Copper Canyon Apartments

I gave Copper Canyon one star only because I do not have the option to give zero.
DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT live here under any circumstances. After my lease was up, they charged my roommate and I an additional $ 450 on top of the deposit that we didn’t get back, and for what? Re-​glazing the bath tub, re-​painting kitchen cabinets… what on earth could 2 girls have done to the kitchen cabinets to need repainting??? Copper Canyon charges their tenants for stupid shit. It was basically a scam living here. Save your money, time, and energy and go somewhere else.
The showers are tiny, so are all the sinks (you could hardly wash a cup in the sink its so small). I agree with all the other negative reviews, especially about them shutting off the water with no notice, complete inconvenience. No one at the office cares, they all just do whatever they can to milk money out of you.
Also, my boyfriends car got broken into when he was parked in the visitors spot. Copper Canyon needs better security.

Whatever you do, don’t live here.
They shut off the water without notice countless times. and when they do give notice, they shut it off for 2 – 4 hours past the time on the notice. Expect the water to be shut off frequently.
They expect you to clean up the weeds on your patio or they will fine you $ 50.
The apartment gets really stuffy. especially when you cook and there’s no ventilation to air it out.
They do answer work orders promptly. but I had an experience where one of the workers unlocked my door and came in uninvited because he was ordered to «shut off my coffee maker». I don’t even own one. He apologized that he went to the wrong apartment. but that’s still extremely suspicious.
The gate Is always broken.
They require a 30 date notice to move OUT before your lease ends. why would I need to give notice to move out when I already have a set date to move out? They ended up charging me an additional 23 days WITH a rent increase.

Took a tour with Jocelyn and she had us sold. Very friendly and professional. The apartments are the best we have seen. Great prices, spacious, peaceful and ideal. So glad my wife and I found them. Plan to move in during fall.

I have resided at Copper Canyon Apartments for 6 months and am extremely dissapointed with my apartment and the poor customer service I have received from the staff. There have been recurring plumbing problems within the apartment complex that have caused the water to be frequently turned off for long periods of time even once overnight on a recent basis without advance notice. The washers and dryers in the laundry rooms are often broken and do not work well. In addition, most of the laundry rooms are small and dirty. The trash is frequently piled up in the dumpster and on the ground in front of the dumpster. Trash is also found on the ground throughout the apartment complex. The exercise equipment in the workout room is broken and does not work properly. Minimum maintenance repairs are performed in the apartments and it is of poor quality. The upgrades to the apartments are minimal unless a tenant is willing to pay a much higher rent amount and annual rent increases upon lease renewal is high. Numerous homeless people are observed wandering around the apartment complex day or night rummaging through the dumpsters and throwing garbage on the ground in front of the dumpster and sleeping at the apartment complex entrance gate. Tenants and their visitors are seen smoking weed, drinking large quantities of alcohol and partying even late at night. The tenants that live above me are very noisy and disturb my household with loud thumping, banging and slamming doors all hours of the day and night. I can also hear them running up and down the stairs and every time they shower or flush the toilet. I have needed an excessive amount of maintenance repairs in my apartment for having lived here a short period of time which has caused a lot of inconvenience. In addition, some of the maintenance concerns I have expressed to management have been ignored. Further, management recently used their attorney to notify me through a letter that they will not be renewing my lease and want me to vacate my apartment within the next month for an unknown reason which is fine with me as I want to move out and find a better place to live for the money. I have a 4 year old daughter and strongly believe she deserves a better environment than this. I would not recommend the Copper Canyon Apartments to anyone and regret ever having moved in. The rent is high for little accomodation and the staff are unprofessional and incompetent.

They have us moving in on Labor Day when everything is closed. Banks, utility companies, moving companies. Seriously how does that possibly make sense? Moving in one day in advance would’ve costed us an extra $ 800. And now I drove all the way here for absolutely nothing. Wasting my long weekend.

Employees are rude and useless. Not only do college students throw loud parties until 3AM but families too. It is not safe, many random males come into the complex and smoke at the round tables next to the leasing office, day and night. One car’s honker/​alarm constantly goes off. Landscaping seems to be done every other day at 8AM. Save your money and move across the street to Sterling. Much more quaint.

I rented a studio apt. for my daughter, who is UCR student. When we first signed lease, we were told that most people get back security deposit upon moving out. BIG LIE!!!
Although my daughter spent very little time there, and we thoroughly cleaned before moving out, we only got $ 11 back. During pre-​moving out inspection, guys told us «everything looked great»! The statement I received in mail said we were being charged for «re-​glazing of kitchen and bathroom countertops and removal of Internet cable». By the way, my daughter rarely used kitchen because she mostly ate on campus.
Cost of bills is very inconsistent. Trash cost varies on how much trash EVERYONE puts into bin. Upon moving in, we were told it would be no more than $ 10/​mo. ANOTHER LIE! It was closer to $ 20. Electricity costs were also very high, approx $ 60/​month. I believe due to problems with electrical outlets in studio.
The complex is not very safe, they leave gates open most of time so anyone can come in and out. My daughter had to call tow truck several times because other people would park in her spot.
I would not recommend Copper Canyon.

Thinking of moving into Copper Canyon?
I had lived here in two bed one bath apt for two and half years.
Rent price was good comparing to other apartment in neighborhood.
They gave me good deal every time I renewed contract.
However, all bad thing came out when I moved out.
Before I moved out, I had inspection for if there is any damage and everything was ok.
I assumed that cleaning fee will be charged since it is normal for other apt.
However, they charged me about $ 800 for replacing carpet after I moved out.
The carpet might got old but it was clean since I cleaned with carpet shampooer.
Furthermore, the inspection guy told me everything was okay. I had have been longer time in other apartment but never charged for replacing carpet.
Their security is not reliable even though they had security guys. My neighbor got stolen his 4 wheels from his car. The apt manager said it is not responsibility of apt.
I experienced seeing many time that anonymous truck driving around the apt complex.
Lots of party during weekend, and some noise after midnight.
It is understandable though since it close to the UCR campus.
Just be cautious, and do not temp by cheaper price.

The good reviews about copper canyon are people who are paid to write these reviews… read any of the real ones yes it looks nice but save yourself from rude service, and apts getting broken into. The manager is a liar, the people that work their are rude and do not understand what customer service is. SAVE yourself don’t live there, 5 out of the 5 people I knew that lived there all regretted it.

I’ve lived in Copper Canyon for 4 years now, and I’m trying to decide whether to renew my lease right now. The leasing office is always very nice, and I’m friends with all of the maintenance guys. I’ve heard that if you do something stupid like not pay your rent on time or be rude to either of the above mentioned they will treat you like crap.
I would say this complex is about 90% students, so you do get the occasional party. We were lucky enough to get a quiet building, but we always worry when fall hits and new people move in. We used to have a couple of guys living near us that would have parties all the time, but after several complaints to the leasing office, there were no more parties and they eventually moved. The complex does have a pretty good security company now that walks around after dark. They’re pretty good about breaking up big parties in the early hours.
One complaint you will read about on every website is about the water. Copper Canyon was built in the 80’s, and management put in the cheap piping. About one day a month the water is shut off in the entire complex to fix a burst pipe. It was a lot worse a couple of years ago (water would be shut off about once a week) but they seem to have gotten it somewhat under control. The leasing office is generally good at letting you know before the water is going to be shut off, unless it’s really an emergency (and you can tell because there will be 2 inches of water in the parking lot).
The apartment itself is okay. They use this sealer around the kitchen sink and on the counters that has a tendency to flake off, which is pretty annoying, and looks pretty gross after a while. As long as you’re careful the leasing office doesn’t charge you for it, but in order to get it fixed you actually have to vacate the apartment because the chemicals are so harsh (it smells awful). The bathroom counter is way too small, and the bathroom and kitchen sink water knobs leak while running, which leaves a green line from knob to drain. The tile in our bathtub collapsed. The leasing office got someone in within a couple of days to fix it, but we were without a shower for 3 days (they allowed us to use a shower in a vacant apartment, though). Our central air conditioner is very loud (as is the apartment below us — the decorations on our walls actually shake when our neighbors have the AC running). The walls are actually pretty thick, but the floors are not. So… we can never hear our neighbors next door, but if our downstairs neighbors speak in more than a whisper, it sounds like they’re in our living room. It was really fun for two weeks when they had a yippy little dog.
The gates are constantly left open, day and night, so homeless people wander in and go through the trash. I haven’t seen or heard of many car break-​ins (cars do get towed a lot for parking in assigned spaces that don’t belong to them), but if you have a motorcycle, make sure you lock it up or it will be stolen (I’ve seen at least 3 or 4 go missing now). It’s just like any other place — don’t leave valuables in your car and you’ll most likely be fine.
The grounds are generally well maintained. Sometimes the landscaping guys like to come with their leafblower at 8am, and they blow dirt all over the cars while cleaning up the parking lot. There’s one guy that just likes to blow leaves from one end of the parking lot to the other — I’ve never seen him actually pick them up. The pools are usually only useable 3 – 4 months out of the year, in the summer. The hot tubs are generally out of service at least one week a month (in the winter). I don’t know what happens to them, but they’ll be cold and cloudy. The fitness center is okay, but a treadmill has been broken for about 3 months now. They also have a pool table and a couple of vending machines, but the room is generally full of teenagers watching youtube so I’ve never used it.
Anyway, I hope this review helps you decide. I honestly think that there are cheaper and bigger apartments available in Riverside (you pay all utilities yourself at Copper Canyon, which is usually $ 100 – 200 more a month) but the complex is generally safe and the leasing office is pretty good.
EDIT: I have decided to move. The water was shut off twice during July, and I’m sick of it.