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Mid-Rise Apartment
Mar Vista, 3200 Sawtelle Blvd | Los Angeles
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  •  Building Laundry Room
  •  Central A/C
  •  Controlled Access
  •  Elevators
  •  Fitness Center
  •  Granite Countertops
  •  Pet Friendly
  •  Stainless Steel Appliances
  •  Surface Parking Lot
  •  Swimming Pool
  •  Wall-to-Wall Carpets

User Rating

7.3
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139 Reviews

About this Location

Trader Joe's
8 min via 17 (bus)
Limited nearby
public transit
In a quiet
neighborhood
Mar Vista Recreation Center
8 min walk

Pricing 

1 Bedroom, 1 Bath
$1,215+
2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths
$1,500+
3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths
$1,680+

student only housing

Open to UCLA students only.

Please visit UCLA's student housing site or call (310) 206-7011 for leasing information.

  • Building Related

    •  Elevators

  • Kitchen

    •  Dishwasher
    •  Microwave
    •  Refrigerator
    •  Stove & Oven

  • Laundry

    •  Building Laundry Room

  • Living Room

    •  Central A/C
    •  Wall-to-Wall Carpets

  • Parking & Transportation

    •  Surface Parking Lot

  • Security & Maintenance

    •  Controlled Access

  • Sports & Fitness

    •  Fitness Center
    •  Swimming Pool
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Overall rating 7.3/10, based on 139 renter reviews Write a review

7.3
Location
6.6
Amenities
7.0
Management
8.8
Value
7.0
Social
7.2
Safety
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University Village Apartments reviews and highlights

  • well-maintained and spacious apartments
  • conveniently located 15 minutes from the airport and from Santa Monica Beach
  • best option for families and married couples
  • great place with an affordable price
  • love the BBQ areas
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Nice spaces, fair location, nice amenities

Good to be close to other classmates
Big spaces
Great value

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  • Family w/ children
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Best price/quality option

Good apartment.
Nice neighborhood.

Security could be improved.

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Great place at unbeatable prices

2bd/2ba for this price is the best deal in LA. Community here is good, many mba students live here and we hang out, do bbqs, play tennis in Mar Vista Park. Maintenance works fine.

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Excellent bang for your buck and lovely community

I've really enjoyed living here thus far. The rent price is unbeatable, maintenance requests are quick and painless, and the community is quiet but also full of happy kids playing.

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Excellent Value!

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Value Living

Good Value, Some Security Issues, Nice Neighbors

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Simple and Quiet

University Village is off-campus UCLA housing reserved for grad student married couples and students with children. As such, it's a very family-friendly place. The apartments come unfurnished, but the people in the community are constantly selling furniture for cheap.

You'll be told if you are accepted to live there by the summer before the semester begins, so my husband and I didn't need to do any kind of apartment search (perfect since we're not from LA).

It's near a great public elementary school, is a quiet area, and is on bus routes that go straight to UCLA. Highly recommend living here!

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University Village for Married Students and Families- Sawtelle Side

The University Village is well-maintained and is very inexpensive, which is perfect for students. I like how each unit comes with a small, private garage. It is also pretty close to campus- about 5 miles. There are nice barbeques and a small pool on the Sawtelle side. I like how we are across the street from the Mar Vista park.

Downsides- the surrounding neighborhood is not the best. We do not have packages sent here due to common theft issues. The property is located on a busy street. The closet space is extremely small, and you cannot tour an apartment before you sign a lease.

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Best Place to Live for Couples

I was really really fortunate to get off the waitlist and into an apartment at UV. UV offers housing to graduate students who are engaged/married and/or have children. You can't beat the value with the money you save on rent and the apartments themselves are solid (everything works and the maintenance staff is pretty responsive). If I could be a graduate student at UCLA and live at UV forever I would!

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Affordable option for married couples and those with children

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The Neighborhood

Signature Spots

dining 29 Recs

Galbi King
Baja Bud’s
Hamburger Habit
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grocery 2 Recs

Trader Joe's
Ralphs
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convenience 2 Recs

Rite Aid
CVS Pharmacy
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fitness 21 Recs

A4 Fitness CrossFit and Boxing
Boxing Fitness Factory
Red Diamond Yoga
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parks 2 Recs

Mar Vista Recreation Center
Woodbine Park
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coffee 4 Recs

Boba Time
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
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About Mar Vista

Mar Vista is a low-key, residential neighborhood with convenient access to roads stretching all over West LA. A short drive to stores or the UCLA campus and a straight shot down Venice Boulevard to the beach are huge pulls for the residents. The area is popular with students and young families who e...
Safe
Beach
Quieter
Laidback
Stores Close By
Family Friendly
Venice Boulevard
Median rents in Mar Vista
Studio
$
2,100
1 Bedroom
$
2,750
2 Bedroom
$
3,550

Getting around Mar Vista

17 (bus)

2 min

8 (bus)

6 min

Parking at University Village Apartments

Surface Parking Lot

Parking Near University Village Apartments

Modern Parking Inc.

25 min
$100 / month
Parking rates are for informational purposes only and may vary — for most up to date pricing, please reach out to the garage directly.

Mar Vista Reviews

50 reviews
Reviewed by UCLA Law Student living at Westside
Feels very in the center of everything so things are not super close but not far either. Neighborhood is safe, stores and everything I need is close by.
Reviewed by UCLA Law Student living at University Village Apartments
This is one of the safer areas in LA, it’s about a 15 to 20 minute drive to UCLA, and the same distance to the beach. It’s also conveniently right at the intersection of the 405 and 10 highways. There is a very nice neighborhood across the street where we can walk, and there is a park. It is right next to a highway and Sawtelle is a busy street, so it can be quite loud. LA has a significant homeless population, and this exists around the housing as well, but the housing complex is a gated community. There are many restaurants nearby. Overall, it’s a good neighborhood.
Reviewed by UCLA Anderson MBA Student living at University Village Apartments
There is a big park with grills, tennis courts, hockey court, baseball, soccer... trader joes, whole foods, ralphs, vons. No traffic around, in the middle of ucla, lax airport, venice/sta monica, downtown. Easy access to fwy.
Reviewed by UCLA Law Student living at University Village Apartments
Everything you need if you're not trying to go out on the town all the time. Close to a great farmer's market and the hot West LA neighborhoods.
Reviewed by UCLA Anderson MBA Student living at Westside
Neighborhood is good. Convenient to 405 and UCLA. Some stuff within walking distance, plus short drive to Sawtelle, Palms, Venice, and Culver.
Reviewed by UCLA Law Student living at University Village Apartments
There's not a lot going on in the neighborhood, but it's fairly convenient to get to campus, and there are plenty of grocery stores. Before covid, it was sometimes inconvenient when I wanted to do social things in other parts of the city, since it can take a long time to go places by public transit.
Reviewed by UCLA Law Student living at University Village Apartments
These apartments are only 20 minutes away from campus by car, or about 35-50 minutes by bus. Two bus lines (SM Big Blue Bus lines 8 and 17) run near here and go straight to campus every 20 minutes, and we're also close to the Expo line which goes to Santa Monica and Downtown.

There are a lot of good restaurants and things to do nearby, and we're within walking distance to a Ralphs and a few other places. The stores around here have decent sized parking lots and don't get too busy. I don't feel unsafe walking around or taking public transport here.
Reviewed by Anonymous living at University Village Apartments
There have been a couple of safety issues, but that’s fairly small considering the 1,600 units.

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