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The Lodge at Legacy Park


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Gogo54321

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4/4/2012

This is the worst apartments that I personally have ever lived in. From the time that I walked in and reviewed the property the only truth that I was told was about the pet deposit. The office staff all seemed great, although very unprofessional and everything they told us was swell until our pens hit the paper of the contract. Although the original management has been replaced the new is only slightly better than the old. The only difference is the new management enforces towing, has a security guard patrol at night, and maintenance is very speedy but are treated bad by old management idk about new. FAIR WARNING We reviewed the property 2-3months before we actually moved in and gave notice weekly until we moved in of our move in date and other needed information. After we signed the lease we soon found out that we received false information about the rent, payment options and the access location of our apartment. Also upon attempting to move in we were declined because our apartment wasn t ready and all of our stuff got rained on (we were moving from a different city . As it turned out our apartment was not being worked on a month in advance or even a week on advanced as promised but literally the day that we moved in. We finally moved in later that day and we were told that because we moved in early (even though it was a few hours) they didn t get to clean (in my opinion patch up) a few (a large amount of things). The apt still smelled of a recent paint job (which is pealing everywhere, screens were missing and falling apart(still hasn t been replaced), the refrigerator had dirt, grim and mold all in the inside and was not functioning correctly, the heat stayed broken for nearly 3 weeks without anyone successfully repairing it during the hottest summer in history, bed room central heat and air still doesn t work because the maintenance guy told me that it would be too much work to fix it correctly. Also there is termite damage and ants are everywhere. THE PEOPLE YOU WILL LIVE AROUND The neighbors and children are always blasting loud music, hitting on the walls and screaming all times of the night, this includes 12am 4am or later. Every time I ve tried to speak with the neighbor next door she responds childishly and aggressively (my car at some point had a mysterious huge dent with paint the color of her vehicle) Reports to management and nothing has improved. The neighbor and everyone in the general area are always smoking cigarettes, marijuana, black and mild s etc on their porch not the patio on their porches and if you do not want to be exposed to that every day that is an issue because no matter when you come home you smell it. People are always loitering on your personal area of the stairs regardless of whether they stay there or not and they do not properly tend to their guest. The walls are paper thin. APPEARANCE/LOCATION Lots of the people throw their trash everywhere but the dumpster, so the parking lot is often littered with big pieces of garbage, cigarette butts always scattered all around the grass, dog doo is everywhere in the grass. Over all dirty, other than the old mildewed moss covered carpet residue all over the dirt that should probably be filled with grass the trees and bushes kind of look nice that is until you get near the laundry/mailboxes that have huge trenches with standing water at all times which is a breeding ground for mosquitoes. A good portion of the apartments can only be accessed by going down this huge hill that has caused damage to all of our cars, in fact the parking lot area is very unevenly landscaped so that has been causing damage too. We would not have moved here if we were told the truth that we could not access our apartment unless we had to drive down that hill. SAFETY If the price is right they allow huge dogs that are clearly over the weight limit and are aggressive breeds stay and I ve seen them escape and wonder around without owner or a leash. New security is enforced at night but there still is suspicious activity day and night and two people were shot just on the corner of brown and Collins, just next to the apartments. FYI s the new management appears to be very laid back but are just as greedy and unorganized as the original. Both have lost a few rent payments that had to be found or were apparently misplaced or someone did not leave a memo. They have lost important documents that I had to resign. Incorrect figures were placed on documents and I was told to just ignore it. They never are informed with what going on even if you just talked to them a day before and as I have stated they appear to be nice but they are not. They want your money and will find every extra fee to tag on you that they will. Also original management told us that we could pay 6 months in advance which was convenient because we are students. They do not have any community get together activities. As soon as we moved in they would not allow us. We have paid a month in advance and they lost payments and said had to go find where they wrote it down. They do not care about the tenants. And even if you let them know far in advance or are robbed, have care trouble, experience paying for a funeral, have a late payday or hit any financial struggle whatsoever they will not work with you at all! You can expect an eviction notice on your door the next day telling you to vacate in 24hrs or your stuff will be taken and sold (which is not a reasonable or legal enough time) they will harass you about money. Regardless of your payment history and treat you like a criminal with catty remarks like did you forget something with complete disregard to the tornado that left businesses closed the day before or any other circumstance that could have enabled immediate payment. There are no payment plans. And despite having a terrible complaint filled stay they would not let us break our lease a month after nor 11 months after without charging ridiculous amounts. Do not think you will get any form of deposit either. I signed an eviction hold off agreement and 2 days later they were beating down my door. THE GOOD The water bills are always reasonable despite the always leaking something or others. The laundry mat is decent although over priced for its quality. The patios are nice. Despite the strange activity around I have not been robbed. With the new management you always get to speak with whomever you need too in efficient timing. The original management would give you the run around all day and flat out lie until you would walk to the office and catch them in it. You don t have to hear from them but once a month unless of course you have something to say about your apartment. And their friendly we care about our tenants fa ade is almost believable at times. Anyway after you sign intent to vacate they seem as though they really try to sniff your wallet. These apartments and the management and services are not worth what you will inevitably pay and suffer. Just do not move here. If you do not believe me knock on 5 people s door anywhere on the location and I bet 4/5 or on a good time of the month 3/5 will be dissatisfied. At the very least you want to be undisturbed, in a clean well repaired environment with respectful human management who are organized and generally care, not the lodge.

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