What I want to mention first, is that this rather bad rating is in primarily about this specific place and not the company zeusliving itself.
Their support was very friendly, super quick and tried to address my issues right away, throughout my stay!
Their 'options' to help here were limited of course but interactions were great! :)
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Let's focus on the place:
There were a few (major) issues that made me change my 4 month stay into just 30 days:
1. noisy: the apartment and also the amenities are right next (20-30m) away from busy freeway.
=> while it is ok in bedroom, the the patio is unbearable which makes it unusuable
(note if the highway isn't enough. Due to very thin walls you here your neighbours moving (and their appliances working) as if they were in your rooms)
=> It is so loud outside that I don't see how anybody could relax in the hot tub or use the pool
2. worn-out: the apartment is old (not bad in itself) and the furniture & walls are quite battered.
=> the walls have more skid-marks then I have ever seen.
=> the corners are grimy.
=> the carpet has a big permanent stain that does not look inviting
=> some of the appliances (shower, bathroom fan and electric heating foremost) are old and look & function badly
3. security: the area feeeeels shady at the end of the complex and being on the ground floor with no good locks or windows
=> the thin outer door with only a puny old lock doesn't instill any confidence
=> the windows are very thin and fragile looking
(this is more subjective I agree -- so take it as you will :))
4. the price: the apartment is just not worth the money. I know the bay area is crazy and having been here since 2017 im not totally surprised but this apartment is on the low low end for price for value
(this is backed up by my ability to find better places for the same amount when I rebooked my stay for the next months)
5. very slow internet: The internet here constantly is too slow. it has its peaks (e.g. right now) but for most of my stay it was too slow to do much
=> you have a hard time carrying out any video conference (zoom/whatsapp/teams/messenger.. you name it)
=> downloading/uploading larger files is very strenuous
(having been in the bay area since 2017, im aware that the infrastructure can be challenging but claiming a high-speed internet when we got an down/up of only 10-50/3-10 mbps at best is a bit weird ^^)
=> ~ 1/3 of the days you cant even stream a netflix movie