Chaparral Apartments

View from Sycamore Lane. The G / J bus line stop is visible too.

Location

2689 Sycamore Lane

(North Davis, north of the Sycamore Lane & Alvarado Avenue intersection)

Contact

(530)756-8834

chaparral@tandemproperties.com

Website

http://www.tandemproperties.com/property.aspx?id=7

Features

Free DSL

Very close to the Safeway Market Place

Fireplace

BBQ Area/Courtyard

Dishwasher

Microwave

Laundry on site

Storage units

Patio

Pets allowed

Pool/spa

Study room

Announcement from management: Chaparral is a featured property during the annual Tandemonium open house event.

Chaparral Apartments, managed by Tandem Properties, offers one- and two-bedroom apartments along with three- and four-bedroom town homes ranging from $961/month to $2,157/month [March 2008]; townhomes include a study loft. Chaparral is located on Unitrans G and J bus lines.

1 Bedroom 1 Bath	2 Bedroom 1 Bath
3 Bedroom 1.5 Bath	4 Bedroom 2 Bath

To learn about other rental housing opportunities in Davis, take a look at our Housing Guide as well as our Apartments pages.

Chaparral now offers free DSL. If you're moving into these apartments now, here's how you get that setup. Pay attention to the timeline! Some of it has to be done before you move in if you want it working (or ready for customer support) by the time you move in.

1. Before You Move In: Set up a phone account with AT&T. This means that they will activate a phone line, which will allow you to get DSL through your phone line. You can set it up online at https://swot.sbc.com/swot/qualifyingController.do. Doing it online waives the $40 activation fee. (If you go to the AT&T main page, select "Internet & DSL". On the next page, select "Home Phone". Then select "Home Phone Service" (listed at $10.94/month, but you can get it for a little more than $5.00/month if you're not actually worried about having Internet access. On the next page, click "Establish New Service". At that point you can start filling out the information. Or you can click on the link above and it should take you there.) (Also, make sure that you're set up a PG&E account so that you actually have electricity to plug your laptop and Internet tools into.)

2. Before You Move In: Purchase a wireless router. I suggest the Linksys WRT310N, since it is a name-brand (therefore, if you have problems then you can either work with tech support or—if need be—get it replaced) and currently the most reliable wireless router out today. At the time of writing, I recommend avoiding the Simultaneous Dual N-Band Router (it broadcasts at both 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz), since this technology doesn't work yet (it should in about sixth months). (For more information, see "Router Note" below.) A router is a one-time fee, and it should cost about $100 if you order it off of Amazon.

3. When You Move In: Pick up your free Omsoft package from the Chaparral apartment office. This will include a modem, a telephone cable, and an ethernet cable.

4. Once in your apartment, plug in your modem. Follow the directions on your router (it will probably include an instructional CD-ROM).

BEWARE of PC-Mac conflicts.

Compatibility Between Macs and PCs with a wireless router.

This analysis puts the onus on the Mac-user to become compatible with the PCs.

I have encountered one main problem with Mac wireless internet: The current Linksys router is somewhat touchy with Mac software (10.4.11). The Mac airport says it is connected to the signal and to the internet, but Safari/Firefox will not load. If you go to your system preferences, and open network, then click "assist me" and then "diagnostics," your computer will provide a more detailed description of your internet connection. If your internet is not working, but your computer airport says it is connected, chances are diagnostics will tell you either ISP or Internet has failed (they'll be on the left of the diagnostics screen). To fix this issue, I simply updated my airport software. I did this by opening Software Update, and clicking on all relevant updates for the airport. You can decide this for yourself, as there are descriptions of the various downloads on the software update application. One more thing: If your internet actually works, but it takes awhile to fully connect, or it turns on and off, updating your airport should fix this as well.

Router Note: If you happen to get the Linksys dual N-band router, and both Macs and PCs have issues connecting or staying connected, you need to turn off the 5Ghz signal. The reason for this is that the router can broadcast two signals at once, but your computer cannot receive two at once (I think, I could be wrong). You can turn off the 5Ghz signal (or the 2.4) by going to the Linksys site and turning it off there. I don't particularly remember how I did this, so I can't give you all (any) of the details. But if you have trouble with this, call Linksys support; they are very helpful.

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I'm pretty sure they have cute floor plans. A one bedroom apartment will run about $780/month.

2006-02-01 00:28:54   Chaparral management is very friendly and very accomodating. The rent is pretty competetive and I'm very satisfied — in fact, I've lived here for two years! There seems to be a slight ant problem towards the beginning, but when the management is notified, they deal with it immediately and the ants haven't come back since the first month or so. —LiRic

2006-09-28 17:14:21   Yeah, I have lived here for a month and Chaparral has been letting me down every week. No cable outlets in the room(they want $250 for that), takes a while to get things fixed because they only have one handyman I believe(nice guy though) and a lot more. Also getting matched up with people to live with is quite a gamble but that's me. —SteveBlais

2007-01-02 09:32:20   I've lived here for 3 years. It's a great place with nice staff. BTW a 1 bedroom costs $870 now. —ChapRes

2007-02-22 18:16:28   1 bedrooms here are now $915 per month. The unit itself is rather cozy with plenty of storage spaces. Given the size of the unit, however, the current rental fees feel a bit high, especially since the room itself is a little on the smaller side (8x12 feet) —AbbYu

2007-03-17 22:00:58   I'm pretty sure that dogs are not allowed. The dogs allowed list needs to be re-vamped. —KatHa

chaparral mystery cat2007-04-14 22:25:18   There's a cat that likes to come into my apartment and hang out. This evening it was particularly aggressive. I put it out several times and it kept trying to come back in. Does anyone know who's cat this is? —EfremRensi

2008-01-22 19:11:23   Lived next to the Rental Office, nice place to live. good place to dumpster dive at the end of the school year —Misty

2008-02-15 20:49:10   We have lived here since September. It is really nice. It does only have one cable outlet in our four bedroom, but it isn't hard to strand cable throughout the house. In my experience when we needed something fixed the repair guy came really fast and fixed it. The laundry room never really is crowded either. Management is very willing to help you out too. —BretCorzine

2008-11-07 02:43:32   My housemate and I seem to have, um, temporarily and unwillingly acquired a kitten. She(?) burst right into our apartment tonight as a friend was leaving and is longhaired, gray with white mittens/socks. If you think this is your kitten or might know who this kitten may belong to, please reply! ;_; —AmyChow