Tenant Reviews for 1550 BRICKELL AVE

February 2011-May 2011? The city is doing work along Brickell Ave, right in front of 1550. They've been sawing through the concrete for 2 months now, installing pipe, repairing the street. It is **LOUD**, 6am-6pm. This isn't the fault of the complex, obviously, but it's something to consider. It's been months of headache.

This building has a central owner and central management, not than individual owners of each individual apartment. There is onsite management and onsite maintenance, which are pluses. The building was probably built in the 60's, so no super high speed wiring or fast cable/internet, but comcast does deliver and attempt to provide service. the apartments have been somewhat remodeled: ie new kitchen counters, some new appliances/some old. old fixtures in the bathrooms. the small workout room is fine, and the small pool is really relaxing with lots of seating. no problem with bugs or much noise from other units. Some issues: *The priciest units face the street, and it's an ok view of trees, but the noise makes it pretty impossible to keep the patio doors open during the day. Brickell ave. is Very Loud. if you're a light sleeper it will probably annoy. So, while the patio is nice you can't take advantage of breezes during the day and be able to still hear the tv or focus on reading with the noise. same at night, no option to keep windows open because of noise. The units that face the parking lot are cheaper and quieter, except that cars parking at night send their headlights into your unit if you forgot to close curtains. *The maintenance staff are a few old guys who try their best not to do much. It's pretty hilarious. Also they're allowed to enter your apartment without notice, which is against Florida law but their contract seems to ok this. It's creepy. *The rents for the units are different, even though they tell you they have standard rates depending on the unit's location. You can occasionally bargain the rate, so be sure to check craigslist to make sure you're getting the best rate for the unit, because they won't nec. give you the best rate when you inquire. *A tree fell over during a storm last year and it totalled a resident's car, and the mgmt refused to give the resident the name/contact info of their insurance. They claimed "act of God", which is probably legally correct, but the resident was very upset at the loss of her car and the (greedy) management did nothing at all to help. *they're having weird issues with their fire alarms: they go off randomly and they're Loud, so if it's the middle of the night it's incredibly annoying. 2 years ago they'd go off about once a month, but less and less often over the past 1.5 years. now, about 1ce every 3 months. still, it's pretty ridiculous and it can scare your pets. bottom line is this place is run like a business, cutting corners wherever they can. it's nice not to have a landlord that will want to sell your unit and thus kick you out, but at the same time making sure that residents are happy is def. low on the list. for the brickell location there are much newer, nicer places for the same price, but there are also older places for the same price.

I WAS VISITING MY MOTHER'S APARTMENT & HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF RUNNING INTO JULIE LONDONO(PROP. MGR)AT THE LOBBY DOOR. MY BROTHER WAS ON THE WAY DOWN TO LET ME IN & MS. LONDONO WAS COMING OUT WITH POTENTIAL RENTERS, AS I ATTEMPTED TO HOLD THE DOOR FOR THOSE EXITING, AS IS CUSTOMARY IN POLITE SOCIETY, SHE RIPPED THE DOOR FROM MY GRASP AND BLOCKED MY WAY (THOUGH I WASN'T TRYING TO ENTER)AND SNAPPED THAT I HAD TO CALL MY PERSON TO GET IN. I TOLD HER THAT SHE SHOILDN'T SPEAK TO PEOPLE AS IF THEY WERE COMMON CRIMINALS' LATER, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO GET THE NAME OF HER SUPERVISOR, SHE BANISHED ME FROM HER OFFICE. THEN SHE PHONED MY MOTHER IN SAN FRANCISCO, STATING THAT I WAS RUDE AND SCARED AWAY HER CLIENTS. I AM A FIFTY YEAR OLD PROFESSIONAL, HOUSE-SITTING FOR MY MOTHER, I'D HATE TO SEE THE WAY CHILDREN OR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ARE TREATED.

Living here for 6 months and just like the title says... every week a different issue, just tired to complaint every week and getting no problems fixed, people think twice before move in, not worth it , you dont get for what you pay, I cant tell you is an old place that seems ok ad very poor management, stay away

This place is surely the worst place I've ever lived. If your thinking about moving in think again...