I lived there for 6 months on a 7 month lease. The last month I opted to pay rent on TWO places so that I could move into my new place and get OUT of The Stankwater. My apartment always had a funky odor that hit me every time I walked into it, and I could never get rid of it - no matter how many scented candles or how much incense I burned.

And the roaches and other bugs! Oh, fantastic!

I hope you like 1980s popcorn ceilings, too, because not only are the ceilings "ULTRA" popcorn, but so is every last WALL! And don't get me started on the bathrooms and kitchens. Right out of 1980, falling apart cabinets, and crappy, beat up appliances - the clothes washer quit working on my just before I left - NICE!

And did I mention how awesome the vinyl flooring in the bathroom and kitchen are' AWESOME! Ugliest, tackiest stuff ever - and straight out of 1980! Fantastic! And the carpeting by the front door' Wait until you've dragged in some duck ---- - it will happen sooner or later - there are a ton of ducks everywhere that do nothing but chase you for food and then crap all over everything. More AWESOMENESS!

Oh - and everything - and I mean EVERYTHING...is white. And once you get sick of all the white on the outside of all of the buildings, you get to enjoy some more white, white, white on the inside. Actually, that's not completely true. I think they recycle the vertical blinds, so each apartment gets a mix of some from the 80s, a few from the 90s, and maybe one or two new ones. Basically, when you close the vertical blinds, each slat is a different shade of "white" - white/white, yellow/white, bone white, a-smoker-lived-here white. Ummmmm...how 'bout a little personality' A little character' Spending a few bucks on blinds so that your tenants don't feel like they're living in the ghetto' Actually, that's what The Broadwater is! Perfect! It's a ghetto disguised as a "resort!" Management actually calls it "resort living in the heart of the hammocks!" AHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! God did I get taken! :-)

There's no assigned parking, so visitors park wherever, I don't think security checks for the useless "Resident" tags (that can't easily be seen at night, anyway!), and if you get home past midnight, you're screwed. Enjoy the mile hike to your apartment.

And to think I paid $900/mo for a lousy 1 bedroom. I feel like a real idiot. I just got an awesome place in East Kendall for $1100/mo that's a 2 bedroom 1 bath that's been 110% remodeled - wall-to-wall tile, all new appliances, granite countertops in the kitchen and bath, all new fixtures and cabinets everywhere, new paint (nice colors, too!), crown molding, and oversized baseboards. It's beautiful!

If you absolutely can avoid renting at The Broadwater, PLEASE DO! Don't perpetuate things by keeping these places in business.

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