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| Location |
| 1124 F Street #10 |
| Contact |
| (530) 756-5332 |
| Office Hours |
| Monday through Friday 9:45-5:30 |
| <info AT americana DASH arms DOT com> |
| Website |
![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small} http://www.americana-arms.com/ |
| Features |
| Unitrans E bus line & Yolobus Lines 42B & 43 |
| Fiber Optic High speed Internet & |
| Digital Cable TV - 90+ Channels included in your rent |
| Coinless Laundry |
| Pool (9am-10pm) |
| Patio, courtyard, & brick BBQ's |
| Two large parking lots |
| Microwave |
| Gas range |
| Frost-free Refrigerator |
| Amenities do not include dishwasher or garbage disposal |
Americana Arms offers 160 one-bedroom apartments. Several floor plans and upgrades are available. The upgraded units feature "granite-like" counter tops, new cabinet doors and drawers, IKEA light fixtures in the kitchen, and refinished tubs and tile surrounds in the bathrooms. Mini-upgraded units feature an upgraded bath. Each unit has dual pane windows and is equipped with a microwave, gas range and refrigerator. There is a ceiling fan in the bedroom and wall units to heat and cool the apartment.
Fiber Optic Wireless Internet provided by Instaconnect and 90+ channels of Comcast Digital Cable Television are included in the rent.
The deposit is $325.00, with an additional $20.00 per person for the security key (which allows access to all buildings, the pool, and the laundry). The application fee is $20.00 per person. We will credit your application fee towards your first month's rent!!
Americana Arms is a smoke-free community; residents must sign an agreement that neither they nor guests will smoke in the apartment. Residents are permitted to smoke 20 feet from an exterior door.
The complex is within walking distance of grocery shopping Davis Food Co-Op and the North Davis Nugget. The Unitrans E Bus Line and Yolobus 42B and 43 stop right in front of the complex.
For close shopping, Woodland Walmart is an approximate 10 mile drive, and the Dixon Walmart Supercenter is just under 10. For IKEA, head on over to West Sacramento (13 miles)!
is great and management is nice. You get a pretty decent space for about $800/month. There aren't many other one bedroom apartments in Davis that you can rent for that price. Overall I think this is a nice place! —lawrenceucd
2010-12-20 18:13:31 Note: Since I’m posting from home, my review will apparently show up with from the same IP address that management has since we’re all on one network. I’m too lazy right now to go somewhere else that has wi-fi to post this, but if anyone actually questions the validity of this review coming from a resident, then I will repost it from school or something. Cheers.
My husband and I have lived in Americana Arms for over half a year now, and since my time here has included experiences of how the apartments feel during different seasons, I feel that I can accurately give an honest and fairly knowledgeable review. One of the reasons I want to leave a review is because all the bad reviews on here almost scared me away from living here.
Overall, I think Americana Arms are very good apartments. They’re cheap, they’re pretty centrally located, the staff and maintenance are nice, and the neighbors are usually easy to get along with. The staff here is professional and has a good attitude. I know that there is a summer intern person, but her name escapes me, but there is Alicia and Leslie in the office, and Roy and some others as maintenance (sorry that I don’t know the other people’s names, I just haven’t interacted with them). Alicia’s really nice, upbeat, and friendly. I think she’s the more people-person of the two. Leslie is professional and nice as well, but I never really know how to talk to her and find her a little intimidating. It might just be me, but it always struck me as Alicia is the one who talks to new and prospective residents, and Leslie is the stricter one who would deal with any problems that might arise. This is just an opinion, as I’ve never had any problems during my stay here. Roy’s quiet but nice, and just kind of gets the job done is on his way to the next job to do. Something else I really like about the staff is I feel that they treat me like an adult. When I was searching for apartments, I checked out College Square Apartments and they had this whole “So, when are Mom and Dad going to sign the lease?” attitude that really annoyed me. Americana Arms is geared towards graduate students and other responsible people that just want to live in peace, and as a person who is paying my way through school, I appreciate the respect I get from them.
The apartments are located right next to the train tracks, and you can hear the trains passing by quite clearly. I think management said they only pass by a couple times a day or something like that, but I’ve hear them pass by several times. The noise really isn’t a problem though, and after a while you don’t even notice it anymore, but I suppose it could bother some people. I grew up near some train tracks, so I actually like the sound when I’m paying attention to it. A friend of mine who also lives here has an apartment that faces the tracks, and she likes looking as the train cars pass by, and no one I’ve talked to minds the sound.
The cost of utilities hasn’t been a problem here at all. My husband and I moved to Davis so I could attend UC Davis, and the summer here kicked my butt – at first. Surprising after the few days I spent adjusting to the weather of the valley, we rarely used the A/C. I believe that this is because our apartment windows face north, so the sunlight never directly hits us. We also haven’t really used the heater this winter, except in November when I was sick. All in all, PG&E has been very manageable. However, I find that we’ve used the A/C and heater much less than other residents, so obviously this will depend on what kind of temperature your body needs.
Internet and cable are included in the rent. The internet has been pretty reliable; it seemed faster in the summer before all the students moved in, but even now, it’s fine. The internet has gone out on me for short periods of time, like a few minutes usually, but there were two occasions where it went out for a whole day because something had to be fixed in the office. The cable was kind of hard to set up, but once that was done, we haven’t had any real problems. My neighbors complain that their cable goes out all the time, but the only thing we’ve experienced is a few seconds of the screen going all static-y and then returning to normal.
Communication between residents and staff is prompt and effective. There was only one occasion where my email went un-responded when, during the winter, our pilot went out once during the weekend. There is an emergency after-hours number which I could have called, but since I was dealing with the cold just fine with all my blankets and my significant other beside me and wasn’t really using the heater much anyway, I just sent an email. The email got lost in the system or something, so I sent another on Tuesday (I think), and the pilot was either lit later that same day or the next day. My first email about the pilot was delivered to the staff’s inbox weeks later, and Alicia actually called me when it did, worried that my pilot had gone unlit for so long. I thought that was very nice of her to check in like that.
For their price, these apartments have a decent amount of space. There’s a walk-in closet, but even a person with a moderate amount of belongings can fill up an apartment here pretty quickly. It would be nice if there were outside storage of some sort, but these are old buildings, so some things are to be expected. Since the building is so old, there are some other things that you should expect when moving here. The walls are thin, so you can hear your neighbors pretty clearly – this usually isn’t a problem as most people make the most noise in the day and quiet down at night to sleep. I’ve only had a problem with noise twice, and both times it was more so the fact that my husband or myself were trying to sleep a little earlier than normal due to work or a cold or something rather than unusual noise at odd hours. There is no garbage disposal, as other people have said, but that shouldn’t be a problem as there’s this little drainer-catch thing to strain stuff before it gets down the pipe. There is no dish washer, but I don’t see why that bothers people so much, personally.
Really, American Arms has pros and cons like any place you can live. However, they have a good price, nice staff, the space, and the inclusion of cable and internet in the rent. You can probably find a nicer place in Davis with more space, but overall, I think these are very nice apartments and a good choice to make your home.
2011-04-06 10:18:46 I just moved out of Americana Arms to leave Davis, and I was very pleased with my experience there. I found from the time of my initial inquiry about renting there, through the leasing process, during my time in the complex, and through my move out, the building manager and office staff were wonderful. Friendly, professional, flexible, and thoughtful people—every time I went to the office, they greeted me by name and helped me with anything I needed.
While living there, I appreciated the incredible responsiveness of the maintenance staff (including a few times late at night when I blew a fuse and needed someone to come trip the breaker for me—at 2am, someone was there within 20 minutes!) The building is clean and well-maintained, rent is very affordable, neighbors are friendly, and the amenities are great—and of course the location can't be beat! This is a great place to live. —AshleyHoran
2011-09-02 22:11:58 Do not live here. I live on the first floor and the walls/floors are paper thin. You can hear the upstairs residents as the floor boards crack ever step they make. Also the internet seems to have severe issues. The server seems to disconnect users ofter and when I say ofter its like every 5 minutes. Connection speads are ridiculously slow if you are lucky to get connected. Not worth the $815 a month I pay. Look elsewhere...you have been warned! —davistemp
