Apartment Ratings | Village at Science Drive Ratings and Reviews

Village at Science Drive: Nice place to live (Recommending!)

2009-11-04T14:15:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: As a freshman I was eager to get an apartment. I heard about The Village at Science drive from a friend. I toured multiple times, each time the staff members were always friendly and helpful. They addressed me by name. Some were friendlier and helpful than others (and still are ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: You get what you pay for... (Recommending!)

2009-10-26T19:54:56-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I ended up living at Science Drive because a friend I had planned on living with had heard good things about it. When we first came to tour, I was very pleased with the apartment we were shown. The rooms and closets were huge and it was definitely better than ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Science Drive - Met My "Student Living" Expectations (Recommending!)

2009-10-13T15:49:04-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have to admit that after reading the reviews posted about Science Drive I was shocked! I have not experienced nearly as many problems living in the complex as those who have posted reviews on this website. As my apartment search began 2 years ago, my number one interest was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: I HATE SCIENCE DRIVE. (Not Recommending)

2009-08-03T07:09:35-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I don't know where to begin. I just turned in my keys this weekend (best day of my life) waited an hour and a half in 100 degree heat but still, best day of my life. My entire experience was a disaster. The carpets were filty upon move in, the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Do your research!! HIgh crime!! (Not Recommending)

2009-05-17T08:16:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived in at Science Drive for two years. I simply renewed because I spend little time at my apt and the majority of time at my boyriends house. There is a lot of crime in the neighborhood. This year someone got shot and my neighrbors car was sitting ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Third-year resident (Recommending!)

2009-03-25T12:03:32-06:00

From resident10: I have lived at Science Drive for three years now and recently renewed for a fourth year. Since living here, my carpet has been cleaned every year, my walls got repainted in August whenever old roommates moved out, and everything has kept in good condition. The location cannot be beat ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Good if you are jus moving out of dorms (Recommending!)

2009-02-05T10:22:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for 2 years because it is easy to live in having utilities included in the rent and it being furnished. You also get cable with HBO. Having said that I still think they place is just okay. Maintenance is okay. Parking is as bad as it ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: (Recommending!)

2009-01-26T15:33:29-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am a resident at Science Drive and ended up reading these comments because a friend of mine, who is interested in living here, found some scary things on this site and was a little uncomfortable living here. Basically, there are always pros and cons to living anywhere. I have ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: DO NOT LIVE HERE!!!! (Not Recommending)

2009-01-03T22:35:46-06:00

From izntlifesojuicy: I have been renting here since August 2008 and I really regret it.My room mates and I were attracted by the large floor plan and HUGE closets.However, that does not outweigh the cons by any means.Since the day I moved in, my bath tub has been rusting and it appears ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Village at Science Drive: The worst student apartment experience I have ever had (Not Recommending)

2008-12-28T13:29:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: First of all, for any of you who already live in the Villages, go back and read your lease, and under the section discussing security, note that it says, "management is not responsible for the safety of residents". Had I seen that, I would have NEVER signed the lease. Aside ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Management = bad (Not Recommending)

2008-12-13T23:56:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am going to keep this short and sweet. Management knows how to run a business in their favor and through however many years that they have been doing this they have perfected it to a T so that there are no loop holes, there are no alternatives, you give ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: DO NOT LIVE AT THE VILLAGE AT SCIENCE DRIVE (Not Recommending)

2008-09-05T14:55:38-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The management is terrible!! They are not flexible at all, do not want to help you out at all. They treat the residents like children and the only way to get anywhere is if your parents get involved or you threaten to get a lawyer. They up the rent a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: SCIENCE DRIVE SUCKS! (Not Recommending)

2008-08-28T13:37:17-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The village at science drive office staff could be bested by the algae that cover the lake around the office. they are inept, RUDE to the highest degree to residents, seem beyond under qualified and lack basic interpersonal skills and this is all on their best of days! Jessica is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Do not live here!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-08-11T13:20:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Worst thing I've ever done in my life!!! It looks good on the outside and the model apartment seems good, but when I moved in I would rather burn the place to get all the dirt, mold and other stuff out. There was a blood stain and other stain on ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: The Village at Science Drive in Orlando, FL (and why you should never live there) (Not Recommending)

2008-08-10T23:06:30-06:00

From mr_director: Never mind the horrible roommates I had living at The Village at Science Drive has to be the most consistently aggravating living experience I ve ever had. And yes, I ve shared a small bedroom dorm at the University of Central Florida (UCF) with a roommate who felt the need ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: MY EXPERIENCE (BAD) (Not Recommending)

2008-06-07T13:17:55-06:00

From nicolemivy: When you read about Science Drive and visit Science Drive, it seems amazing. It's a little more pricey than your average college housing, but it seems worth it. Until you unlock your door that first day.. (oh wait, you can't, wrong lock and key!..you wait 2 hours in the office ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Management are Crooks (Not Recommending)

2008-02-05T11:40:02-06:00

From AngryMom1960: This management takes extreme advantage of its college tenants. Please read lease carefully before signing as they can throw you out for anything they want and you will have to have the money to fight them in court. They give no security deposits back and half is non-refundable. The non-refundable ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Very good! (Recommending!)

2008-01-10T22:22:09-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived here for about 6 months and am very pleased!! It is a little pricy, but I think it is definitely worth the money! You have trash pick-up, 24 hour maintenance (which is amazing), free tanning (and a super nice tanning facility), friendly staff, it's furnished, HUGE walk-in closets, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Good for college students (Recommending!)

2008-01-03T14:13:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place has its pros and cons. It is very close to campus and the shuttle service is convenient and reliable. The maintenance staff performs quick, efficient repairs and the grounds are kept fairly neat. Like any apartment complex, noise can be a problem. I can hear the people above ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Love it here! (Recommending!)

2007-10-11T15:29:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I love living here! It's a great atmosphere for being a student. I finally get to be off campus with all the convenience of being close to my classes. I don't know why the other reviews had such issues with the staff as they have always been great with me. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: PARENTS BEWARE (Not Recommending)

2007-09-09T21:32:57-06:00

From Parentadvocate: My daughter lived at the Village for a year. When we moved her into the apt., it was dirty, the rugs were so nasty she wore shoes all the time and the couches were so filthy no one would use them. They even had dried puke on them. I scrubbed ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: This place is a slum (Not Recommending)

2007-08-13T13:25:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Save your money. Get away (far far away) from apartment complexes full of college students.The apartments are dirty, the parking tends to be awful, the noise and neighbors are unreasonable, and the staff couldn't care less about you or your problems. No matter how well you clean and fix your ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Don't live here if you value peace and quiet (Not Recommending)

2007-07-18T12:57:40-06:00

From eprisley: This complex has been one scam after another ever since I moved in 2 years ago. When I moved in halfway through August and still had to pay the entire month's rent, I was told it would even out because I would be able to stay those first two weeks ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: fantastic (Recommending!)

2007-04-03T17:26:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: It is college apartments so you do have to keep that in mind when you move in. The staff does an excellent job at getting stuff done. The maintenance staff usually gets work orders done within 24 hours. I love living here!

As an added bonus, the crime rate is close ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Bad Manager Amongst other things (Not Recommending)

2006-07-17T12:53:39-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place has went down even in the two years I have lived here. I will be starting my third year and I'm so sorry I am. The manager, Tiffany, will not even speak with face to face. She sits in another room and has a lackey run back and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Don't let your daughter live there (Not Recommending)

2006-06-24T20:40:07-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My daughter is moving out, two rapes occured and tenants were not notified until after the second rape hit the paper. They're 24 hour emergency service is a joke. I had a call recently from my daughter, she was hysterical and injured. I drove from Melboure to Orlando at 3:00 ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Be careful what you wish for. (Not Recommending)

2006-06-14T21:40:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: When you move in, the apartment condition is decent. They only replace carpet in the ﾀﾜworstﾀﾝ rooms (never mind that most of the rooms need replacement carpets anyway). Be sure to check for mold in your bathrooms and kitchens ﾀﾓ weﾀﾙve already had to complain about it in our apartment. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: A disaster that lasts a lifetime (Not Recommending)

2006-05-09T12:03:50-06:00

From jaime86: I lived at science drive for about a year, and never really complained about anything while I lived there. I paid my rent every month on time, and I kept the place up very nicely, putting it into even better shape than the mess I first moved into. If a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: I LOVE IT HERE!!! (Recommending!)

2006-02-19T16:37:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've been reading these complaints and they could not be more wrong! I've lived here for two years and absolutley love it! Here are some reasons:

1) The apartments are gorgeous!! They are huge and the closets are amazing. The outside grounds are always kept up very well by the awesome ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Exellent College Living (Recommending!)

2006-02-10T09:33:05-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Hello wary reader first let me say i too read these entries and thought while they are grammatically atrocious and severly lacking in prose lol are quite honestly not a good feel of science drive i moved into science about a month and a half ago for my first time ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Science Drive...more like drive away (Not Recommending)

2005-12-13T21:56:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: So you want to move into Science Drive? Here is a list of why you should
reconsider:

-If you think you are moving into a safe, gated community, think again. You put down a $50 deposit for a gate clicker and the gate is never closed. When I call to ask about ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS CRAPPY PLACE (Not Recommending)

2005-12-08T14:58:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: So if you haven't heard all over the news there was 2 rapes here this past weekend. One was on the 3rd story where my bedroom is in the next buidling, the girls were held up at gun point. The first girl told the office about it and guess what! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: These people are animals. (Not Recommending)

2005-12-07T09:27:48-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived there for two years, and I had fights with them seemingly every month. Non-sensical pool view charges, crappy broken internet access that's capped at 250MB/day, defunct maintenance that take months to fix problems like the front door not fully closing. It just never ended.

You BETTER make sure you ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: The worst place I've ever lived. (Not Recommending)

2005-12-07T09:24:47-06:00

From Tnanever: There are so many things wrong with this place. It's hard to know where to start.

Here is a list:

-When I first moved in, the apartment wasn't prepared. It was basically in shambles. The carpet and tile was very dirty and had many stains. There was a variety of bad smells. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Waste of Time and Money (Not Recommending)

2005-11-24T21:58:01-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived here for one year and it was hell. My first apartment I was placed with a heavy drug user. I complained and got no where and transfered out of the apartment, at my own expense. Two to three months later that apartment was raided for the drugs and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: a total nightmare (Not Recommending)

2005-11-19T16:49:50-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place has horrible management, I have never been so horribly treated in my entire life. The lease is horrible, it it basically written to screw you over in everyway possible.
The model is nothing like the actual apartment, which is quite filthy. Upon arrival to my apartment, the floors were ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: stay far away or else get robbed (Not Recommending)

2005-11-19T16:44:13-06:00

From -Anonymous-: They don't clean your apartment before moving in. Expect the walls to be gross, the carpet to be thin and black, and all of your appliances to be broken.

So, the first month I lived here I was robbed. Laptop stolen. The office didn't really care (even though we suspected ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: More cons than pros (kinda long) (Recommending!)

2005-10-29T22:08:34-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I know it says this in about every review, but the apartment was NASTY when we moved in- stains on the floor, cheese and animal crackers under and in the couches, clothes behind the washer and drier, bird feathers on the floor, holes in the walls, VOMIT stains and a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: I got Robbed.....Twice....... (Not Recommending)

2005-08-15T22:26:31-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place was absolutly terrible, the apartment was a mess when we moved in, the carpets were dirty and were never replaced, Several complaints were made to the office but nothing was done, make sure you wave to police helicopter who circles your backyard every week, pray you don't get ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Worst place ever. Dirty and dangerous (Not Recommending)

2007-08-13T12:04:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The worst place to live ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!The place is not safe at ALL. I had roommates from hell who were doing stuff to my food and stealign my stuff and the office could care less. We had roach problems also. they would come out from the cracks in the kitchen. They ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Who whould rate it a 5?????? (Recommending!)

2005-05-16T02:09:54-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Rating of a 5 you got to be kidding me. It is an alright place to live there is a lot worse out there. I live here the pool is so so. The place is not that new as the person wrote that it is new. I do like how ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: A PARENTS POINT OF VIEW (Recommending!)

2005-03-30T11:12:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is your typical college apartment. If you don't mind parties any given night of the week that can last until the wee hours of the morning and the overflow spilling down the stairwell then this is the typical college apartment and for you. The apartments are very spacious, condition ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Nice place to live (Recommending!)

2005-03-05T22:37:20-06:00

From Linzy2391: I would recommend the villages to anyone. I am very picky about where i live. The big rooms (room A is the biggest) walk in closets, nice set up, nice pool, nice staff and i love the maintenance guys... they're very sweet/helpful.
for the people who complain: shit happens, something negative ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Decent college living (Recommending!)

2005-03-05T21:43:22-06:00

From goodstuff23: I think Sci Drive makes for a decent transition between living in the dorms and living in a nice apartment. It is a college apartment, so of course there are going to be loud neighbors and messy roommates. But, all in all, my experience here has been good. The rooms ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: From a nonproblematic tenant... (Not Recommending)

2004-12-09T23:31:08-06:00

From echo_christin@hotmail.com: I'm an education major and spend most of my time doing volunteer work or subbing for OCPS. I'm starting out with this after reading the last review about people being problemsome tenants. I never complain. Even after all the BS I've been through with Science Drive.

I will not ever recommend ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Can't Complain! (Recommending!)

2004-10-07T13:18:53-06:00

From UCFGRAD08@hotmail.com: I've live here for 3 years and never once had an issue. There are some road blocks along the way, but it really could be worse. I would have stayed if I did invest into buying a home. Most of the people who write bad comments are probably those who ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Do Not Live Here. DO NOT LIVE HERE! (Not Recommending)

2004-10-07T00:34:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We moved here because the model was immaculate. The rooms are huge, the amenities are good, and the pricing is decent.

When we moved in, it was a whole different story.

The first time I walked in the door, I came upon the worst hellhole I've ever seen in my life. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Only Stupid Drunk Spoiled Rich Kids Should Apply!!! (Not Recommending)

2004-09-17T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in this hell-hole for a year. (A year to long) I stayed here when it was called College Suites. This place was shady from the start!!! You lease ended before the end of the month yet your were responsible for the entire months rent. They say they need ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Terrible experience (Not Recommending)

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

From apsalic: Make them show you your apartment, not a model. Worst management ever. Take pictures of everything when you move in and document down to every little stain, mark, even light bulbs. Watch out for parking scam. You will get towed at least once. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Village at Science Drive: Mixed Review (Not Recommending)

2004-07-16T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Ok so I've just moved from the Village. The only major problem I had was noise. In particular two apartments in my building were the consistently noisy apartments. Yes, I did call the police on them and I also had an alarm system which called the police quite a few ... [click to read full apartment review]