Touring CERU is a 5* experience, as you can tell by the reviews, but living here is less so...
After a few days, you'll notice the cheap materials and finishes and how poorly everything was put together. From the rattling blinds to the barely insulated windows, those light switches that don't do a thing, the ever-broken elevator, or the unfinished trash chute–the list is endless.
Add a building management specialized in kicking the can down the road while blaming everything on third-party
...vendors and partners, and that resort life illusion will only last for a while.
Still, there will be people who will absolutely love it here. So, if you:
- Love firetrucks? The Boca Raton FD is always around, responding to one of the countless false fire alarms! (we had over a dozen false alarms in the past ten months, three in January alone...)
- Want to make friends? You will be best mates with the maintenance crew in no time, as no one else will spend as much time at your place!
- Need a place to work? The coworking is a distraction-free space ideal for focused work, as you will likely not have WI-FI there!
- Like to be close to nature? You can literally feel the wind and rain inside your new apartment!
- Hate people watching TV by the pool? Fantastic, none of the eight pool TVs work!
- Looking for an excuse to meditate more? Nearly all interactions with the building management, or even their emails, will provide those opportunities!
- Hate to separate your trash? No worries, you won't find a single recycling bin in the whole building!
- Need to work on those legs? Taking the stairs will save you hours you would otherwise spend waiting for the elevator!
- Love to gamble? Buy an ice cream from the market! Will it be good? Has it melted before and is unsuspiciously spoiled? Hopefully, you find it before eating!
- Want to become a detective? You'll get to look for clues hidden between the corporate jargon from building emails and hands-on training in questioning building management. Will you be able to figure out what is going on?
I guess there are some positives to it, after all!
For the building management – Save the corporate boilerplate apology and empty promise of doing better in the future. Instead, why don't you share a verse from your favorite heartbreak song because it's over?
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