Camden Glendale

The Camden staff has been great to work with and very helpful. Living here was a great choice and close to everything. Very spacious apartments and didn’t feel overcrowded. Thankful to the staff and the great service.

Four recent false alarm triggers, only the most recent one was given a "reason," which was supposedly a tenant smoking. Considering I've accidentally smoked up my unit cooking once or twice with no alarm triggered and alarms are rarely sensitive enough to be triggered by the very small amount of smoke coming off of one cigarette, this is highly doubtful to be the legitimate reason. Supposedly, the whole alarm system was replaced but without the issues being fixed. An ongoing problem since at least 2017, seemed resolved before I leased.

An absolute scam, they will take all of your money and have no class when it come to working things out. They lied to our face about multiple solutions and then made us pay an extra 5k when we were $100 short of making our final payment AFTER our lease was paid in full. Please do not move here, you will be drenched in dust, loud alarms at 8am and absolutely nothing to do besides visit Carl’s Jr.

This is by far the best apartment community I’ve ever lived. My wife and I rent a studio and we just love it. We’ve lived in 5 different Camden communities as well, all around the country. Nothing compares to Camden Glendale. They have a dog park, a dog spa, a 24/7 gym, which saves us a drive and pay if we lived in a different place. The rent is not cheap, but nothing in California is. And with the location, amenities, and extraordinary staff, it’s worth every penny. Our neighbors are always nice, polite, and very clean. The whole complex is spotless. I really cannot recommend Camden Glendale enough. I’m really thankful to have such a nice environment where I live. I really don’t get the bad reviews. But usually people don’t go around their ways to write about good things online anyways. My experience here has been nothing but excellent.

This building has had random fire sprinklers going off for 10 months destroying belongs, upending lives, and it's still happening. Most recent was one week ago. Imagine waking up at 4 am to blaring alarms only to have water spraying all over your apartment, or if you live below you'll have water pouring through your ceiling on your belongings. It's a problem that has not been fixed and will continue. It's very troubling that they are still listing apartments for rent when it's a huge problem that has not been fixed. Many living there are living in fear that they will be next.

Firstly, when I was looking to move in this luxury apartment I was busy with school and didn't have a chance to sift through all the HELPFUL yelp reviews, and they seemed to be hidden when I did look. Make sure to ask them questions about flooding!! Ask residents, and take it from me, don't move here! Secondly, since I have moved in, which was a little over a month ago, the fire alarms have gone off 3-4 times. That is ONCE a week. Once a week someone's apartment unit has flooded, and that is simply unbearable! Thirdly, this is not a new issue, according to a recent meeting, this has been happening for over 6 months, and they are only now attempting to address the situation. They have not tried to inform the residents at an earlier time before this recent meeting. I would not be able to imagine living here for over a month and not being in the know. Fourthly, the flooding issues keep me up at night, sometimes I'd rather not even sleeping in my own home because I am worried I will be woken up at any time with damage to all my furniture, my electronics, and the like. From what I have seen, they make people delete/edit their reviews, and I refuse to do this. I want to save you guys from making the same unfortunate mistake as I have made. It has caused me a lot of extreme stress in my life, I have no time to constantly move, and they are not helping resolve this situation anytime soon because according to them, they don't know what is wrong with the fire sprinklers and they wont have a solution at any time! I was not informed when I moved in about these issues, and now they're saying they will be informing new residents, so please read these reviews and take them seriously! The floods are a real issue, they don't seem to have any solutions, and they don't communicate fully with the residents with any useful information!

Although it's not clear when the root cause manifested, beginning in March 2017, the fire sprinklers have been malfunctioning such that they completely discharge *at random*. When this occurs, dozens of gallons of sewage water sprays onto your belongings every minute. Simultaneously, the fire alarms sound throughout the entire 300-unit complex. If this occurs on an upper level, the water seeps through the floors into apartments below, destroying property there as well. This has happened at all hours of the day - the most recent event occurred at 4am. Each time, evacuated residents are left milling about on the sidewalk with no word from anyone whether its safe to return to their apartments. Meanwhile, affected residents scramble to move their belongings into the hallway in a desperate attempt to salvage their possessions and valuables. Camden requires anyone seeking to be temporarily relocated to another apartment to sign a contract releasing them of all liability and imposing a strict social media gag rule silencing the victim from speaking out about the problem. The tenant is STILL responsible for paying rent in the destroyed apartment, that has to be vacated so drywall can be replaced in an effort to prevent mold. Electric blowers run 24 hours a day in the hallways hooked up to electrical outlets in the victim's apartment, incurring huge power bills. Tenants were told that a plan was in place to work with the Glendale Fire Department to turn off the sprinkler system. Five months later, and no tangible actions have been taken. Any time someone raises general questions or seeks general information on the community forum website, management either ignores the question or quietly seeks out that resident and provides an answer in isolation, preventing any alarming information from reaching the overall community. This pattern of division is so well established and predictable, communications with management are now perceived as a joke by residents. Residents seeking to renew their lease have been repeatedly told that a solution is in the works and will be enacted "in 2-3 weeks". Months later, still no action. Worst of all, many recent new tenants were NOT informed about this ongoing systemic issue! AT ALL! The big takeaway is that, when things go well, the place is not bad. But if/when any major crisis occurs, you can count on Camden to politely treat you like a legal adversary, rather than a human being depending on them for basic safety and security.

Unless you want to constantly be breathing in smoke steer clear of this place. They advertise that it's smoke-free. Not true at all. Would not have moved here had I known.