The Coronado has a lot of positives: I would recommend living here.....
Positives: 1) the view is amazing, it is like living in a picture everyday. It is a million dollar view for a quarter of the price. 2) the apartments are a great size, big enough to have your own space but small enough that it's not too much to clean. 3) the 2016 hallway renovation project is well done. They admittedly chose a cheaper tile, but when you look at the new hallways as a whole, they look awesome. 4) the community of residents are nice and supportive 5) Aventura is one of the nicest towns to live in and the Aventura Circle (where the Coronado is) is one of the best locations in all of Aventura 5) close to shopping, the famed Aventura Mall, grocery, everything someone could need. 6) security is smart and trustworthy. I once lost a $250 gold bracelet and they put it in the lost and found! Security also cares about the residents and tries whenever possible to make the unit owners happy. 7) the grounds and pool and well kept & tended to often
Negatives: the office! This would be a five star property if it wasn't for that office. Disorganized, confused, and uncaring do not begin to describe their inadequacies. They are embarrassingly bad at their jobs.
I have other relatives who live on the same Aventura circle and I am friendly with their office managers; all of whom tell me constantly how they know the Coronado Office is one the worst run offices in Aventura.
I know everyone has to feel important, but these office secretaries and managers just enjoy holding their power over you. They love hiding behind unnecessary or ridiculous rules just to make the residents lives harder. I will give you just one example: I was moving out and was curious if I could park a UHaul on the property. There is ample space in the garage for an 18 wheeler truck , however the Coronado has a "rule" against Uhauls staying on the property after 530pm. Of
Course this is minor, but the office tries constantly to impose these ridiculous rules on unit owners. Why couldn't I just leave my Uhaul in an unused large spot? I would understand if someone abused this spot and was parking large trucks on the spot all the time, but asking for a favor once in three years, the building could have bloody granted it.
For minutia (like the UHaul) or large problems the offices default position is to make the residents lives harder.
The rules exist to preclude the residents from
Abusing the building or one another. If nothing nefarious or negative is a potential consequence the building should allow something to transpire. Period.
If the office starts taking care of the residents instead of themselves this could really be an awesome building. The office needs to be more like security and worry more about resident happiness and less about their silly rules.
Good news is, you have to deal with the office very rarely.
Live there, join the board, and change the office :) you'll love it. read more