PPP is my favorite apartment that I've ever lived in! And the reason: the people: Diamond, Kim, and Eli. Everyone is incredibly helpful, attentive, and caring; I love it. (And for those people who mentioned the closeness to the 110, it's true, but the windows are double-paned; it's the literal quietest place I've ever lived.) The location is great: South Pas, Highland Park, Alhambra, hiking, shopping, all of it 2 minutes away. I may never leave.

Where to start? It will be a long review, but worth it. But if you don’t want to read all of it, just know that it is not worth the price here. Firstly, unlike the majority of the other 5 star reviews, I actually lived here for over a year.
IF you have any respiratory conditions, children, pregnant, or simply do not want to be exposed to second-hand smoke, do not live here. For the majority of the time, my apartment’s air quality (AQI) was between 300-500. Look up an AQI chart, under 50 is... normal. Had to buy a $500 air purifier just to live in my apartment. Management just told me to deal with it because the lease doesn’t say it is non-smoking. Even told them it was affecting my asthma. But guess when they did care? When they got a lovely review about it. The previous property manager even showed up next to my car when I got home from work. There are new office staff that I have nothing to say about.
Next is the fire alarms. Not sure if this is due to the smoking, but I think that they went off almost daily. There were even some weeks where they would be constantly going off throughout the night. I don’t have a problem with them going off every so often, but some days they go off throughout the day and night.
Love animals? Me too, a shame that all the dogs pee in the elevator (take a wiff). Think of taking the stairs? Hohoho some days there are nice chocolates left from dogs that no one cleans up. Very few people clean up after their animals.
A positive is that they finally have guest parking.
My ceiling leaked multiple times throughout my time here. It was repaired the first time and I was left with a large stain on my ceiling for many months. Had another leak that was repaired. They repaired it incorrectly, rescheduled, and then never showed up. There was also an occasion that the maintenance person entered my apartment without my permission for a non-emergency repair.
Lots and lots of cockroaches, I don’t mind a few every now and then but I literally had like 4 a day for months. I’m a pretty clean person. I moved, and not a single cockroach for months.
I am sure other people had a better experience, but in my opinion it is definitely not worth the rent amount.
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lots of cockroaches, dogs poop and pee in elevators and stairs, if you love second hand smoke you'll love it here. My apartment's air quality was terrible for about 5-6 months and was told to deal with it

It is located near 110 Fwy and previously for years it used to be a quiet building, a quiet oasis after long day at work or school. Now there are children playing in front of tenants balconies like it's a park or playground. Also previously pets were not allowed but now pet owners don't clean up dog poop or urine. In addition it never happened previously when Zach or Maria were Managers I had to endure 3 days without hot water because Management clearly not doing great job maintaining this... building, very sad Read More

I have lived with my daughter at Pasadena Park Place for over a year and the staff is always helpful and quick to respond. Shout out to them for maintaining the place so well. They also recently changed their carpeting in their hallways which definitely improved the overall look of the apartment. There is not visitor parking, but this hasn't been much of an issue because the surrounding neighborhood is fine to park around.

My biggest complaints are with the fact that smoking is allowed in the... apartments and the noise levels. I have talked to other residents and I know that I am not the only one unhappy about the smoking. I would not recommend this place if you have children, have asthma or other lung conditions, or if you just do not want to be exposed to secondhand smoke.

I live on the 3rd floor and face the freeway which can be a little loud at times, but not too bad. One of my neighbors here plays pretty loud music late at night even though there are "quiet hours". Air conditioning works well but is pretty loud. Read More