3405 Marlborough Ave

Apartment for Rent City Heights Castle area $2,200/month | 1 bed, 1 bath | 750 sq ft Well-maintained apartment available October 1, 2026 in City Heights Castle area. This 1 bed, 1 bath unit offers 750 sq ft of living space, featuring Ground floor apartment in City Heights Castle Neighborhood with parking. $2200 This 2 bedroom 1 Bath unit is now available. It features new appliances in an updated kitchen, new windows, and new LVP flooring. The property features a large shared patio, as well as an additional small patio/yard that are directly off the living room. It also features an assigned tandem parking spot for two vehicles. It's also close to the University/I-15 transit center. Owner pays water, tenant pays gas & electric, etc. The property is centrally located to everything! Balboa Park 3 miles away Downtown 7 miles away PetCo Park 6 miles away Beaches about 12 miles away SDSU 6 miles away North Park restaurants 2 miles away Mission Valley 5 miles away San Diego Airport 8 miles away City Heights also has a community center with pool, and a Saturday Farmers Market less than a mile away. There are many restaurants in the neighborhood offering great food. Basic rental criteria First Month rent and deposit due at lease signing ($4400) 2x income to rent ratio 680 credit score No evictions Please contact for copy of full rental criteria and pre-application form to schedule a tour. Amenities include dishwasher, parking, balcony/patio, updated kitchen, near transit, backyard. Lease term: 1 year. Contact us today to receive full rental criteria and preapplication to schedule a showing. Separate physical application is required after touring the property. Applications will be considered in order received once all documentation has been submitted. Owner pays for water. Tenant pays for gas and electric establishing an account with SDGE Rental Criteria Summary Our detailed written rental criteria document is provided with the application WE FOLLOW ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL HOUSING LAWS AND DO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY PERSON BASED ON RACE, COLOR, ETHNICITY, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, GENETIC INFORMATION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, FAMILIAL STATUS, PRIMARY LANGUAGE, SOURCE OF INCOME,MEDICAL STATUS, OR DISABILITY NO TOBACCO SMOKING OR MARIJUANA SMOKING allowed Maximum 5 occupants for 2 bedroom units ALL adults who want to live here (including adult children aged 18 or older) must submit an application and qualify on their own NO guarantors or cosigners accepted NO subletting or rental arbitrage allowed All adults need good or excellent credit (FICO 680 or higher) credit report, driver's license, bank statements, and application must match with no address discrepancies. The credit report must show no charge-offs, accounts in collections, legal judgements, vehicle repossessions, bankruptcies, or mismatch alerts. Applicants without credit or who have inadequate credit to yield a credit score will be denied. Section 8 and government rental subsidy recipients, have alternative screening options. On-time payments and low debt required. Applicant bank statements and other verifiable evidence collected or submitted with the application and during screening must show the applicant's record of paying rent on time The amount of debt you carry impacts your ability to pay rent. Applicants that carry over 30% debt compared to income will be denied. Each adult needs documented monthly income of 2 times the rent in gross monthly income and stable income history OR other proof of ability to pay rent and expenses for a year. For example, if you are not working or do not have adequate alternative monthly income, and the rent is $2,000 per month, you would need seasoned liquid savings of at least $48,000 (2000 x 12 x 2 = $48,000) in a US personal bank or stock account. If you are a Section 8 or government rental voucher recipient, you must be able to document income covering your share of the rent. All adults must qualify financially on their own; We do not consider combined income for applicants, even for married couples. All adults need four months of bank statements and most recently filed tax return (2024). Employed adults must submit four (4) months of paystubs. Employment history should reflect at least six months with your current employer. The eviction report must show no evictions, however if you have legally permitted COVID-19 unpaid rent debt as defined by applicable federal/California /municipal laws during specified COVID-19 protected timeframes, legally permitted rent debt will not be considered and will not be the basis for denial of an application or used as a negative factor in evaluating an application. Applicants are welcome to submit their COVID-19 Housing is key award letter (if received) or any of your pertinent COVID-19 rent debt documentation you want us to have, but applicants are not being asked to submit private or protected information about their health or COVID status. Three (3) years of recent and positive rent history required for each adult with no malicious damage, illegal subletting, disruptions, threatening /dangerous behavior, unauthorized pets, or illegal rent debt/ Good, clean, safe housekeeping required. We need to be able to verify that you have a pristine record of being a good tenant who pays rent in full and on time; an unsatisfactory reference from a manager or owner can cause your application to be denied. Criminal background report must be satisfactory with no recent serious convictions against persons or property and no convictions for drug manufacturing or distribution. We need complete contact information for your current and prior managers/landlords and for your current and prior employers, if you are employed. If we cannot contact a reference or if we receive any kind of unsatisfactory reference from a previous employer, manager, or personal reference, the application will be denied. Failing to list additional occupants/relatives /friends/spouses/ mates/boyfriends/ girlfriends/children/ babies/step children/ adult children/grandchildren /cousins/ grandparents/ nannies etc, or live-in care givers who will live in the apartment, even part time (over 14 days annually), including people who might move in later is considered deceitful, and considered grounds for denial/eviction. If you are disabled and require a live-in caregiver, submit a request for the accommodation for the live-in caregiver, an accommodation verification letter from your healthcare professional, and an application for the caregiver. Group screening advisory: if the documentation or information collected for anyone in your group does not meet our rental criteria or if documents or identification or information for anyone in your group is inadequate, inconsistent, falsified, or cannot be verified, your entire group will be denied. Accepted Applicants: if you qualify and are offered the apartment, you are expected to promptly pay the rent and security deposit, sign the rental agreement, and take the keys. We cannot offer lengthy holds. Signing takes place in person, in the unit. All adult applicants must be present. If you are accepted and cannot sign the rental agreement and addenda in a timely manner, or if you request re-wording of the lease or any addendum, we reserve the right to withdraw our offer to rent. Accepted applicants must provide verifiable evidence that they have given notice to move at their current rental before they will be granted final approval and possession of the unit. Our screening process: to comply with California law, to ensure fairness, and to prevent discrimination, the first applicant or applicant group that meets the owner's written rental criteria will be approved for tenancy. We keep records of exactly when applications were submitted and when all required supporting documentation is received. Completed applications are processed in order, on a first-come, first served basis. We will not illegally keep any applicant's application fee; if you submit an application and application fees, but someone or another group ahead of you qualifies and is accepted/rents, we will return your application fee. Do we accept Section 8? Yes, we will consider and screen applications from government housing voucher recipients. Section 8 and rental voucher applicants must have good credit (680 or higher) or submit legal verifiable alternate evidence for ability to pay, also documented monthly income of 2 times their share of the rent, also evidence of low debt, bank statements, tax return, and meet all our written rental criteria. Rental voucher applicants need to submit alternate evidence for your ability to pay rent. We run eviction and criminal background checks on all applicants, including rental voucher applicants. How to get an appointment and application packet: Interested people must submit request by email to obtain an appointment time. Application packets will be available when you take a tour. We do not accept applications from people who have not seen the unit. A completed application will include all of the following: $40 application fee by check or cash for each application Completed application for each adult Copy of current and valid state or national photo ID (for example driver's license, state ID, or passport) All adults must show a copy or original social security card All adults need to submit four (4) months of bank statements All adults need to submit their most recent tax return (2023 or 2024) All adults need to submit income documentation; employed adults must submit four (4) months of paystubs Housing voucher applicants must submit their current housing voucher document, plus any other documentation required in lieu of a credit report. Optional: Documentation related to miscellaneous income such as child support, spousal support, dividend/interest, passive K-1 income, trust fund income pension/retirement income, or SSDI/SSI income. Statements showing assets held in other bank accounts or financial institutions. An application will not be considered until all documentation has been received.