Overall this place rates so-so. I was very disappointed with the not-so-helpful staff and the attitude especially from Ingrid. Jerry, the night manager was arrogant, loud and rude. Always claiming he was "The Man." A maintenance worker once begged me for $20.00 to feed his baby and I gave it to him. He did that to many people and then quit his job. They hired lots of trash.

The security was the worst. Miami Hurricane's Defensive Lineman Bryan Pata was killed here was killed her in November of 2006. The security officers at the gate never scrutinized anyone. The side entrances were always accessible before 9PM and they were only 4ft. high anyway. The security guards changed very frequently and so never became familiar with residents. Anyone could get in. Anyone!

They did nothing to prepare for Hurricanes except trim trees annually. And when 40 apartments flooded during Katrina, including mine, they ordered folks not to remove their carpeting or they'd have to pay for damages. The carpeting was NOT salvageable and folks had to wait and live on polluted carpets until Colony realized it was wrong 2 days after the storm had passed. The place floods too often especially the parking lot. Many cars were totalled-out here during a serious flood.

The rent sky-rocketed here quickly from about $800.00 when I moved in to over $1,100.00 when I moved out. They treated the renters like crap because they wanted to convert it to condos. This plan failed. (They deserve failure for the crap they put folks through.) I could not take the rent increases anymore and rented a nice detached house for $1000.00.

There was a little bit of good: I had good, friendly neighbors and whenever there was a maintenance issue, they fixed it within 48 hours, excluding weekends. They place was old with very old fixtures but maintained well. The pool was always clean except when the property was sold the pool became so filthy they actually closed it down for about 2 months. It is in a great location and everything is nearby including the only metro line in Miami.

There were far too many disappointments for me to recommend it to a good friend. But if you think you're getting a good deal and you like the location, well, I'll tell you there is worse, I'm sure. If you have time and can look around a little bit more, do so. Really, these folks made their tenants so unhappy they don't deserve good tenants.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 12/06/2008
I was living there too and it was hell ! When I complained about the Roach infestation we got in our building, they kept saying I was the only one. Wish I met you, at least our voice would be stronger. I'm glad I left, after 10 years living there, I don't regret it.
From: Anonymous	Date: 08/25/2009
If you hated being there for 10 years, why did you stay living there for sooooooooooooooooo long. It makes no sense. I lived in Colony about the same time, and never had a problem. Maybe I was one of the "lucky one" I really like being in the Colony. I only moved because of job offer outside Florida.

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