Verandas At Escala Assoc

As long as you know the parking rules, you shouldn’t have any issues. Signs are posted with the rules. They have rules so people are encouraged to park in their garage which makes the community look nicer. Gym, pool, dog park are all awesome. Very quiet and safe neighborhood that is walking distance to Lowe’s, Ikea and Costco.

This place is the WORST!!!
Parking rules are so hard to follow. Last night my Mothers moving truck was towed from in front of our house and it had a parking pass on it.
You can’t park more than so many days in a row and maxed out on so many times you can park in a month. My Boyfriends car has been moved twice!

Because I HAVE TO leave a star, I wouldn’t give it one if I could. Wish I read reviews on the escala property in Mission Valley, especially regarding parking. Got towed last night from a guest permit parking when I had a guest parking permit. Was towed for «over the limit» parking according to the tow company, Western Towing. Didn’t know there was a time limit and there weren’t any posted signs indicating a time limit so we still don’t know what that time limit is. I’ve been parking in guest parking for the past 5 months with no issues and when I’m parked, it’s never for more than 3 consecutive days. My car ALWAYS moved every single day and parked in a different guest permit parking stall. Nowhere on the lease agreement did the landlord indicate property parking rules except for the garage. The decency to at least let tenants know what all the parking rules are so we can plan accordingly would’ve been appreciated before waking up to a $ 352 tow fee and being late for work! Because we are tenants, HOA would typically discuss matters with the property owners. When my fiancé went to HOA to ask why there are so many guest permit parking than resident parking, he was told to park in the garage. His vehicle cannot fit in the garage so he had to park on Fenton Parkway curbside when resident parking stalls are full yet there is always open guest parking spots but the residents can’t park there with a resident parking permit without getting towed.
My fiancé was looking for the security guard who dispatched the call to tow my vehicle and found a security guard asleep on the job.
I have experience working with municipal government and anywhere you go in the general public you will see a posted sign, a courteous warning to all that there are parking restrictions. Street Sweeping schedules are posted in every area with a parking restriction from this time of the day until that time of the day, NO PARKING. parking citers follow these sweepers during their entire schedule to cite those who are not compliant. It is common courtesy to warn the general public. I can understand if we parked KNOWING we would be towed and then disputing a ticket I am guilty of but this is not the case.
I was given a guest parking permit and was told to park in guest parking stalls clearly marked «GUEST PERMIT ONLY» posted signs warn that parking on the property are for permits only. None of the signs warn of a LIMITED TIME to park in any of the stalls. And if it is an HOA code of conduct that is noted and agreed by the homeowners then the homeowners who are renting out their properties SHOULD indicate it on the lease agreement and warn their tenants.
Today it was very inconvenient to head out the door for work at 5 am to find your vehicle had been towed and not know why. I don’t think it is fair for us to have to pay for something we weren’t fully aware of even if it is an agreement between the HOA and the homeowner. HOA should be sending monthly notices or reminders and so should the landlord. $ 352 is a lot of money and I strongly feel that because we weren’t properly made aware of this that the landlord should absorb the cost.
By the way, her name is Mary Baghoupor (sp?) on Escala Circle. Terrible landlord… she charged us for the food disposal that was obviously leaking due to regular wear and tear over the years and argued that it was due to abuse. Then she had the audacity to take the things we were putting out for donations and didn’t offer to pay for any of it. Bed frame, pub table and chairs, flat screen wall mount. Selfish in my honest opinion.
Ok, I’m over it now…

Horrible. Do not move anywhere near Escala unless you enjoy power hungry people. My wife and I were considering purchasing and DON’T DO IT!!! Linda Bull and the entire Home Owners association are the rudest people I have ever dealt with. I read the negative reviews prior to moving in and regret not paying more attention. I cant wait to get out of this place which is overrun by power hungry snobs!!!

Kicking myself…
It’s great that you have reached to get more information about ESCALA prior to purchasing here. My wife and I relocated her from the east coast. we immediate fell in love with he beautiful surrounds in the development. Loved the easy access to everything. However, this community is run by morons. The HOA is high, for nothing. My welcoming to the neighborhood, was you can only have the movers park their truck in the neighborhood for 2 hours. So we had them unload everything into the garage. We got towed the second day we lived here ($ 335) no warning.
My wife and I from time to time would sit and have a glass a wine at the end of the day up near the pool area to unwind and take in some of the great SD weather. Two weeks later the board passes Escala Law and now I no longer can enjoy a glass a wine in any common areas. Like some bad rock concert they starting checking people’s bags as you went to use the common areas.
We are huge dog lover’s and sadly to admit the fact the had a large dog park ride her in the community was a huge selling point for us. We usually run our dog every night for exercise. The park has a tiny fenced area and a large open run. The same powers to be at ESCALA must be cat people as they have shutdown the open area and have demanded everyone put there dogs in the tiny area. Literally the area should not contain anymore than 5 dogs at a time. On a given night there may be 30 dogs. Very sad.
I’d prefer not even to get into the construction of these homes. Only 4 years old and the craftsmanship is poor at best. A sink has falling through the counter. The facet leaks at it’s base (separate sink from the first I mentioned). The plaster is breaking in the corner/​seams in the walls. Our neighbor had to replace their garage door and ours sounds as if we’ll need to get it replaced as well. Not just the power lifter the actually door and tracking system.
Location is good true. However for the price we paid, unless you like working with a handful of power hungry, control freaks in the HOA board, look elsewhere. I hate to damage my own home value, but I’m moved to let others know.
Alot of parking issues, true you do have 2 parking spaces and you do have some parking, but think home many days in the past 3 years you had to park in your driveway due to guests, home improvement projects, storage issues (very very little inside the homes) that you might have to have your vehicle outside the garage. Here, if you do that it’s gone. I never park on the streets, but if you knock on everyone’s door, they’d tell you, yep they got once too.
My neighbor put a nice plant on her lower entry way. It was removed with a note, not approved by HOA. Next time there will be a fine. Fun place to live.
Final story, the current president of the Bridges HOA, came to me on the last day to enlist your name for the following year election. He begged me to sign his form. He needed one last signature to get his name on the ballot. He said I’m the only one running! All he need was one more signature. I asked how many did he have already. He said 5. He couldn’t get 6 people out of the hundreds who live here to sign. End of story.
If you would like to buy a house, please call me, I’d love to get out of here.