My fiance and I lived here for six months and had we been aware of the vast list of cons of this place, we would have stayed far away from Ivilla Garden. For starters, the complex is extremely dingy and outdated-looking. The units themselves have an unsettling "old" smell and need serious TLC. Trash and old furniture is constantly piled up on or around the dumpsters. The so-called "tennis" and "volleyball" courts are a joke and an actual eyesore to look at. Droves of feral cats and their many
...litters of kittens roam the complex constantly. There is also a serious roach problem with this complex. Do not be like us and ignore this. We spent literal weeks trying to get this under control. There were roaches making their way in from the sink drain, cracks under the front door, and who knows where else. The leasing office said that they spray for bugs once a week, but we have never, ever seen anyone do this. We had to take care of it ourselves and re-caulk every open hole that we saw. It was disgusting. Speaking of disgusting, the laundry room is also not up to par. There are no in-unit washers here, there is only a communal laundry room. All of the machines smell like mildew, and more often than not, at least one machine is out of service. The laundry room is already small enough as it is so this makes this chore even more difficult. The area that Ivilla is located at is also NOT safe. The police make visits to this complex very often. When we first moved in in December of last year, it seemed as if the police were there weekly. Shady characters can constantly be seen circling the complex or trespassing, which by the way, is extremely easy to do because the "security gate" gets repeatedly stuck or left open. I have come home to see homeless people laying or slumped over in the stairwells. There are also registered sex offenders that live here. I know because we have received city notifications in the mail. The leasing office staff is also relatively unorganized. They seem to have a high turnover of managers, which evidently causes a lot of confusion. Once, they tried sticking us with a late fee because they said that we didn't pay our rent on time for one month; we had the bank notification and payment confirmation to prove otherwise, and they still made a big deal about it. They only agreed to credit us for the late fee when we threatened to escalate the situation. If you can afford to shell out a little more in rent, look elsewhere for a place to live.
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