University Village

It’s a bit expensive, but you’re paying for the ridiculous convenience of being able to walk to class. I really have no complaints

Applying for the village is confusing and stressful. Regina does not respond to any emails and does not do her job well in general. The website to apply needs to be updated. I felt a little bit cheated and unsure if I had an apartment when the website opened earlier than my registration time without notice.
The apartments themselves are not homey and have a typical divided dorm layout. The bathroom, flooring, and kitchen need to be updated. There is a problem with basically every toilet.
The rent is expensive. To have your own room, it is $ 860 a month. The rules and regulations are more relaxed here compared to he suites. The amenities include free laundry, a pool that hardly anyone uses, parking, free maintenance, recreation center, and included furniture.

Well I’ve lived in the village for almost a year and I have to say it’s not what I expected. First off, the rent is way too expensive, not all of the rooms are the same size and everyone has to pay the same amount. In the past the the rent was based on the size of the room you had. Second, the workers are not always helpful and can be a bit slow in helping students. Last, there is the train across the street which is extremely loud (cause it has to be) and can get quite annoying if you are trying to sleep or study.
The few good things about the village are that there is free laundry free printing and it’s close to school. The only thing bad about the free printing is that you have to bring your own paper. Another good thing about the village is that shuttles are provided for you to take you to school but let me tell you they are never ever ever on time and if it’s full they leave without you. I have been late multiple times to class because of the shuttle.
Some other pros about living here is that the parking pass is included within the school parking pass so you don’t have to pay extra. A cleaning lady comes once a month to clean all the community living areas in your apartment (kitchen, living room, and bathrooms.)

The atmosphere is decent, close to school, shuttle system, free laundry ²⁴⁄₇ and the amount of activities the village has is pretty cool if you’re into that. There’s a pool, but rarely anybody ever uses it and it’s pretty dead around here on the weekends since every one goes home.
Major cons:
–My bedroom window is directly facing the train tracks across the street and I’m pretty sure the village and train conductor have a contract to make sure they blow the horn on purpose like 5 times as they go by.
–Village staff is beyond annoying. They knock on your door like they’re the police and barge in without consent even if you’re home and just haven’t had 3 seconds to go answer the door.
–The rent is too much for one bedroom. You can find a house off campus with friends and still be paying hundreds less each month.

If you can, I would find another place to live. The staffs here are horrible, everyone is rude especially Regina who is in charge of putting you in a room. SHE DOES NOT HELP AT ALL, SHE ALWAYS HAS AN ATTITUDE. I’m pretty sure she hates people but works at a place dealing with them everyday. FIND ANOTHER PLACE.

The university village is all about money. They will fine you in any way possible. Not like they don’t get enough with expensive housing. First week I accidentally locked myself out of my room and was charged a $ 25 fine to have someone open it for me. The lady at the front desk is rude and will gladly welcome you with a lovely eye roll. In the lab there is only one computer out 6 that will let you print from printer that is always broken anyways. RA staff is nice though and they really try to plan out activities to keep you involved.

Terrible place to live, was in the apartments facing the train tracks. Jesus, I don’t know how I let my friends talk me into living there. The security gate arm even came down on my car after they put in the new system that reads license plates. The arm was supposed to stay up until all registered vehicles pass through. Nope. Left a huge scratch on my car. Administrators didn’t do anything about it. Not even an apology. They completely disregarded my email! I guess thats what happens when you let a bunch of college students run the place… No accountability.
One of the restrooms of the apartment above us flooded and resulted in some of the plaster rotting through. Don’t know how else to describe it but it essentially left a 3 – 5 inch hole. Didn’t ever fix it while we lived there… Don’t think we got our deposit back either… Don’t live here

Going to the village is clearly not something you do mid-​school year. I came here in the winter and was never told anything about living here. Fortunately for me, my brother lived here to tell me everything I needed to know. They also gave out these mail room pamphlets with our box number on it, the only thing is the mail room times listed are different than the ones posted outside the actual mail room. Also, it appears that the USPS can’t drop mail off if the room isn’t open so where I was supposed to receive mail the day before, I might end up getting it the following Tuesday which is absurd.
Next was my apartment, when I came in the kitchen floor was spotted with patches of a dried up sticky substance and the room I moved into had some things that belonged to the last person who lived there. The bathroom toilet was constantly flowing and it shocked me that no one had reported it in the previous quarter. I’d complain about my roommates, but I don’t think that’s the responsibility of the village.
The worst part of this place is the farm and the tracks. To anyone unaware, there’s a farm on the west side of the village just across the street where they regularly lay manure for the crops, I think I don’t have to go into much more detail. On the east side is some train tracks that run along Valley Street, and conductor protocol states that the train horn must be blared at all track/​street intersections, even when the train is running at 3 in the morning and you have your window open to let the cool night air in.
All that aside I do like living next to campus and having a 15 minute bike ride to farthest end of campus. So it’s a kind of give and take I suppose, but from what I hear this beats living in the dorms on campus.

I have been living here since September of 2013 and I can say that it was probably one of the worst experience ever. Moving out for the first time I can say that id rather have driven 2 hours and commute to school then actually live at the village. First off my roommates were horrible, I complained many times to the village and they said they couldn’t do anything about it. Also I feel you have no privacy, Their are monthly inspections and honestly its stupid, they check your personal room and living room to make sure everything is okay. I feel it is verryyyy overpriced to what you are actually getting and they plan to increase the prices for next year. The Wifi is horrible and signal service in the community is bad so if you plan on having that college experience i don’t recommend staying at the village.
Pro-​Shuttle to campus

They’re punch of liars specially Jason. The resident is very old and You’ll be charge when u check out in any situation. Everyone in here have been charged and hasn’t got the full deposit and some payed extra. Impossible to believe that everyone broke something or didn’t clean! It’s obvious that University Village wants the deposit … I regret the moment that i signed my contract :(

This should probably be two stars. The village is not worth the price compared to off campus housing. Sure, I get free laundry, a place to park, cable, house keeping, fast Internet and basically unlimited utilities but comparing square footage, there is a clear problem. My apartment also floods when it rains. My old roommates said that the village told them that there’s nothing they can do about it. The two showers do not have identical water pressure; one is rain the other is a fire hose. My friend pays the same amount for a one bedroom apartment. The village is pretty safe since commuter school is ghost town on weekends. When there is an incident, they’re very much in top of it and lock down the entire complex. Service in the village is okay. Sometimes they’re courteous other times they are not. The most problems I run into is with the main office. It’s not just me but my friends as well. Mail system is pretty efficient though.

As a student of Cal State Northridge, I am completely blown away with the Village. Why don’t we have anything remotely as similar as this? =((
I’ve always seen this side of Cal Poly, but never actually checked it out until maybe a year or so later. We hung out at my friend’s place, just to kill time, really. But what I came to realize was that the whole atmosphere of the Village is pretty safe. There isn’t exactly a check-​in security at the front, which is what CSUN does, but for the most part — I never felt safer. There are some barricades that do prevent cars from entering at night, but no biggie. The Village consists of various «apartments» per say, 2 people sharing a room, 2 rooms in a village, and all sharing a restroom, kitchen, and common room.
My friend’s place seemed pretty cutting edge, if I do say so myself. Back at CSUN, my dorm resembled the furniture at Cal Poly’s Dorms (the only down I’ve really seen was Encinitas), basic essentials that will get you through the year. But at the Village, they were given such durable bunk beds, even I am envious. It wasn’t your cheap basic IKEA stuff either, it was furniture I would even invest in my own home someday; study and it even looks nice. The living room had a nice dining table, nothing too fancy. The kitchen wasn’t a 5 star resort, but it was wide enough to cook the basics for new students living on their own. The couches at my friend’s place was clean! I was hella taken back when he told me that Cal Poly actually has housekeepers come to each unit, cleaning the entire common rooms once a month! That’s crazy! We don’t have anything like that.
We came back another day and walked around the Village. The basketball court was great, as it was located closely to the community center. The downside? It’s awkwardly placed RIGHT between a parking lot and swimming pool. So you could easily accidentally hit a car, or loose your ball in the pool =(
Aside from that, the Village is definitely well kept in pretty good condition — something most campuses don’t have. Cal Poly definitely invested in a great addition for this. I used to think the Village wasn’t worth it for the high paying expenses it costs, but when you think about it — bigger and more comfortable layouts, your own basketball court, pool, community center, hellllla parking, AND HOUSEKEEPING?! Y’all are sitting all kinds of cozy at this place.
I’m über jealous.

The Village is conveniently located across the street from Cal Poly. They have shuttle transportation that will take you to and from school. There’s a pool, basketball court… They try to have community events, I dig it :)