Last Resort for New Grads
April 24, 2025 - Review from Apartments.com
I normally don’t take the time to leave reviews, but this place deserved an exception.
The rent is okay if you’re a new college graduate or otherwise can’t afford someplace better. It’s about as cheap as you can get for a 1/1 around here without it being a dump or risking getting shot. The units themselves are an okay size for 1 person, although the $/sqft is higher than a lot of 1/1’s around Orlando. If you can’t find another place, then Lotus Landing is alright as a final option. The pool is ...
nice, I’ll give them that. But that’s the end of the positives.
As for the bad… paper-thin walls. You will hear constant yelling and screaming, rap music, salsa music, dogs barking in pain, etc. ASPD squad cars are in the parking lot probably 2 nights a week. Almost every dog here is a pitbull and nobody ever picks up after them. Maintenance does the absolute bare minimum, and you’ve usually got to put in 2 or 3 requests just for them to spray for bugs. Constant stench of weed, to the point that it gets in the A/C vents and will stink up YOUR unit as a gift when you get home from work. Trash commonly left in hallways, on the grass, on the sidewalks. In February 2025 there was a bear sighting in the parking lot, because the dumpsters had been left to overflow for so long that a bear in the adjacent nature reserve came for food. Speaking of parking lots, Lotus Landing is the first apartment I’ve ever heard of to try charging guests to park here. That’s while people regularly park in the areas blocked off for wheelchair ramps and in actual spaces without permits on display. They have these electronic PIN locks on the door that the office can open remotely at any time, for any reason. No, you’re not allowed to replace it - and yes, you have to pay for the batteries. If you’re in a 1/1, your bedroom doesn’t even have a light.
Lotus Landing takes a very reactive approach to maintenance, whether it’s with emptying trash to keep bears out, or blaming me for my mailbox being broken into. From the “virtual tour” to multi-day text responses, you will never actually see an employee in-person unless it’s maintenance sitting on their phone in the golf cart. The A/C breaks regularly in the summer. On tour shine your flashlight into the bathroom vent or behind the water heater.
I will not be renewing my lease, obviously. They had the gall to ask me right after allowing my mailbox to sit broken open. If you’re a new grad like I was when I moved in… just get a roommate bro.
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