La Corona Del Mar Apartments

This building has several plus factors: It’s relatively clean. It’ safe. It has underground, secured parking. The courtyards are attractive. The air is nice in the Pt. Fermin area. But… they’re always working on something around here. It’s like a construction site. Somehow, every tap tap, ping ping, gets transferred through the entire building. It’s nuts! I try to work from my apartment, a 588 s/​f shoe box, but it’s impossible to concentrate and sometimes the noise is so distracting I have to get off the phone. Miriam, the manager, is very nice, but she has no control over the construction. Last May, the new management decided to «levy» a one time $ 11 charge to each tenant b/​c they decided to change billing companies for the «Utilities.» No doubt for their financial convenience, but no way should it be shoved off on the tenants. That’s right. Water, trash, sewer, and get this — Systematic Code Enforcement Prog. is billed each month… about 23 to 25 bucks… and don’t be late, or it’s another 7 or 8 bucks. These are charges that are customarily the responsibility of the BUILDING OWNER. But they have managed to connive their way into putting these charges off on the tenants. Trash pickup… to the tenants? Code enforcement? Give me a break. The $ 11 fee was the end for me. I moved from there even if it cost me more to find another place. Be careful of this place. Miriam and her daughter are great, but the management has no respect for the tenants. I believe that any favorable reviews here were written by management.

Was sad to leave this apartment! The onsite manager, Miriam, is the best! Have never had a nicer landlord and I’ve rented for about a decade. I had views of the ocean, the place was quiet, lots of closet space, storage, parking, etc. Beautifully remodeled granite countertops and MAN do I miss that OVERSIZED sink. They keep the grounds very clean and I would move back in a heartbeat. My only complaint is that they only had standing showers.
Check it out! You won’t be disappointed.

This is a great place to live for the price. I lived here for 6 months before I had to move due to my work. The management is excellent, any problems at all with the apt and they fix them promptly. The complex is also very safe. You get your own parking spot in the garage, and if you need 2 spaces that is no prob. It is a quit place to live and the neighbors are all friendly. I enjoyed my time at La Corona Del Mar and would recommend them.

I cant believe how great the reviews are! Yes the sea breeze and accessibility is nice, but I have to say, I don’t like living and sleeping with hundreds of termites in my bed! Seriously, I complained numerously about the termites flying around my bedroom and the dead termites in my window. The only solution the complex could offer me was to spray in the walls, which only kept the termites away for a few days. Me and my boyfriend had to sleep on the floor for three weeks in the living room because our bedroom was crawling with termites. I don’t even want to know how bad the structural damage is in this complex because this has been going on for awhile, the owner does not want to fix the problem by tenting the place. We couldn’t even get a refund on our rent when we lived with termites for three weeks! HORRIBLE!!! Our neighbors moved out at the same time as we did because they had the same problem.
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Fyi folks, my review is negative. Oddly, it doesn’t show up in the reviews if you are not logged in!
A decent building, but not perfect. The floors/​walls are thin and I can hear everything from the unit above me. That’s everything. When I complained, they stomped and banged on the floor so hard some of my pictures fell off the wall. I can hear them giggling about it when they do it, too. Management made it clear to me that these are privileged tenants and that they should be treated like royalty, i.e. whatever they want to do is acceptable and we neighbors either suffer or move. So my $ 1K plus a month gets me a unit where I can’t work/​sleep because of how noisy they are. I cannot wait until I can move!

One bedroom apartments, walking distance from the beach (some apartments even have semi-​beach views), with gated access and a full parking garage — and for about $ 1,000 a month. You can’t beat that.
San Pedro is the best thing for those of us who can’t tear ourselves away from a beach, but who don’t want to pay the prices of Santa Monica, Culver City, Long Beach etc… But I’ll write about that elsewhere. What you need to know about this apartment complex:
— Cat friendly! :)
— Management on-​site (friendly, helpful, available anytime you need them, and run by some really awesome ladies!)
— Easy-​to access, big laundry room (not in a basement somewhere) that is not creepy and always has enough working machines you can use.
— Lots of plants and open space (but enough covered areas that you can make your way around if it rains!)
— BBQs in the courtyard for you to use anytime
— Bicycle parking!
— Apartments are BIG. I have friends with two-​bedrooms that are smaller than the one-​bedrooms here!
— Well-​lit parking garage — in fact, you always feel safe here.
— Welcoming atmosphere. Not so quiet that it feels spooky, not so loud that you can’t sleep. It’s a great place for professionals, young couples, etc. Basically, anyone who wants to be able to relax at home.
There are lots of other perks to the apartments, but these are the ones I haven’t seen many other places. The people living here range from just graduated to well into retirment, and a lot of them have lived here for more than a year or two, which makes for a friendly and quiet family-​like atmosphere.