Miramar Lakes Apartments

I have to say, listen to the reviews.
Been here since November 30, 2013. Nothing but bad and disgusting experiences and told things repeatedly that have not been followed through with, unless I would bother them over and over and practically beg for it to happen.
I have had my kitchen sink overflowing, every time the lady upstairs would use their water I had to use a bucket over and over and empty it into the LAKE so it did not ruin my kitchen things and $ 3000 COUCH because the dirty greasy dish water was leaking through the dish washer that I actually thought was my puppy using the bathroom at first! It kept spreading. I had to cry to a front desk personnel (a floater?) to say I was going to call my own plumber and send them the bill.
Grass usually reaches to my 3 year olds knees before its cut.
We have been threatened 3 days ago (after I sent an email stating why is this acceptable (the dog station) but not backing into a parking spot since that’s «code») that we would have a notice to vacate at the end of our lease in April and «undoubtedly will not be renewing» because I was not happy with and I was told the «dog station» that was overflowing would be changed the Monday, when they do not work the weekends would be changed. So obviously there is doggy doo-​doo everywhere. Excuses, and it wasn’t changed until Tuesday sometime. I will post a picture if this site lets me. I do believe there is not legal reason to give a notice to vacate for a health code violation, but I said the manager should be doing his job when that is who told me it would be changed by the end of the day but was not.
Our car was sitting for about a week while out of town, and the turn signals were stolen! The whole turn signals, both right and left. There is a gate to enter but is either broken; weeks at a time or easily tailgated to get in. I have seen used condoms, a bunch of empty «cold medicine» bottles and baggies in the yard where I walk my child and my dog by the lake at our «lake view apartment» you can only assume what’s going on. The playground? Enjoy colt 45 cans in little brown baggies or just not in a baggy pretty much under any bush or over flowing in the playground garbage can and outside of it. Cigarette butts and baggies too.
My husbands truck door also has been keyed Dumpster location is more than likely overflowing and smells like death everywhere. I know there is more. I wonder if I will «undoubtedly» be getting a notice to vacate soon. I’m trying to save anyone checking reviews from this mess. Maintenance is usually pretty good because they are usually real people just doing there work which is a big work overload. (I don’t how to post this picture!!!)
I will probably write a follow up review, stay tuned.

I do not know where to begin. Moved in yesterday. That date was August 5^th, 2015. Let’s see. New carpeting, new stainless steel refrigerator, stainless steel microwave. Awesome. Okay now the complaining. Upon move in day… This is a one bedroom. About 5 sprinkler heads inside the apartment. Considering I’m paranoid that frightens me. Makes me feel like I’m being watched. While eating dinner one of the track lighting light bulbs just exploded and shattered all over the pizza my family was eating. Washing machine horrible, loud and just horrible. Dryer… Blows lint all over the laundry room. Bathroom in my opinion isn’t women friendly. I just like the drawers that you can pull out so you can store things you use daily like combs, brushes, hair accessories, etc. I must take blame for this terrible mistake of blindly moving in because the apartment type we are now residing in wasn’t available at the time for viewing. Two days prior to giving final notice at our last equity apartment named Gatehouse of Pine Lakes raised the rent too high. Even though we paid our rent every month on time that rent increase was ridiculous. But back to this apartment. If your quite overweight such as myself (yes I can admit that) the bath tub is extremely small. I guess I got used to the Roman bathtub that was in our Gatehouse apartment. Then after I decided there was no way I was moving AGAIN! (Moving is not nice!!!) I’m like we just have to suffer. As the day came winding down we wanted to take a relaxing shower at least. NO HOT WATER! Our water heater had a leak or was busted but at least tonight I got to take a warm bath. Also today while being upset at myself for choosing this place as a home the fire alarm goes off. I guess some kid or someone pulled the fire alarm. I was paranoid and waiting for the water to fly from the sprinkler heads. It didn’t but that’s the way my mind works. I just don’t like it here. The virtual viewing of apartments isn’t the same as actually walking around the actual unit to make sure it’s the right fit for you. I’m so angry at myself for settling for Miramar lakes apartments as my home but it’s a done deal. I guess you do get 30 days to change your mind but where you going to go? And one thing I can’t quite understand about landlords and apartment complexes that rent you out a place to stay, how much money do these people think the average human being makes to live? Live as in enough to pay your rent, utilities, food and other necessities needed to live a comfortable life? Guess it will always continued to be money over human life. I’m just a deep thinker, I pay attention to the world. May not know too much about reading comprehension but I do know it’s all about the mighty dollar.

I’ve been a resident for 6 months, and up until now I have only encountered what I considered to be a BUNCH of minor issues. For example:
1) appliances need to be replaced, my microwave looks like the previous owner broke it and maintenance took the cheap route of fixing it
2) the carpet was cleaned the day before I moved in but dirt stains KEEP resurfacing
3) the dryer takes multiple cycles on «high heat» to dry my clothes
4) the unit that was shown to me during the walk through had a full washer & dryer and I was never notified my washer and dryer would be half the size
5) carpet had multiple places where it was tearing, maintenance took 3 service request before they fixed it. Their reason was because they said «the tear was from my dog»…I don’t have a dog. Again these are issues from previous renter.
6) ANTs!!! Because trash is collected during crazy hours there are days where trash sits by the front door of units ALL day until the valet trash service that we pay for picks it up. This directs the ants right up to our front doors and ALL over the apartment especially during the summer.
7) complex doesn’t have enough exterior lighting at night. I’ve pased walkways that are pitch black at night. The light in the parking lot were I park was out for the first 3 Months and was only fixed because I complained about not feeling safe when I come in late
These are all complaints over a 6 month period. However last week I discovered a MOLD issue in my apartment. By the time I discovered the issue the mold had already spread throughout my apartment and mainly in my closet and onto personal items such as:
1) Shoes (over 12 pair)
2) Corner table in living room
3) Hats
4) books etc
I spoke with front office and instead of them calling professionals to come and clean mold properly they had their maintenance person come in and «spot clean». As a result I spent a week going back and fourth with the front office pointing out spots he missed. Asking to «borrow» a dehumidifier, and having to throw away over $ 2,000 worth of personal items covered in mold. I was told that NO compensation would be given for anything & that I needed to let them do their job. I was told if I were to move into another unit I would have to sign another 12 month lease and I should refer to a complex handbook that i never received. I also began receiving all of these mold prevention documents AFTER this became an issue. Even though I was told by maintenance this is a known issue within this complex. Needless to say I will be looking at other residences when my lease is up!
Two thumbs down for Miramar Lakes!

«I do want our residents to be proud to call Miramar Lakes their home» — management on previous review
Faaar from the truth !! Meanwhile I’m sitting in an apartment whose A.C. runs alllll day and never cools the rooms. The A.C. is the only issue I care to cover right now — refer to previous reviews. I get nauseous every time it’s time to pay rent. My hard earned money going to this pisses me off. I absolutely can not wait to leave.
Note: from date of move in, there have been 5, plus one pending, requests for service on the A.C.

We moved to Miramar from Northern NY and found these apartments on
. They’re pretty expensive, $ 1400 for a 2 bed/​2 bath. The stove, sink, dishwasher and microwave were all in very poor condition. They looked nice on the walk-​through, but after moving in, we soon realized they all were broken. The dishwasher was finally replaced after 3 service requests. There are ants everywhere and they wont spray. Our neighbors aren’t very friendly and are very loud. (Maybe that’s just this building?) Our front door doesnt seal, which we noted on the move in inspection. They asked on the move in inspection sheet if they could let themselves in to fix whatever was broken. Never came to fix anything, so Im sure they didnt even read it. They have valet trash pick up, which is nice, but we’ve been warned that if we put our trash out on non trash pick up days (Tues and Thurs) we’d be fined. Our neighbors never follow that and since the trash is out for two days, ants are everywhere and the neighborhood cats rip apart the bags (that are already poorly tied). I dont think they’ve actually fined anyone (I mean, how can you really tell who the trash belongs to?) People let their dogs bark at all hours of the night, some even let their dogs run free in the courtyards. People walk around smoking weed outside. (To each their own, but when Im out pushing my 15 month old around, the last thing she should be inhaling is pot smoke.) The gates are broken half the time. People are rude and shine their headlights into your rooms in the middle of the night, if youre lucky enough to be on the bottom floor. I mean, its common sense and common courtesy to turn off your lights if you KNOW its late and that they’ll stay on for 3 minutes after you turn off the car. I know the rude neighbors aren’t the apartments fault, but wow. If I had the chance to do it all over, we wouldve chosen different apartments.