Keystone-Mentone Apartments

I feel lucky that I was randomly placed on the top floor of the Mentone building facing the street. My apartment gets sunlight, is facing a tree, and has high ceilings from being on the top floor. I have found that I have ample storage space inside my bedroom for my things. The kitchen is a little small for two people: my roommate and I can definitely not cook at the same time. The R12 bus and U4 shuttle can both take me to school on the weekdays, and are just on the corner of Venice Blvd. Downtown Culver City is in walking/biking distance, and I like the area that the apartment is in. Overall, I enjoy the space, but I know it is not a universal experience living at Mentone Ave.

Love how spacious the apartment is. Wish there were more windows. The area is a little hectic, but it's not a big of a deal.

The apartment is spacious and a great price for the size and location. The amount of natural light varies greatly from apartment to apartment. There's public transport and a university shuttle close by. There's also a community garden, outdoor gym, and shared grilling area. All of these are super nice. Laundry is on the floor but it's paid. There is a bike rack in the garage but it's clearly not safe for bikes as it's litterered with broken locks. It does feel a bit like a dorm/hotel with swiping in and out. The floors are a laminate hardwood and were quite dirty upon moving in. Housing was very responsive and came back and re-cleaned them, but even after that, furious swiffering, and a heavy duty steamer, they still can't get clean/turn your feet/socks dirty very quickly. There is basically no natural light in our unit. We also face the entry to the floor so it's kind of a fishbowl if we have our blinds open/there's not much privacy.

Nice Apartment w/ Affordable Rent

Its one of the farther housing options from campus

The apartment is very nice, modern, in a safe building. Rent is VERY cheap (965/person with your own bedroom and bathroom) for such an apartment. The only downside is that it’s facing a Boulevard and the windows are absolutely not sound proof. I can still hear the cars with earplugs. If you need absolute silence to sleep, this will be an issue. The windows are also facing a tree so we don’t get much sunlight but it’s not as big of a deal as I thought it would be in the beginning.

The building itself seems secure enough but packages get stolen from the front mailbox room more often than not.
Also, b/c the building is close to Venice, it's very noisy and high pedestrian/car traffic.

I highly recommend the UCLA Graduate Student Housing on the "south campus." I love living in the Keystone-Mentone apartments. It was very easy to transition from living in New York to attending law school in LA.

It’s a nice apartment. The tandem parking isn’t ideal. There’s a beautiful garden, but I do wish there was a pool instead of a weird exercise area outside with those self-weight machines that no one uses. The massive issue with this place is that they put hard floors in,
Instead of carpet, and the apartment above can be noisy when walking. Otherwise, solid spot.