The Villas At Camino Bernardo

This apt is okay to stay .need a lot new appliances …

I recently moved in to these apartments and so far it’s so-​so. I like the location and the complex is well maintained. My biggest complaint is parking. Initially we were told we’d have 2 parking places since we are renting a 2 bedroom. Come move in day, we were only assigned 1 and told that’s all we get. The parking is HORRIFIC. Good luck if you have a car bigger than a little coupe. It’s only a matter of time before my car gets banged up from someone’s door or someone hitting it while trying to park. Also, the guest parking is closer than my one assigned spot if that makes any sense. The apartment is spacious, however there is absolutely no pantry space, so you may want to invest in a storage cabinet for your food. And the room entrances make it difficult to get larger furniture into. Also, walls are paper thin!
However, it’s an overall quiet complex and the mantenence is very helpful. The office staff could stand to be a little more friendly though.

We lived here back in 2010 – 2011 and due to our military life, we were relocated to Florida. But we absolutely loved living here!
We were in a downstairs unit, right across from the tennis courts. Being in a downstairs unit anywhere you’ll hear soft footsteps from upstairs, but it wasn’t obnoxious at all. And living right by the main entrance of the complex you might expect noise from cars driving in and out. Fortunately, the double-​paned windows helped! So much so that our newborn baby never got awakened or bothered.
Our parking space was close, and the unit was clean upon move-​in. There were just so many amenities that we loved — washer/​dryer in the unit, spacious, quiet neighborhood, clean, new appliances, granite countertops, super close to the highway, shops, restaurants, groceries, parks, and other useful establishments like the dentist lol. I also loved how it was a family-​oriented community. We went on evening walks around the complex and cars were really conscious about little kids playing outside.
The staff back in 2010 was helpful and courteous. Any maintenance request we had was taken care of usually within 24 hrs.
Overall, just a positive experience — and definitely the best apartment we’ve lived in in San Diego!

I would say I can’t wait for my lease to end at The Villas. The management seems to be the biggest problem at apartments for one simple reason, they think they can do whatever they want with your property. My car was vandalized by management putting non-​glass stickers on my car to be moved. No compassion was given and I was told to remove it myself with a knife! I personally didn’t like how this situation was handled and I think as a customer who lives in an apartment that they could do a better job at respecting other people’s property. If you choose to live here please take care of your cars and anything you have on your patio. They are quick to clean up the roofs and have your patio furniture left a mess.

I have lived here for four months and am happy to renew my lease for longer. This complex is wonderful. Very well maintained, clean, friendly neighbors and helpful kind staff. When you drive into the complex, the beautiful entry way looks like a resort. Love the landscaping, pool, gym and tennis court. I have looked at a lot of complexes in this area. This one is the best. Maintenance repairs are quick too.

We have lived here 3 years and like it very much. We have all the amenities we wanted, it is quiet and safe, and a good location for us. Maintenance is excellent (thanks Franco), and parking is also good. Only complaint is for people that don’t pick up after their dogs. I have not talked to a single resident who was not happy here. A few people moved out of state or out of this area due to high cost of living, including high rent. We recommend living here if you can afford it.

My wife and I moved into the Villas in 7/​2013, it was smooth. I posted a Unilocal article about how good this place was in ⁸⁄₂₀₁₃. Now, it’s 11/​2014, and I just wanted to let everyone know that The Villas is still a GREAT place to live!
The office staff is amazing, the maintenance staff is friendly and prompt, and we have thoroughly enjoyed living here.
The only bad things? Freeway noise (but I wanted to live close to the freeway), and a cranky neighbor here or there. But hey, the community is great, and we have really enjoyed our time here! Thank you VIllas!

Worst apartments I’ve ever lived in. Horrible sound insulation as we couldn’t watch a movie without turning volume up for dialog and volume down for any action scenes played on a crappy portable iPod speaker system. Our upstairs neighbor complained constantly about our loud «surround sound system.» They came from Georgia, and I think had ridiculous expectations with a cheap apartment with bad insulation and shared walls would be. The management kept harassing us about our excessive noise which resulted in us feeling like we couldn’t make a peep in our own place. We invited neighbors and management in to hear our volume for themselves, and they refused just serving notice after notice. Eventually we just ended up sitting in near silence between 8pm-​8am tiptoeing around until we could break our lease agreement early with paying full penalty. It was not fun stressing about volume of these crappy speakers, running up to them turning them down with any noisy bits, and then running up to turn them up so I could understand any dialog. Bass was turned down to the lowest setting possible. Management did not deal with the situation reasonably.
I moved to a different complex and while there are still shared walls, the noise is far less and no reason for anyone to complain. I faintly hear my neighbors even now, but that’s shared wall living. San Diego is expensive, and be prepared to shell out over $ 500k for a small detached house.
When move out came they tried to charge for all sorts of extra things. One of which was carpet cleaning, but we privately sought out the same carpet cleaner they employ and did it before the move out inspection.
The dishwasher never worked. Honestly we didn’t report it, but with the bad relationship we had with management we did not want any reason to see them.
Bad management, bad sound insulation, bad experience and would not recommend.

Moved out about a month ago and I have to say that I was completely satisfied with my stay there.
We lived there for a little over three and a half years. We started out as newlywed bed left there a family of three with one on the way. The main reason for moving out was because our growing family needs more space!
I feel like we totally lucked out when living there. We lived near the huge parking lot near the storage units, so we never ran out of parking. Our neighbors were super nice. We lived in a downstairs apartment. While you would hear the footsteps or when neighbors decided to vacuum, it never got to be annoying.
Maintenance always worked fairly quickly to get things fixed or replaced. We never waited more than a day or two.
My only concern was that we had tree branches fall onto the walkway on several occasions. Thank goodness no one ever got hurt and there was no major damage whenever they fell. I just hope that they work on getting better at maintaining the trees around the apartments so the branches don’t fall and hurt someone!
The moving our process went fairly smooth. We kind of knew what to expect due to some of the moving out reviews on Unilocal,so we were surprised about the little things.
Overall, our experience here was a good one. Apartment #53 was very good to us and left us with a lot of great memories to take with us for years and years…

Wow, almost 4 years in a 2 bedroom here and it’s almost time to leave. I’m going to review it now and then include my checkout procedure after this weekend.
I’ve been here since 2010 and looked at quite a few places. There are many things that make the Villas a good place to live:
–Nice dark appliances for a modern look
–Decent layout of rooms, living room and kitchen
–Hot water comes out of the faucets within seconds
–2 heated pools (one chlorine and one saltwater)
–Mini park for the little ones
–Really quick to fix issues that come up. I had my sink disposal replaced within an hour!
–Leasing office opened everyday and always able to help you out
–Close to the freeway
— The property is well kept, even when dog owners «forget» to pick up their poop, it’s usually gone within a day
–Free carpet cleaning with every lease renewal
–Decent clubhouse that you can rent out with a stove, plenty of sitting room, bathrooms, and a large TV.
With all that’s great about this place, there are a few bad points that may be circumstantial to where you live and who you live around.
–You live right next to people, so you going to hear them. If you live downstairs, you better hope the people above you don’t walk heavy, don’t have a toddler always running around, over a medium sized dog jumping all over the place. You’re going to hear it and it gets annoying if its constant. Also, if you live downstairs next to the stairs, upstairs neighbors who think they need the 2 seconds of exercise and run up them will rattle your wall. Just get lucky and have quiet neighbors, I think for the most part I did.
–Assigned parking sometimes doesn’t make sense. You get one carport and for some reason I got the furthest carport possible. No worries, there’s plenty of parking where I am which is near the storage. Other parts of the complex aren’t so lucky. Also, it’s a little tight between parking spots — so expect a car ding here and there.
–Kids sometimes illegally riding around the place on razors. I wish management was more strict, but I guess the only time they are annoying is when they cut you off in your car.
The good far outweighs the bad. Maybe I got lucky with not-​so-​loud neighbors. I’ve heard bad things about checking out, but they only collected $ 400 for a deposit. Let’s see how they handle leaving the premises and if they try to charge you for every little thing. I’ll let you know.

I’ve lived here for nearly 4 years now and I can’t figure out the negative reviews on here for the life of me.
The staff at The Villas is very courteous and responsive. There have only been a few times I’ve needed to deal with the front office, including:
1. Adding a pet to my lease and rent — the office was very helpful and the process was painless. I called the office to find out the cost of adding a dog, then once I adopted my dog I went to the office and paid my fees. The process was easy and painless.
2. Requesting repairs — over the years I’ve had a few issues that have needed to be repaired, just normal wear and tear things, nothing that was extremely inconvenient (e.g. a leaking washing machine, AC that needed to be recharged, etc.). The office always answered my calls and the problems were fixed by the next day if not the same day. The maintenance staff are very nice and I’ve always been 100% comfortable with letting them into my apartment while I’m there alone, this is not something I could say in previous apartments I lived in.
3. Asking questions — over the years I’ve had to call and ask questions from time to time. The staff have always been happy to help and provide thorough explanations about anything I inquire about.
A lot of the office staff are also residents, so you know that they care about the property as much as you do.
I explained the apartment in another review when I had lived here for a year, and as I mentioned everything is nice, spacious, decent quality for an apartment. There is a washer and dryer in the unit, granite countertops in the kitchen and bathroom, and decent sized bedrooms.
Of course there are some cons, however most of these can be explained by bad NEIGHBORS and not the staff. Yes, sometimes people are louder than they should be, sometimes people break the rules, are bad drivers, and don’t pick up after their dogs. The staff does everything they can to make sure this doesn’t happen, but unfortunately you can’t make someone be a good person or neighbor. If you’re here long enough you will notice these people don’t stay long.

I am really trying to figure out why this place is only a 3 star complex on Unilocal,and I’m coming to the conclusion that it is because people only take the time to write reviews when they have something negative to say and want to be heard.
I have been a tenant at The Villas since November 2013, and have been nothing but 100% satisfied.
I’ll start with the staff. Each and every individual in the office AND on the maintenance team is helpful and respectful. Even the mail deliverer introduced herself to me and said she likes to get to know the tenants, since that’s her normal route. I adore Carol, Elizabeth, and Candace. It’s always nice when you see a staff member and they can address you by name! They have an emergency maintenance number you can call if you have a problem after hours, and also a security team that patrols during the night.
The exterior: The property is well kept, and there are always people out trying to make the place look better. The pool is always clean, and there are two of them! (A salt water pool, and a chlorine pool). The parking space sizes are nothing to complain about, just don’t park like an idiot and you have plenty of space. There is also a TON of guest parking. Although I don’t see very many kids around, the complex is kid friendly and there is a decent sized park which is fenced off for safety.
The interior: All of the units look the same as far as appliances and countertops. One of my main concerns when deciding on a place was that I would be shown an «upgraded» apartment and get stuck with one that hasn’t been renovated yet. But you won’t have to worry about that here! The granite counter tops and black appliances offer a nice, sleek look. Every unit has a new (er) washer and dryer as well. Another important thing to me was water pressure, and we don’t have any issues with that either. The air is central, and isn’t very expensive to run. We run ours every single night while we sleep and it’s about $ 50 each month.
I recommend a top floor unit for three reasons. 1) the ceilings are slanted pretty high which makes the living space seem larger. 2) I don’t have to worry about hearing any footsteps and 3) the balcony style on the bottom levels are more of a concrete wall, whereas the upper units have wood which I personally prefer.
The Villas are pet friendly which is a huge bonus, and their breed restrictions is not an exhausting list. You are allowed up to two pets with a deposit and cheap pet rent.
I have several friends who live here and we all have the same things in our apartments. Which brings me to my next point… the referral program here is great! A $ 300 check in your name is awarded after you refer a friend and they move in. I could have paid rent almost twice with the bonuses I received from The Villas.
The location is also perfect. For military renters, it’s only about 10 mins from Miramar and 30 mins from 32^nd St. and traffic is usually pretty good. I’d prefer taking the 15 or 163 anywhere over the 805, the 8, or the 5. The apartments are in a nice, secluded area, but it’s no more than a 5 min drive to get to the huge shopping center on Carmel Mtn Rd, which has almost anything you can think of.
When I do have a problem (which is rare) I just remind myself that no place is perfect. We are renters and can only expect so much. With that being said, my renting experience with The Villas has been beyond my expectations, and it is highly recommended if you want a positive renting experience.

So, let me preface this by saying I haven’t lived here… YET. I did however inquire about the 2bed/​2bath at the leasing office and by far of all the places I’ve looked at in the area, this tops my list.
THE PROS: The leasing consultant was friendly, helpful and informative about the leasing process. I loved the fact that although the apartment is a little small, it felt big because of how the floor plan in designed. Also, the apartment features are very moderns and it includes a washer and dryer. The location is a plus. It seemed rather peaceful when I visited. I have children, so I like the fact that it is located within a good school district.
THE CONS: I didn’t like the fact that the rent fluctuates depending on when you want to move in If I had leased that day (or held the apartment for the next move in date), the rent would have been less than if I selected a future move in date. So, if I do decide I want to make my next home here, the rental prices can vary by $ 200 or so.
I’m still looking around so I haven’t made a decision yet, but this place is definitely at the top of my list.

I lived at the Villas from 2007 to 2009. It was a significant upgrade from where I used to be, and it was walking distance from where my company’s office was at the time (they later moved, unfortunately). I’ll share this: the apartment in general was nice, but had some flaws. Squeaky floors was one, rude office staff was another. I agree that the upper floor units are preferred to deal with the former; the latter is one of those «deal with it» situations.
The air conditioner in the hallway was EXTREMELY loud. It worked well, but too loud for my taste.
Blower noise is a concern if you work late shift. There’s dual panes throughout but you’ll still hear it loud and clear.
Termite damage throughout the stair handles. At times it looked like it would collapse, which of course is a very dangerous situation.
There was an incident with a teenager whose dad (?) let her drive an oversized SUV; she had no concept of being able to park the beast, frequently making it difficult for me to park. When I confronted her professionally about it, she waved me off. Talked to the office, they gave her a parking ticket. I got gum on my windshield and a soaked, destroyed package (illegal) for my troubles (Amazon happily replaced it at no charge). Talked to the dad and made it clear I had proof she illegally signed for the package; he said he’d deal with it, and I didn’t have an issue after that.
On move out they asked why, I told them about the incident and the lack of a garage. They tried to offer lower rent which of course had nothing to do with why I was leaving.
I don’t think it’s a bad place, but for the rent, I did expect a lot better.

I am writing a review based on a tour I took here. This by far is the nastiest and dirtiest apartment complex in all of Rancho Bernardo. They allow animals so there is poop and gnats all over the place. The whole complex has a horrible smell to it as well. Dark and right next to the I-​15 freeway. I would NEVER consider renting from this place!!! YUCK!

I hate reading apartment reviews. Most of them are written by people who were evicted or had one bad experience with someone in the office. So I am taking the time to write this review, so you can have a fair evaluation of The Villas.
First off, I lived upstairs so I cannot comment about the noise. My apartment was quite for the most part. However, if you work nights I do not recommend living here. Maintenance takes really good care of the property, which means someone using a leaf blower right outside your window is a common occurrence. (I work nights every now and then)
There are a lot of people with pets here. So as with any apartment that allows pets, there are lazy pet owners. I honestly believe management tries everything they can to keep the place dog poop free, but your not going to catch every lazy dog owner every time. For the most part it is clean though. (On a side note, I would like to say Thank you to the extremely lazy dog owner who can’t watch there dog long enough to prevent him from digging massive holes in the Dog Park)
The pools and the Gym are kept in beautiful condition. Also, I have never seen them crowded.
The maintenance staff is awesome. They helped me out, by giving me paint for the walls when my daughter decided to take her art to the walls. They even stayed late to fix my air conditioner on the hottest day last year.
The staff is really nice. Carol particularly always went out of her way to help me out. And it’s just nice when you walk into the office and they know your name and apartment number off the top of there head.
As I said before the landscaping and grounds are always kept looking good.
The covered parking spaces are small, but that seems to be the trend in California. There is tons of guest parking though, so parking has never once been an issue.
Lastly, the apartment. There is a lack of under counter cabinet space. The living room feels a lot bigger than the pictures on the website give them credit for. The rooms are big. Not a ton of storage space, but there is a walk in closet, and extra storage unit available for rent on the property. I had a 10×10 storage unit that was $ 100 a month. But you will see all of this when you take a tour. The apartment was spotless when I moved in.
Overall, I’ve enjoyed living here for the past year and I would probably stay here if they had 3 bedroom units. I would recommend the Villas to my friends.
(Also, I am moving out next week, so I will confirm if the move out inspection and deposit refund is as bad as a previous reviewer said it was.)

We moved here for one year to save some money before moving into a house. The staff and management are always friendly, maintenance is always responsive, and you can’t find a better deal for an apartment in Rancho Bernardo.
When we moved in, the apartment was really clean. We looked at every other complex in RB and no other apartments were as clean as this place. They take really great care of their units and the property.
Pros:
Affordable
Friendly and responsive staff
Pet friendly
Clean
Updated kitchen countertops/​cabinets/​tile
Washer and Dryer
Cons:
Not very well insulated for sound. It’s an apartment and it feels like one. You can hear your neighbors all of the time. I recommend living upstairs if you can’t stand hearing every movement of your neighbors.
Not a lot of closet/​storage space. There is no linen closet and no hall closet. That means everything has to be stored in your bedroom closets and the patio storage.
There is also very little cabinet space in the kitchen.
The apartments do not have a lot of windows. Downstairs especially is very dark. Make sure you get unit that is facing the sun or you will have the lights on in the daytime constantly!
Overall, you get what you pay for and it is a bargain to live here and you will be treated fairly. It’s no luxury living though. It’s an apartment.
For the price, you can’t beat the value.

Overall the apartments are nice however, I highly recommend that you request an upstairs apartment. This is a dog friendly community and living downstairs of someone with a large dog is a nightmare. We’ve gone through 2 different tenants and both have been loud (due to the large dog running around) and we have dog piss drip down into our balcony from above. (due to lazy dog owners) I have been told from several of our friends that have visited, that the entire complex smells like piss. Property management needs to power wash or something. This community is only nice if you have a dog. I don’t recommend if your not a dog owner.

CONCLUSION: if you chose to live here, it’s decent enough… but do not trust anything management tells you, review every bill and contract detail meticulously, and do not sign any unnecessary contracts. Don’t

I have been a tenant at the Villas for approximately a year now and have numerous issues with their staff and their complex.
1. In the past year I have had to ask maintenance to come out to fix the following:
a. toilet
b. air conditioning unit
c. heater
d. light on porch (took them app two weeks+ to fix it)
*note: I am about to put in a service request for the toilet being backed up (again) along with my leaking dishwasher. Not to mention, the sewage in their complex smells awful so during the summer months, expect to smell a foul odor being exreted from the sinks and tub.
2. Parking spaces have no rhyme or reason to assignment and they are lined unevenly so hopefully you are a little person with a little car — hopefully your neighbor is also. lol
3. The dog park should be renamed «poop» park since no one ever cleans up after their pets nor does management. Beware of land mines — serious ones!
Pros — close to the freeway
*this is the only pro I can think about
Cons — slow response time from staff, never pick-​up the phone, maintenance is severly backed-​up, failing appliances, poor ground maintenance and thin walls (personally, I’m glad that my neighbor and I share the same taste in music while getting ready for a night out or while getting ready for work)
NOTE — before renting from The Villas, ask to view the ACTUAL apartment you will be renting. They make you believe that the unit you are renting will have high quality items and look fresh/​new but their model does not reflect the actual unit you will be renting. They state they cannot show you the actual unit because it is being serviced but I think it is a ploy so that you are stuck with a «lemon» apartment.