The Social Chico

extract more money out of you. Ending up paying ~1700 for an apartment I wasn’t staying in. Second, my security deposit was used completely for “Carpet cleaning” and “Paint chips”. Carpets should be cleaned regardless for the next tenant. Seems like they just vacuum the ground and call that carpet cleaning and charge you for that. Also the paint they use is paper. Putting anything that sticks to the wall including their closet hanger that they installed, just tears off the wall with the paint. They wouldn’t repair the paint chips till after my lease was over. These apartments are in disrepair, laundry machine has been broken for months with no repair. I’m sure this business only works on having a constant supply of freshmen victims to scalp. Pretty morally wrong to extract money like this out of students/their parents. Not happy at all with the experience. There are several property managers around Chico that offer much more for the same price and they won’t screw you.

you, and the room carpet will not even be cleaned even though they say it is. For a much cheaper price you can move into an apartment near the school and have your own kitchen, and live in a clean environment. I moved here and am paying attention $1200 a month with all their extra fees I could’ve easily gotten a nicer apartment for half the price. Save yourself, don’t move here. Dining hall food has about 5 options, gets pretty repetitive..

shuttle through the school was awful (always so late, thus making me miss dinner) The lockers for the mailroom for packages was super helpful and I never had an issue. I felt safe receiving packages because of this feature. Most of the staff in the dining room and cafe were friendly. I got along well with a few of them. Some had an attitude, but I know working a serving job for young college adults can be tiring lol. Loved the cafe. It was a nice, chill place to study when I couldn't go to the library and had good snacks and coffee. I liked that doors locked after a certain point in the day. Helped make the building feel secure. Cons: Having to pay a full months rent for the first month when move in was around the 15th/week before classes. This was off putting when I first moved in. Having to pay for a meal plan. I got use out of mine because one has to eat, but they made it sound like it is an optional choice and then said it is mandatory. Lack of proper communication. For example, I was not told doing the summer "storage" option (where you pay a smaller amount monthly to keep your room over the summer but not have the keys) would lose my parking pass that I was told I could keep. I had to drop another payment to have a valid parking pass for the next lease plan. Out of date rooms. My room was pretty old looking and had old appliances. My microwave caught on fire and the maintenance man said it was due to my microwave in the room being old and never replaced to a newer one. The popcorn ceiling was unappealing and the carpet was always dirty no matter how much i vacuumed (which, i got charged a carpet cleaning fee after I moved out, but the carpet was dirty when I moved in??) Lack of food variety. They had daily specials, but overall everything was the same. Also the weekend especially lack variety/specials. Dining Hall times: They changed three(?) times while I stayed there and it was SUCH an inconvenience, especially since I am a grad student and most my seminars ended close to 8pm. At one point they changed the dinner time two times. From 8pm to 7:30pm and then from 7:30pm to 7pm, all week. They also took away breakfast at one point for just a brunch time, which I know affected those with earlier class schedules. Lack of security? I think I only ever saw who I presume was the security guard once. I've heard violent altercations on the floor below me and didn't know how to contact security about it. I also had my bike tire stolen at one point too lol. Overall, my experience living here for two years was okay. It was a needed space with my then limited income and it did the bare necessities. I would recommend looking elsewhere first before settling here. Not everything was bad, as I stated in my long review, but I feel the cons outweigh any pros I have.

We aren’t provided with the unit number or the addition insurers detail until the actual move-in date. The remainder of the process was smooth and quick. Staff was very helpful and able to answer all questions and concerns.

to be optional however I had to pick one. Honestly the meal plans aren’t even worth getting. I barely went to the dining hall because the food wasn’t that great. My rent ended up being almost 900 a month. That’s a huge difference I’d say. If you plan to stay here, the 3 meals a day isn’t worth it. There were many days that I didn’t go or I would swipe in and come out eating nothing. It’s almost the same food every day and if you can put up with that be my guest. Another thing is charging me for carpet cleaning after moving out. I understand that every year it needs to be “professionally” clean and left the way we got it, however when I moved in, my little sister was walking bare foot around the room and her feet were pitch black. We had her wear her crocs and her crocs are white. The bottom of her crocs was PITCH BLACK TOO. From my understanding, there was no professional cleaning to begin with. I suggest you think twice before choosing this place. I know that everyone’s experience is different but after being in college for a year, I’ve heard many complaints about staying there and it made me regret picking this place. Honestly, I could’ve had a better place to stay at with this amount of rent. Never again and wouldn’t recommend staying here unless it’s your last resort.