Lakes at Monaco Pointe
  (formerly Lake & Raquet Apartments)

Lakes at Monaco Pointe (formerly Lake & Raquet Apartments) is recommended by:
9.0%
Overall Rating
1.63 out 5
Parking:
2.35 of 5
Maintenance:
2.07 of 5
Construction: 1.98 of 5
Noise:
2.09 of 5
Grounds: 2.59 of 5
Safety: 1.98 of 5
Office Staff:
1.78 of 5

6165 E Iliff Avenue
Denver, CO 80222
303-757-1100
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Uhm, HELL NO!

From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 3/29/2007
Years at this apartment: 2002 - 2007
User Response is available. 6 responses

 
I wanted to add my 2 cents worth on this horrendous place to keep poor innocent individuals away. The following are things that I saw. This is long but didn t want to miss a thing as this place made my last year a living hell.

1) No snow removal.
2) Incompetent/rude office staff. They accuse you of either not paying your utility/rent or bouncing a check when you didn t. This happened to me 3 times in a year and every time they were at fault. They are dumber than $hit.
3) Unsanitary grounds. Dog/duck crap and trash all over, urine smell. There s a pretty green slimy lake for your viewing. Don t plan on swimming in the pool unless you want to catch toe nail fungus due to the filthy water.
4) Shady people - druggies, low class individuals. Gun shots are frequent.
5) Maintenance What maintenance'''''
6) Better know about the 60 day notice to vacate crap before you sign a lease.
7) Locks or lack there of on gate doors are a joke. They either stick or are broken.
8) Like roaches' Then this is the place for you. They greet you when you pull out your dinner plate ready to eat your meal. Nice appetizer!
9) Pay for utilities you don t use.
10) Nails and screws litter the parking lot.
11) Very poor insulation. My door had a 1 inch wide opening at the top. Windows are old and don t fully lock. No real locks on the front door and they always stick.
12) Poor plumbing so your sinks/toilets always plug up. They won t come and fix it either, at least in my case.
13) Very old appliances. Refrigerators that shake, rattle and roll.
14) Did I mention the roaches'''
15) Absolutely no privacy. People look in your apartment when they walk by.
16) Very loud....radios always blaring.
17) They will only give you a week to let them know if you will renew your lease.
18) When you leave, they will take as much of your deposit as possible with no explanations as to why.

Listen to the reviews and stay away from this $hit hole. I finally got out but still have nightmares of the place and can t seem to pull a dinner plate out of the kitchen cabinet at my new place without looking for roaches. AMC LLC (Griffith Blessing before, just as bad), you should be ashamed to manage such a place! You kept your word on making changes and you sure did but you went in the wrong direction.

Recommended: NO
Overall Rating
1 out of 5
Parking:
1 of 5
Maintenance:
1 of 5
Construction: 1 of 5
Noise:
1 of 5
Grounds: 1 of 5
Safety: 1 of 5
Office Staff:
1 of 5
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User Responses

From: Anonymous Date: 03/29/2007
i agree with everything in this review... i have lived here since 2001 and have watched it grow worse and worse and worse.... i'm counting the days until june 1 gets here to leave this place... im suprised they dont add a pet fee for the roaches not only in the kitchen, but in my night stand as well.... skip this place
From: Anonymous Date: 03/29/2007
Too funny!!!! They really should add pet fee for the roaches. Thanks for the info. I will not move here.
From: Anonymous Date: 03/30/2007
I am the one that wrote the review for this. Thanks for the laugh about the pet rent for the roaches. You had me crying! I should have gotten $150 pet deposit back after I left but don’t think I did. The only thing I can think of is they charged me $1 pet rent per roach, not for a cluster of them. :-) I wanted to add that when you do move and start packing, make sure you seal your boxes completely with tape. Don’t leave any openings at all. I did this to prevent the little critters from getting into the boxes when I moved and succeeded for the most part. One did get in a box but thankfully he was dead (I almost had a heart attack). If they do and you seal the boxes completely, they will suffocate at least. You don’t want these monsters following you as you know how bad it gets. Good luck to you and any one else there!
From: Anonymous Date: 04/28/2007
Everything posted in this review is true!! I have lived here since 2005. The only thing that wasn't mentioned was that 15 minutes before mgmt decides to turn off water in the building (for so called maintenance) they stick a note on your door --like that's enough notice. Maintenance is a joke, NEVER EVER call for a maintenance request on anything broken. 1) Because they change the front office staff the way you change your socks & no one in the office ever knows that you have placed a service call 2)The front office staff can be absolutly rude.

What to do is to take pictures & email AMC LLC directly, because then you might have way knowing whats going on, however it will still take 4 weeks to fix. My lease is up in July, hopefully I can wait that long.
From: Anonymous Date: 05/31/2007
Right on! I've lived there longer than any of you & I can tell you that it used to be a nice, quiet, pleasant place until it sold 3 years ago this month (May 2004). That change in management absolutely sucked, plus the new owners spent thousands on remodeling the office building. Then, it sold again a year ago. In the past 3 years, there's been a steady stream of different people working in that management office. And yes, the water & electricity get shut off, with little or no notice, at least once a week. Management spends a fortune on their stupid little flyers/notices that are taped to the doors. Something like this at least every week. Gates/locks only recently repaired, though 1 key that worked on everything before now doesn't work on the gate but still works on the "security" door & mailbox room. There is no such thing as security here as the doors & gates are always propped open. That's OK when people are moving in/out, etc. but some people just leave them propped with rocks so their friends & kids can get in & out without keys. And, the laundry room lock works to get in, but you can't get out. I complained about that several months ago & it still isn't fixed. Snow removal? Ha! That's a joke. While it's true that last Dec storms were a big problem for everyone, the snow removal here pretty much consisted on clearing the front parking & sidewalk area in front of the management building so new suckers could get in to get duped into renting here. As I said, this was a really nice place, with a very responsive manager & prompt repairs before 3 years ago. After 13 years here & the last 3 absolutely miserable, I'm out of here this summer; just as soon as the place I want has the unit I want available. I would never, never, never recommend this place to anyone. Plus, some of the people who've moved in the last couple of years are looking & acting a little too creepy. STAY AWAY! P.S. If you want a big laugh, call the managment office phone after business hours & here the lady talk about the "luxurious" apartment living at the Lakes at Monaco Pointe. Barf!
From: Anonymous Date: 03/29/2008
Remember the 60 day notice!!!! I had to pay extra because I thought it was a 30 day notice and they changed my locks before I even finished moving out and started working on it even though I paid them and extra $500 for the extra two weeks (gave a 40 not a 60).
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