University Commons Apartments

No pets allowed.

University Commons Apartments offers two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from $1085/month-$1,480/month (the baseline $1085 will be increased to $1140 in the upcoming lease year) as well as some furnished units; cats are allowed with a $400 deposit [March 2007]. This complex is managed by Jon Berkley Management, Inc..

31 March 2008 - I just called them and apparently they do not allow pets. I guess this changed from last year.

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2005-11-16 22:50:01   dumb question...where's the study room? (I live here and I've never encountered a study room) —JuliaRoseFurman

2007-04-26 23:52:19   Can I recieve a current review of the place? I'm apartment hunting and I want to know how the water pressure, internet, AC/Heating, noise level, and parking is... —Apartmenthunter

2007-05-04 01:23:42   I just visited the place. The management doesn't seem like they really know what they're doing. Also, you can hardly get a hold of this place, they barely answer the phone. They're excuse is, "we open after 10AM". We definitely called at 11,12,1,2 and finally showed up at the place at 3. Their second excuse was "we were showing someone the apartments probably" I don't like management that makes excuses and that I can't ask questions and answer to me in a comprehensible manner. The place looks kinda run down, but yeah, I don't live here. I just looked around the complex and talked to the management. I definitely don't recommend starting your apartment hunting search here. —Apartmenthunter

2007-08-18 16:27:02   This place is actually nice. So close to campus and really affordable. Management is good too. —Glamfunk

2007-12-24 21:05:33   I have lived in this place for over a year and going on to two. There is definitely a noise problem as there will be people walking, talking, yapping in the wee hours of the night. The washer and dryer is bit expensive at $1.25 for each. The management is alright, they seem to be slack but are very nice when you talk to them. We go there frequently to ask them to fix some various things such as unclogging the sink, toilet or even replacing dead light bulb. The free wireless sucks though, don't ever rely on that. There is also no study room. The inside of this place is small, but the price is nice. You will feel crammed in the bedrooms for sure, but it isn't as small as university court. —acidicbase

2008-02-09 23:36:06   now that i've lived here for about 6 months and gotten a feel for it i feel justified commenting about it. it's not the newest place (kitchen appliances are rather dated) but i like the management, they're fairly friendly and prompt on dealing with any problems (and the workers around are really nice :) they gladly replace/fix stuff for us as soon as we ask even if the management isn't around). pricing is fair for size and the proximity to campus. i second acidicbase on both the noise (though the late night talking has died down for a month or two now) and the internet (instaconnect is entirely unreliable). parking is $80 for the year for those who wanted to know. —MiranPark

2008-03-13 13:49:59   A tad pricey but definitely a decent place to live. Appliances are a tad old and the plumbing is rather run down but the management is pretty nice and the workers who repair problems are the apartment's redeeming factor. Roof has leaked 3 times and every time, the help was pretty quick to come fix the problem. Apartments are fairly roomy compared to most and management is quick to assist with any issues that might come up (had the carpet replaced as an example). —pieguy

2008-11-24 22:45:06   i hate to burst your bubble above commenter wayne, but they were actually planning on remodeling/upgrading all the apartments anyway. i still hear the instaconnect sucks. maybe i'm just bitter because i have a huge hole in my bathroom ceiling right now where there is a leak from a burst pipe which makes me unable to shower. felipe, the worker/repairman though...is cool. very cool and awesome. —MiranPark

2009-01-23 12:27:16   this place SUCKS. there's always so much loud noise at the most randomest time of the day. They use the leaf blower like 3 times a week early in the morning, there are crows that make so much noise around 7 or 8am, whenever it rains the pipes outside make the most ridiculous noises. The appliances here are quite old, and I'd rather pay less money for a better place. —djturn2

2009-01-26 18:26:14   Major noise problem. djturn2 is right about the various noises around this place. The crows are berzerk during the early hours and yes, the water running through the pipes during the rain is very annoying. Worst, people around the place seem to like to play music REALLY loud; in fact, there's music blasting as I type this. Instaconnect is unreliable, although it does have its good days -don't rely on it though as you might find yourself stuck w/o internet on days when you have a prelab to do or w/e. Aside from that, the management is nice and the maintenance people are very good. Given its relatively affordable price and proximity to campus, its a bearable place. Don't expect anything spectacular though. —localRenter

2009-03-11 10:24:17   The room is very nice and large. I place is better than I thought from the look outside and the price is reasonable. There's no problem occur to me while staying —cooooo

2009-03-17 10:15:16   This place is a joke. The grounds of the complex are shittier than all hell; I feel like I'm living in a refugee camp when I walk through them. Also, every fucking morning I am woken up by blasting Mexican music combined with either a skill saw or a hammer banging incessantly into mine or somebody else's wall. It seems they are doing construction of some type, but the only things I have seen produced are shitty compilations of raw lumber that look like something a teenager building a skateboard ramp might make. That is to say, these apparent renovations are not making the place look any better (even worse?) and at the expense of the renters sleep. I concur with the person who posted qualms about the drain pipes being excessively loud. I don't know who built this place, but clearly they were building for the deaf or creatures without ears. The internet here may be free, and that is for a reason. They should have to pay me to use that shitty hamster-wheel run system they call internet. Don't be surprised if a "system error" occurs multiple times a week for hours on end and you can't access the internet. And when it is fixed, your back to slower than dial up. It literally takes over a minute at times to load a simple html page. So when they say free internet, don't take that as a kudos, take it as if there is no internet because it is almost impossible to survive as a student of this system. The location is good, I'll give them that. However, that is no reason to rent here. There are plenty of apartments with nicer grounds, nicer buildings, and equally as convenient, if not better, locations. Moreover, the price is not right. Search around and I guarantee one can find a much more suitable place worth what they charge. This place is not worth it, seriously. The lady in the office is very nice, but don't be fooled, she is not management. Click on the link above and read for yourself the "rave" reviews this clearly incompetent management has gotten. I have two instances from this past year which really sum up the competence and scruples of this management. First of all, me and my roommates had picked out an apartment our freshman year. There are different plans, and we were assured that the plan we wanted was the plan we were going to get. Even on the lease was the apartment plan we were supposed to get. Then the day before we moved in, University Commons called us and said our apartment would not be ready until the day after we had planned to move in. This normally would not have been a big deal, but I was already in town with truck bed filled with my shit. So we had to settle for another plan with no compensation or anything. Then we saw the apartment we were supposed to move into and the place was literally trashed. It ended up taking them over a month to clean that apartment out so that someone could move in. Move in the next day my ass you lying sacks of shit. One more horror story. An international student lives in this complex and said person had made arrangements prior to coming to Davis to get an apartment here. However, the person needed a roommate to make the price reasonable and the management promised a roommate and not to worry. Well, no roommate was obtained and the person had to pay full rent, i.e. the management would not take responsibility for their inability to be reliable and trustworthy. Fuck this place, it is by far one of the worst experiences of my life. College is supposed to be fun, exciting, and all sorts of other good adjectives. If this is really true, then University Commons is the antithesis to college. My advice, SEARCH AROUND. That was mine and my roommates mistake. Please do not commit the same blunder we did. —cps

2009-05-10 23:52:54   The instaconnect wireless sucks. It actually worked okay before, but now it just disconnects people all the time, not to mention the really slow speed. The apartment is pretty old and the rooms are a bit small for the price. But I'm fine with it because it's close to campus. I'm not sure why they had the construction work either because it doesn't seem like there is much of an improvement. And yes, it was very annoying to get woken up by the construction workers. The walls are pretty thing, too.

The management is nice, though, and will fix any problems you have, except the internet. I'm always told to call the internet company, but those people are never around or they put you on hold. And when you finally get through to them, the internet is okay for a while and then becomes shitty again. -_-; I recommend getting your own internet service and taking the costs of that into account when looking for a place because this place's internet just won't cut it. —chompie

2009-07-21 11:09:50   How are the neighbors here? Are they okay with throwing kickbacks/parties? I like to invite my friends over, play some music, and have fun. Nothing huge, but I like to play music and stuff. Would this be a good place for that or is everyone really lame about partying? —johny

2009-08-05 09:15:47   Yeah they're pretty lame about parties. I had a few get togethers a while back.. and people from OTHER apartment complexes came over and knocked on our door to tell us to turn it down, on a FRIDAY. And it gets insanely loud at the oddest hours too. They decide to mow the lawn and cut the weeds at like 7 in the morning when everyone's still sleeping. I have like a family living upstairs of me who always makes hella noise, the husband is always screaming and yelling like a madman, and the children are always running and stomping. It gets pretty annoying. That's why we're not living here next year. —djturn2

2009-08-20 23:28:16   I do not like being awoke by lumber noises at around 7-9am when most people are asleep. All the construction work seems to disappear over night because the apartment still looks bad.

The air condition is so crappy even after changing the filters that my roommates and I stopped using it. The management acts all nice, but they are a little slow: they promise to fix something from your apt, and you have to wait 2 weeks. This has been consistently the case since there were some problems in my apartment. But to be fair, the manager does try to get the apt back into shape. —WengFF