Apartment Ratings | Surprise Lake Village Ratings and Reviews

Surprise Lake Village: I have had no problems here (Recommending!)

2008-08-12T15:06:25-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for 2 years now, and we have not had any problems at all! We love the people around us and the staff is great to us. I will admit thee are a few people we don't care to be around but we just stay away. The ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: At least 50 apts. within 10 miles, pick another one to live in. (Not Recommending)

2008-06-18T22:48:39-06:00

From Mindblank: I have been here for 3 years, our first two lease increases were only 35 and 24 which is reasonable, the latest was 137 which is unbelievable. They base the price of the property because it is on a lake, but only a few of the buildings can even see ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: The Good, the bad, the ugly... (Not Recommending)

2008-04-06T18:34:55-06:00

From surprise08: As I write this review, I am 10 months into a 1 year lease. I remember reading reviews on this website before moving here, so I'll be glad to advise someone who may be headed down the same road I was. First, the good stuff. I really like the grounds, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: It's okay, but you should know... (Recommending!)

2008-03-13T09:13:32-06:00

From jdgurl143: First off the good stuff, it's on a lake and the dock is okay in condition (some missing boards some loose nails). Large and spacious apartments. Decently price. They allow animals. Very close to grocery stores, banks, schools. Now some bad stuff. My car was broken into 3 times in ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: I hated this place... (Not Recommending)

2007-10-25T12:54:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived here from 2004 until 2007. When we first saw the place, it seemed like a great sized apartment...lost of room to grow into and the price was cheap. We started out that first year paying 1,049$ for a 3 bd/2.5 bath apartment. Great price for us, since we're ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Surprising rating - best apts I've lived at (Recommending!)

2007-06-15T11:51:58-06:00

From pdxbrian: I've lived here 2 years but will wind up leaving because of work. I've lived in apartments on Alki Beach, in West Seattle and Portland, OR and this is the best value and best place to live so far. My particular unit has a master bedroom and living room/balcony overlooking ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: I am happy here (Recommending!)

2007-05-31T00:37:03-06:00

From mjtruscan: I live in a town house and have lived here for the past five years. The office staff is very helpful, they have lots of events throughout the month that my kids enjoy. Maintenance is awesome especially Mitch, really on their game. Some of my neighbors suck from time to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Another Point of View (Recommending!)

2007-05-07T18:47:43-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived at Surprise Lake going on 3 years now and I love it.

Yes, we have our share of loud party goers but we also have a security detail you can call and ask to stop by the offending party (after 11PM) and request them to quiet down. There ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Looks are very decieving (Not Recommending)

2007-05-03T15:00:34-06:00

From -Anonymous-: If you don't mind being woke up in the middle of the night from people partying, your car vandalized, swimmers itch, walking through duck crap to swim, stepping in dog and cat crap every time you walk out your door, Getting locked outta the swimming and weight facility, maitanance workers ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Don't move here if you own a car. (Not Recommending)

2007-04-14T06:22:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: One of our cars was stolen, twice. The other car was totalled while parked in the lot by a drunk driver. The upstairs neighbor had her car broken into also while we lived ther. They wont hesitate to have your car towed if you can't find parking and make one ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Quiet and woodsy (Recommending!)

2007-03-12T20:32:19-06:00

From msmoon: I've lived in both a townhouse and an apartment, and they've always been quick to do any repairs I've requested. The grounds are beautiful and the pool and hot tubs are great. I've never had a problem with cars or noise. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Best place I have ever lived! (Recommending!)

2007-03-02T19:45:44-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved to Surprise Lake Village apartments two years ago and I love how quite and beautiful it is here. I would recommend this place to live any day. The staff is great and are very responsive to everything I need. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: I liked it... (Recommending!)

2007-02-27T01:29:27-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We had a corner upstairs unit. Our neighbors were pretty cool... making our experience there good. I didn't like the management very much. They weren't very professional. We had problems with cars being egged ALL THE TIME. Our car got broken in to twice. We had to call the police ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Great place to live! (Recommending!)

2007-02-26T13:51:46-06:00

From pistolpete73: The feel of the grounds is like being at summer camp, I love it! The staff has been fabulous, very helpful, friendly, and professional. I would recommend that anyone looking for a quite place, surrounded by chaos, check out Surprise Lake Village! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Lived ther 4 years,never late.Bought a home.They put bogus bad credit on me, it is there forever. (Not Recommending)

2006-11-28T07:19:16-06:00

From noosiest: Every time you renew the lease, goes up $100.After being there 3y they insisted my daughter (18) fill out a 4 page rental agreement. I refused. They said she is not allowed to live there. Why did I rent a 2/2? The reason they wanted it was for the $35 ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: I love it here!!! (Recommending!)

2006-08-20T17:48:32-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I love living here it is quite, beautiful, and I have wonderful neighbors. I have never lived in a community that I loved as much as do this one. And I have moved 7 times in the last three years. They have the most caring and thoughtful staff. And they ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: THE LAKE (Not Recommending)

2006-07-22T15:45:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The lake is'nt great either fishing is poor and is not full of bass like they told us!!! It also has something in the water that bits you badly it's like having chicken pox all over agin,I do not advise any body to swim in it!!! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: DO NOT LIVE HERE! (Not Recommending)

2006-05-19T14:59:13-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My boyfriend and I lived here for less than 3 months before we couldn't take it anymore. There is a very high volume of crime, I never felt safe walking around outside by myself at night! We talked to a police officer who told us that more than half of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Bad management, poor maintance,High priced, unhealthy (Not Recommending)

2006-03-07T01:00:26-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Management is rude to people who complain. And do not attempt to resolve the problems. Poorly maintained decaying balkenys and rails,poor wireing shorted out wall sockets.mold in windows sills and under sinks. Metal windows that sweat and leak. Old appliences that dont work properly. Fleas are awful to our pets, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Ask them this... (Not Recommending)

2006-03-05T16:17:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: For whatever reason, this complex has horrible management! In the two years I have lived here, we have had three managers. (One was actually fabulous, but she left after only a couple of months.)

I have lived in rentals for about 15 years now and have never lived in one where ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Prepare to be sucked in and then completely Ripped off (Not Recommending)

2005-06-04T23:40:52-06:00

From lizestallings@aol.com: I had 10 days to start my new job. The apartment was good sized with a beautiful lake in my front yard. Attractive indoor out door pools ,saunas,tanning bed, tennis courts,great workout equipment. Yep I was sucked right in as soon as that flea bittin squirrl tapped on the deck ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Hearts of Enron (Not Recommending)

2004-07-31T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I'm done...I should've bought a home in the first place. Every lease signing, new hoops to jump ans illegal forms to sign: 1-Is anyone going to court 2-All the stats about your children (ie.SS#,DL#,Banking #'s) I refused and they threw my daughter out and I rent a 2/2 and we ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Moving Out Was A Nightmere... (Not Recommending)

2004-07-04T00:00:00-06:00

From tempestjewel: My husband and I moved in when I was three months pregnant with our first child, thinking we had finally found a good apartment community where we could stay for a few years- hah!

Our next door neighbors smoke, and the police visited them several times throughout the course of our ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: whatever you do..don't move here (Not Recommending)

2004-06-18T00:00:00-06:00

From koffekat007: the first weekent i moved in the server was stolen- then B*c*y tried to charge me $75.00 per check for the nsf fees (for 3 checks) after i closed my bank accounts ( on HER ADVICE ). the pool gets vandalized constently. the work orders get lost (l*c*y told me ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: The apartment from HELL!!!!! (Not Recommending)

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

From AmberG: We moved into this complex thinking it was going to be this wonderful experience.

How little did really know about this place. If we knew then what we know now we never would have moved in.

My friend and I both moved in her with in two weeks of each ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: I Live in a nightmare (Not Recommending)

2004-05-15T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My appliances are from the 1940's. I drove 3000 miles to get here and put more of a deposit then what I was told on the phone. They didn't even show us the house before we moved in. The carpet was not cleaned and everything was smoke damaged. Beware of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Staff sucks, they are theives best hire a lawyer!!! (Not Recommending)

2004-04-26T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: -Must fill out forms re:all tenants and the SS#, and bank#´s if 18y and up...this means your beloved children!!!
-Fill out another form "Does anyone in your home have court cases pending".
-THIS APT DEMANDS YOU HAVE RENTERS INS.
-NO UPGRADES< just up-rent. In 3y my rent from $825 to $1875.00 for a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Shoddy Management, Horrible Parking and Ridiculous Rent (Not Recommending)

2004-04-25T00:00:00-06:00

From blazemadej: Th management is truly horrible here,they deal Insufficiently with the renters.The parking is Ridiculous you sometimes have to park in the safeway parking lot that is a 8 minute walk away and we have lived here for almost 3 years and they dont update anything in the apartment or give ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: I have seen MUCH worse! (Recommending!)

2003-12-05T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Not much to say really... I have lived in some really crappy apartments, and this is much nicer than any of those.

It is beautiful, set on a lake. Grounds are kept up most of the time. I have read the other comments left on this site, and disagree with ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: don´t live here (Not Recommending)

2003-04-02T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for 8 years. Everything started out great and then they changed management and it hasn´t been the same since. They put in one compacter to hold the garbage of every single apartment at the back of the complex and there is always trash piled up all ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: (Recommending!)

2003-03-23T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: They do a background check on your kids. If you want to park you just better leave your car at the local Safeway parking lot. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: In short.....Awful. (Not Recommending)

2003-01-06T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at this complex for over 3 years.
I am very busy and so I cannot write a long discertation about this place....however one word describes it. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL.
From the incompetent maintenance people to the incredibly rude resident managers to the overwhelming pile of trash and rundown ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Small town happiness! (Recommending!)

2002-08-16T00:00:00-06:00

From puppylove: My husband, myself, our young son and pets moved in last year and have never looked back. We thoroughly enjoy the area of Milton and the apartment community surroundings. The office staff is so sweet and the maintenance help out with any small problem we may have with our apartment. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Do not live here even if youre desperate! (Not Recommending)

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

From kosana: Below is a letter I wrote to the Equity Residential Properties corporate office. We ended up receiving a call from the vice president of Equity Properties. He apologized and sent us a check for $200. Though I appreciate the gesture, I continue to discourage living at Surprise Lake Village Apartments. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Not as good as it looks (Not Recommending)

2002-03-05T00:00:00-06:00

From babybearlove: This apartment seemed to be spectacular and well worth the price when me and my roommate moved in during the summer of 2001. However, this was not the case at all. There was mold growing all over the decks, plumbing problems, loud laundry machines, etc. I would not recommend this ... [click to read full apartment review]

Surprise Lake Village: Pretty good place to live in the area (Recommending!)

2001-07-20T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My wife and I moved to Milton, WA from downtown Chicago and had quite a shock. Our apartment was much larger and less money than our Chicago apartment, (900 sq. ft for $825 vs. 700 sq. ft. for $1000) and came equipped with a washer and dryer in the apartment ... [click to read full apartment review]