Carmichael Apartments 5804 Engle Road, Carmichael, CA 95608

"I lived at Carmichael Apartments back in the early to mid 90's. First in an upstairs studio, then graduating to 5818 Engle which is a house that is considered an 2 bedroom, 1 bath large apartment. Since no one else mentions it, I thought I would put up a few notes. They use most of the "backyard" for more paved parking. But it has it's own fenced area. With the skinny garage (I had my 69 Dodge Charger in there) and driveway you could have 2 to 3 cars in dedicated parking and even do some work on them. My dad and I put a washer and dryer in the garage as well. With the mailbox out front it certainly didn't feel like an apartment. The plum trees at that time put out a huge harvest. I made jelly and gave away 2 dozen bags of plums. The kitchen is a walk thru from the dinning area to the garage and you could keep going out the side door. Also a front and a back door. The bathroom had a tub with a curtain rod....everything worked but I assume that things have probably been updated in the last 30 years. I seem to remember a hall closet with a door. The master bedroom, "medium" by todays standards in the back had a similar closet as well as the smaller bedroom in the front (maybe). Air conditioning?, possibly, probably now....we just opened the front and back doors so the air could flow thru. Management issues, I remember they didn't want my American flag poster in the front window after 4th of July was over....We were going to be evicted at one point as they had plans to make the house into the office apartment but then they cancelled that idea with a few days to spare. Mostly, I just had a grand time at the complex doing my own thing, it's really close to Carmichael Park, shopping and is at one end of restaurant row."

"I asked the manger, Derek, if I had a bad credit score could I still get approved, he said they didn't check for credit scores but checked if you had evictions or criminal background issues, so I applied, he took my 80$ for me and my sister's application, and then denied me saying due to my credit score. I reminded him that I knew my credit was bad and asked him about that before he took my money to apply. I think that was messed up and a waste of my time and money. I hope in the future he is more honest to applicants and let's them know he will be running credit scores if they ask. This is why apartments are upfront and honest letting you know their criteria before you apply. He must not be a very nice person."

"Great place to rent from. Nice and quiet. Very roomy and homey. Great big balcony with every apartment. 10x better then my last apartment. Very happy I moved here."

"Not the greatest looking"

"outdated and dark"