Gatehouse at Pine Lake Apartments

This place as it’s plus, but as we all know the bad sometimes overweighs the good. Gatehouse do not have a great reputation and all for got reason…
I am a current resident, I’ve lost many pairs of shoes and food from mold– Due to man made lake right next to my apartment. My health may also be in jeopardy because of this! I contact the leasing office and they instructed me to keep my AC on everyday (24 – 7) to eliminate the problem. I did as they mentioned and NOTHING has changed.
Walls are super thin, you’ll hear your neighbors arguing –children playing.
I do not smoke, and may days there are cigarettes buds outside my apartment –sometimes I’m outside and see empty plastic plates.
My neighbor’s apartment was broken… The leasing office provided a note staying nothing was stolen. However, the fear will never go away!
I was away for approximately 3 days to come home and find that My garbage box, is being used by someone. There is a fee included in the rent for garbage disposal box; but that goes to show you money does not secure your rented property.
The Gates are always broken– or messed up. Also of strangers ride behind your car for entrance.
If I could help one person I would be happy!!! The rent is way too EXPENSIVE to go through the headache.

Definitely moving out when lease is up! There’s always random people walking around because it’s so easy to get into. There’s not a manned entrance gate so people can, and do, easily tail behind you. I found a lock pick from God knows where on my car one morning. They unfairly charge tenants 2 trash fees, 1. For mandatory «valet» trash removal and 2. Some RUBS Flat Trash Fee, totaling an extra $ 30/​month, from 200+ residents that’s another $ 80,000 the company is bringing in. JUST TO REMOVE TRASH! Additionally, they require renter’s insurance for about $ 20-​$ 30/​month. And water is not included. So be prepared to pay another $ 140/​month in unnecessary expenses the company could have paid if they were a bit more considerate. My advice if you want to move into the real Pembroke Pines don’t fall for the trick complex «Gatehouse» in the beginning keep heading west as I will be doing soon. I will come back and make another review with more specific details about why not to live here. As of right now I cannot for identity purposes.
*COMING FROM THE INSIDE*

I lived there for 2 years. The maintenance staff and repairs were quick and very friendy. The rental staff are friendly but are not able to resolve problems and the new manager was absent. The gate works sometimes but just keeps honest people honest. It’s broke most of the time because people are tailgating or removing the security arm.
I had packages stolen from my door and neighbor lady had a drunk on her patio destroying her furniture. Furthermore I paid for coverd parking for two vehicles and the location was condemed yet the management continued to bill me for covered parking. When I left it was not refunded.
I would choose another place.

I have lived here for 6 months, the office staff is great and accommodating. They do take care of most concerns. I had been trying to make a decision on whether to stay or not and decided to leave next month based on these conditions. This is the least expensive place to live so you have to live among the clientele that draws. noise is a problem with several families living together and partying all night on weekends. police
have to respond frequently. Children play in stairwells. People use there balconies as a garage– tires, stacked up furniture and etc.- I find this very unsightly. pools are great but with the influx of kids and teenagers and their friends, older adults avoid the pools. Kids are in the exercise room using the equipment so we cannot use that amenity either. Forget having your newspaper delivered, ours is stolen every sunday. Also do not have packages delivered by UPS and left at your door because they will be stolen as well. When you arrive to the facility there is a vehicle displaying ads for Dinegasm. embarrassing! last but not least, hot water tanks are very small. so you run out of hot water quickly.

Gatehouse is by far one of the worst places I’ve ever lived.
As mentioned in previous reviews, the «gate» only actually works about 10% of the time. If it’s working Friday morning, you’re pretty much guaranteed that it’ll be broken come Saturday morning, and is left broken for weeks at a time. Talk about a false sense of security.
Speaking of security, the tenants here are very obnoxious. We had neighbors knock-​down, drag-​out fighting on a nightly basis. We could hear every word since the walls were so paper-​thin, not to mention the fact that they were screaming obscenities at the tops of their lungs. And one afternoon, my husband witnessed our downstairs neighbor stab her boyfriend in the stomach! I got home from work to see cop cars in the parking lot and my husband sitting on our couch giving his statement.
On another occasion, I came home from being out of town for two months to find that someone had tried to park next to me and misjudged the distance, causing their vehicle to scrape about 4ft along the side of my car. No note. Nothing. Stupid cowards.
My husband’s truck was also broken into while he was out of town, but luckily he didn’t have anything for the lowlifes to pilfer besides some old junk mail. They did break his locks, though, which costs to get fixed.
Upon move-​out, they rushed us through the paperwork without explaining a single thiing to us (Sign here, initial there, when will you be out because we want to renovate your space and get it ready for new tenants, etc), so when I got a notice that we were being charged $ 633 for a Non-​Sufficient Notice fee, I was livid. I was also severely unhappy with the fact that they said that all I had to do was vacuum the apartment, and then later charged me to steam clean it. If I had known they’d charge me for to steam clean it, I would have done it myself and paid less.
The only redeeming things I can write about Gatehouse is that if you have a problem with your apartment, such as your A/​C not working, just let them know and a repairman will be at your door pretty quickly. And it’s nice being able to pay rent online electronically, rather than via cashier’s check like when we first moved in two years ago.
We are so happy to be out of that place. If you’re new to the area, steer clear of Gatehouse.

This place is a trip. It’s a gated community, and by «gated», I mean the gate only functions when rent is due. It’s pretty much the ghetto of gated communities, either the resident’s guests or the resident’s stalker gf’s or bf’s break the gate all the time. I have never seen a gated community’s bar or gate get damaged as much as this place. It would be a great place if it really were a gated community, and they didn’t take away the amenities (we used to have a hot tub, but they renovated the pool last summer and instead of making it better, they decided to pour concrete in the hole that once housed the hot tub). Oh and speaking of renovations, why in the hell would u renovate the pool during the first 2 weeks of June?
I would live elsewhere, but they’re lucky I’m too lazy to move my crap out of my apartment to another apartment complex that would probably be CHEAPER and have all the REAL amenities of a «gated community».
BTW, they have no elevators, so if you live on the 3^rd floor like I do, you’re pretty much screwed if you forget something before you leave your apartment.