Windermere Cay Apartments

Since my last review, they have now opened up the larger gym and secondary pool. Pretty impressive in terms of workout space. There is a decent number of machines (though they could use another set of free weights), and the space inside the building is pretty large. However, I will say it does get busy. You kind of have to pick and choose your battles as to what you plan on working out with if it’s busy.
Not much else has changed from my previous review. Again, this place isn’t terrible. It just doesn’t fit what I would consider my definition of «luxury.» Definitely give it a look and an opportunity as it may fit your needs in terms of location.

A bit of a mixed review here… I’ll start with all of the things I enjoyed.
You truly can’t beat the location, especially if you work at Magic Kingdom. It’s great to be able to walk to work. The apartments themselves look nice, and are reasonably priced based on the location. If you’re willing to live farther away, you can get a better price. The amenities at the clubhouse are decent, we got some good use out of the outdoor kitchen. You can always reserve it, which is really nice.
On the flip side, there have been a few issues. The walls between apartments are very thin. We can very clearly hear the two chihuahuas in the apartment next door. We can also hear the neighbors talking, singing, etc. One time, we had Maintenance come to our apartment to repair a smoke alarm. They came in while we were out. When they completed the Maintenance, they left our door unlocked. The people in the office didn’t seem to really care. Recently, we have had the fire alarm go off around 4:30 in the morning. It wasn’t shut off until after 7:00. It was a crazy long time. We called the 24 hour courtesy officer to assist. We never got a call back. I emailed the leasing office to inquire about it, requesting a response. Never got a response. Still waiting. We also live on the 4^th floor. One of our roommates broke her leg and is in a wheelchair. When the elevator broke and he response from the office was «Oh well…» that was a little disheartening.
All in all, if you never have to have any dealings with the office, it’s a good place.

Last night the fire alarms throughout the entire building went off at 4:50 AM. Everyone evacuated the building until the fire department told us it was safe to go back inside at about 5:20. It’s now almost 7 AM, and Management still hasn’t turned off the building-​wide piercing, flashing alarm system. This, on top of a number of other issues, is why we will not be renewing our lease.

I stay with a special friend in early 2015. The place seemed nice enough at first, but management seemed aloof and unresponsive after the first week.

Okay, I’m an actual resident and not an internet troll (nor do I work for the apartment). I am writing this to deflect the reviews written by the readership of Ars Technica. My family (wife, two kids) loves living here. My bed is closer to Cinderella’s castle than the cars parked in the Magic Kingdom parking lot. We moved here from out of state and did our due diligence. We chose this place because of the good location, the responsiveness of the manage, and the due to the fact that the complex is brand new.
Yes, the fireworks are quite loud. But that is because this is an apartment complex and not a underground bunker complex. If I had one complain, it might be that this is a dog-​friendly complex and not every pet owner is responsible for cleaning up. But that has nothing to do with management or the property. We are aware of the social media clause and had decided not to post a review online, but since push comes to shove, I am more than eager to rate ⁵⁄₅ on Unilocal.
The property management here is great, as are the facilities staff. We thoroughly enjoy the amenities and we are excited that the property is expanding with a second pool being built, along with a larger exercise complex. We don’t know our long term housing plans, but we are definitely planning on renewing our lease this year.

HaVe lived here for 6 months.
My biggest complaints are:
1) Very thin walls. I can hear my neighbors go to the bathroom early in the morning — yuck.
2) Dog feces. There is constantly dog feces smeared in the hallway and on the sidewalks for some reason. I don’t mind that dogs are allowed to live here, but owners need to be responsible and pick up after their pets. I am tired of tip toeing around dog crap to enter my apartment. I have told management many times and it continues to be a problem. Once I told them on a Friday afternoon that the hall was covered in dog feces (as did many others, per the office staff who said I am not the only person to complain) but they said there won’t be anyone available to clean it up until Monday. The following Tuesday it was still there.
3) Parking. There are not enough parking spots, and they are not assigned. So sometimes if I come home after they are full, I park two buildings away from my apartment, which sucks if I have groceries to carry.
To be fair — what do I like about Windermere Cay? Valet trash is nice Sunday through Thursday and I like the location. I can watch the fireworks from Magic Kingdom every night if I want to walk outside.
I checked Unilocal and Googled «Windermere Cay» before I assumed the lease. I didn’t know that there was a gag order in place. I ruled out other places based on online forums and reviews. Windermere Cay didn’t have anything so I thought that was a good sign. Who knew?!
Needless to say, I will be moving the second my lease is over.

I want to start by saying I have never lived here my review is about the leasing office. A few weeks ago my husband and I went to look at these apartments. They are super close to work and we are trying to get a head start on looking.
We were kinda of greeted when we walked in. She kind of shouted I’ll be eighth with you. We explained that we wanted to look but she questioned us as to why we were looking already. I’m just trying to be productive! The whole time we could tell that. She viewed us as an inconvenience, she hardly spoke unless we asked questions and when she showed us the apartment, she stood at the door and waited. My husband and I knew within 2 minutes walking through the door we would not want to live here. They also charge different depending on views and levels, more expensive for first floor. My concern was what if that was all that was available. Her response was oh well.
Today I see an article that they make residents sign about posting negative reviews. It also says applicants and I did not sign anything but I also didn’t really apply. I really hope that article is untrue because if it is, that is a 100% violation of our rights!
There are better places to live in this area.

Did a walk through and there was a roach on the counter in the kitchen and another dead on in a closet. Glad we had not signed the lease yet

I literally created a Unilocal account just to negatively rate this company for their ridiculous user agreement. Dear owners of the world, owning property means greater responsibility, not less. You don’t deserve to be a landlord if you won’t listen to your tenant’s complaints, wherever they are voiced. Hopefully, renters will take their money elsewhere, and help you learn this lesson.