Madera Apartments Review
I’ve only been here 7 weeks and the issues are nonstop:
• Toilet seat broke after 2 days — nails were poking out. I told maintenance, he never came back, so I had to buy a new plastic one myself.
• Shower takes 10+ mins to get hot, water pressure is weak in both sinks, and the tub doesn’t drain properly.
• Dead mouse in the wall plus 7 more caught since early July.
• Roach caught on trap 8/4/25, baby roach in the sink the next day. I don’t leave food out or dishes in the sink. I barely even cook — I’m disgusted.
• Large hole where mice are getting in still uncovered. I was told maintenance was coming twice (7/21 and 8/5). Both times — no one showed. Saw him driving off in his truck instead…. A joke.
• Maintenance is unreliable. Tickets were placed by email and in person, but no follow-up. Only one guy services both Madera and Union Rowe.
• Exterminators came once weeks ago. I was told they come biweekly — clearly not true.
• Leasing office is impossible to reach. Calls get forwarded constantly.
• RentCafe doesn’t work. My tenant code is invalid and can’t be reset, so I can’t even submit maintenance requests.
This place may be cheap, but there’s a reason. My home is spotless — no crumbs, no trash, nothing left out — and yet I’m dealing with mice and roaches. I’ve never dealt with this in my life. Thank God I was given an electric mouse zapper, because I’ve caught 7 mice already. Without it, we’d be overrun. One mouse died in the wall and the smell was awful. My mom helped me move the stove and search the cabinets — we couldn’t find it, but that’s where the smell was coming from.
I even bombed the entire apartment before moving in — one can per room — back in early June. I did everything right. So to now be seeing roaches? That’s an infestation. I don’t care if it’s one or two — that means there are more.
I won’t be renewing. Just trying to get on my feet and move somewhere livable as soon as possible.