Where is this "'Avalon at Creekside?'"

Are they taking donations of furniture or anything?

It is the responsibility of the management of Avalon Properties to have working smoke detectors in their apartments. They are lucky there were no serious injuries or deaths.

They forgot to mention that the reason for the fire is the fault of that resident!

Why is it so important to cite who was responsible? It's likely they are still investigating, but even if it's determined it is the resident's fault, it's still a tragedy. Losing all that makes up your home would be so difficult. Thankfully there are only minor injuries.

Unfortunately, smoke detectors are a tragic myth. There are two types, ionization and photoelectric. The ionization type use americium 241, which is a type of nuclear waste. So the government mandates that we store nuclear waste in our homes. Neither type of smoke detector will actually detect a fire, they only detect the smoke from a fire (well sometimes). Both types are extremely unreliable in detecting smoke from an actual fire, but are good at false alarms, especially alarming when there is boiling water in the kitchen when making pasta. Photoelectric detectors have false alarms when bugs crawl across the photo sensor.

I wish the resident a speedy recovery, what a horrible way to start the new year.

I lived in this apartment for 10 months, and it was terrible. Excellent location, but the buildings are made of paper, the management was unreasonable, there was theft in the parking lots. I wish Avalon would get out if there and someone would make better use of this land because the buildings are worthless.

People, please ignore Chris. While smoke detectors are not perfect in design and operation, one would be FOOLISH not to have them installed in the hallway leading to the bedrooms and one in each individual bedroom. "Tragic myth"? Absolutely clueless Chris.

To answer the first question from James Matt, this complex is located at 151 Calderon Avenue (between Dana and Evelyn).

I read many comments from MV residents that deem certain complexes as undesirable places to live. I am searching for a new place to live. Can anyone recommend a decent place?

Paula - I have heard decent things about the Avalon on the other side of Shoreline. (Not the huge highrise off of El Camino). Park Place is nice but pricey.

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