Apartment Ratings | Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay) Ratings and Reviews

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Spacious Apartment (Recommending!)

2009-10-22T15:33:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I love my new apartment. It was very clean when I moved in and I haven't had any problems since. The landscaping is nice and always clean. My apartment is very spacious and best of all I can't hear my nneighbors at night. I would highly recommend these apartments ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Nice Community (Recommending!)

2009-10-20T12:05:12-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I believe Portofino Villas is a nice community. My one bedroom is very spacious. The grounds are kept very nice and maintenance is always quick to respond to my repair needs. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): I liked it there (Recommending!)

2009-09-17T15:57:42-06:00

From mkidder83: I enjoyed my last year and a half at portofino when the new management staff took over. We were hit hard by the storms and they did everything they could to make sure things were getting fixed. I have read some of the reviews and I don't think it's fair ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Love my apartment (Recommending!)

2009-09-16T17:44:12-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am new to the area and love my apartment. It is close to my job and have not had any problems with my apartment. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Horrible! (Not Recommending)

2009-08-20T18:53:30-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The first month or so it was nice,but when things started not to work and fixing was needed,that was it.The roof has been falling and leaking for more than 7 months, water bill more than a 4 bedroom house because of a leaking that they haven't fixed, have tried several ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Home Sweet Home (Recommending!)

2009-07-31T18:26:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I believe that no matter where you live there will always be something that bugs you. It is normal and it's part of life. My family has enjoyed living at portofino and my son as well. His favorite part is the ponds & ducks. He loves feeding them bread. We ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Under new Management who's very Nice (Recommending!)

2009-07-18T10:17:05-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I called to view apartments here a few months ago and never got a call back. Recently I called again and found the new office staff to be very nice and helpful. She did all she could to help me get into a place in my time frame and showed ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): AVOID AT ALL COSTS. (Not Recommending)

2009-06-24T11:39:40-06:00

From billford: This place got hit hard by the hurricanes a few years ago and boy, does it show. Well, not in the model room, of course; just the rest of the place. Leaky roof, moldy ceilings, AC filter hasn't been touched in years, two cracked windows, doors that have swollen to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Love my apartment (Recommending!)

2009-06-18T14:55:36-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I agree with the comments below and I really enjoy my apartment. My neighbors are nice and the floorplan of my apartment works great with all my stuff. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Used to live here.....was great (Recommending!)

2009-06-18T14:54:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I just moved out of Portofino Villas and wish I didn't. It was great place with a great staff. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Great place for a great price (Recommending!)

2009-06-16T14:47:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is a great place to live. The landscaping and spanish style roofing was what drew my eye. The office staff was very friendly to us when we came in for the first time and they have always been helpful if my husband or I ever need anything! This is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Florida living (Recommending!)

2009-06-01T15:25:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place is a good place to live. They have reasonable rents and they fix things when you ask. It is really pretty here and close to my work and church. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): (Recommending!)

2009-05-29T17:16:08-06:00

From kimisu143@aol.com: Well I have to say is That Portofino Apartments are very nice and very easy to work with. I have lived in other Apartments and I fill Safe and Happy here. The Staff is easy to talk with. I don't know where these other people live but it's not at ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): I don't recommend this place #2 (Not Recommending)

2009-07-31T19:50:58-06:00

From aalennic06: I posted the I don't recommend this place... review, still, 2 months later, no one has come to check out my water damage, or the standing water behind the tiles in my shower, AND the roof under the entrance patio has caved, didn't even bother calling that in, just went ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Rude Management! Avoid this place! (Not Recommending)

2008-10-08T19:49:03-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am moving to Melbourne from out of state and went to look at these apts while I was in town. The lady in the office was one of the most hateful people I have ever encountered. She did not even make eye contact with me when I walked into ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): stay away (Not Recommending)

2008-07-25T11:29:49-06:00

From SSHEPHAR: I lived there for one year and after 9 months my ceiling caved in on my dining room table and it sat in 6 inches of water. I asked them to fix it, I finally moved out and bought a house. Still was not fixed and was black with mold. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Front Office has loitering and residencial congregation (Not Recommending)

2007-11-08T19:16:25-06:00

From dagallerysfavoritepeanut: Very Average and typical of the dismal array of rented housing, that Melbourne has to offer! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): If you like living in hell......... (Not Recommending)

2007-09-23T10:43:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have never lived w/ so many bugs in my life, I am a clean person but these apartments are DIRTY!!! It's almost like living outside. These apartments are the highest priced income restricted in this area. They are so small for the price you pay. Oh and if you ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Run away as fast as you can (Not Recommending)

2006-11-24T19:13:47-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Staff is unreliable and dishonest, maintenance is extremely slow to respond and does a half assed job, problems are only minimally fixed (occur repetatively), staff hours are not accurate (many times office is closed during business hours), neighbors are loud and apt is not well insulated so you hear everything ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Bad all over (Not Recommending)

2006-10-10T18:29:53-06:00

From -Anonymous-: There are major mold issues in 99% of the apartments. Most of these issues have been there since the hurricanes nearly 3 years ago. I had so many issues with bad appliances, bad heating and cooling elements bad water heaters MAJOR damage on my ceilings and existing damage when we ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Not bad.. but not good (Not Recommending)

2006-07-24T09:49:09-06:00

From -Anonymous-: They are very very old. Some have been updated and are nice... some (like the one i'm in) are just falling apart. I have had so many problems living there and I have been there 5 months so far. I have had 2 leaks and the air has gone out ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Just say NO (Not Recommending)

2006-07-22T07:37:50-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for awhile now and at first I loved it here. The old management was great, maintance was actually 24 hours. When my water heater broke, they came right away. When my A/C was leaking, they came right away. Since the new management came, things went down ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): A Fair Review (Recommending!)

2006-07-11T12:28:40-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I think is about time somebody posted a review that pointed out the good and bad of this community instead of totally knocking it or sounding completely phony. As far as maintenance is concerned, don't count on anything being fixed in a timely manner. The light outside my apartment has ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): As bad as everyone says and worse... (Not Recommending)

2006-06-24T16:37:43-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Unfortunately one asshole misrepresented the place as Quote: "a getoo" <----(get some spelling lessens you moron) the problem isnt the diversity but the staff and management. One word LOUSY, numerous problems with saftey violations, parking, maintainance issues and many health violations. The maintainance staff here has always been overworked, right ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Not worth it (Not Recommending)

2006-06-23T16:07:05-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've been here two years and those who've written about the problems which exist, aren't lying. It's a terrible shame because it could be a very nice community. Apparently that is not a priority with managment. They are poor in keeping up with routine maintenance and appear horrified if your ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): portofino villa (Not Recommending)

2006-06-10T17:02:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: when kerry was here it was realy nice here there was very few blacks here .each year it got worse living here. now susan is manager here.this place got worse with blacks it looking like a getoo here. the place look like shit.they dont keep up with any maintaince like ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): The staff needs replaced! (Not Recommending)

2006-05-30T23:03:24-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is one of the worst apartment complexes you could live in! I was reading another review concerning the hurricane damage and mold and the lack of concern for health or safety by the management and maintenance staff and laughed out loud. The same problems are occuring all over the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): My mother is stuck in Hel* (Not Recommending)

2006-04-28T08:38:19-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My mother has lived here for a 2years, how she has put up with it I don't know. They charge a fortune in rent and you live in a dump. The water damage her unit recieved because of the hurricanes has resulted in mold always growing through the carpet and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): i'm moving in in two weeks and a half (Recommending!)

2006-03-13T12:05:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: i herd that it is a great place so i hope it is as good a people say. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Horrible management & maintainance! (Not Recommending)

2006-03-05T12:07:35-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This apartment complex is terrible. The parking is extremely awful. No matter what time I come home there is never a parking spot available. The management here said there is available parking, but there is always boats parked there, never enough room for us to park. The management Sherrie is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): AVOID AVOID AVOID (Not Recommending)

2006-02-12T18:47:54-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Do not be misled by recently remodeled office. When I moved in there was garbage all over my apartment and patio, cellophane tape on the glass left over from hurricanes 10 months ago, and it was infested with roaches (aka "palmetto bugs"). My air conditioner never worked and was never ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): (Not Recommending)

2005-06-14T13:49:25-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Get real roofs and windows are still leaking and people still have holes in walls. It's great the pool is staying open if you could get in the gate to swim. It's almost always locked that was until someone broke the gate to get in. New maintence supervisor is making ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Friendly, helpful staff make living here worthwhile! (Recommending!)

2005-06-01T21:07:12-06:00

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Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): What a change! (Recommending!)

2005-05-21T10:10:31-06:00

From -Anonymous-: What a change! Thanks to our new staff. Our new maintenance supervisor and staff have made an awesome difference to this property. Since I moved here in January, the property lights have been up and running (down for 8 months), the irrigation system is up and running (my understanding is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Granada Bay (Recommending!)

2004-09-03T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Excellent place to live. Beuatiful setting, Close to everything, Lots of features. We lived in the end unit villa and it was very nice. Great staff too. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Granada Bay was "home" (Recommending!)

2004-08-02T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I really enjoyed living in Granada Bay. Sure, you have your occasional problems as all apartments do. Granted I could hear the person below me coughing and hacking in the middle of the night, but I LOVE my apartment and the layout of the place. I loved the big bathroom, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Get over it! (Recommending!)

2004-07-21T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: To the person who I choose NOT to name in this post I wonder, how many times are you going to post the same compaints? And yes, management (and your neighbors) reads these and knows exactly who is posting these. Move on! You moved out, so get on with you ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): was a waste of money (Not Recommending)

2004-07-11T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The apartment was being shown as a model even after we paid the 1st month's rent. Apartment was very dirty, moldy toilets, and a had big bug problem. Staff was very slow to respond to complaints and maintenance seemed angry when they were sent to fix anything. Stairs were rusted ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Highly recommend (Recommending!)

2003-12-17T00:00:00-06:00

From poptart3: Property has recently been undergoing renovations...thank goodness. Former investors refused to put any money into the property, to the dismay of the residents and the beleaguered office staff. The manager, Kari,and Tracy(former assistant) do a fantastic job with what they have been given. Sugar ants occasionally, but I challenge you ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): (Recommending!)

2003-12-04T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is my first apartment I have ever lived in. And so far it has been a great experience. The neighbors are quiet and nice, the office staff is great. When my toilet broke due to rusted screws it was afterhours and the maintance staff still came within 30 minutes ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Getting better! (Recommending!)

2003-11-13T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I swear, it´s only the people who have "issues" that ever post on these websites! If it was that bad, there would be NO ONE living here, and there are hardly any apartments vacant! I tried to get my friend to move here and they didn´t have the apartment available ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): The most disgusting place I´ve ever lived. (Not Recommending)

2003-10-21T00:00:00-06:00

From carpediei: The place was and still is filthy dirty. Nothing was cleaned prior to my move in. I requested a different apartment because of the scum in the toilets and the carpet had ground in dirt. The new place they gave me was not cleaned at all. I spent the first ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): (Not Recommending)

2003-10-17T00:00:00-06:00

From happyjane: Too expensive for what it is. The maintenance people are crappy. It took 2 weeks to get my air fixed when it went out. The pool is nasty and closed half the time. The hot tub....well I havent seen it opened in almost a year. I have big holes in ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Before you return to "paradise..." (Not Recommending)

2002-10-28T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Just to let every person out there know the truth about this apartment complex it is infested with termites and carpenter ants. The owners were sent a registered letter by the zoning board to repair at least one building within 60 day... it´s been 30 and absolutely nothing has been ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Great Community! (Recommending!)

2002-10-19T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This was my first apartment, and I had very little complaints. When I did complain about a noisy neighbor downstairs or the parking situation it was handled right away by the manager or assistant manager. The office staff was wonderful they not only helped when things were wrong they actually ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): (Recommending!)

2002-09-07T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My single story apartment is lovely! The maintenance team is fabulous, very courteous and helpful. The office staff is pleasant and efficient.

I would reccomend it highly! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Portofino Villas (formerly Granada Bay): Imagine your worst nightmare come true!!! (Not Recommending)

2002-04-21T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Let´s start where everything begins... in the parking lots. The parking lot has one large intersection at which everyone runs the STOP sign. Parking is a free-for-all with no assigned spots for guests or residents. People drive through at all hours of the night with loud stereos and loud engines.

The ... [click to read full apartment review]