Silverwood Townhomes

"Run for you life. Terrible place to live. Besides, they ask for $3000 deposit and only give back to you about $100. Ridiculous management."

"Been here 6 months and love it! Office staff is friendly and the manager is very reasonable. It feels like the only quiet place in IV. The bedroom is spacious and the kitchen has a good work space. Love the large walk-in closet and an extra storage closet."

"I lived here for a year and I think everything is great, I don't understand why this place got bad reviews."

"We lived here because it was one of the cheapest one bedroom apartments we could find. The pros: we got an apartment with grass and trees in front, which was very nice, and I loved how the bedroom and bathroom are upstairs while the kitchen and living room are downstairs -- I felt like the bedroom was much more private this way than a one bedroom flat. I also liked being so close to a little park right by the apartments. The cons: the grassy area in front was full of dog poop the entire time we lived there. This was tenants' dogs as well as just people passing by and letting their dogs take a dump and not picking it up. The townhouse was old, and on the day we moved in we already had a plumbing issue. An apartment two doors down from us also had a plumbing issue about a week after moving in, and in their case their entire downstairs got flooded. We got notices on our door all the time from management in bold, capital, sometimes red-colored font "reminding" tenants about all sorts of little issues -- music, dogs, parking, bikes, rent, laundry, etc, ... The other Google review we read about the management is, unfortunately, very accurate. We just tried to avoid talking to them when we could. We made the mistake of signing a "pre-lease" because Carol made us feel that it was necessary to secure an apartment. We signed this in February when our move-in date wasn't til June. It was a huge mistake because we found a better place later, but Carol told us that since we signed the pre-lease we were bound to the contract and were not allowed to move somewhere else. We tolerated the place but were anxious to move out because the management is so pushy, deceptive, and just plain mean sometimes. We ended up moving out of Silverwood before our lease was up, paying double-rent for a few months, because we found a place to move into that was too good to pass up and it was worth it to get out of Silverwood. We live in UCSB Family Housing, Storke I, now, which is slightly more expensive but so much better -- despite the fact that Carol told us many people move out of family housing to Silverwood, I can't see why -- at family housing, the apartment is much newer, and the management is incredibly nice and responsive. My advice, stay away from Silverwood."

"HORRIBLE PLACE TO LIVE! Trust me, what you read about this place online is true. RUN AND DONT LOOK BACK! The management is borderline racist, bend laws to fit their own agenda's, the townhouses are old, and not up to par with many legal codes. They wont show you the unit you live in until your move in date, and by then you are already stuck. They also stack numerous fees just to apply and will tell you that they offer the best prices in the area- which is a flat out lie! The management is run by a bunch of old women who are clearly unhappy with their lives, and constantly give you negative feedback. They all live spread out on the property and watch you all the time. The units are also so far away from campus and mostly house families, which the management will tell you is a good thing since it creates a quiet, safe atmosphere. This is partly true, it is quiet at night since they wont allow any form of noise in the area (the consider 5 people in one townhouse a party), but come 6:30-7:00 AM you will be awoken by numerous kids yelling and screaming playing outside of their lot, and this will last the whole day. Personally, I believe this is so far away from a college experience and actually is quite annoying when you're trying to study or hang out with friends. Carol claims that she's a jack-of-all-trades and acts as the realtor in the area. She actually holds no real authority on the property and will literally tell you anything you want to hear so that you can sign a lease. She talks behind Trish's back to try and gain the confidence of the tenants, but as she really can't do anything about Trish's horrible behavior, she is just a pawn within the management corporation. Annette is the other secretary who takes the rent checks, yet is completely incompetent at any other task. DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING SHE SAYS! She thinks that she knows what she's talking about, but she actually doesn't, and will lie at all costs for fear that Trish will reprimand her. Trish is by far the WORST OF ALL! Generally even as a human to be quite frank. She is racist, unbearable to hold the simplest of conversations with, yells at her staff, so what do you expect from such a despicable human being? She does not even think about what’s best for the property but is as stubborn and hardheaded as they come. It is clearly a reflection of how unhappy of a person she really is, and is just another reason not to rent at Silverwood Townhouses! Quite frankly I am baffled as to why she is still manager and what the owner is thinking! Does he not know that the reputation of his property is going down very rapidly by having such a nasty staff? They bombard you with "inspections" throughout the term of your lease, even though there are many cockroaches and ants on site. At the end of my lease, they admitted that my apartment was in pristine condition, yet they still took out $450 claiming that was routine. Out of all the places in Isla Vista- STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS ONE!"