Sorrento Apartments

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Location
1540 Valdora St. in South Davis
Office Hours
Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm
Contact
phone: (530)758-2662
fax: (530) 758-1251
[MAILTO]mailto:sorrentoapartments@gmail.com
Website
[WWW]http://www.sorrento-davis.com
Features
Patio
Pool/spa
Exercise room
Covered parking
Handicapped access
Package service through office
Central heat/air
Dishwasher/microwave
Gas Ranges
Laundry Room
Full Size Washers/Dryers for rent through office

Sorrento Apartments is a slice of heaven just across the street from Safeway, Rite Aid, and Office Max. It is the second apartment complex after Oakshade on the left of Valdora St., and is accessible via the W line. While it is not as posh as the surrounding apartments such as Avalon and Tanglewood, it offers a comfortable place for both students and families. There is a nice mixture of children in the day and drunken students in the night during weekends. As of May 2005, it's never too noisy, but at the same time more lifeless than other apartment complexes. Management is cool and responsive.

They offer five bright and spacious floor plans in single and two story models. Residents of Sorrento Apartments enjoy the great community including pool, spa and exercise room. Management is cool and responsive.

Villas

Down Valdora a little ways is Barony Place, a cul-de-sac which is home to Sorrento's apartments on the left (north) side and some of their "villas" on the right (south) side. The villas are condos/duplexes which are three or 4 bedrooms and look like nice little houses (you can see more of these down Lillard drive). Rent as of May '05 was about $2,400 for a 4-bedroom, 1,600 square foot place.

Sorrento Apartments also manages Brisa Villas and Avalon Apartments in South Davis.

Prices

Available September

Pictures

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2005-05-17 02:00:39   AAAA++++++, would gladly deal with again. —DatNguyen

2005-05-27 00:08:02   Brisa Villas has been a problem for me for the past few months, cockaroach problem won't go away. Moving soon. —JohnWong

2005-05-27 08:33:30   I wonder if the Sorrento Villas are going to be renamed to Brisa Villas and the apartments renamed Brisa Apartments. Anybody know?? —AlphaDog

2005-06-22 09:07:21   Sorrento is remaining Sorrento Apartments —MelissaGunby

2005-07-14 22:32:36   Does anyone know what company manages or owns Sorrento? —JohnWong

2005-07-19 01:37:56   Send your complaints about cockroaches to Jon Berkley Management, Inc. —DatNguyen

2005-10-31 16:21:04   Sorrento always has enough parking spaces. Whether this was through good planning or, more likely, pure chance, it's the biggest thing that keeps me here. —JoshuaGo

2006-08-17 04:31:15   Would love to hear any comments for 2006? I am moving into Sorrento to attend a junior college while my girlfriend attends UCDAVIS. How are the gym facilities? —FrankYoung

2006-08-18 17:47:44   Part 1 : [pre-movein] Management was friendly, accessible, and professional. The gym is quaint, mainly for cardio & toning. [1] Treadmill [1] Stairstepper? [1] multipurpose machine. They're currently doing some remodeling so your bound to see repairs being done here and there. Sign of good maintenance. Shoutout to Fu_fatboy. —FrankYoung

2006-09-10 05:49:58   Moved in for a week and there are some good people. Take me and my girlfriend at 160 we are happily out there trying to make new friends at sorrento. Some are cold for whatever reason and some are really cool like the people @ 150 as of summer/fall 06. Feel free to say hi or email kinein@gmail.com to make new friends. It's a nice neighborhood with a small crime rate. If not at all!!! As long as you do the buddy system were you walk with housmates or other friends it will always be fine. Frank @ 160 will always be available for a walk with anyone that desires a late night walking/running partner. kinein@gmail.com - sorrento is a great place to live and a lovely place to make friends. kit Sorrento 06/07 !!!! —FrankYoung

2006-09-10 05:51:27   I would really love to hear from other sorrento folks if I should establish a forum online to exchange info, sell stuff when the need arises, and to organize community events/watches for security. Feel free to email me @ kinein@gmail.com or call 408 966-8090 - Frank —FrankYoung

2006-10-14 23:25:01   We have a rat problem in our apartment. Management has taken steps to control the problem, but it hasn't worked. Last year the rats chewed through our heater wires and we wnet a week and a half without heat, all while nighttime temps were dropping below freezing. Management did manage to get someone out on a Friday night to repair the heater. As for tas, we caught one and the problem subsided, but now they're back and MUCH more active. We hear them almost everyday, see them every couple, and there is evidence of rat activity all the time. Maintenance has tried to plug holes, but they didn't use steel wool, so the rats have just chewed their way back in. Glue traps and a weekly visit from the exterminator will NOT solve this problem, and we're currently checking out our options as renters. Aside from that problem though, management has been decent....not great, but decent. I wish the rats weren't here, the apartment otherwise is fantastic. —AmandaGlinzak

2006-11-02 16:08:46   I am subleasing in the apartment that was mentioned above. However I moved out because it was starting to smell. Management is apparently blaming US for all of this and for the smell because we okayed the exterminator to use poison. Not to mention she has also given me the run around about subleasing... I went back today actually to drop off some stuff I didn't need and the room I was staying in smells awful. I opened the closet door and it seriously smelled like a rotting body was in the wall. Apparently yesterday when one of the roommates asked maintanence to acknowledge that the smell was coming from a dead rat in the wall they would not do so. It is really ridiculous that the apartment tenants are being blamed for a creature who comes to nest and have babies. How can we be to blame when the kitchen is clean and there's no holes left for them to come in yet they stay? I wonder how many other apartments have this problem, because I bet there's several. —StephanieWhaley

2007-02-06 16:26:33   my roomies and i aren't having any problems. great insulation for summer, but really cold during the winter —CraigMerry

2007-03-08 10:09:54   I lived here 2003-2005. Apartments were fine, but we were right next to the hot tub, and people would stay in there talking *loudly* until the wee hours of the morning. We had ant problems sometimes, but not a huge deal. We had a washer/dryer in the apartment that had a screw loose and ruined a load of my roommate's laundry; when she complained to the office, they gave her a refund for the clothing (although it wasn't very much money, it was a nice gesture). Oh, and technically there are no cats allowed, but the girl who lived next door to us worked in the office and had a cat in her apartment, so I don't know how strict they are. —ElleWeber

2007-03-12 16:28:07   sorrento apartments used to be a good place to live...but now the management is just messed up i wouldnt recommend living here if it continues to be managed by the same people this year —KarPhung

2007-05-11 13:49:56   I totally agree with Kar Phung. (Read my comment on the Brisa Villas page for more on the management.) —AnonymousTenant

2007-08-17 12:10:32   because you get families living here, ur car gets dinged a whole lot if your neighbor has kids. parking situation usually isnt crowded, but it isnt watched by a night security like Drew circle. management isnt all too great, we had a gas leak for about 4 days until they got a guy to "fix" the problem...which i had to call in again because i said it smelled like gas. insulation on the place is very shoddy, upstairs room reached around 90 in the summertime, maybe in the low 80s with the AC on. In any case if you get the upstairs rooms, the ventilation system is horrible and dated. The dishwashers are worthless. You might as well wash the plates by hand. The plumbing is crap too, the water got shut off roughly 6-10 times during the year.(once again they were hiring idiots to do the job) OH yah and if you still do decide to live here, kiss your deposit goodbye because i think they are trying to recoup their losses from all the plumbing work they did during the past year. —tenantofsorrento

2007-09-12 16:50:00   I created an account just to comment about this managment. Do not rent from these people. Everyone is right about the managment they are very difficult and not willing to work with you. I have had mutliple issues with them entering our property without our consent. They try to cheat you out of your security deposit by not allowing you to request an initial walkthrough inspection which is your right by state law. Please if you are displeased file a complaint with the BBB at www.bbb.org I did it and they have not responded. Perhaps if more people do this they will get their act together. —AvalonRenter

2007-09-19 17:40:17   my roomies and i are transfer from sorrento. we just moved into a townhouse from our flat. the move in was absolutely ridiculous and i've never been madder in my entire life. the experience was HORRIBLE! they made us leave our apt at 8am and we weren't allowed to move in to our new apt until 5pm. 5pm rolls around and we aren't allowed to move in yet because THEY HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED CLEANING THE CARPETS AND THE PAINT IS STILL DRYING! seriously, wtf?! we're transfers and they had over 9hrs to start and finish. some other girls i know were able to move in at 5pm and THEY WEREN'T TRANSFERS like us! obviously, sorrento knows that it's reputation with it's current clients is SHIT so they worry about the new prey first. FINALLY around 7:30pm we are allowed to move-in but the CARPET IS STILL WET. oh and not only that, our HOUSE KEYS DIDN'T WORK! and my god, the employees SUCK. yeah, i know they don't give a crap since they'll paid anyways but they make me want to slash their tires. the EMPLOYEES working the front office couldn't even help up and honestly, they were MORE INTERESTED IN PARTYING AND EATING instead of GIVING US WORKING HOUSE KEYS!

oh and our townhouse sucks. the floors on the 2nd floor creak, the walls are thin, the plumbing is horrible and the design of the 2nd floor is horrible! why? the biggest bedroom on the 2nd floor is adjacent to the bathroom (so you hear every disgusting noise) and the washer/dryer is right outside your door so enjoy the sounds of the washer/dryer before you decide to throw them out the window. —ReneChan

2008-01-17 10:47:30   I removed the link for affordable housing. The owners chose not to continue in the program because they want to increase rents. Sad, because I knew some disabled people living in there and they were told they would have to move or start paying regular rent which they cannot afford because both are very diabled and on SSI. I don't know about other problems mentioned but have a heart! —MyaBrn

2008-01-21 18:02:01   I have been living here in Sorrento the past year and I am definitely going to resign the lease for my apartment for next year! I'm really enjoying my apartment (I live in the 3 bedroom 3 bath flat option), it's very spacious inside, and the location is great (right across the street from Sorrento and two bus lines). I lived in Avalon last year, but wanted to downsize and get my own room, but there's definitely more than enough space for four people to live comfortably. Maintenance is really good, they get things done within the day or next day, and the office staff always calls to check up and see if we're happy with the maintenance done, which is nice because I've never had that at any other apartment complex. And management is really nice and helpful, whenever we've had any questions about our rent or anything, they sit down with us and go through our statements to see what we had questions about, which I appreciate.

And we've never had any pest problems either, besides the occasional spider that you'll inevitably find throughout Davis, but other than that, no problems here. And parking is great, even covered spots are open for anyone, so my roommates and I are happy about that too. Overall, I'm having a great experience here, definitely worth it! —davisAggie007

2008-08-07 17:57:04   This place is horrible!!! only poor people live here. THE APARTMENT IS BETTER QUALITY AFTER YOU LEAVE NOT BEFORE YOU ENTER. IT'S SO DIRTY. THE ONLY GOOD THINGS IS PARKING. SIGH.... I REGRET LIVING HERE. THE WALL ARE SO THIN. WHEN YOU HAVE SEX EVERYONE CAN HEAR IT. —jackjack

2009-01-23 21:28:33   I have been living in Sorrento for the past year and it has been fairly nice. The park, maintenance, size of the apartments, and general location are all ideal. However; the price that was initially advertised was not the price that I was given. Also, the management will constantly put letters in your mail if they have a complaint, which made me wonder why I'm paying money to someone who can't even speak to me like a human being. There's plenty of amenities to take advantage of, but the area constantly smells like kim chi, which is probably the most foul scent I have ever had the misfortune of smelling in my life. This smell comes from the 95% Asian population within Sorrento, so if you are looking to live in a diverse, social, attractive area then Sorrento is not for you. It certainly wasn't right for me. —Yiddo9

2009-02-21 11:56:05   I have enjoyed my stay at Sorrento. I moved in at the beginning of sept 08. There were some problems when we moved in. Rat droppings, plugs not working, windows not opening, window screens falling off, etc. HOWEVER, maintenance was amazing and fixed everything within the week, if not the next day. If we ever had a problem involving needing maintenance, they have came and fixed it by the end of the day. Both of the maintenance guys are friendly and nice. We are yet to see a rat. The light in the oven was out, and they simply just replace the stove completely. I haven't ever really talked to Linda, but when I see her around the complex she always smiles. The staff is always extremely helpful. When any of my roommates and I walk into the office, Bryan or Ryan I'm still not sure :/, always knows which apartment I belong to and usually can figure out why I am in there right away. The outgoing mail has been broken into a few times, which would have been nice if we were notified about it. However, when asked about mail not being received they admitted and told us they can't actually do anything with the mail boxes because it is US postal service property. The park is right behind the complex, great for just a walk or relaxing. The floorplans are well thought out, despite what some previous comments said. I rarely smell anything bad. Landscaping does come once a week and starts somewhat early if you like to sleep in during the week. The landscapers do stare at all of the girls walk by. I have even seen them stop what they are doing, and be quiet, just staring. My roommates and I have just learned to ignore them completely though. Parking is amazing. I have never found any problem parking. There are often guests who park inside, and there is still always parking. The appliances you see in the pictures of the model are the EXACT same appliances you get, so there are no surprises. Overall, this is great place to live. Unfortunately, none of us resigned the lease because ther only bad thing is the cost. It is way too expensive. —CaitlinBallengee

2009-05-23 23:49:27   I don't know what everyone is complaining about. I've never had any of the problems mentioned here. Staff is wonderful. They've always been nice and responsive. The management feel like residents, not like a business. They all recognized me when just from when I originally came by to look at the model and have always been good to talk to, even if nothing's up. Maintenance was pretty much perfect. All our requests were handled either the day of or the next day, During our stay we got a new stove (I didn't even notice anything wrong with the first one, but new one was nice), and two new sinks after reporting minor leaks. They always fix up anything we ask for, even if it's not something major that they're supposed to be responsible for. Management also accepts packages, which was very convenient.

The floor plan is very well thought out. It's spacious, open and well-proportioned. The living room is a good size, but not so large that the bedrooms are small for the square footage. The kitchen is also very roomy, and the vaulted ceilings make everything seem bigger. The upstairs bathroom (I live in a 4-bed/2-bath) is split into a sink/vanity area, a shower room and a toilet room, which makes having three girls up stairs quite manageable.

Parking is amazing. I have never seen the lot full, and most the time it's more than half empty. There's no need for assigned parking and having guests over is never a hassle. Around half the parking is covered, also.

It's mostly quiet. Occasionally there will be parties, but they're never out of hand, too late or on weeknights. Lately the gardeners have been out earlier, but assuming you're getting up before 10 for class it's not a problem. The school children are sometimes loud and a bit shrill, but they're mostly only loud in the afternoon, so unless you're constantly napping with your windows open (like me) then it's no big deal.

The location is excellent. Across the street, maybe 3 minutes walk, from the M and W, and the P and Q are both just a few minutes further. It's across the street from [SafeWay], [OfficeMax], Chinese food, coffee, ice cream, rite aid, pizza, a huge park with tennis courts, volleyball, playgrounds... Basically it's great, even if South Davis seems far away. It's also only a short walk to the post office and DMV.

Rent's not that bad. For the 4 bedroom 2 bath starting fall 2007 it was $2440, +$30 for an in-unit washer/dryer. It seems like a big number, but when looking for somewhere else to live (My roommates broke into factions. Wanting to live alone is my only reason to leave here.) I found nowhere comparable in terms of size, amenities, and general quality even only a little above the price here, much less below it. Security deposit was $1000, which spread amongst roommates wasn't a problem. Given my past interactions with the staff I don't foresee issues with getting the deposit back, though I'll report back after I've moved.

Also, the official policy is no pets though I've seen cats around as well as a couple small dogs in units. Either no pets is just the "official" policy to give management the upper hand in case of problems or people are just keeping them secretly.

I know this is quite long, but given my extreme satisfaction living here, I wanted to balance out the negative comments, especially those against the staff. The ease of dealing with them alone makes it that much more comfortable. They've always made it feel like a home for me, not like a business where they're just hanging around to get my rent. The length of this comment is proportional to how much I like Sorrento.

tl;dr AAA+++ would live here again, full recommendation. —omgstarkitty

2009-11-18 12:43:10   Reporting back re: security deposit: They waived the cleaning charges, probably because needing light cleaning is normal wear and tear, but they charged $750, 3/4 of the deposit to repaint the entire apartment. However, they waived part of that bill and only charged us 614/1000. Perhaps they waived the price of what a touch up would have been and only charged us for excessive costs. They also did a full repainting on one of our neighbors apartments. Both were occupied by us for only one year. They said they charged for it because after one year the apartment should only need touch ups. I washed most of the walls, but one roommate spackled most of her room, so maybe they had to repaint that. So the security deposit refund wasn't great, but overall I found living there to be pleasant.

The only other downside I forgot to mention was that the fan in the shower room wasn't strong enough and the laundry isn't well-vented. Anytime the dryer was running the second floor would be hot and humid and windows would get condensation on them. There was a bit of mold, in the shower room and also on dome downstairs windows. —omgstarkitty

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