I lived at Pinecreek Village for 2 years (2014-2016). I'd say it's my favorite place I've lived so far. I moved out because my wife wanted a dog and they don't allow them :(. Looks like other reviewers don't like the management and rules, but I'm not one to break rules and annoy management, so I didn't have any problems. The grounds are nice, parking is considerably better than most places in the area. They gave back pretty much my entire deposit (I think they kept less than $40 iirc, but I wouldn't have complained if they took a little more). They were responsive to the few maintenance requests I had. My AC unit sucked, but I if I cared I probably could have gotten them to fix it. I'm not sure what else you can ask for in an apartment. Would live there again if I didn't have a dog.
Also, there's a bunch of roaches that come out in the parking lot at night. It's creepy, but they mostly stayed out there. I would get an exploratory roach inside the apartment maybe once every few months. Every living place has its quirk.
Lived here for 3 months hated it and left i'm sorry I found the staff to be incredibly rude.
Lived here for a year. Nice and quiet. The parking can be tough if you live on the street side of the complex.
Pine Creek Village is a beautiful place to live. The grounds are nice and it is centrally located to anything you need
HOWEVER THE OFFICE STAFF, THE RULES, THE PARKING, AND THE PRICE MAKE THIS AN AWEFUL PLACE TO LIVE!
I lived in Pine Creek Village for exactly one year. After a year, management increased our rent! After talking to a couple of neighbors, I foubd out that they do this every year for as long as you live there.
You are given one covered assigned parking space and a sticker that allows you to park anywhere else that is not covered on the property The only problem is that there are not enough parking spaces for all the tenants. Therefore, if you come home later than 10pm on a weekday or 9pm on a weekend (roughly),
You are most likely going to have to park a half mile away on the only street that has available parking!
Now to the office staff I have never been treated so poorly in my life. Sandy is the one that showed us the apartment originally and she was so rude and unprofessional that we almost didn't rent there at all because of her. After that, I had to deal a lot with MICHAEL. THIS A**HOLE is ALWAYS condescending. He has no professionalism and treats everyone like they are scum that are just pestering him. Michale is is by far the worst person I have EVER had the misfortune of meeting/dealing with.
You also need to know that the office staff is also biased in how they enforce the rules. They might get on you and threaten you with eviction over something that technically isn't even against the rules. But at the same time you will walk through the complex and talk to others whom have never been bothered by the office and even thought they are KNOWINGLY breaking the rules.
My last experience with Pine Creek was the first week of November. November 4, 2016. I was helping my old roommate move out of the apt and helping him clean in order to get the security deposit back. We had til the end of the day on Friday the 4th to be out of the apartment (we have paperwork to prove it) and Pine Creek Village Staff allowed people into out apartment to paint and repair things before we were even moved out.
Now not only did they allow people into our apt illegally, but the painter stole half my stuff!! My $1200 television, a $350 tool kit, a bunch of groceries etc Upon confronting the office staff about this, they tried to lie to me and tell me that my roommate only had til the 3rd and that the painter had permission from my roommate to take things.
Now yes, I acknowledge that my roommate did inform them that if anything was left I the apt, they could just take it BUT THERE ARE 2 PROBLEMS WITH THAT 1) WE HAD TIL THE END OF THE DAY ON THE 4TH TO GET OUT ..
2) WHEN I ASKED WHERE MY STUFF WENT, PINE CREEK STAFF COULDN'T EVEN TELL ME!! They didn't know!! So how did the painter get permission if the office staff didn't even know he took stuff?!?!
Luckily, he returned the television when I threatened police activity but I'm still missing stuff and Pine Creek won't even give me the contact information for the painter or his company
This is the worst place in the world to live and I STRONGLY suggest that you find another place of residence
Nice apartments. Strict rules.
I just had the worst experience with Pinecreek Village of any place that I've lived at in my adult life. Michael who works at the front office was a complete snob. He's rude, arrogant and talked down to my girlfriend and I. She literally left the place in tears by the time he was done talking to us. He threatened to evict us over something that I wasn't even planning on doing to begin with. And he told us that we would be spied upon by the maintenance and security. It was beyond bizarre.
I'm not going to live in some 1984-esque crazy town overseen by a pseudo Big Brother. I'm disappointed because I had my eyes set on Pinecreek Village for several months and was ready to move in. But I refuse to do business with any company that would employ someone so unpleasant. I doubt the rest of their staff is any better. Stay away from Pinecreek Village if you care about being treated with respect and dignity. There are many other places to live in Orange County. (7/19/15)
Brenda is a dope dealing scaliwagg
This is my favorite of all the other apartments I've ever lived in. My sister and I had terrible experiences with Villa Sienna, the complex next door to Pinecreek Village. In contrast, Pinecreek Village is quiet (especially for a complex located directly across the street from a community college), feels very safe, and is beautifully maintained. Rent is month-to-month with no option to lease, but the rental price is guaranteed for a full year. Some complexes will try to convince you that places that rent out month-to-month are bad news because that means a more transient community, but I really didn't find that to be the case. Instead, I think people were more on their toes about adhering to the rules of noise and cleanliness because they could be asked to leave at any time.