There is nothing LUXURY about Lakeside Villas
August 2017 I made the mistake of moving into Lakeside Villas, it was by far the worst experience I've ever had living in an apartment complex. Within the first month I found poop on the stairs, to this day I dont know where it came from. The management was horrid, ill suited, and incapable of proper communication with residents.
November 2017 there was a fire in my building (Building 1) to the point of doors being kicked in (my neighbor across the
...hall door was kicked in and left off the hinge) and smoke damage to the units immediately surrounding. I was out of town at the time of the fire. No one ever sent out a notice, sent an email, or made a phone call. After the holidays when I returned a neighbor informed me of inconvenient events that took place. The unit where the fire took place still shows damage.
Lakeside Villas is marketed as a gated community, during my stay there was a hole in the fencing that someone had clearly used as a way in and out of the property. I notifyed management in early December 2018 and it took them over two months to fix.
The property lights would consistently go out and would not be replaced. I've seen coyotes on the property and so have other residents and the maintenance guy at the time legitimized my account stating he saw coyotes around buildings 1 and 5. I understand management can't control wildlife, staff members knew of coyote sightings and never communicated to the residents.
January 5-9 2018 there was absolutely no lighting in the stairwells of my building, and during that time frame power in the building was a hit or miss (some nights I came home to no electricity at all). Stemming from the subsequent fire, trying to make ready the apartment where said fire was. They blew out the electricity in the entire building, trying to fix that one apartment. When I came home January 5th I was amazed at the fact I had no electricity. Once again there was no communication. We were never recompensed nor was our rent prorated. The only response ever given to me about the situation from management was "things happen".
Throughout my stay the property was sketchy. Improper lighting, gates that don't work, questionable characters roaming about the parking lots. Apparent drug use. The apartments with "yards" are atrocious.! Yard gates are broken, and yards are filled with DIRT. The lawn by building 1 turns to mud when it rains. UNDERSTAFFED!
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