Clarington Apartments

I lived at Clarington Apts for 3 years and I can honestly say that I have never seen a better apartment community management team. Donna and Cinda know all of the residents, are friendly and professional and address any issue in a very timely fashion. And the apartments are very reasonably priced, considering the locations and amenities offered.

We lived at Clarington Apartments from September 2013 to September 2015. It was an excellent place to live and we miss it already. It wasn’t perfect though; nowhere is. So here are the good things and the bad things about Clarington Apartments:
Good:
— The staff is amazing!
— Cinda and Donna are really wonderful and I enjoyed chatting with them whenever I came to get mail or whatever. They were really understanding and generous in all of my interactions with them. They’re great.
— The handyman is also great. One time my smoke detector went off at 1 am for no reason and someone came to help me with no complaints at all. It was lovely to know that whatever went wrong I could just let Cinda and Donna know and it would be fixed within a day or two.
— The cleaning and security staff were also really friendly.
— The pool and hot tub and sauna were lovely. We didn’t use them enough, but we totally miss them now. The gym was mostly really great except for a couple of small things that I’ll mention in the «bad» section.
— Easy walking distance from downtown Culver City. There are more great restaurants within 10 minutes walk than you’ll visit in a whole year. New ones are opening all the time. Walk down the street to a movie! It’s the best.
— Very pet friendly :)
— Low deposits. It’s really easy to pay rent, etc.
— Mail service! This is great because it protects your packages when you’re busy or at work.
— They always leave birthday cards and holiday cards and stuff like that! It’s really sweet.
— The kitchen cabinets and hardware are all pretty new.
— Leaving was pretty painless. They helped us through the whole process and were very clear about what we’d be charged for. The deductions from our deposit were very fair.
Bad:
— You’re right next to a Smart and Final. This means there’s a parking lot right outside your window (depending on where your apartment faces). This means car alarms all day long and truck deliveries at 5 am with their engines idling for ages. It also means that the air is pretty smoggy which can make your entryway carpet dirty.
— You’re also right on Venice. This means fire engines, cop chases, helicopter chases, obnoxious deafening motorcycles, etc. It’s noisy.
— The immediate neighborhood isn’t great. You’re a short walk from a great area, but it’s not a place where you’re excited to jog right outside.
— A couple of gym gripes — there were no free weights. The owner was not interested in adding even a basic 200 dollar dumbbell set. This made it so that I had to join a gym even though I had a gym right there in the building. Some of the cardio machines are pretty old and they break quite often.
— At least in our experience, it’s a pretty impersonal community. We didn’t know any of our neighbors. We didn’t even know the names of the people whose door was 4 inches from our door. People are friendly in the elevator but then you never see them again.
All in all, we loved our time at Clarington Apartments and we would certainly recommend it. It was was good place to call home.

The perfect studio apartment in West LA with the best management and maintenance team I’ve ever had.
Donna and Cinda are gentle, kind, funny, compassionate, understanding, accommodating and genuinely sincere people. Since the office is located right by the exit, you get to see them in the mornings before work, grab a cup of coffee and chat for a moment. It’s a great way to start the day. Anytime I had an issue they were there for me and had it taken care of quickly. They also have a tenant of the month, send you birthday messages on your door and have cookies and candy during the holidays! Great team and an invaluable asset to the Clarington apartments.
The maintenance team is extremely friendly, helpful and great at their jobs. A true A team. José and Armand will always be there for you in a kind and professional manner. The best maintenance team I’ve ever known.
The studio has a creative and very spacious layout with a unique iron fence with sliding blinds to give the studio a sense of privacy from the bedroom to the living room. Smart & Final is right next to the apartment complex and the noise is barely there if the balcony is open, but when you close the balcony its serenely quiet. The ventilation in the bathrooms is a problem but only during July-​August. Lots of friendly dog and cat owners. Your neighbors are genuinely kind and welcoming. Lots of closet space (deep walk-​in closet). Beautiful stone-​tiled bathtub/​shower. Beautiful wooden kitchen and bathroom cabinets with marble tops. Nice covered parking with pool, sauna, workout room, pool table, and beautiful neighborhood to walk around. As typical with LA, parking for visitors is troublesome but part of life here.
To summarize, the Clarington is genuinely homey for ages 25+ that is friendly and helpful for an affordable price for its location and amnesties. The amazing lease agreements are short, clear, affordable and fair. A true jewel in West LA for young adults looking for a relaxing apartment to come home to after grueling hours of intense work at the office.

Been living here since December 2014 and absolutely love it here. We have a small Welsh Corgi that enjoys living here too. We only had to pay a deposit and pet deposit. There is no pet rent unlike other places that nickle and dime you for everything. Signed a 6 month lease and it’s the same price as a one year.
We got their executive studio and is pretty huge, its basically a one bedroom except that instead of a wall, you get blinds that opens up the room. Walk in closet, renovated bathroom etc. Everything feels new and clean.
The facilities are always consistently kept clean. Since you only get one parking spot with a studio, I’ve had to park my car in the neighborhood and haven’t had any problems.
The gym is probably as equal to a hotel gym, for a guy it has the bare necessities, but not enough to cancel your gym membership. I see a pool guy come weekly to clean the pool so that’s always in tip top shape. Laundry is down the hall, $ 1 to wash, $ 1 to dry, open 24 hours.
I take my dog out often, even at 1AM and feel safe seeing security downstairs in front.
I live where there is view of smart and final and their parking lot and was warned that I may hear noise, but honestly, if the double pane sliding door is closed I don’t hear a thing. (I’ve lived on Motor Ave across from the Fire Station so I know what annoying truly is)
Only Cons are that there is no parking gate clicker, you have to open your window and simply turn a key to open the gate. (Yes we’re lazy)
Overall, I feel this is the best managed and well kept apartment complex I’ve lived at. Worth every penny.

I absolutely love living here! Management is the main reason I moved in. Cinda is extremely friendly, knows everyone, very helpful and understanding. She had gone above and beyond for me on multiple occasions. Donna is fantastic too! Jose from maintenance is great. I appreciate living in a complex with exceptional managers and staff.
I live in a studio and the layout is perfect. It is pretty expensive to live here but if certain amenities like gated parking or over night security are important… it’s something to consider.

I’ve lived in a studio here for about a year, and just signed a new lease to move into the 1br right next door to my old studio. I love this apartment complex: its well managed, the apartments are beautiful, there’s a gym and pool and sauna, and the leases are for 6 months with month to month after.
There are some issues that others have pointed out: Smart and Final noise is annoying and the bathroom ventilation is pretty bad so you have to keep your fan on ²⁴⁄₇. But that said, the managers are actively working to keep Smart and Final less of a noise issue.
The community is chill, and for the area compared to nearby luxury apartments (including the gray building across the street) the price is cheap. Its not as luxe as a real luxury building, but its the right balance for me.

Best at this area so far, for the price and what you get

Once my lease is up, I will be looking for another Apt., the Manager Donna talks down to people shows no respect what so ever! If I wanted to be treated this way I would live at the office! We had a disagreement I walk out of the office and she continued to yell at me from her office as I was at the elevator! The only time I can get a response without the attitude is from Cynda or even the handy man! We had a problem with a pet owner letting their dog pee in the stairwell, this has been going on for well over a year (according to other residence) and yet the carpet still has not been cleaned, and it smells like urine, as the days get hotter the smell gets worse! Yes I am posting this using a friends account, Donna already treats people like they are nothing to her, imagine the treatment I will get if she knows who I am!

THINK TWICE BEFORE RENTING!!!
I lived in Clarington Apts for 3 years and I have to say we were very happy to leave. For one thing, the rent is way overpriced — do not think that just because the deposit is small, the apt is worth the rent. You can find equally as nice/​spacious apts for $ 200 – 300 LESS a month in the same area. Second, the building is right by a Smart N Final and the noise from the building is OUTRAGEOUS. Honking, towing, beeping, fights in the parking lot, trucks coming and going all hours of the night — you name it, you will hear it.
Finally, the building boasts «luxury style» amenities — but they are built VERY poorly. Apparently our bathroom’s fan did not actually ventilate (basically, it was purely for looks), so it was disconnected by the owners a few weeks after we moved in. When we moved out, they charged us $ 150 from our deposit due to «Bathroom not properly ventilated — mildew.» I am told it is because we did not keep the window open at all times when the bathroom was in use. You’d think that if you’re paying $ 1700 for a 1 bedroom apt, IT WOULD HAVE A WORKING FAN!!! Obviously, on days when it is cold/​hot and you have A/​C or heat going, you don’t want to have your bathroom window open for long periods of time. Furthermore, when I called to discuss this charge, the manager was very rude, kept cutting me off, and tried to tell me she’d really done me a favor because she could have charged me for paint on top of everything else we were charged (equally bogus $ 350 for cleaning and carpet replacement) even though she admitted we were great renters (VERY clean, always on time with rent, no complaints whatsoever). This was a new Manager, not the one we originally rented with.
Bottom Line: We left very dissatisfied and knew other renters who felt the same way. And after my interactions with the new Manager, I would stay away from the place!!!

This apt building is so desirable to me. I went in there to checkout the places they had available. It is a bit overpriced but the place is well organized and well maintained. To be honest the service and organization is better than «Centrepointe» on Overland. I like the vibe of the building and they honestly make the tenants feel like low key homeowners. They handle all complaints and they make sure it is a level of respect between all tenants (125 or more) From the outside it looks like it doesn’t compare to the Victor on Venice, to be honest I don’t think I got the same vibe of service in the victor. The victor is more strict, modern, and more overpriced for wayyy less space. The clarington apts has restrooms inside that are comparable to las vegas architecture. I am desperate to move in there but i still gotta weigh my options. The clarington apts blew my mind away.

I lived at The Clarington from 2003 – 2004, and I absolutely loved it. I only moved because I bought a condo, but if it weren’t for that I would have stayed. Now granted it is 7 years later, and I am not sure if they have the same management, but when I was there, Cinda in the office was great. And Jose and Javier from maintenance and janitorial were fabulous too. They maintained the property really well and fixed things in a prompt manner. I used the pool all of the time, and I felt really safe there. I lived on the 4^th floor with a balcony overlooking the pool and i used to keep the sliding door on my balcony open at all times to let my cats relax on the balcony.
I highly recommend this apartment building. :)

This is a good place to stay, just behind Smart and Final store + lot of other grocey stores like Kavitha Grocery, Asia Foods etc. Also in a safe neighborhood. The management staff is very friendly and helping. Also walkable distance from good restaurants like Natalee Thai, Annaporna + just a quarter mile from Brotman Medical Centre. In all this is a cool place to stay and enjoy life in LA !!