I noticed several complaints from a year or more ago. Rest easy, it has gotten a lot worse since then with new ownership and new management.
We moved here from another state and reserved the apartment via phone after sending a money order for the deposit and checking it on the internet. We selected Winter Park Commons because the pictures and internet videos made this place look great. What we saw in person showed a quite different product that what we saw when we arrived here.
Apartments are
...old and outmoded. We moved into an "updated" apartment which appeared to be better, but was a utter dissappointment. Pipes and structure are old. Pipes busted and our apartment got flooded out. We lived on the bottom floor. Same thing happened to our neighbors upstairs and we were showered in our apartment. Plaster fell. We lost many valuables. Over $1,000 of damage to our personal items.
There are no sidewalks anywhere. When you walk on the streets outside, you are at your own risk. People drive through here like it is the Daytona 500. I took the time to record the license plate number and followed one of these hot rods to their apartment at Winter Park Commons. Management said they could nothing.
Parking is also a nightmare. There are a lot of Full Sale students who live here. They invite their friends over to party and show no concern for paying residents. They also party into the wee hours of t he morning ---- very disturbing to those of us who work.
Our shower was painted over the tile. This peeled and looked horrible. Nothing works. Refridgerator always made a loud noise. Does not keep food cold. We have had much spoilage. We reported this numerous times and nothing has been done.
The inside washer and dryer are small stackable, do not work that well. The landrymats are a bigger joke. They are filthy, machines were always broken, we lost a lot of money in the machines.
Grounds are also not very well kept. Residents put their trash outside their doors which stinks and draws animals and insects.
The compactor/trash area is another jem. Always broken down. People throw trash all around the compactor. Looks like a dump (and is) no wonder we have such an issue with bugs, insects, fleas and rodents running around.
Management here Bell Partners is a joke. The manager Traci is the most insensitive and unprofessional person I have ever met.
Not recommended. Not a good place to live.
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