Apartment Ratings | Echelon at the Reserve Ratings and Reviews

Echelon at the Reserve: Very important info! (Not Recommending)

2008-07-17T19:34:47-06:00

From modmom: I am writing to make everyone aware that a large majority of these apartments have mold issues. My family and I lived at Echelon at the Reserve for almost two and a half years. The first apartment that we lived in had window leaks constantly when it rained. Maintenance would ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Inquiry (Recommending!)

2007-09-17T15:37:16-06:00

From tarata00@gmail.com: I am thinking of moving into this apartment complex and I do not know much about the area, it seems that reviews are mixed. Anyone that can give me any information on this aprtment complex I would greatly appreciate. Especially if you are a current resident. Thanks! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Consider the source (Recommending!)

2007-07-07T11:55:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I need to express what I believe is the truth of this site. It is for people who do not have the courage to express thier concerns in person. They hide behind the anomosity of the web and take shots in the backs of thier coworkers and the managers of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: never had an issue (Recommending!)

2007-03-29T21:10:08-06:00

From USFfan007: We have lived at Echelon for about 8 months now and can honestly say that we have never had a problem. The office staff was really friendly and worked with us as student and with our pets, Maintenance has been excellent and has been either on time or here with ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Look around, this is the best (Recommending!)

2007-02-17T15:29:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I read the negative reviews but all the apartments in the area have them.

This is the very best from what I found in my research of St. Petersburg. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Glad I'm Gone (Not Recommending)

2007-02-12T13:46:26-06:00

From bucsfan94: Just moved out after renting here for a year and I am glad to be gone.

The latest reviews were correct. It used to be a nice place. Not anymore.

Good luck to anyone who agrees to sign a lease with this place. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: run away!! (Not Recommending)

2006-11-07T16:43:25-06:00

From -Anonymous-: the last couple of reviews are right on track. This place has gone downhill fast. I had lived there for a little over 2 years and I had seen it just plumit. The office people are horrible. Rude, short, unflexible. They acted as though everyone who walked through their doors ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Can't Wait Til Our Lease Is Up (Not Recommending)

2006-10-08T12:18:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Unfortunately, I have to agree with the previous reviews about this place going down hill. It used to be a wonderful place to live and we were very happy here for the first year, but that has all changed.
New management took over and it's sad that these new people ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: It's high class trash (Not Recommending)

2006-07-13T12:01:52-06:00

From -Anonymous-: When I moved in it was a nice place but went downhill. Maintenance is never fixing anything and the parts were always on order and they never followed up if was fixed. The office is very snobby and were never any help either. The apartments are okay but I always ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: horrible (Not Recommending)

2006-06-26T15:34:50-06:00

From jrwillar@mail.usf.edu: forgot to write comments for the last one. this place is horrible. they had leaks in two windows and never fixed it. therefore had mold growing in two bedrooms, sister got sick from the mold, and the window sills were cracked from the molding. they get packages but never tell ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Overall, I had a positive experience here (Recommending!)

2006-06-24T16:36:28-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am someone who reads all these reviews in hopes that they are legitimate and can help me make an educated decision on where to live. I have moved from apartment to apartment for several years and am writing this review to help any of you who are looking for ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: NO (Not Recommending)

2006-04-11T15:37:05-06:00

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Echelon at the Reserve: Difficult staff (Not Recommending)

2006-03-19T15:59:10-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The staff is horrible and incredibly rude... The parking is unbearable... We spend a fortune to live here and we can never find parking remotely close to our apartment... If you have any concerns with management be prepared for brief rude remarks, even for something as simple as picking up ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Loved it while I was there (Recommending!)

2006-03-18T10:46:06-06:00

From lindros97: I have lived here for almost 4 years now. I love the convenience of the location! The management staff has been nothing but nice and friendly to me, but then again, I didn't have many reasons to deal with them. I was in a 2 bedroom apartment on the 3rd ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Nice Place (Recommending!)

2006-03-05T23:15:24-06:00

From krystobal@aol.com: I have been living here for about a year and can honestly say that I am pretty satisfied with the place. The apartments are nice, maintanence requests are attended to promptly and the management staff has been nothing but nice. I don't really understand what the last poster is talking ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Walk AWAY! (Not Recommending)

2006-02-16T14:02:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived in my apartment for 2 years and I have seen this property go down hill. The office staff is very snobby and are fake to your face. The grounds are all dead and it is embarssing to bring friends over. I am moving out in four months ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Management team sucks! (Not Recommending)

2006-02-13T11:02:47-06:00

From bcf967@yahoo.com: Very unfriendly office team.
They are very overcontrolling and unfriendly. I lived there for 3 years and was constantly barraged with notices and rent increases.
It was a nice place to live under the old management, but now I recommend that people stay away ! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: IS it going to be a condo soon? (Recommending!)

2006-01-09T10:21:06-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Echelon at Bay Isle Key transformed to condos....is The Reserve is following the same footsteps?? will it become a condo too?? ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: the best place I have lived (Recommending!)

2005-11-23T12:42:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The staff if great. Maintenance is above the top. Friendly, very clean. Made to feel I am part of a great family.
Everyone should have this experience. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: it's funny how the negative review got erased... (Not Recommending)

2005-10-23T17:36:01-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Obviously management took it personally that someone didn't like their style, because I seem to remember a few reviews that were here a few months ago that are absolutely vanished. hmmm, feels a bit like communism, or censorship...either way, I'm outta here. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: No Complaints....so far (Recommending!)

2005-10-01T03:05:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I think I would have thought twice about moving in had I read these reviews before hand, however I have had an overall good experience.

We moved in without a hitch, apartment was ready no problem.

I recently had a snake on my front porch and maintenance came over within 5 ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Great time so far (Recommending!)

2005-09-15T22:00:08-06:00

From crimsoneclipse85@aol.com: I really do not have any complaints so far. When i moved in and did the checklist the only issue i had was my bathroom fan was not working but the following monday, they came and fixed that. The complex is gorgeous, the gym is big and clean with around ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: ELECTRIC BILLS!!! $415 for Aug 05 Apt still hot!!! (Not Recommending)

2005-08-12T07:11:13-06:00

From jvkelley: I have made numerous complaints to property managers regarding air conditioning, temps in my apt. hover around 80 degrees, (today is overcast, its 79.9 as I write this) My electric bills are over $350 per month! They refuse to correct ( AC unit is undersized & inadequate) Their solution is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Hit the nail on the head... (Not Recommending)

2005-07-06T12:38:20-06:00

From -Anonymous-: ...all the comments before regarding management are right on. The notices come every other day telling us we can't do this and we can't do that...what can we do...MOM!?! Give me a break. We pay way too much rent to be treated as 2nd class, uneducated and ignorant citizens. Don't ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Gorgeous (Recommending!)

2005-07-01T07:49:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place is all that and then some. As soon as you pull into the entrance, you know.. this is it.

I have seen nothing but quality since I came here a year ago.

Hope everyone reads this.. truly Great!! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Come one come all (Recommending!)

2005-06-30T16:37:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: i did everything over the phone because I was from out of state and was a little leary b/c I was not in the area.
to my delight, everything was smooth, and the 2nd manager i dealt w/ was pleasant, accomidable, and always available. As a matter of fact, everyone I ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: What are you crazy? (Recommending!)

2005-06-30T15:59:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am sorry the last couple of people felt the way they did, but I don't even know what they are seeing.

Reserve has changed, but for the better! We have all sorts of activites..pilates, pool side music, and the managers are just trying to do their jobs

The other manager who ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: GLAD TO BE GONE! (Not Recommending)

2005-06-25T13:11:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am so glad to have left this apartment. The manager is never there and when she is she is so rude. The other manager that does rent is lost and it shows all the time. It seems they have lost there site on good, professional, with ethics people in ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Not worth the money (Not Recommending)

2005-06-15T15:49:20-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We transferred from Bay Isle Key and the problems started the day before we moved in. We were told that our deposit would transfer from Bay Isle Key, but that changed the day before move in. We were then told that we would be given 30 days to pay the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Great Quality Apartments But Terrible Management! (Not Recommending)

2005-05-26T15:56:43-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The management @ the Echelon is what really what made us decided to make Echelon our home. Everyone was so friendly and sincere. About 2 years after we moved in we started noticing changes like high turn arounds everyone was getting fired and/or was leaving. The service is NO longer ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Don't move here! (Not Recommending)

2005-05-23T09:38:44-06:00

From -Anonymous-: New management is awful.She sends out letters instead of confronting things face to face. She sends them on a Friday morning and then is gone for the weekend. Wish I had her job because she is never there. I enjoyed living here until management changed and couldn't get out soon ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Great Propety, Great Staff (Recommending!)

2005-03-05T15:08:38-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The property is gorgeous and well maintained. The staff is courteous and attentive. Propety mangagers have changed since I have been here and this latest one is trying her best to implement correct procedure and keep us residents happy. I have already noticed positive changes and she has only been ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Im moving (Not Recommending)

2005-03-04T17:52:19-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Management has changed! I loved to live here until the change. New management treat you like a child. Can not have plants on your patio, your grabage must be out between the hours of 7 and 10 or you will be fine. Rent is due on the 1st with a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Almost as nice as Bay Isle Key (Recommending!)

2005-01-23T17:04:36-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Echelon offers only the best!! Check them out!! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Best Apartment in St. Pete? - NO MORE! (Not Recommending)

2004-12-04T21:48:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: CHANGING MY PREVIOUS REVIEW!!!

Yes it is time for a change(see old review below).

This place used to be a dream to live in. All of the negative posts about the management are on the money. People do not want to pay premum prices and then have to clean up the messes ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Not helpful....very loud (Not Recommending)

2004-10-06T10:59:06-06:00

From Tharmeni: This apartment complex is very loud from highway noise....and they take at least four months to get your deposit back to you when you move out. Go elsewhere. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: pricey... but ok (Recommending!)

2004-06-15T00:00:00-06:00

From khart@hotmail.msn.com: they are nice, but why spend the extra when you can go and find something as equally as nice for half the price? They have a nice office/clubhouse... but that's how they lure you in.

People are nice and professional. Maint - just average. location good. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Best Servcie by far (Recommending!)

2004-04-20T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for over 12 months. I have been amazed at how courteous and attentive the staff are. The apartments are a little small for the money but the complex is beautiful and well maintained.

All maintenance requests were handled immediately and to my satisfaction. Safe, clean, and a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Great Apartments (Recommending!)

2004-03-13T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I´ve lived here for over two years, and while it has some annoying nuisances (parking and mail kiosks far from your actual building) I have to say this is by far the nicest apartment in the St. Petersburg area. It did take awhile for our names to get into the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Elegant... (Recommending!)

2004-01-05T00:00:00-06:00

From plasticdoc92@tampabay.rr.com: very stylish , extremely helpful promising staff.highly recommended. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Love it here!! (Recommending!)

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

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for two years and I am sad to leave. I just purchased a house!! I will miss the friends I made and the great staff. I almost wish I hadn´t purchased a house. It was truly a great experience and I recommend this community to everyone. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: A Great Place to Live (Recommending!)

2003-11-25T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We have been living at the reserve since March, 2003 and we will find it hard to leave. Not only is the place quiet and peaceful but the surrounding community is growing in a very positive direction. A grocery store was just built right down the street and there is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Keep Looking (Not Recommending)

2003-08-04T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived there for a year. I turned in several maintance request and if they even got to them it would take weeks. The office staff was friendly at times. It took them 4 months and 5 requests to put our name in the entry gate system, so every time ... [click to read full apartment review]

Echelon at the Reserve: Excellant Community (Recommending!)

2003-02-05T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The year I lived in this apartment complex was completely issue free. They really care about their tenants. I recommend them to every person I know. ... [click to read full apartment review]