

This place gets a lot of hate, but I enjoyed living at the Beacon, personally. In terms of apartments, a Beacon room is merely okay, but in terms of an on-​base barracks room (and it is essentially a barracks), the Beacon is streets ahead of any other barracks room I’ve ever had.
For the amenities that this facility has, I’m hard-​pressed to find a place in San Diego for a comparable price that isn’t right on the border or in La Mesa/​El Cajon. Beacon rooms are already furnished, have a full range of appliances, air conditioning, and in-​room washer and dryer. This place gives the advantage (if you’re stationed on 32^nd Street) of being within walking distance of your ship– a fact that I took advantage of many a time.
Many people complain about the lack of parking. There’s a large lot on the north side of the complex, a smaller lot on the south side, a sizable parking garage next to that, and across Norman Scott Road are another massive parking lot and another sizable parking garage.
A lot of people say that this place takes all of your BAH. Yes and no. If you’re an E-​5 getting full E-​5 BAH, then they will up your rent, but I was pocketing the $ 300+ difference every month.
It is hardly optimal that you can’t choose your roommate, though.
I would gladly live here again, were I stationed on NBSD!

I don’t know too much about the management or anything since I refuse to live on a navy base after living in Japan barracks rooms for three years but this is not much different.
The building is very nice, and once inside it doesn’t look bad until you enter a room. All of the people treat their rooms like its a dorm room and they are all about that size. Cheap amenities for sure, as well as small, I original rooms. The walls are thin so you hear all the people partying in every room around you too. They also take all of your BAH so I would definitely recommend moving out in town and getting a roommate at half the price.
Also if you go out and have one beer with dinner and come back on the base just to go home, there’s a chance you will get breathalyzed and blowing a .01 gets you anDUI on base. Screw that! But if you want something pretty to look at while walking into your overly priced apartment, stay here by all means.

E4 and junior? No money to live elsewhere? Not a terrible place to reside. Granted it is on base, it is extremely nice and comes furnished compared to the other quarters on base. No utilities. Keep the A/​C on all you want. If only the residents were more considerate of other residents and if only the price was a little lighter (completely overpriced) could this place earn a couple more stars. I also wouldn’t mind the walls being a little thicker. On the brighter side, room size, mail delivery, amenities, parking, events, concierge service are all better than average and i have no complaints towards that. I’ve enjoyed my time.

I lived there when my ship was in port, and it was very nice. That being said, I’m currently in a legal battle with whoever owns the place as they say I owe them $ 300.
This is money I’d have gladly paid had they contacted me while I still had a steady income. Instead, they wait like 2 years after I’m out of the military, and practically homeless to act like they suddenly care about this issue.
This has ruined my life, as it’s affected my credit, and not given me opportunity to move to a healthy environment.

On the plus side the pacific beacon has wonderful staff downstairs to be able to help you with anything and they are very professional. The subway and bagels shop downstairs is also great for a quick meal. The gym is awesome and the downstairs is decorated very well. The problem is the rooms and they charge you a ridiculous amount for when you are here and when you leave. They take ALL your BAH and the rooms aren’t very big at all. When you leave they charge you to repaint the walls and to clean the carpet. If there is one stain on the floor you get charged. So if you wanna live here just keep in mind to never stain the carpet or let any other accidents happen.

I lived here and the building was nice. That said … the apartment is way overpriced, you can’t pick your roommate, you only get one parking place no matter what, you pay rent at the end of the month, which means when you move out you get hit with rent at two places at once, plus a deposit. They insist on replacing carpet when you leave, even if it’s not bad, and they charge you for it. Also if you move in as an E-​4 and get BAH for it, when you move out as an E-​5, they’ll cancel your BAH and not tell you, so you get to pay a month’s rent at your new place on a credit card and live for two weeks on 43 dollars. Then eight months later when you accidentally mail a package to your old address, they’ll refuse to hold it when it arrives, so that you can pick it up. They mail it back to the manufacturer. They suck, I would give no stars if it was an option.
Oh yeah, did I mention there aren’t enough parking spaces for the amount of residents and if you park outside the lines, base cops will come by and peel off your stickers, at your own apartment. They constantly lose mail and apart from being generally friendly, the staff seems to have their hands tied when it comes to helping you at all.

01/​Nov/​2011 — I had made an agreement with the pacific beacon to make payments for the carpet over the course of 6 payments beginning today. My wife and I are already living in Lincoln Military Housing and we received an email stating that our payment was not received (Which was odd since we created an allotment with them) Upon FURTHER INVESTIGATION, it was discovered that: [The PACIFIC BEACON did not honor our agreement and instead took out the FULL $ 600 at once, completely betraying our trust in the agreement and jeopardizing our month’s rent for our current living arrangements.]

Parking sucks, too many loud neighbors, no one let’s me know when I receive a package anymore I have to go down there myself. Enough said!

Guys if you are getting your BAH DO NOT stay here, because they will take ALL of your BAH, plus you have to have a roommate, & it’s pretty tiny! For that price you could get a NICE 2 bedroom place (& STILL have money left over!) out in town, have civilian guests ANY TIME you like & have your own rules, not following silly Navy base rules when you are paying out your ass for the place. Yes it may be close to your work but so it Chula Vista, Mission Valley, Downtown, etc. Also as my Chief says: This place is «A cesspool!» for fraternization, crime, disease, etc. I’ve been there & seen plenty of evidence of that! Don’t expect any of the rooms here to pass the «Black Light Test»! Not a bad place for to party with buddies/​girls, but don’t waste your living here full time.

I use to live here when I was on Active Duty and I still come here to visit friends from time to time.
This apartment is for Active Duty only. The quality of life here is top notch. There is a rooftop lounge, a swimming pool located on the ninth floor, a fitness area complete with free weights, cardiovascular machines, and a stretching room. There is a basketball court, a volleyball court and a little track outside.
These apartments also have a Subway located inside near the main lobby. There is a nice outdoor courtyard with barbecue grills and furniture. There’s a couple of game rooms to play pool or video games.
As you can see, there is a lot of extras located here that most apartments don’t have. It is a cost-​effective way to live. The rooms are spacious and top notch. The only downside is the requirement of a roommate (unless it is a family) and you’re only paying for the room and common area.