Thrilled...to have moved out.
Moved in late 2023 and found 6…read moredead roaches in the kitchen area on Day ONE. Submitted a pest control order AND a Maintenance Request (A/C dripping) my first full day here. The shelves in the closet by the kitchen had been pulled and never replaced and are those rust stains in the bathroom sink for a $1,400/mo. apartment (see pic)?
Had to then move to a 2nd floor unit because the first 2 weeks here I got no sleep between the noisy, potheads at the building across (who were later evicted) and the racket from the upstairs hellion...er...child every night. I even ended up checking in to a hotel...twice. Between hiring movers again and the hotel stays I was now out $800+, plus the extra money every month in higher rent because second floor units have been "renovated" and are two bedroom only.
Soon after, my credit score took a 25-point hit because when they issued my refund (from the 1st unit to be applied to the new rent) and it "...kept a credit on your old apartment so to fix it out IT set it to balance zero...collections site picked it up as a charge." WHAT?!?
TWO MONTHS LATER they send me another email stating I owe the EXACT SAME AMOUNT they sent me to Collections for, but now they're calling it a "move-out statement." [Look, if you're going to commit fraud at least change the dollar amount...move a decimal point...something.]
In July, they taped a Notice to Vacate to my door WITH THE WRONG LEASE END DATE. I burst out laughing. I had already informed them I had no intention of re-signing but how bad do you have to be at your job to keep making mistakes tenants have to correct you on? I emailed the Front Office to explain they were wrong (AGAIN) and attached proof - in the form of the revised lease THEY gave ME. But wait, there's more...
My last month here, they didn't pro-rate my rent (only one day, but still). Turned out it was because they STILL had the wrong lease end date. It took FOUR E-MAILS to finally get this corrected. Point is their record-keeping is so bad don't be surprised when YOU must pay for THEIR mistakes.
Sanford Landing (over 4 decades old) is more City Dump than apartment complex (see pics - not one is a duplicate). You could furnish houses with the amount of junk left by the dumpsters for weeks on end. And have fun sidestepping duck crap to get to your car or mailbox, never mind all the puddles any time it rains.
Weed is rampant here. For example, the first-floor tenant who smoked indoors so my apartment smelled like a dispensary. If not that, then the ones sitting in their car or the ones sitting out on the porch in broad daylight or hiding behind the outside closet door. Look, ruin your lungs, blow your short-term memory, I don't care. But $1,600/month to live in a Stoner's Paradise? [Puff, puff] PASS.
See the Google reviews for Sanford Landing - they are accurate. Roaches, kids knocking on your door asking for money to take out your garbage, noisy neighbors, I could go on. Oh, and I hope you're a fan of helicopters because they're overhead on the regular. As early, one summer morning, as 6a - on a Sunday. What is this, 'Nam?
Power outages? Five in less than a year. FIVE! And three of them lasted over 3 hours. Sit back, relax, and wait to turn your A/C back on while you throw out your spoiled groceries.
Before moving out, I got a call from the Front Office telling me they had to stop by because there was a "...possible leak in the building." Instead, they show up with a Pest Control rep. Apparently, there was no leak and the person who called me had no idea what she was talking about.
To boot: 24 hours later, I found another dead roach in the kitchen sink.
Finally, there are quite a few creepy-looking shirtless guys walking around here and, one Sunday, I went to close my blinds and caught some dude straight up staring into my apartment from the building across. I had never purchased a home security camera before - that changed when I moved here.
If, for some (insane) reason, you still want to move here remember to KEEP RECORDS. Take pictures, screenshots, etc. And DO NOT move to the back of this complex. That's where both the units I rented here were.
When I started apartment-hunting and told a rep at another complex where I was, she - on God - said "...say no more."
If they offered me a decade of free rent here, I'd tell them exactly where to stick this horrible Landing.