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anonymous

Resident 2013 - 2015

3/14/2015

So where do I start.... Let me start by saying South Beach Apartments are HORRIBLE and I wouldn't recommend anyone rent from them. 1. The manager and assistant manager are absolutely full of drama!. They put on a fake face to people to get you to rent from them and then once your a tenant it a whole other story. For instance, 2. The staff lie and try and steal from you. For example, I rented a garage along with a 2 bedroom apartment. Well I stopped leasing the garage 1 month prior to my lease ending date and when I received my final bill they charged me for the garage. 2. Speaking of the garage, the reason I had to get the garage and pay an extra $197.00 a month for was because there is absolutely no parking available! 3. My original reasoning for waiting to live there was because of they didn't have a breed restriction or pet weight. However, they clearly don't have an aggressive dog restriction either. Lets just give a rough estimate that I was attacked about 1 time a month by a dog that was aggressive. (Please note I am not talking about aggressive breeds, I am talking about aggressive dogs). I reported these incidents to Donna and they basically told me there was nothing they could do about it or maybe it was my dog that was being aggressive and told me to walk my dog elsewhere. BTW I have a friendly golden retriever! So again I just kept walking my dog in fear of being attacked again. I would have considered walking my dog out of the apartment but the neighborhood around South Beach is a ------. 4. The area I thought would be good because I am from Florida and l LOVE going to the beach. What I didn't know is right down the street was a homeless shelter along with a ------ neighborhood just past the convention center. There were several break in's while I was a resident there. 5. Another reason we thought it would be a great idea to live there was for the security of living in a gated community. well I would say that for roughly 6-8 months that right gate was constantly open! 6. When I first moved in the facet in the kitchen leaked and the toilet in the spare bathroom constantly ran. When I listed it on the move in inspection form maintenance came to our unit to attempt to fix the situation. I constantly complained to them about the issue because it was wasting water and making our bill outrageous. moral of the story is it never really got fixed. I basically had to redo my budget to account for a high water bill. 7. Also, I would not trust the maintainer man for anything. One looks like a crack head and the other looks like a pedophile (he is just so creepy). I will say there is one guy that is actually pretty cool and enjoyed talking to him. He was always on his game. 8. so 4 months before our lease was going to end we received a letter requesting we stay as a tenant. It stated that if we chose to renew our lease we would have to pay an additional $300! The would make our rent $1800 for a 2 bedroom apartment on the 3rd floor (one of the buildings that do not have an elevator). Crazy huh?! We of course refused to waste money like that on an apartment. We ended up moving into a nice 3 bedroom house with a garage and a private large backyard for $1300! Yeah the cost of rent at South Beach apartments is ridiculous. 9. Oh and you can hear everything!!!!!! I could always hear my neighbors talking vacuuming everything! I didn't mind the jets to much, I just got use to it. 10. If you live underneath someone with a bad dog owner that allows their dog to use the bathroom on the back porch be ready for South Beach managers to do absolutely nothing. I constantly complained to the apartment complex about it and nothing ever came from that. I eventually had to get police involved. It stopped for a little while but it just started back up again a few weeks later. Moral of the story was I could not enjoy my back porch because it constantly smelt like piss and ----. 11. Get ready to smell ---- all the time and constantly have to watch you step to make sure you don't land in ----. I am not talking about dog ---- but geese ----. OMG so many geese. Like about 20 geese at a time would come to the lake and ---- all over the side walk! Again South Beach did nothing about it! 12. Finally the dog park, I honestly wouldn't even call it a dog park. It is full of nothing but ---- and pebbles. When I first moved in it was nothing but dirt and a bunch of trees. They eventually put dog rocks to help prevent the mud but still, try throwing a ball in there! there are like tons of trees. There is no way your dog can get exercise. 13. Oh yea and that pool in the summer is constantly packed with drunks. south Beach allows people to throw crazy parties throughout the night in the summer. Ok well I think that basically covers everything! To whom ever read this I hope you make the right choice and pick a different apartment complex!
    Manager

    7/10/2015

    South Beach
    Thank you for taking the time to bring these items to my attention. We strive hard at South Beach to make everyone's experience here positive. I was not aware of this situation so I encourage you to contact me so it will give me the opportunity to correct it. You can reach me at cbrewton@gumprop.com or 757-437-0001.

    Review 12 out of 85

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