Providence Park formerly Brandon Park
401 Providence Road, Brandon, FL 33511
813-684-6257  WEBSITE save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
26%

overall rating:
2.4
2.9
2.93 Parking:
2.6
2.63 Maintenance:
2.5
2.52 Construction:
2.7
2.68 Noise:
2.5
2.53 Grounds:
2.6
2.58 Safety:
2.5
2.48 Office Staff:
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From a residents point of view...

From: mandyncandy1437@aol.com
Date posted: 4/16/2007
Years at this apartment: 2006 - 2007
User Response is available. 3 responses
 
To tell you the truth...you people complain to much...if you want something perfect and fancy you need a hell of alot of money for it...you get more than what you pay for. What apartment complex gives you a washer and dryer on top of all utilities except electricity, plus 785 square feet of space in a one bedroom for only $595 a month. This isn't even income based. If you people would be nice and not so needy and unpleasant to the staff maybe they would be easier to talk to and deal with. I for one had only 1 problem when I moved in. My refridgerator was molded. They explained why (if it gets too hot in the apartment a moisture builds up and thats where it comes into play) then they replaced it without question. Realize I had no attitude therefore it was done the next day when I got home from work. I will continue my lease when it ends. I for one love this place.

Recommended: YES
Overall Rating
4 out of 5
Parking:
4 of 5
Maintenance:
5 of 5
Construction: 4 of 5
Noise:
4 of 5
Grounds: 4 of 5
Safety: 4 of 5
Office Staff:
5 of 5
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User Responses

From: Anonymous Date: 05/01/2007
The odds are pretty good that this was posted by the management of this facility, and I say this only because I have a memory for numbers and couldn't tell you how many square feet my apartment is. That said, there are some valid points. This place is very inexpensive and is convenient to most things in Brandon. I don't agree though, that the residents here are needy. When you pay a lot of money (even if it is less than other places) there is an expectation that everything in the apartment will work. When you have to call 5 times to get something fixed, you probably aren't going to be that pleasent by the time maintenance gets to it. The reality is that this place is cheap because it is aging quickly. Stuff is rotting. Stuff is breaking. The place would have to quadruple the maintenance staff to keep up with all of it, and in return would have to raise the rent. If you want really nice apartments, the same size goes for at least $200.00 more a month. They will have nice appliances and everything will work, and stuff will get fixed if it doesn't. If your friends are hoity toity, don't invite them over here because you probably will be embarrassed of the hallways and all the trash in the parking lot. But if you just want a cheap place to live, know how to fix your own appliances (or live without them), and don't mind mailing payments to New Jersey rather than dropping them off at the office, this place will do.
From: earthmother97 Date: 03/18/2008
It is truly hard to know where to begin. I moved in because my husband and I had just seperated, and we decided to live in the same complex (because of our daughter needing to adjust). He picked this place because it was close to his job. I so should have known better. I moved in and the very first thing I notice is that the kitchen cabinet hardware is literally rusted so bad that every time I opened my cabinets rust would flake off, often into the food on the counter. I reported it. Nothing happened. I then did laundry in the washer provided in my apartment...I made the mistake of assuming since the first two loads were ok that the next would be as well, and I went shopping instead of watching my laundry. I came back and the water was STILL running trying to fill the washer to start. I stopped it and checked my clothes...my brand new clothes which I had bought that weekend...they were completely ruined by the bleach that is in the city water around there. I reported it. Nothing happened. I then had my air conditioner die on me. In summer. In FLORIDA summer. I was pregnant at the time. The air conditioning was out for THREE DAYS. I miscarried my baby, and I still believe it was due to the extreme stress that this apartment caused me. I reported it. Nothing happened. I came home one morning (I worked nights) and noticed the oddest thing. Several people were standing around at the ground floor of my apartment building, almost right under my apartment (I was on the third floor). I didn't think much of it, then I walked in to my apartment. It was flooded. The toilet in the extra bathroom (which I literally had never used) was overflowing its tank for no apparent reason. I shut off the water at the back of the tank and freaked out trying to save my furniture which was getting wet at the bottom. I was so lucky. The people below me were so not. One woman and her huband were woken up by their baby girl saying "It's raining in my room" at one in the morning. They turned on lights and it WAS raining...in their entire apartment. The woman got shocked trying to turn off her electric to keep it from starting a fire. The other couple were also experiencing rain INSIDE their apartment, all from my third floor broken toilet. They had been calling the emergenct maintenance all night with absolutely no response. All maintenance had to do was go turn off the freaking water. I was told by one of the women waiting outside that the maintenance man was having an affair with the office personnel, and that apparently they would not answer her calls because of some stupid friendship drama. Nice. Everything these families owned was completely ruined, every stick of furniture, every single picture, every single bit of everything. The apartments sent men (the NEXT DAY) to vacuum up the water, and set fans on for THREE days (omg the noise) instead of replacing the carpets. The carpets never dried out correctly, I never got any other assistance with it other than them sending a man out to spray vile chemicals into the carpet every time I called to complain about the mold smell that permeated my apartment. The carpet came up in every single doorway, and was never fixed. The families below me never got reimbursed, and were not able to save anything at all from their apartments except for some of their clothing. The lights never ever worked on my stairwell (third floor, remember?). I reported it. Nothing happened. There were ants in my apartment, and dead roaches all the time. I reported it. Nothing happened. This place was so incredibly bad that I was forced to leave before my lease was up. Since I did not retain a lawyer, I had to pay them four THOUSAND dollars three years later in order to get off my credit so I could rent again. I am still utterly disgusted by the entire experience.
From: ashaw232 Date: 05/19/2008
hey managment, why don't you leave this site for the residents only to write their views or known facts.
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