This is the first part of a two part review. Please find part two for the full story. Current resident here. I was going...
This is the first part of a two part review. Please find part two for the full story.
Current resident here. I was going to withhold this review until after I left, but given how the landlord treats all the tenants on this property, I feel writing this wont make it worse than it already is.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, even consider these apartments in your search. I have been living on this property for nearly four years, so while this story may be long, if you are serious about your search for the perfect apartment, you should continue to read on.
When I first moved here this property was owned by Post Properties. During that time I had absolutely zero issues with how this facility was run. The trash was picked up on time, hallways were pressure washed and cleaned regularly, maintenance responded to requests the very next day. Heck, they even changed light bulbs when you requested! Those were the good old days.
Then, sometime in late 2016, a new company called MAA acquired Post Properties, which brought all the ownership of all Post properties countrywide under MAA. There were some growing pains at first, including lack of response to maintenance requests. After calling online and not getting my issues fixed within a few days, I would have to call the leasing office to get something done.
But in the fall of 2017 everything took a nosedive. The first sign was in my lease renewal agreement, where they notified me they were charging each tenant $5 for pest control, which was something that use to be included in the rent. This was probably a result of the amount of calls they were getting for cockroaches, as I know during the summer of 2017 I called at least twice to get cockroaches taken care of in my second floor apartment. $5 a month, fine, no big deal as long as the cockroach problem is solved. Except in the fine print, youll notice that you have to specifically request pest control. Even though you may not request pest control or forget to request pest control, youre still going to be hit with a $5 fee each month.
Then came the trash. The property moved to a valet trash service sometime in the summer of 2017. With this came a $10 increase to the trash fee, up from $10 to a total of $20 per month. Not a service I use, because I live in a building right next to the dumpster, but its nice if youre on the other side of the property. What WASNT nice about this new valet trash service was the overflowing dumpster that would result seemingly bi-weekly (definition, twice a week). If you have time, take a look at the attached photos. These photos are from mid-November 2017 all the way through March 2018. After myself and other tenants physically showed up to the leasing office to complain, and after I served a notice in accordance with Florida Statutes that I was going to break my lease without penalty, the trash issue was sort of fixed in early April 2018. Trash will still pile up on the weekends, but not so much on the weekdays anymore. It was unsightly, smelly, and disgusting. However, if youre an animal lover, you might have appreciated the increased sightings of squirrels, raccoons, possums, and the one large rat I saw. These are animals that I love sharing a poorly lit parking lot late at night with.