Canyon Pines Apartments

The neighborhood is nice. The apartments are old and out of date. The rents are high and the apartment management is NOT teneant friendly. The water gets shut off almost monthly for repairs. The management only patches the problems they don't fix them. I have had problems with an over flowing toilet for close to 8 months. When i call the maintainance hotline and lave my number, NO ONE calls back or checks on my problem. When I go to the office and tell the manager about it, she says""ok I'll send someone right out."" I've only been waiting 8 months for maintainance to show. BBQ's are forbidden on our porches, but the manager has one. Rent increases are way to high. and when they have the trees cut or apts painted, the workers do an awful job. The tree brances drop and damage property including fence railings, and the painters spill paint on everything incliding the decks. When this is brought up to management they tell us ""oh well, it's part of the process."" then our rent get's raised because of these improvements. I personally know 6 people that moved out once their lease was up because of how unhappy they were at canyon pines. if you can find 2 washers or dryers working at the same time your very lucky. Brea is a nice city, move to Brea but DO NOT move to canyon pines. The apt deposit you give to canyon pines, will never be returned. They will find reasons to keep it and you have to sue them to get it back. RUN AWAY FROM canyon pines, RUN AWAY and DON'T LOOK BACK. more

DON'T RENT HERE! They make all new tenants sign a one-year lease and by the time you find out how bad the management is, it's too late and you will have to pay a substantial penalty to get out of the lease. The new manager lady treats all of the tenants like they are sub-human. The way I see it, the main, but not the only difference between the tenants and the manager is that the tenants can afford the rent. One of her favorite things to do is walk around and yell at the kids. She doesn't yell at them like she is their parent, she yells at them like she is their BAD parent. I've talked to her about it, and others have talked to the management company about it, but nothing changes. I've always suspected FDC was a bum management company, but the old manager was really good. She has even yanked cell phones out of the kid's hands to try to get their attention. Trust me when I say ""she is a real piece of work."" It's a shame too, because the property is in a nice area with good schools, and all of the downstairs apartments have a decent fenced-in patio area. I'm taking my family out of here just as soon as I can; penalty or not. Pros: Location, schools Cons: MANAGEMENT more