Lake Pines Apartments

Reviews about Lake Pines Apartments

• Aaron Stewart

  Oct, 23 2018
  ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
  Pros:
  1) Cheap (Relative to other apartments in the area): It costs about $725/month for a 2 bedroom, including water. All other utilities are not included.
  
  2) The area is not too bad. It has access to a private beach (kind of). See "cons" for a further explanation.
  
  3) It has a pool and workout room, but I've never used either so I can't rate them.
  
  Cons:
  1) No washer or dryer in the units. Forget about using the 1 washer and 1 dryer per building that they have because they never clean them (I called them and asked them to, but they said it wasn't their responsibility), it cost $1/wash and $1/dry, and they don't even work that well. You'll need to go to the laundromat.
  
  2) No community dumpster. That's right, no place to put your trash. You are required to put it outside your building between 7:00am-9:00am on Mon. and Fri only. That works out just great if you don't leave for work before 7:00am or you get back before 9:00am. Also, if your trash smells really bad in your apartment on either Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday for some reason, don't take your trash out to the curb. They opened my trash, went through it until they found evidence that it was mine, and sent a $10 fee to me for taking my trash out.
  
  3) Think very hard before you sign the lease, because you can't break it. Most apartment complexes allow you to pay a "break lease" fee, but not at Lake Pines. You are stuck with it until the lease expires.
  
  4) They won't sign for any packages. If you have a package that somebody sends you (like a gift or something) you'll get a phone call from one of the people at the main office telling you not to let the UPS or FedEx guy show up again.
  
  5) No show rooms. If you're interested in living here, you'll have to sign a lease sight unseen because they don't have any show rooms for you to visit. I only did this because I needed a place to rent and I knew a guy that had lived here previously who said it wasn't bad for the price.
  
  6) You'll get snowed in. Bring a snow shovel because in the winter they'll put a big pile of snow behind your car when they plow the driveway.
  
  7) The "private beach" is not a good beach. When they use this as a selling point, ask them to take you there. I'll bet they just point you in the direction of the "beach". It's not very accessible, it's very small, and it is very rocky and dirty.
  
  8) Only 2 bedroom apartments available. This may not be a "con" to you if you wanted a two bedroom, but if you want a 1 bedroom, odds are there won't be any available because they only have a couple in the entire complex. I don't think they have any studios.
  
  Overall, The rooms aren't too bad, but I do think the price is too high. My main complaints are about the service and the way they treat people that live there. I will be living somewhere else when my lease expires and will not recommend Lake Pines Apartments to my friends.
  

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