California Lifestyles Realty - Arcata, California

Spencer P.

Austin Dach is the biggest scumbag landlord I have ever encountered in my life. After refusing multiple times to do a pre-move out inspection, he refused to allow me to be present at the post-move out inspection and then tried to charge me for a ton of nonsense. Huge waste of human life, deserves every wedgie he ever received as a child. Maintenance requests all ignored, no doorbell, no signage, no place for packages which were constantly stolen. If you are reading this do not do business with this loser.

Annaliese K.

When I rented from them in 2019 I had a distinctly negative experience.

The blinds in my apartment had come unscrewed from the drywall due to improper installation, so I promptly contacted Frankie. She said not to worry, it would all be noted and taken care of during the move-out walkthrough a month later. During the walkthrough I reminded her that this had occurred a month prior, and she said not to worry it would be taken care of. Of course the "repairs" and "replacement" were taken out of my deposit despite being told in person that this wouldn't happen as it was an installation issue. Not to mention the "new blinds" I was charged for were overpriced at $85 and were never actually installed (I drove by a few months later to see).

In addition Frankie was rude through text correspondences to both me and my roommate.

Tara G.

I rented an apartment from them a couple years ago. They tried to deny me of a service animal. They tried to claim things that were wrong with the unit was my fault (it was there when I moved in) they didn’t even do a move in walk through with me. Frankie rarely got back to me I always had to catch the apartment owner when he stopped by. Tried to over charge until we had to have a person contact them to dispute the claims. She charges for a professional cleaning service when it was literally her and one person cleaning the places

Sarah B.

Literally the worst real estate company I've dealt with in my life. The owner, Austin Dach, is unprofessional and engages in illegal and criminal behavior. I rented a place from him and, after spending a long time trying to get him to fix severe water damage that was occurring, I finally went to the city's building inspector and found out that the unit was actually illegal and unsafe. After moving out, I actually had to sue to get deposit back. Beware at all costs--this company engages in some seriously shady and dangerous practices.

Brianna K.

Arcata has a lot of bad property management companies, but this one is by far the worst in my opinion. Renting from them added so much unnecessary stress to our lives. Things would often go unfixed for months, and during our last few months a pest problem I had noticed continued on until we had to move out, in which another set of unlucky people moved in to find the problem still wasn't treated properly. Terrible communication and lack of effort to be decent at the very least. Don't waste your time or money, there's better companies out there.

Tony W.

Purchased a home through California Lifestyle Realty and it was great. Showed me a variety of houses until I found the one I wanted. Were very helpful with all the paperwork and mortgage process. Would definitely use them again.

Austin was great.

Zack A.

Mr Dach and his company has no regard for the rentals they manage only the money they collect. Not even any consideration for the neighborhoods their rentals are in. His communication skills are manipulative and offensive.

Kevin

I moved up to Arcata from out of the area around a year ago and CLR was very helpful. I didn't know much about the area, but heard and saw how difficult it can be to find housing. In my experience, their services were straightforward, prompt and accommodating. I would recommend them to family and friends.