Avalon Calabasas - Calabasas, California

Venus S.

Facilities are well maintained, maintenance requests are addressed in a timely manner, the maintenance crew is courteous and always responsive and willing to help even when randomly approached in the community. They have been the heart beat of Avalon in all of the eight years I’ve lived here!
Daniel of the leasing office was of great assistance in guiding me through the process of transferring to a more spacious apartment in just the perfect location for me.

Janie A.

Beautiful place! So peaceful, quiet and the people here are super friendly! Taylor and Danny at the leasing office are sooo helpful and knowledgeable. Jose, the maintenance Supervisor is very understanding, courteous and super friendly! The maintenance team are really nice too! I love it here! Reminds me of home, back in Austin TX!

Ethan W.

I recently toured the apartment complex with Taylor, and it was an excellent experience! Taylor was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and made the entire process enjoyable. She answered all our questions and showcased the amenities beautifully. The apartments were spacious and well-maintained. I left feeling excited about the possibility of moving in. Highly recommend these apartments!

LL

UPDATED REVIEW AUGUST 2024: I have now moved out of my apartment after living at Avalon for 3 years due to graduating and moving for work. Although I previously rated this community 5 stars, I do feel that over the past year the quality has decreased while the cost has only increased, so potential renters should be aware. Let me tell you about some frustrating issues that I’ve witnessed recently.

First of all, they closed the second pool last August, and I believe sent an email that it would be closed for a week or so for construction. First of all, why close the pool while it’s still prime swimming season? You can’t wait another month or two? Well, fast forward an entire YEAR later, and it’s still closed - with no communication from admin about why it’s been closed at any time! Rumor is there were permitting issues with construction, but even if that’s the case, why was there ZERO communication to residents about it?

Second of all, the rent has been hiked up the maximum amount they are allowed to increase it every year, and potential renters should know that water, sewer, electric, gas, and trash are not included in rent - my “sewer” fee alone was $80+ dollars every month. For a single tenant? What a rip off.

Third of all, a month or two ago they emailed that they would be testing the fire alarm systems in the apartments on a given date between given hours. Instead of knocking on my door during that time period (I was working from home), in the middle of the day I was suddenly BLASTED with a genuinely ear-ringing alarm blare that lasted for MINUTES, was genuinely painful to listen to, and sent the dogs next door into an anxious tizzy (I feel very bad for all the resident pets who were probably scared to death, and it’s not like owners could do anything or take them on a walk when ZERO WARNING was given before the testing occurred!!). I emailed admin to complain about this completely egregious and unnecessary occurrence - no response. Wow.

That’s another huge problem. You literally cannot call the main leasing office directly - you can ONLY leave a voicemail, and the office door is locked all the time so it’s really hard to communicate with anyone directly. It feels like they really do not want to have to deal with residents!

In these past couple summer months, the pool and hot tub have also been consistently dirty, which probably isn’t helped by the fact that the other pool has been closed and is unable to use! There are also multiple (multiple!!!) residents who will use the main pool (which is 3 feet at either end, and is like a hotel pool for lounging and hanging out) to swim laps for, no joke, an hour every evening, which means everyone else has to get out of their way or risk being splashed. It seems super inconvenient for the parents with kids who live there when they have to watch out to make sure their 3-5 year olds aren’t about to be bulldozed over by a middle aged person treating the community pool like an athletic swimming lane. Geez.

I’m still giving it 3 stars because my apartment itself had great updated appliances, it was a great location, premises are generally well maintained, maintenance was usually (although not always) pretty on top of things, etc. But I can’t in good conscience leave a 5 star review up when this place is charging upwards of $2600 for a one bedroom and then leaving all these other issues unresolved or failing to adequately communicate about them.

Overall, is it a nice apartment? Yes. Is the admin staff good? Not really. Is it worth the price? Well, LA is overpriced everywhere, but it was feeling less and less worth the cost of living at Avalon Calabasas, so I can’t say I’m too sad to have moved on.

PREVIOUS REVIEW (2023): I have lived at Avalon for 2 years now while attending law school nearby and absolutely love it. The neighborhood is quiet, safe, and the premises are well-maintained. The two pools and gym are such nice amenities to have. Any time I have had a maintenance request, the response time has been very quick. I highly recommend living at Avalon Calabasas.

Nick N.

DON’T LISTEN TO THE HATERS!! This place is awesome and a great price for the location. Located just 15 minutes to Malibu Surfrider Beach with no traffic! Can you ask for more? Well yeah u can and you will receive more here at Avalon Calabasas. Danny and Taylor have been nothing short of amazing and extremely helpful. (To those too impatient to deal with the leasing office’s system of leaving messages, don’t leave ignorance reviews just because you don’t understand something! Taylor got back in a very timely manner every single time I left message!)
The apartments and very well cleaned and all the appliances are brand new upon arrival. The community is highly maintained and beautiful. The pool areas are extremely nice. The gym is very well equipped and has big fans and an air conditioning. Clean grills to use and lot more. Moving in was a breeze! Thank you Taylor and Danny🙏🙏🙏 UPDATE: I had someone I used to associate with take advantage of me and went into the public lounge without my permission and damaged some of avalon Calabasas’s property, then on top of that this person i no longer associate with left a false review on this place even though he’s not resident. Amy had brought this to my attention and very reasonable and professional about the whole situation and I thank her for that. Avalon Calabasas is best and most affordable place to live in this area and I still HIGHLY recommend it to anyone!

l J.

Beware! This building threatened to ruin my credit and charge my card without my authorization if I don’t pay the apartment they had on “hold” for over 2 weeks. I never signed any lease and wasn’t interested in moving toward after they sent a $7000 move in bill. The rep at Avalon was completely disrespectful and threatened to ruin my credit. This is completely against California law.

Peter F.

Wonderful community with gorgeously maintained grounds and amenities. The leasing office team of Danny & McKenna are world class and will go the extra mile to make sure your experience is a positive one. Thanks again everyone! Would recommend 10/10 🙂 Jose and Rafa on the maintenance team are some of the best in the business - excellent customer service and responsiveness.

krista R.

I am a current resident at the avalon calabasas and have lived here for a year. They have flexible lease options a great gym and 2 beautiful pools. They are always doing great community things for the residents like food trucks and other amazing vendors. They have a very responsive maintenance team and even have wonderful resources for your fur baby. It's centrally located 10 minutes from the beach, pepperdine university and the valley. Come in and take a look for yourself you won't be sorry you did great for college students and close to all calabasas has to offer!!!