Mesa Nueva

Fully furnished apartments

Good quality of furniture and management.

The apartment is good. Although the rooms could be bigger.. The WiFi is atrocious though!

I live in UCSD graduate housing in Mesa Nueva. Overall, Mesa Nueva is good. All basics are pretty good, maintenance is fairly responsive, internet service is great (although it's a weird VLAN setup, so no way to enable port forwarding to your network), and it's close to campus. However, you can't have pets, you can't use nails on the walls for decorations, cabinet space in the kitchen is limited and you can't, again, attach anything to the walls using nails/screws to make more room. Prices have skyrocketed for new students (I think my unit would go for $2800 now!), but sadly, even these new prices are probably cheaper than anything in the surrounding area.

In terms of space, bathrooms are gigantic, sacrificing space in the actual rooms for no good reason. There is no storage space to speak of, and closets are fairly small (well, the master bedroom has a walking closet with a bit more room, average I'd say). Living room is pretty good in size, and the kitchen is decent (there isn't a lot of cabinet space, though). There are in-unit washer and dryer in my apartment, and they are pretty new and pretty great! There isn't central air in the unit, relying solely on fans and electric heaters in the winter (I've never needed to turn on the heaters for the past 2 winters).

Mesa Nueva is close to campus, around a 20 minute walk. The new trolley line has finally opened (also a 15 minute walk from Mesa Nueva), which provides easier access to downtown San Diego from campus (parking in downtown San Diego is either expensive or hard to find). There is a(n open) mall within walking distance as well.

Biggest downside for most students is that they can only remain in grad housing for two years (unless they have SHORE which guarantees housing for 6 years at most). Otherwise, it's a good enough place for grad students to live in.

Extremely satisfied!

advantages:
1. cheap and secure
2. have some furnitures
3. water and internet are included

disadvantages:
1. small, not suitable for couples
2. kitchen is next to the bed

Great location and good quality house. Very spacious common area, and includes washing machine and dryer. Room is quite small. If you have a queen size bed it can get a bit cramped. Gym isn't the best and lacks barbells, but is conveniently located and has dumbells and other machines.

I live in a studio home in Mesa Nueva Cresta. It's ideal for me. It's close to most other graduate housing complexes, and also close to the campus and La Jolla Village Sq., which makes shopping/going out for food easy. We have a community pool outside which is never too crowded, but if you would like to swim in the ocean, the Scripps Pier is still a bus ride away. You will probably feel less isolated here than Coast aparments if you're new. The room is also furnished, and most of what you get as furniture are pretty solid. The fridge is very large and gives you the opportunity to cook ahead and store everything. The size of the room is not very large, but for one person I think its ideal. I've also seen many couples share a studio room, so I think two people can also live comfortably.

Very rarely we get some maintenance issues like the internet being down or slow for a while, or water being shut off for a while, but these are always planned and you will be notified. For the most part the room is bug-free, common house flys and mosquitos are a non-issue thanks to the window design, but every once in a while a little silverfish crawls out of somewhere in the bathroom. Maybe it's only for my apartment, and they're harmless and all, but get ready to kill it if that happens.

It's decent value for your money

the apartment is decent, clean. but hdh won't respond to fix-it requests. kinda expensive, being a student so much rent can be unoaffordable. otherwise okay