I have been renting from the el dorado for almost a year. I have never been late because the managers that were working there understood that I pay Friday after work. Recently I had an issue because the main employees quit. The new manager came and knocked while I was at work, my son and his father were there she says she needs me to pay rent immediately and also she would need to inspect the apartment. He refused because he was jumping in the shower. I got home and went to pay my rent only to face a rude power tripper who was raising her voice at me stating that I was going to be kicked out because I can’t pay my rent. I have never had a problem paying my $300 a week rent. I told her I didn’t know things changed and I would figure out a way to get it to her earlier. She told me to pay 2 weeks, well I don’t plan on staying and I do plan on moving. If I find a permanent residence then I would be screwed because there are no refunds. Either way I was nice and she was out to get me. Then she said how many kids do you have there. I told her my kids came 1 day a week to see me, this is hard because I’m used to having them but atleast I have 1 day and I do this due to the el dorados rules, she said I better tell management or she will because they will need to charge me more. I am a single mother of 4 I have my Autistic 3 year old with me full time and my other 3 kids visit 1 night a week. I was diagnosed with head and neck carcinoma and have been battling it the whole time I’ve resides at the el dorado inn. I just want to be left alone because I pay my rent I don’t bug anyone I work 2 jobs and I am not in the position to get thrown out over her power trip. The next night I was at work again and the manager forced her way into my home when my kids and the dad were there doing a science project for my sons school. She said she would never let her house look the way mine did and was very judgmental telling him in front of my children that we may be kicked out. I got home and my kids were crying they were scared and said they were sorry for making a mess doing the project. My house is always tidy but this particular day I had to do 100 Valentine’s Day bags for my kids classes and work on a science project, then I had a 10hour graveyard shift. I had all my kids there, and 4 boys in a small 1/2 bedroom is tough. The lady also stated she had kids and her place would never look like mine. I wish I was there to ask her if she lived in a studio with 4 kids and had to do science projects And Valentine’s Day bags then go to work graveyard, I wonder how if she took time to think that maybe I could be overwhelmed and cleaning took time this particular day and time I didn’t have. The next day after my shift I cleaned like always and House was back to normal. Then I get a note on my door saying management needed to speak to me immediately... I didn’t speak to them instead I called my personal attorney to help me draft my intent to vacate and take notes of all the problems I’ve had. There is mold everywhere. It’s growing at a rapid rate. They do weekly inspections and they inspect but even if it’s clean they make comments. I don’t go inspect there home, they charged me $70 for a towel that was supposedly damaged... I paid it. I have not had a hot shower in a year bc water is cold, the left side of the apartment has no electricity and hasn’t in 8 months. Something needs to be done but after experiencing the streets people are scared. I’m here by choice so I am choosing to leave and I’m retaining my attorney for this case. I am not a second class citizen I made 68k last year I was just trying to save money and move. I’m sure the 500 deposit will be kept but I am going to make sure the eldorado gets served papers from me and starts to be humble
There are so many things that happened to my wife and I as a result of just trying to rent a place to be safe and off of the streets. My Wife lived there 5 or actually more than 5 years before we moved in together there. For example, when it came time to move my wife out we looked forward to getting the $50 deposit she had put down almost half a decade earlier. of which was told because she smoked she would not be getting the deposit. Needed to be painted..
I happen to know that once you have occupied a rental for a year, thats automatic it needs to be painted anyways, and should not come out of your deposit. we left it in grest shape. I have lived there on and off for at least 15 years, and never once did we receive a deposit back, as a matter of fact, the last time we stayed there was over a year ago, and we were told because there was a stain on the sheet we were not getting our deposit back.
The 28th day move out day was the worst because not only did we we have a room with all our stuff in it, but we had to rent another room, because they said it was the law. and we have been homeless ever since.
we were told that now we have to take all of our stuff with us, And i specifically asked Matt although we usually paid by the week, if we can continue to pay daily cause i was working for labor ready and barely scraping by, and he said yes. then when we returned the next day, he said we have to pay a full week in order to come back in. so we got cheated and i lost most all the stuff I owned because i had no car and couldnt carry everything on my back.
the rooms were nasty and air didnt work. We got maid service, if you wanna call it that. a towel and a quick vacuum and they were done
This place and the Valencia inn need to be brought down SERIOUSLY
Some time ago, we were in a bad spot financially. Bad credit, limited income. Getting an apartment in Southern California is a huge hassle when one works for minimum wage and, consequently, has been reduced to substandard credit. Enter the residence motel, the usual solution for those in similar situations. For those lucky many that have never experienced the adventure of losing everything you have, a residence motel is basically a very extended stay motel. Many people make such establishments their primary residence. A few by choice, but the majority because they have no choice. For this reason, landlord/tenant laws are supposed to apply to anyone that takes up residence at any motel for a term of
thirty days or more in the state of California. This is not the case at this establishment. To circumvent the establishment of tenant rights, the El Dorado Inn requires each of its tenants to check out of their home every 28 days, a violation of law (see Lavergne v. Evergreen Royalle, Ltd). Sure, they allow you to leave your belongings in your room, and you're not charged for that. Further, they well gladly sell you what they call a day room at a higher price per night than your weekly rate, while your primary residence sits vacant, with a boot on the doorknob. Their reason for doing so? They claim its an Anaheim town ordinance. Per the above referenced class action suit, no such ordinance exists. Management then uses
this premise to treat the motel as their personal fiefdom. Management prefers to take the position of condescending parent. For $270 a week, I do not want to be treated as a child. Pets are expressly disallowed. Disallowed to the point where they gave a couple of blind women of my acquaintance a rather harsh time over their guide dogs. To clarify, these were not pets designated as service animals so that their owners could get around the no pets rule under the ADA. These were bona fide service animals trained and certified at recognized and accredited organizations dedicated to providing these service animals to people with genuine need. Both were forced out under claims of animal damage of dubious
veracity that neither of these women, to my knowledge, was given an opportunity to dispute. This from the resident manager, Debra, who herself owns a small pack of dauschunds that she routinely releases out onto the property, unleashed, to relieve themselves wherever they please. Maid service enjoys doubling as security patrol. They come into your home, uninvited, and threaten to write you up for having things for her to clean. I have actually been told that all of the normal duties of motel housekeeper fall to me, and that her job is simply to make sure that I am performing them. I will give it to Debra that she managed to straighten out her head housekeeper, and service resumed as expected, at least
for a short while. Every time the maids would come all they kept reporting back to the office was that we had too much stuff. we are a family of four all we had was our clothes and some nick knack stuff. i'e seen other peoples room and they had just a walk way to go. we got kick out because of that I've always paid rent on time even in advance. never caused any kind of problem but they always seemed to find reason to kick us out.they are full of bed bugs and they dont do nothing about it. all they do is have someone come in an put gel in the cabinets. The place is not without perks. They do understand that most of their residents are struggling, and they have a private weekly food bank on premises with few
limits on how much one may take. All they ask is that you live there. A little free food, however, is not worth the inconveniences of being treated like a lowlife. I definitely wouldn't recommend this place or its sister property, the Valencia Inn, to anyone, especially not a vacationer.
El Dorado Inn Reviews
I have been renting from the el dorado for almost a year. I have never been late because the managers that were working there understood that I pay Friday after work. Recently I had an issue because the main employees quit. The new manager came and knocked while I was at work, my son and his father were there she says she needs me to pay rent immediately and also she would need to inspect the apartment. He refused because he was jumping in the shower. I got home and went to pay my rent only to face a rude power tripper who was raising her voice at me stating that I was going to be kicked out because I can’t pay my rent. I have never had a problem paying my $300 a week rent. I told her I didn’t know things changed and I would figure out a way to get it to her earlier. She told me to pay 2 weeks, well I don’t plan on staying and I do plan on moving. If I find a permanent residence then I would be screwed because there are no refunds. Either way I was nice and she was out to get me. Then she said how many kids do you have there. I told her my kids came 1 day a week to see me, this is hard because I’m used to having them but atleast I have 1 day and I do this due to the el dorados rules, she said I better tell management or she will because they will need to charge me more. I am a single mother of 4 I have my Autistic 3 year old with me full time and my other 3 kids visit 1 night a week. I was diagnosed with head and neck carcinoma and have been battling it the whole time I’ve resides at the el dorado inn. I just want to be left alone because I pay my rent I don’t bug anyone I work 2 jobs and I am not in the position to get thrown out over her power trip. The next night I was at work again and the manager forced her way into my home when my kids and the dad were there doing a science project for my sons school. She said she would never let her house look the way mine did and was very judgmental telling him in front of my children that we may be kicked out. I got home and my kids were crying they were scared and said they were sorry for making a mess doing the project. My house is always tidy but this particular day I had to do 100 Valentine’s Day bags for my kids classes and work on a science project, then I had a 10hour graveyard shift. I had all my kids there, and 4 boys in a small 1/2 bedroom is tough. The lady also stated she had kids and her place would never look like mine. I wish I was there to ask her if she lived in a studio with 4 kids and had to do science projects And Valentine’s Day bags then go to work graveyard, I wonder how if she took time to think that maybe I could be overwhelmed and cleaning took time this particular day and time I didn’t have. The next day after my shift I cleaned like always and House was back to normal. Then I get a note on my door saying management needed to speak to me immediately... I didn’t speak to them instead I called my personal attorney to help me draft my intent to vacate and take notes of all the problems I’ve had. There is mold everywhere. It’s growing at a rapid rate. They do weekly inspections and they inspect but even if it’s clean they make comments. I don’t go inspect there home, they charged me $70 for a towel that was supposedly damaged... I paid it. I have not had a hot shower in a year bc water is cold, the left side of the apartment has no electricity and hasn’t in 8 months. Something needs to be done but after experiencing the streets people are scared. I’m here by choice so I am choosing to leave and I’m retaining my attorney for this case. I am not a second class citizen I made 68k last year I was just trying to save money and move. I’m sure the 500 deposit will be kept but I am going to make sure the eldorado gets served papers from me and starts to be humble
There are so many things that happened to my wife and I as a result of just trying to rent a place to be safe and off of the streets. My Wife lived there 5 or actually more than 5 years before we moved in together there. For example, when it came time to move my wife out we looked forward to getting the $50 deposit she had put down almost half a decade earlier. of which was told because she smoked she would not be getting the deposit. Needed to be painted..
I happen to know that once you have occupied a rental for a year, thats automatic it needs to be painted anyways, and should not come out of your deposit. we left it in grest shape. I have lived there on and off for at least 15 years, and never once did we receive a deposit back, as a matter of fact, the last time we stayed there was over a year ago, and we were told because there was a stain on the sheet we were not getting our deposit back.
The 28th day move out day was the worst because not only did we we have a room with all our stuff in it, but we had to rent another room, because they said it was the law. and we have been homeless ever since.
we were told that now we have to take all of our stuff with us, And i specifically asked Matt although we usually paid by the week, if we can continue to pay daily cause i was working for labor ready and barely scraping by, and he said yes. then when we returned the next day, he said we have to pay a full week in order to come back in. so we got cheated and i lost most all the stuff I owned because i had no car and couldnt carry everything on my back.
the rooms were nasty and air didnt work. We got maid service, if you wanna call it that. a towel and a quick vacuum and they were done
This place and the Valencia inn need to be brought down SERIOUSLY
Some time ago, we were in a bad spot financially. Bad credit, limited income. Getting an apartment in Southern California is a huge hassle when one works for minimum wage and, consequently, has been reduced to substandard credit. Enter the residence motel, the usual solution for those in similar situations. For those lucky many that have never experienced the adventure of losing everything you have, a residence motel is basically a very extended stay motel. Many people make such establishments their primary residence. A few by choice, but the majority because they have no choice. For this reason, landlord/tenant laws are supposed to apply to anyone that takes up residence at any motel for a term of
thirty days or more in the state of California. This is not the case at this establishment. To circumvent the establishment of tenant rights, the El Dorado Inn requires each of its tenants to check out of their home every 28 days, a violation of law (see Lavergne v. Evergreen Royalle, Ltd). Sure, they allow you to leave your belongings in your room, and you're not charged for that. Further, they well gladly sell you what they call a day room at a higher price per night than your weekly rate, while your primary residence sits vacant, with a boot on the doorknob. Their reason for doing so? They claim its an Anaheim town ordinance. Per the above referenced class action suit, no such ordinance exists. Management then uses
this premise to treat the motel as their personal fiefdom. Management prefers to take the position of condescending parent. For $270 a week, I do not want to be treated as a child. Pets are expressly disallowed. Disallowed to the point where they gave a couple of blind women of my acquaintance a rather harsh time over their guide dogs. To clarify, these were not pets designated as service animals so that their owners could get around the no pets rule under the ADA. These were bona fide service animals trained and certified at recognized and accredited organizations dedicated to providing these service animals to people with genuine need. Both were forced out under claims of animal damage of dubious
veracity that neither of these women, to my knowledge, was given an opportunity to dispute. This from the resident manager, Debra, who herself owns a small pack of dauschunds that she routinely releases out onto the property, unleashed, to relieve themselves wherever they please. Maid service enjoys doubling as security patrol. They come into your home, uninvited, and threaten to write you up for having things for her to clean. I have actually been told that all of the normal duties of motel housekeeper fall to me, and that her job is simply to make sure that I am performing them. I will give it to Debra that she managed to straighten out her head housekeeper, and service resumed as expected, at least
for a short while. Every time the maids would come all they kept reporting back to the office was that we had too much stuff. we are a family of four all we had was our clothes and some nick knack stuff. i'e seen other peoples room and they had just a walk way to go. we got kick out because of that I've always paid rent on time even in advance. never caused any kind of problem but they always seemed to find reason to kick us out.they are full of bed bugs and they dont do nothing about it. all they do is have someone come in an put gel in the cabinets. The place is not without perks. They do understand that most of their residents are struggling, and they have a private weekly food bank on premises with few
limits on how much one may take. All they ask is that you live there. A little free food, however, is not worth the inconveniences of being treated like a lowlife. I definitely wouldn't recommend this place or its sister property, the Valencia Inn, to anyone, especially not a vacationer.