The Arbors

Location

1280 Olive Drive

(South Davis, near The Olive Drive Market and

just across the tracks from the Train Station)

Contact

(530)756-2424

Website

http://www.thearbors.com

Features

DSL/wireless Instaconnect for a fee

Central heat/air

Dishwasher/microwave

Covered parking

Handicapped access

Laundry

Storage

BBQ area

Exercise/game rooms

Patios

Pets allowed (small dogs & cats) with a $500 deposit (as of February '08)

Pool/spa

Study room

The Arbors is just down the street from In-N-Out, The Olive Drive Market and just down and across the train tracks from the train station. Also within walking/crawling distance to Sudwerk (hint - cross the train tracks right where 2nd Street turns, and it is a nice mellow walk there, a fun crawl back).

The Arbors has a tranquil quality, behind a security gate. This gated community offers one- and two-bedroom units and also features a 24 hour clubhouse with television, pool table and arcade game (free for residents use) and 24 hour fitness room.

If you plan on moving here, you have at least 3 choices for high speed internet: DSL, Comcast Cable Modem, and Instaconnect Wireless, or you can just use one of the (many) open connections. Its one- and two-bedroom apartments range from $1015/month to $1300/month [Jan 2009].

Model Apartments available to tour Monday through Friday from 1 pm to 5 pm, evenings and weekends by appointment.

Wiki users that live here include Tiffee and Oleg.Lokhvitsky.

Wiki users that used to live here include AndreyGoder, ZacMorris, JenniferLaFever, TarZxf, Evan JabberWokky E., AubreyJohnson, ChrisTakemura, SarahHillard, BradBenedict and CharlotteHoar,.

See our Housing Guide for more information on housing in Davis, and our Apartments page for a thorough list of complexes within Davis.

• To access gate after hours residents are provided a key code. Parking is for residents only and a valid parking permit is required.

One Bedroom Layout Two Bedroom Layout

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2005-03-24 16:09:45   Can anyone tell me if the Arbors is a loud place to live (eg. the cars on the highway and the train tracks)? Thanks —MonicaWilliams

2005-03-24 18:39:52   The row of apts that are against Olive Drive gets the brunt of the train noise, but also blocks it for the rest of the place. We're in the next layer back, where you can hear the trains (runs nearly on the hour) but it's quite muted. It really depends on the location in the complex. —TarZxf

2005-09-26 11:34:10   I have a co-worker who lives here, and 4 laptops were stolen from his apartment, despite the security gate. —RyanCastellucci

2005-11-16 15:15:08   I've had a horrible experience at the Arbors. First, my car window was smashed open just to steal a backpack in the back seat. The apartments near the freeway are probably the loudest, but they also offered a decent discount. ($900/mo. for 900 sq feet in Davis is cheap.) Secondly, as we attempted to release the apartment (due to job relocation) twice so far we found willing people to sign a sublease, and as they were filling out the rental application from the main office, the main office has contacted them and signed them on a different apartment. I've never even heard of anything like this before. —MarcusTylutki

2005-11-21 16:35:16   I love it here. Just moved a couple weeks ago, BUT it has a great pool and weight room. The laundry units are cheap to use, the scenery is great. The trains are a bit noisy, and I can't stand the garbage trucks at 8am every Monday, BUT these are small downsides compared to the usually quiet surroundings. —JenniferLaFever

2005-12-04 20:52:54   Marcus — yeah, my stepdad had a really nice jacket stolen, and once when we had to park on Olive Drive someone tried to pry the license plate off. also someone broke into it when it was filled with Xmas presents on year, opened the gifts, but didn't take any. Or maybe they did? Can't remember. heartless bastards, though. but that's not the Arbors fault, just some of the assholes that inhabit the area. Monica - The Arbors is a VERY noisy place to live. It is SO much quieter here (we moved to North Davis). —AubreyJohnson

2007-01-10 17:00:28   I lvoe the Arbors. I've been a resident here for 3 years and plan on staying many years more. The apartments are spacious and are a great price for the space and for the location (close to UCD campus). The noise has never bothered me (and I live right against the freeway wall). The current management and maintanence team are truely awesome. They are friendly and communicate well. Even when I have minor problems in my apartment (like a loose doorknob), they always come within 24 hours (usually within 2) to fix it. The apartments are also being upgraded and I believe that most of them now have tile flooring and granite countertops, which is awfully nice for a college apartment. Oh, and I've never has anything stolen, even though I frequently leave my place unlocked and have expensive electronics lying around. Just thought I should put the positives in here for anyone considering taking up a lease at the Arbors. —RachelPeters

2007-03-04 11:46:53   CharlotteHoar and I just moved in here. We're in the back row so the trains are quiet, but coming from cul-de-sac Esparto I'm not used to living with the noise of a freeway, or even loud cars and trucks for that matter. The only complaint I have with the apt is that the bathroom is REALLY hard to put things in. No medicine cabinet, the sink counters barely hold a toothbrush and as of now our shampoo and conditioner is sitting on the toilet cause the won't fit on the ledge in the shower. —BradBenedict

2007-03-05 09:18:32   And the gym room sucks if you plan on doing weight training. —BradBenedict

• What's wrong with the gym? Does it just have only a few machines or something? I'm curious because i'm going to move in this September.. —PeterCung

• The manager asked my girlfriend today why I thought it sucked, so I thought I'd clarify. I guess I'll help you out too. The gym is lacking the single most important piece of equipment for strength training — a barbell. There is also no bench. So the three major strength exercises (Deadlift, Squats, Bench Press) cannot be done in there. To me, that's a big deal. I don't expect a fully decked out gym, but to do the basic, most important exercises would be nice. There are some isolation exercise machines, which doesn't make sense to me cause I'm of the belief that isolation exercises should be a supplement to compound exercises, not the only exercises performed. Weight machines are a scam. The cardio part of the gym is excellent. —BradBenedict
  

• Also, if you're like 90% of the guys in Davis and your biceps are the only muscles in your body, you'll be fine. There's lots of dumbells and a preacher curl cable machine. And don't do squats on the calf raise machine unless you're about 7 feet tall. You won't get full range of motion and will eventually ruin your knees. —BradBenedict
  

• Oh yeah, the press machines will technically have you doing compound exercises, but they are weird. No matter how I adjust them it feels wrong. Maybe because I'm not used to starting a bench press with a positive motion. Also on one, I can "bench press" 11+ reps of 200lbs (that's as high as it goes) and on the other bench press machine next to it I can barely do what I think is 140 (they are numbered like 1 - 20 or something). But yeah, there's not really room for a bench or squat rack now and I wouldn't expect them to get rid of the machines they spent thousands of dollars on. I just deal with it by doing deadlifts and whatever else I can at home, then a few things over there. The fact that they even provide a gym is great though. It's still better than paying $40+ for a gym across town. OK, if I write any more I might as well just buy thearborsgymreview.com. —BradBenedict
  

2007-03-05 12:19:22   The office hours are 10 am - 5 pm. If you call the maintenance number they'll tell you it's open at 8 am, but it's not. However, they do allow you to have cats and small dogs. —CharlotteHoar

2007-04-11 16:30:16   My spouse and I have lived here for five years under three different managers. We had problems with noisy neighbors in the past, but things have been very quiet lately. Karen is a great manager and the facilities are well-maintained. If you take a look at Acadian's properties, you'll see how bad things can get when property managers are unethical. After hearing about other people's experiences, I'm glad to be living at The Arbors. —aafrancis

2007-04-22 20:45:28   Management is awesome. I mean, AWESOME... best I've seen in Davis and I've lived here almost 6 years. The complex is quiet, safe, and pet friendly. Parking has never been a problem. The units have very nice granite countertops and new tile. The best part? The HUGE living/dining room area. I don't think anywhere in Davis boasts such affordable space for a one-bedroom place. Plenty of kitchen and cupboard space, which is great for cooking and storing food. —RachelCakes

2007-05-03 00:36:48   If this place gives you your own water heater, does that mean you have to pay for hot water? —Apartmenthunter

• Dear Apartment Hunter, The Arbors Apartments pays water, sewer, and garbage. The resident is responsible for gas and electric (PGE). Since the water heater is gas you pay to heat the water but not for the actual amount of water used. My PGE bill, in a 2x2, averages about $50.00 per month.
  

2007-05-23 18:03:31   After some adjusting I can say I enjoy living here. When we needed maintenance (shower door was mysteriously missing when we moved in) the maintenance guys did it quickly and correctly. It's also much quieter than most apartment complexes I've been to. One thing I have noticed is that there are plenty of parking spots but a most them are quite small. My car got hit last month because apparently there wasn't enough room for the other driver to maneuver. And some discourteous people like to park their large vehicles in the (limited) covered parking spots, either taking up 2 spaces or making it impossible to get out the door and some people without a permit continually parking in the covered spots. Apparently other people complain about limited bike parking, too. —BradBenedict

• I forgot about that little quirk of parking. The covered spots are open, but the two center and two outer spots are the usual "Arbor-sized" parking spaces that are tight even for a VW New Beetle. That means that you can sometimes park and then discover that the post for the covered space blocks your door. Large vehicles (not just SUVs, but old junker or classic boats) fill a spot so much that it squeezes the spaces to the side, no matter how careful and considerate the driver was when they centered their vehicle in the space. I must say, however, that I prefer dinky spaces to not enough spaces. The tradeoff benefit is that you can pretty much always find a spot near your front door. —JabberWokky
  

• The problem is that dinky spaces can CAUSE not enough spaces. For a while there was a truck always parking in the covered spots and would take up two spaces. They tried to get it into one spot, but could never really do it. They either moved out or have gotten rid of their truck. Parking isn't a problem now, but that could be because some people still haven't moved in yet. It seems like there's always covered spots open. Maybe cause people aren't brave enough to try to fit in the small ones ;). The problem with parking under the trees, in the uncovered spots is that your car will VERY quickly pick up a nice coat of aphid crap. Makes your car look nasty and makes it very hard to see out of the windows at night. —BradBenedict
  

2007-07-16 18:35:10   Just cause I want to be fair, everything I've complained about has been fixed or has offered to have been fixed. Other than the tiny parking spaces and gym, which I wouldn't expect to be fixed. —BradBenedict

• I keep writing here cause I actually feel bad about pointing out some of the negative things here. The reason I feel bad about it is because the current manager (Karen) actually cares. Showing that she cares about our our happiness in living here and not just seeing us as income is nice. Like when she asked my girlfriend why I thought the gym sucked so she might be able to improve it. She tries to make the tenants happy and (at least with us) has been doing a good job. That is more important than parking spots and gym equipment. Like a lot of people on here, I tend to point out the negative things and forget the positive things. However, since we moved in here in March I have noticed a lot of subtle changes that make living here better. Some major things, too...like when it started getting hot they had A/C people come out and make sure that our A/C was working so we could keep cool and not run our energy bills up with a faulty A/C. And new laundry machines for more convenience. So, thank you to the management and good job! —BradBenedict
  

2007-09-03 17:17:26   Anyone in this apartment complex have DSL service? I'm interested to know what kinds of speeds you are getting. I want to avoid Comcast if at all possible. —ZacMorris

2008-04-05 00:41:56   Management and maintenance are great. HOWEVER, I think the worst part about these apartments is the SMALL PARKING SPACES... My car got scratched/hit by someone a good bit(and it was evident that they tried to wipe off the paint that had come off from their own car), and my roommate also had her car scratched/hit by someone. It's just terrible that people don't take responsibility for their actions. Parking is frustrating, but I will mention some positive things about living here. Maintenance is responsive and the complex is quiet in general compared to other apartments in South Davis. The train noise is pretty loud if you live closer to the street, but you get used to it. I think what's nice about the management here is that they are considerate enough to send out monthly newsletters and notices to the residents. More positives include a relatively low amount required for a pet deposit, being close to downtown and campus. —at86

2008-04-07 19:54:22   I have DSL. The speeds are fine—I have the 3 mbps plan and I usually get ~2.8. It works quite well and I have yet to have any problems with the service (got it in September). —AndreyGoder

2008-06-08 15:10:16   Arbors is reasonably quiet, safe, has all the standard amenities, and is conveniently located in relation to campus (maybe a 15-20 minute walk from the MU). I've been here for about a year now and plan to stay for at least one more. Sometimes the rules/regulations seem a bit strict -I recently received a noise complaint because some friends of mine were talking on the way out to their car late at night- but by and large the staff is fair and responds quickly to any sort of issue you may be faced with. Pretty okay place to live and for the price I'd say you'd probably be hard-pressed to find better. —BreeButler

2009-01-31 17:05:49   Can anyone specify which furnishing are included, and which aren't? It says that microwave and fridge are included. What about beds? Tables? Chairs? —Oleg.Lokhvitsky

• As of a few years ago, nothing. They are (like most apartments), unfurnished. —Evan 'JabberWokky' Edwards
  

2009-02-08 20:26:44   I just signed my lease here on Friday. I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!! My only question is which is better/cheaper to have dish or comcast? —Tiffee

2009-02-09 03:00:43   I've lived in four different complexes in Davis, and The Arbors have been my best experience. The living space and rooms are pretty huge. Each room comes with its own bathroom and for the rent, it's definitely well worth it. Karen the manager is very nice and friendly, and the staff are all kind and responsive. The only negatives I encountered are the small parking spots and a high pet deposit. They've upgraded to granite counters and tiles so that's a plus. I definitely recommend The Arbors! —TonyaNN

2009-03-17 23:20:04   This apartment complex is great! I've lived here for four years and am very happy. Maintenance requests are handled promptly, the facilities are well kept, and it has nice amenities. And last but not least Karen, the apartment manager, is awesome As for the noise, after two days you won't even notice the trains. —evilforestgnome

2009-03-19 00:33:00   I've been here for a year after moving from out of state, and this is the best apartment complex that I've ever seen! There is hardly ever anything that I've had to contact the office about (I think I've contacted them 2 or 3 times), and those have always been taken care of within 24 hours. The grounds, gym, and recreation area are all well maintenanced. The trains are only an issue very very sparingly (I have heard them less than 10 times). I was even able to get the highest internet speed for online gaming that ATT provides. I have a fairly wide car, so I was really worried about the parking situation, and I am really happy that I visited first, because I have no idea what anyone is talking about with the spaces being small. I have seen vehicles just shy of being the size of Hummers parking in the spots with no problem at all! It may be an issue if you absolutely have to have one of the covered spots, since they seem a little smaller due to the wooden poles that hold up the roof, but those are still the same size, they just have posts on the lines. If you are planning on being in Davis for awhile though, I highly suggest this complex. —Jteeples

2009-09-23 23:10:30   I lived at the Arbors for the 08-09 school year and really liked the place. Karen, the property manager, and Sergio, the head maintenance guy, were great. They were always super nice and responsive. Sergio even fixed my roommates flat tire on her bike. Since they've upgraded the bathroom/kitchen cabinets and counter tops the apartments are very nice. And even though Olive Drive isn't that greatest street, I always felt safe living at the Arbors. —ARL589