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Emerald Palm Apartments


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anonymous

Resident 2008 - 2010

3/10/2011

We lived in Emerald Palms Apartments in Dania Beach. Definetly NOT recommend. We lived there for 2 years.Initially, when we moved there were HUGE roaches and the supposed ORKIN guy would come in and fumigate, but nothing happened. At the end my husband had to take matters into his hands and sealed every crack and fumigated and within a week the problem was solved. We never saw any other foreign animals during our two year stay. Other than that, the first year everything was good and had no complaints, which was the reason why we re-signed a new term lease. Throughout the second year, coincidentially when the new manager took possesion (Maria)things became worse in every single aspect. First when we applied for an apartment they required many documents to verify who you really are (including credit checks, background checks, CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS.I don't know what they are doing now, but the people who began to rent there changed ALOT. I don't judge the way people look, but there are alot of young thuggish looking people. At the same time we started noticing BREAK-INS in our CARS. Other neighboors also had their cars broken into. One of our neighboors had left his wallet and ID cards inside his car and they smashed his window and took his documents. A 10-12 year old boy who usually would sit infront of his apartment with his laptop (close to the community's clubhouse)got jumped by a gang and they took his laptop. Many more unfortunate events led for us to not want to stay. Besides the community criminal actions, the MANAGEMENT in EMERALD PALMS APARTMENTS is horrible. Every time you had a complaint, they will always had an answer as to "Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it." They don't tell you when you lease but their water system is a communal system. This means that you pay an average a month of how much was consumed by ALL your neighboors NOT by YOU. There are major water LEAKS on the buildings, so if you rent expect to pay $50.00 and up for water bill on a 1/1 apartment. Even if you report it that there is something wrong, the maintanance man will come in for 2 minutes and tell you that 'You are wrong and that there are no leaks', but at the same time everyone on the building got a notice that all units were going to be checked for WATER LEAKS. HUH???? Ohh, and also the walls are so thin that you can hear everything your neighboors are doing, and if they have pets even worse. Supposedly they have a pet weigh limit but its not true, you can have a 200 POUNDER upstairs dragging its cage all day long and they won't do anything about it (isn't this animal cruelty?). Anyhow, at the end when we moved out water bill had increased every month up until the bill was about $55.00 for a 1 bedroom apartment. They owed us approximately $60.00 worth of exceeded payments, which at the end Mrs. Maria said "there's nothing I can do about it" and they stold our money. I usually don't like to write reviews, but this is well worthy of one. I definetly DON'T recommend it to anyone I care for. Don't make a mistake to go live there, don't put yourself or your family in an UNSAFE environment (I cannot imagine having my children get raised there =(, (awful), and finally get ripped off by management. (This includes Maria and Natalie). I hope this review opens your eyes about NOT renting there. I know its affordable at first, but in the long run its MORE Expensive than living at a descent place.

    Review 7 out of 14

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