Vera Cortez Hill

Reviews

• JT

  Johanna Taylor

  Oct 3, 2026
  1.0
  This building is infested with rats and nothing is or has been done about it. I have lived here for almost 2 years, and it seems like this has been an ongoing situation. I have made complaints to management several times, and they have said they are dealing with it, but I still hear them in the vents in my floor waiting for the elevator, in the lobby, and in the laundry room. I am unable to do my laundry because of it. The situation is bad and I just reported them to the city. Please live somewhere else!
• DW

  Dee Wasielewska

  Sep 26, 2026
  2.0
  I've lived at Vera Cortez Hill for just over a year, and I regret renewing my lease. To be fair, there are real positives. It's one of the cheapest buildings in the area, and the units themselves are fine - I'm in a 1 bedroom on the 13th floor with a lovely balcony and a beautiful view, and somehow I get hummingbirds up here, which still surprises me and is genuinely the thing I live here for. The amenities are good too: a gym, pickleball courts I use constantly, and a pool area that's my favourite part of the building, full of trees and plants, with a hot tub and pool that's 9.5 ft deep, which is hard to find. On paper, I'd have happily stayed for years. The biggest issue is safety. In my first year I called the police on a domestic dispute in a neighbouring unit at least eight times - screaming, banging, threats to kill, doors slamming, walls being punched, all clearly audible through my walls. The management said they couldn’t do anything about it. This morning at 5 a.m. I called again, a man chasing, threatening and beating a woman on my floor. 4 police cars and an ambulance responded. And it isn't only what I've witnessed: once I started talking to other residents, I heard a string of similar domestic violence stories from around the building. Search Reddit for posts about Vera Cortez Hill and you'll find plenty more detail. Residents also report car break-ins and vandalism. The surrounding area is worth knowing about too. There's significant homelessness downtown, and walking a dog alone after dark can be scary. The heavy planting around the building (as much as I like it) doesn't help - on several occasions I've walked past and realized someone was sitting inside the bushes, which is genuinely frightening when you're on your own at night. That's downtown San Diego generally, not just this building, but factor it in. I'd call pepper spray essential, particularly for women. Day to day: the elevators break constantly, ask literally ANYONE who lives here. They often have spilled food and rubbish in them, and people getting stuck is common. I got trapped for the first time recently - and I was lucky it was daytime. The trash chute backs up so badly that the lobby access is kept locked, and the smell carries through the hallways. The floor washers and dryers are small and filthy - I've had to clean out other people's pet hair and gunk before using them. The pool tiles continue to come off in places and aren’t being repaired. Despite the 'remodeled' marketing, a lot of the building feels dated. ADVICE FOR FUTURE TENANTS: Walk around the whole building and look up at the balconies before you sign. There are units with bizarre setups, including one that's been completely barricaded; I believe an older woman lives there, and honestly, someone should check on her. Friends I had over were visibly startled by it, and it unsettles me too. Ride the elevators, look inside the laundry and trash areas, and ask any resident you pass what the nights are like. Search Reddit before you commit. ADVICE FOR MANAGEMENT: Invest in real security: install cameras on every floor and throughout the garage, and make sure someone is actually watching them. People are getting seriously hurt here, and cars are being broken into, and right now there's nothing to deter it or document it when it happens. Fix the elevators properly instead of patching them until the next person gets trapped. Deal with the trash chute, clean the laundry rooms, and repair the pool tiles. Enforce the balcony rules you wrote. Cut back the bushes and add lighting around the building so residents can walk their dogs at night without wondering who's hiding in the planting. Take repeated violence in the building seriously and use the lease to act on it. And let people pay rent online - punishing us for a bounced payment is disrespectful; just charge us a fee and move on, that’s the very least you can do considering all the stuff we, as tenants have to deal with every single day. Hold yourselves to the standard you demand from us.
• MA

  Marc Aquino

  Sep 17, 2026
  1.0
  Closed maintenance ticket request as complete but maintenance never came.
• AM

  annette mcc

  Sep 16, 2026
  1.0
  Request for extermination hasn't been addressed??
• KK

  Keaton

  Sep 7, 2026
  5.0
  This place is beautiful! I was introduced to Justin in the leasing office and he was super helpful and knowledgeable about everything. The view from my apartment is amazing and all the amenities the complex comes with are so nice. Moving into my apartment, it is super clean and spacious even for just a studio. I have seen other studios before and this place BY FAR beats the others. For just being me living here, besides having a guest or two over sometime, it is plenty of room and you can do a lot with the space that’s given. Thank you to Justin and the whole team for being super helpful and supportive during my whole moving process. I love it here already :)