Tenant Reviews for 4150 MARATHON ST

Don't throw away your time and money

We've been living here for roughly one year and four months, and our kitchen sink has clogged and overflowed with foul-smelling brown water on four separate occasions—including one incident that inundated a significant portion of our unit. The water damage led to mold growth in our carpeting, which caused my wife and me to experience illness for several weeks! The "on-site laundry facility" is absolutely laughable! With three laundry rooms available, only 2-3 of the 9 dryers are in working condition at any given time. When we report these issues to mgmt, they let time pass and then claim they've been repaired. I suspect their definition of "repaired" simply means it powers on. also, they refuse to issue refunds! Our "dishwasher" actually leaves our plates and bowls in worse condition than before! Animal waste is scattered throughout the exterior areas, particularly near the rear entrance to the pool (which appears to be from inconsiderate residents rather than mgmt negligence ... in my opinion). Instead of addressing legitimate maintenance concerns, mgmt prioritized installing decorative alarm systems on side exits and replacing elevator flooring with new tiles. And there's a substantial fissure running down the center of our unit. I'm genuinely worried about what could happen if we experience an earthquake.

Outside of Marathon Towers -less fortunate/bums live right outside the apartment. -trash everywhere. -hours to find parking Inside parking garage -leaks of water everywhere. water has leaked onto my vehicle and has left multiple water spots on many different occasions. Don't expect manager to compensate you for car damage from water/sewer line. -stained floors with oil and other vehicle liquids -odor -3 to 4 stray cats Elevator -mutiple occasions where both elevators are not working for about 6-7hrs. Handicap had to wait to go upstairs to their home. -stinks with either too much chemicals being used and not the proper bleach per cup of water being used or a herendous smells thats uncomfortable to take the elevator in. Can feel nauseated/dizzy while most of the time in elevator. -post of for sale items in elevator. Gym The gym is not a place for anyone to workout in. Everything is outdated, rusty, really dusty and has a smelly odor. Buckets of left over cleaning supplies with dirty liquid in corner had mold growing on the side. Moldy walls on corners and baseline. No proper ventilation in gym area. Jacuzzi First off, the water is always cold. Tested the Ph and Cl2 and both readings were as followed Cl2: .52 Ph below 7.0. If you are not aware of proper pool/jacuzzi chemicals then I will inform you that this is not good at all. Needs to be maintained better. Hallways/stairways Smells like pee and marajuana constantly. Floors are stained and walls are different shades of dirt/stains/graffiti. Apartments Inside of the living space of the apartment whether it's one, two or three bedrooms is descent. Items in kitchen such as the oven are outdated. Infested with giant roaches/ants. Bathroom sliding doors have build up of mold and other black material. The balcony area whether on the inside or perimeter of the apartment has nets covering it. I'm assuming the nets are to keep unwanted birds out. Lots of bird poop/feathers everywhere on 1st floor by the pool/balconies. The AC can only be lowered to 71 because we were informed that it may break and have to be repaired. There is a CONSTANT SMELL OF SMOKE FROM CIGARETTES coming from the vents. Vents have to be constantly shut to decrease inhalation of toxic cigarette smoke. Note: FIRE alarms are constantly tested randomly throughout the month at any time of day. The alarm goes off really loud and you can barley hear the person standing 4ft away from you. Water is constantly shut off due to a malfunction they have to fix. Water has been shut off without a 24hr notice due to an emergency. There are way to many emergencies every month. Plan ahead in using showers/cooking etc, before it randomly shuts off. Neighbors Most neighbors are friendly. A lot of them do smoke cigaretts. Some are ------ which play hipbop/Latino music till 2-4am during the week. Some neighbors look questionable with bad intentions. Hope this helps current and prospective tenants in making a decision.

This is the most disgusting apartment building of this size. It is filled with rodents and roaches. Graffiti, spills, stains.. The inside is always dirty and stinky. Charges horrendous rent for this lousy apartment, but apparently no management whatsoever.

This building is disgusting. The cleaning woman doesn't do a good job of cleaning. The lobby and elevators always has some sort of spill on the floor and the hallway carpeting is filthy. People leave shoe boxes on the elevator and other items of clothing. The managers are lazy. They collect the rent and that's it. They're rarely in the office and when you call they don't call you back most of the time unless it's for something they want, i.e rent. (They lost my rent check once and it was a cashiers check, but they found it underneath their laptop. They were quick to call about that.) They shut the water off often. Probably about 2-3 times a month for extended periods of time. The entire buildings electricity went out at around 1 a.m to 8 a.m a few weeks ago, but I'm not sure if that's the buildings fault. If so, they should have notified everyone. Maintenance is good but they don't always return things promptly. They fixed something once and I had to ask if it was ready three weeks later. And the neighbors are horrid, disgusting, filthy people. They don't care about sanitation AT ALL. They pack the garbage chutes instead of taking their lazy asses to the ground level to get rid of bigger trash items so the garbage is comepletely packed all the way out the chute and to the front door of the garbage area. I've had pest a couple of times because of these people and I always clean up my apartment so there is no reason they should be attracted to my apartment besides the fact that I'm not that far from the chute and the hallways smell like a dumpster. There are two chutes on each floor and I went to the other one and that was packed too. What I pay in rent is not worth this --------. The minimal perks (2 bed,2 bath, 2 parking, the sad --- "jacuzzi" and sad --- "fitness room") to living here do NOT outweigh the bad things by a long shot. If I could move right this minute, I would. DO NOT LIVE HERE!

If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Do not believe the hype. The manager is a lying, manipulative, lazy person who is cruel and unethical. Firing would be too kind- she should be sent to jail for the illegal activity carried on under her rule as tyrant.

Pot smoke EVERYWHERE! If you dont smoke run- dont walk away- even the Manager sits in the office reeking of pot-, so where do you think your complaints are going to go= the trash. Very Unfriendly staff, and all of them pot heads. Avoid this place if you dont like druggies, and dog poop and pee in the elevators, bed bugs in the aprtments, and useless staff.

Ok so i have lived here in this apartment for already @ years since @))( march the manager that rented my this place was very friendly and funny the place was verry clean smelled really good after they got relocated to another apartment then came in a different manager who was very lazy ignorent and also because of her lazyness in giving my rent payment late i supposably now owe alil over $1,300.00 of late fee i always payed on time but she gave my rent in late i lived in a apartment in the second floor and got full of BED BUGS they bite my children and i they made me live there for 6 months and had removed the carpet so i slept on the floor had to THROW AWAY ALL MY FURNITURE i STRONGLY RECOMEND you do not move here to this place its like an apple beutiful on the outside but ugly and spoiled on the inside and dont even get me started on the so called gym they have and jacuzzi they havent cleand it for over 1 1/2 years and doesnt even warm up to much problems and very raciest to latinos and also to others asians i give it from a 1-10 i give it a -1,000,000,000im soon going to move !

I have been to many apartments in the area and this is by far one of the best for the price. Great location, across the street from LACC and many restaurants. Big 2 level parking garage with CCTV and overnight security guard with 2 elevators and very clean lobby. I have been living here for over 1 year now and the staff is very friendly and maintenance is fast, they fixed my sink very quickly.

We have lived here for about a year and four months now and our kitchen sink has backed up and overflowed with brown smelly water four times, one of which flooded most of the apartment. The flooding created mold in the carpet which made my wife and I feel sick for a few weeks! The "on-site laundry" is a joke! there are three laundry rooms and only 2-3 of the 9 dryers actually work. When we tell the management about it they wait a little while and then say they are fixed. I think to them "fixed" means it turns on. Also, they never give refunds! Our "dishwasher" actually makes our dishes dirtier! There is poop everywhere outside especially by the back door leading to the pool (that is actually the work of disgusting tenants not the management ... I think). The management decided to put fake alarms on the side exits and put in new tile in the elevators rather than fixing the real problems. Oh yeah, There is a big crack down the middle of our apartment. I am afraid of what will happen during the next earthquake.

Good price, great park in front of the complex, and a quiet neighborhood. These seems to be the only upside of this apartment. <br><br> Here comes the bad part. No security guard on duty. Cars had been stolen from the parking garage. In-adequate help from managers when you need any, walls so thin you can here next door neighbor breathing, never enough parking for guests, laguage barrier between the manager and tenants, unpleasant odor in hallways... lists go on an on. <br><br> so before the price of the complex take your judgement over, think twice.