Flamingo South Beach

Flamingo is absolute disaster. If in here no staff it would be much nicer place, but staff working here makes flamingo worst place in whole Miami Beach! In the check in day I asked to change door lock, the technician say yes and dissapear. Since then he visited us again and again did nothing. Front desk does not know the way to the gym or parking, actually they know nothing. The elevator get my only to my floor and lobbi. To get to the parking everytime I have to ask front desk please send me to the second floor :0 I understand that they fight against illegal rbnb renting, but they made life for residents so difficult.

The unit and building are outdated, but ok. What's not ok is the people. Drunk 20 year olds everywhere. I am in my 20s and I don't even think this is ok. If anyone living here is reading this - turn your shit down!!!!! No one wants to hear someone else's tv or music blaring 24/7. Nor do we want to hear u getting stoned and coughing up a lung. Or having a domestic argument. Seriously. My walls and ceiling vibrate day and night from music and tv. The guy in the studio unit next to me always has 10 people over, partying. In a studio?! I left college years ago, yet I feel I'm right back in a dorm at the flamingo.

This is not what I thought. Everything is inconvenient. No one bothers to help. English is rare. No garbage chute on my floor. I can't wait to leave!!! No one ever calls me back when I leave a message. Insane that I have to walk 15 minutes to my car. Elvira does not respond. The grounds are treacherous. Way overpriced for what it is

Worst Place in Miami to Live (Construction, Bugs, Noise etc) I have lived here for 2 years and it keeps getting worse & worse. For an entire year, they were jack-hammering my patio and the ones nearby. The construction noise here is deafening. Now, they've ripped up the beautiful center landscaping have restricted all the walkways so that you have to walk WAY out of your way to get anywhere. The construction noise is never ending and will be here all year. The South Pool was under construction for the first year I was here. I'm told they are starting on the North Pool construction and North Tower soon. It's like living in a WAR ZONE with all the noise, forced walkways and bugs. Many apartments are infested with bugs as well. Finally, things are always broken (pool heater, bio-metric readers, hot tub. It's a shame, this place was beautiful when I moved in. The management doesn't have any consideration for the tenants. They just take action without regard to how it will impact people living here.

Everything is under construction. The front lobby. The entire courtyard is closed off with little to no progress. If you have dogs like 50% of all residents your limited to three extremely small "relief areas", which are patches of dead grass. The front is closed. The only place the dogs can really go is the "dog run" WHICH IS A JOKE!!!! It's complete DIRT and your dog will require a bath. They literally are remodeling EVERYTHING, but can't close the dog run for a week to throw down some grass, or at-least gravel? All other dog owners I have talked to have voiced their opinions on the dog run but no one cares.

DO NOT LIVE HERE!! The Flamingo is a hot mess. The management is a joke and the people are the absolute worst. The ones who are normal and classy leave after 7 months. Here's why the Flamingo is so awful: 1. inconsiderate people: if you don't mind trash everywhere, empty beer bottles in the elevator, awful laundry rooms then go for it, people do not pick up their pet poop 2. average age 25: although the flamingo requires proof of income at 78k annual usd, there are plenty of kids living here. KIDS! I'm talking college student and recent grads. Dirty entitled little brats.3. illegal pets: if you have a pet you have to pay an annual pet fee plus a monthly pet fee. since the management is a joke some people pay while others don't and this leads to non-approved breeds on property with leads to horrific dog fights (pit bull biting out a chihuahuas eye ball- yeah, no good). 4. SHADY SHADY: strippers and druglords and pot smell oh my!!! 5. PO PO: there's constant police activity, fights, domestics, drugs, noise complaints. This place is a joke and a dorm. I cannot wait to move out. Oh and the units are $1500 for formica cabinets, no washer dryer in unit, stained carpets low ceilings, popcorn walls, old bathroom. If the units were $900 maybe that would be acceptable. You can get way better in Brickell. And there are other buildings on the beach with classier people and better management. Keep hunting. This place is awful.

Such a terrible place to live. Roaches everywhere. Mold in the closets. Dubious business practices meant to extract more money from you. Never stay here

Horrible!!!! Horrible valet guy should be fired for his attitude!!! The guy from the front desk is also extremely rude. All staff in this place are just insanely rude!!!!

The is the most unprofessional and just ghetto fake "luxury building" in South Beach. The staff in the management office, Luisa Parache, Jashba Mugica, and Elvira Murphy are under qualified, incompetent, unprofessional, dismissive, and rude. Every "repair" or inconvenience is an "emergency" according to these unapologetic management staff. Right when you sign that lease, they ignore any and all concerns and complaints. Cigarette smell in the apartment for months coming from the bathroom, maintenance men walking in unannounced while I'm getting dressed out of the shower, false fire alarms along with regular fire alarm tests, consistent water shut off and water heater shut offs, consistently turning off power including AC, elevators, etc. **If anyone took the time to call Miami Beach's building and coding enforcement, this building would likely get shut down.

This is the worst building i have ever lived in! I moved here 8 days ago , and got the apt not clean! To the point where i couldn't even shower there there were dead bugs all over the apt , dust, the toilet was leaking and i was told i have a new washer and dryer , in one week that washer and dryer messed up all my clothes and caused two huge water leaks in my kitchen , the elevators are two years pass due of inspection something i believe is illegal! The elevators got stuck few times over the weekend , when you live on the 14 floor you have no choice but to wait , takes forever to go down, the parking which they charge you of course extra is far far away from access to the apt , the the service elevator which i reserved for moving in i was told its mine for 3 hours guess what its bot programmed like normal building instead everyone uses it and it stops in every floor ... when you rent a unit consider it no washer and dryer cause you really done want to be using those !

Happily had a bad experience within 15 minutes of arriving. I for one appreciate it because I would never give this place my money. Here's why: 1. I took an Uber from Brickell for 30 min just for the agent to start to show me units on the computer in the lobby at $500 more than they are posting online. Deceiving to say the least. Then fumbles when I confronted him about it. If I wanted to look at cell phone videos uploaded to a laptop I can do that myself before I get there which I did. And saved myself a lot of time and money. I showed up to view apartments. Not your laptop screen. Complete waste of my time. I'm actually insulted by his attitude and that's pretty tough to do. He had a tone and approach as if he needed to screen me first before wasting time walking around with me. I feel like he honestly wasn't interested in showing me anything. 2. Agent attempts to belittle my budget for this apartment stating that some people pay $30,000 for apartments here. Nice. If you are spending $30,000/month to live here I invite you to learn how real estate works. I wouldn't pay anything to live here regardless. But definitely would not pay what they are (apparently) asking considering what some of the other buildings in Miami offer. 3. Everyone checking in to view apartments was either with a parent or said the appointment was in a parent's name. Younger crowd most with tattoos so if you are responsible adult and higher income this ain't it chief. 4. When I first arrived I got told by a woman and someone on the radio that leasing office was closed and it was impossible for me to view apartments at all today let alone 6pm. I called the number from the text thread but nobody answers when I'm trying to find where to go. And you can't text them back directly. Nice. 5. Automated system is super annoying and keeps asking the same questions that I already filled out online. Agents didn't take time to review and they keep texting you all day asking "one more thing before our appointment". Agent seemed annoyed that I wasn't looking for 2BR (I have no idea where he got that from) when I filled out a form and replied to their online post about 1BR apt. I've been to 10+ buildings in Brickell, Wynwood, Edgewater etc and not once did I have this kind of experience with any other company. "Hypebeast" tenants, rude agent. Lots of terrible reviews regarding build, construction, ongoing maintenance, and staff. It's a shame because the building looked really nice online. Although I will never know because we didn't get further than the lobby before I left. I knew from the start this place wasn't for me well before reading countless google reviews after I got home. Like I said, happy to have the experience so I know not to move in there, just wish I could get my $40 Uber fare and an hour and a half of my time back. Literally don't waste your time and read google reviews like I should have.

Terrible, some tenants are sub-leasing and management wont do anything about it. This is a disaster made out of roomates, is like living in a grocery market.

Don't live here if you're not into partying your whole life away. Construction wakes you up every damn morning and the fire alarm will go off at 2am. Honestly it's just a horrible place. Take your money elsewhere, I'm so happy to be moving next week

Management needs a complete haul. Weeks and weeks go by without getting any resolution to anything. Not sure how any of them have their jobs especially Devon.

The Flamingo is currently evicting approximately 2,000 residents from the North Tower shortly after generating new leases, renewing existing leases and gathering thousands of dollars in lease fees per tenant. Tenants were notified without warning (via a slip of paper placed under their doors) that the building plans to make renovations and all tenants must leave. The notice was short and to the point, citing a clause in the contract that they have a right to evict tenants at will, if renovations are planned.The same lease contracts and renewals however, specifically state that no renovations are planned. Sales agents have encouraged prospective tenants to move in citing on-going upgrades to the property grounds as a benefit and a reason for moving in.This contract language and verbal assurances by the sales staff have allowed the Flamingo to entice new residents and to gather additional rent and application fees while simultaneously making making plans to evict the same tenants that just paid them. The Flamingo does not plan to reimburse the tenant fees... even to those those moved in days before the eviction notice.The renovation plans have (obviously) been in process for some time however, the Flamingo continued to execute new leases until days before the eviction notices. In addition, the Flamingo continues to list North Tower vacancies on apartment rental web sites. Potential residents beware.A class action lawsuit is anticipated naming the Flamingo, Aimco, and the specific staff members that fraudulently misrepresented the Flamingo's ground renovation plans.As of this writing, the Flamingo does not plan to reimburse any residents for the fees they accepted or to assist with moving or any other expenses. An estimated loss of $10-$12M in costs is anticipated.DO NOT RENT (nor ever consider renting) at the Flamingo. The lack of transparency, monetary theft, and lack of integrity is nauseating.

Unethical. Period. Egregious. Signed for a year. Construction started two months later and now served notice to vacate. All irresponsibly handled. Read fine print closely. Scam. You are unsafe in the hands of an AIMCO property. Post script: total move expenses $4,000 and they gave us $500 to go. For families staying within an aimco property their rents went up annnnd they had to pay another application fee. Disgraceful. ShAIMco Too good to be true. All that glitters isn't gold. They never disclosed or admitted any construction would happen on the property. Post script: They plan on deducting a "Balance at Move out" which we have to now contest in writing. WT...?

This company Aimco and the people that work at the. Flamingo towers are thieves. They changed my move in date meaning changed our lease signing. I decided to cancel because of all the aggravation they put us through and now they are keeping our deposit . Avoid dealing with Carmen she is a liar and and part of the scam they have there. We were approved and then they find any way to steal from you. Avoid them as much as possible.

Someone in this building is renting a flip key apartment in my name and I don't know where that place is. Today I made a report to the police and I am already contacting a lawyer.

I currently reside in north tower since March 11th, 2016. For almost a month a half I have had severe troubles with the flooring due to a washing machine malfunction which led to a severe flood. Because of this situation, the kitchen is not usable which has become a big inconvenience. The kitchen floor is saturated with water and humidity. I've made many appointments to fix the problem. Only after 10 days from the first appointment floor got fixed but the washer wasn't fixed even if I asked to fix it. After that the same problem happened again but worse: the floor is now expanded, sticky and smells very bad the washer was fixed, but nobody wants to fix the floor. Water is still on the floor, it can cause mold.

The cockroaches have taken over. The problem is so bad that my boyfriend and I have to sleep with the lights on every night. We have to clean and disinfect the apartment everyday but the problem hasn't gotten better. The exterminator has come five times and told us that spraying is no use because the entire building is infested with cockroaches. We see them on our toothbrushes, or food, on our bed, and on our clothes. Other residents I've spoken to have the same problem. The community manager came to view our apartment after we complained and had the nerve to tell us that the problem wasn't so bad. We can't sleep at night. It's a great building and an awesome location, but that doesn't matter when the infestation is so pervasive. Don't move here. Even if you can't see the bugs, they're there...For the record, I actually like living here cockroaches aside. I haven't had the same problems with the security that other reviewers have complained of. But the cockroaches are real.. they render the building uninhabitable.

We were ready to move to this great building in Miami.. and decided to read reviews. OMG! Of course we will never even come close to this place! Not the only one person said the same things! It is really really sad.The Management MUST do a serious repair on ALL those issues, specially human behaviors, penalties to the dogs owners who do not clean after their dogs, etc..!!!If you want to be a classy building, you must train your stuff and work it out in the future, that you will have a waiting list to get into your building..

Funny how the people who gave a good review NEVER lived there! Yeah maybe it's nice when you stay for a week-end to visit some friends but DO NOT make the mistake to get a lease at The flamingo! I lived there for a little over 18 months and I was so happy when I moved out. It's very pricey for what you get. Very old appliances, lots of ants everywhere in the apartment! I've had so many issues with neighbors partying the whole night . I must have called security 10 times and nothing was done. When I complained to management they said that I could move to a different apartment! why should I be penalized for tenants that are not following their policy! I guess they live up to their reputation of being a party town! Beware that your security deposit will most likely not be refunded to its entirety. They're a bunch of thieves! They decided to charge me for some damages that I had nothing to do about even after I did the inspection and received my deposit check. They canceled the check they sent me so I ended up with a charge from my bank for a bounced check!! I've never dealt with this kind of dishonesty my whole life. One more thing some people have fun with the fire alarm and it goes off in the middle of the night very often. I've seen so many people move in and out of this place. People usually don't stay more than 1 year. One of my neighbor actually stayed 1 week because of the fire alarm going off in the middle of the night.Do yourself a favor and don't make the mistake to live there!

If I could give zero stars, I would. I have never been so miserable living anywhere in my life. Between the constant partying, inconsiderate and loud neighbors, Air BnB, the apartment across the hall with eight people living inside and the awful security team that does absolutely NOTHING about the drunks coming in and out through the middle of the night, this place has to be the worst building on the beach. I had the pleasure of going out of town this weekend only to come home to a soaking wet apartment, dryers in my bedroom, half of my bedding thrown in the bathtub, my white area rug soaking wet and cords lying in a pool of water. Nobody from the management company contacted me to let me know there was any type of problem so I have no idea what even happened yet. Even as I write this, there is a group of people in the courtyard screaming and "Wooooo-ing" at the top of their lungs - it's 2:10 in the morning. This is a constant nightly occurrence so I am in no way surprised. I'm moving out soon, thank god, and I suggest that if you're even looking at this building you stay far far away. In fact, when I did not renew my lease, I had someone from Aimco contact me to ask why. I explained all of the reasons I hate this place and she said to me "This isn't even the worst I've heard about that building today". If that doesn't paint a picture for how awful the Flamingo is, I don't know what will.

Moved here from NYC in Feb 2018. Realized first week that construction doesnt stop. They actually jackhammering walls 5 floors below me - taking concrete samples so they can start full building remodeling. Also they have started a 4 phase renovation of the entire property. There is never ending construction trucks, escavators, dirt and lots of noise. I will be terminating my lease - as it impossible to do anything in this community anymore. Most of the amenities are closing down. Also be aware that this place is a prison - biometrics system they had installed here in May is so bad that people are constantly standed and cant get in or out of the building or use elevators when system brakes ( 3-4 times a week). Please stay away from this place!! Oh - almost forgot. Fire alarms are a refular occurance here, 2-3 times a week and you get it in your appartment waking you up. So yeah - im moving!!!

My wife and I had an appointment to meet with a leasing agent today. Upon, arrival we had an incredibly rude valet attendant who didn't seem to have the time of day to deal with us. Whatever, maybe he was having a bad day. We walked into the leasing office and were met with an equally rude man at the reception desk. We told him our appointment was 10 minutes ago, and he shook his head at us ( I called to inform them we were running 5-10 minutes behind), only for him to tell us that the leasing agents were running over an hour behind. There was no apology, just told we would have to wait. We left, where the angry valet attendant just took the tag off our car and said "exit " and pointed. I've seen better customer service at the DMV. I wouldn't even consider living at this place seeing how they treat their potential tenants. I can't imagine how they treat their actual tenants.

Do not move here. Their rent prices are ridiculous and they will jack you up another $1K a year later. With the $5K you pay for a lousy one bedroom apartment, you cannot use the pool unless you do not have a j.o.b. and have the luxury of swimming during the day. The pool closes at "sunset" per their website but in reality, the pool closes whenever these obnoxious Cubans will decide to come and scream at you in Spanish to "get out". This usually occurs at 4-5 pm when the sun is clearly out in the sky. Anyone with a job, will not be able to use the pool with these pathetic hours. The hot tub is always ice cold and they do nothing to fix it. They charge you extra to use the gym hahaha. Every other apartment in Miami has pool hours open until 10 pm. It's just so pathetic. The lazy, rude pool workers treat you like you are a criminal and scream at everyone constantly for breathing. It is very sad for all the money we spend and we cannot even enjoy the amenities. Sadly, this property has stunning views that you could enjoy at sunset in the beautiful pool but because of their ridiculous policy, you won't be able to enjoy it! The residents should get together and file a class action lawsuit to get their money back for not being able to use their amenities.

I strongly recomend you be very careful when you deal with the people managing these apartments.They are rude, unprofessional and constantly trying to take advantage of you.My list goes on and on but just to name a few...1st day apt was not ready so I had to get a hotel (never got even an apology)Conditions were overall bad, and I had a major leak which took one week to fix and carpet has been since wet and smelly (mgmt refuses to replace it)I was late by half day one time and be aware because they will charge you $ 250 and will tell you "sue me" (unbeliavable...) if you try to reason with them.Best regardsVQ

I lived in Flaminco South Beach some years ago. The first month I guess I discovered small insects but I didn't pay attention, and I was trying to clean even more my apartment.During the time that I was living there things got worse, one guy came to my door drunk and told me wherever in the middle of the night. He told me things that no one want to listen. If you are someone like me that need a good sleep because you have to work. It was not possible at that time, people were partying late, workers were working very early, the alarm etc.When I told to the manager in the main office that I discovered that those insects were bedbugs thanks to the internet. He instead of trying to help me. He looked at me like I was crazy. He didn't offer me help. So I decided to leave because my son and I had thousands of bedbugs bites. I got completely drained. sick, mad, weak, discriminated. They kept my security and deposit. But I just wanted my son and I feel healthy and feel alive again. So I moved on. When someone called me on march/28/2017 telling me that Flamingo is suing me and I have to pay them $ for leave the property. I'm trying to make the story short. I did my best to forget and start fresh how they can do this to me. I had a severe anemia at that time because I was feeding the bedbugs with my blood. I don't want anyone to suffer in the way that I did!

I'm the resident of this building and trust me, there is no worst place to live in Miami Beach. When we moved in, half of the things was broken and the other half stopped working after one month. It's like the entire building is falling apart. The elevators don't work properly since we moved in which makes things very complicated for everyone who lives on the higher floors. People who live here are the robbers, prostitutes, they said it's a smoke free community but you can smell weed at 8 in the morning. This place is not SAFE and the management doesn't give a s*** for anything that is going on. Loud parties all the time, shootings, people are throwing a glasses over the balcony and nobody is getting suspended! There are always a secret charges! If you want to renew your lease they're going to INCREASE your monthly bill and charge you 200$ RENEWAL FEE! This is out of the mind. So seriously whoever is thinking about moving in, don't do that. It doesn't worth the price. The only thing you get are the empty rooms and broken appliances. For that money you can find a much better and SAFE place. Read the other comments and once again don't do this to yourself.

Where should i begin. First of all although the security at this place (North tower to be exact, south tower you guys were cool) is BEYOND ridiculous and over the top. I'm all for securing the premises for all tenants and guests but it was more like harassing and bullying whoever crossed paths with them or just whenever they felt like it. I don't know what the qualifications for being hired here are or what the training is like but i'm guessing if you know how to talk down to people, abuse authority that you do not have and confiscate guest passes then you are right for the job! One would think if you jump through all the hoops of entering the property and going through that first stage of security you would be good once you pass the gates...NOPE. i was there from a friday to friday and apparently on monday there was a change in rules that guests could no longer use the pool facilities. So you can imagine the embarrassment & look on my face when on Thursday we get rudely kicked out of the pool area with minimal rhyme or reason behind it due to this "new rule". we had been there multiple times before then, and saw other people being turned away for not having passes so when they asked for our guest pass we thought we were good but it wasn't good enough this time. They even went so far as threatening to kick us off the property because of this rule that they failed to inform the guests about. There were other incidents that occurred bc of untamed security but this was the icing on the cake that showed how they just wanted to be a$$holes whenever they felt like it. Mind u the pool area was not even close to being fully occupied so till this day i'm still wondering what bug crawled up inside them. An immediate change in security is necessary for this place bc the method of treating people who spent lots of money being there like criminals just isn't cutting it, I am truly still amazed by it.

Stayed at the Flamingo for a weekend and had the worst experience ever. Security was rude and took forever to allow me on the premises. On my last day my luggage was thrown out into trash chute half of the belongings inside of it missing and when a staff members they all looked lost. Do not stay there it smells bad and it's cockroach-infested

This is the most awful place I have ever lived. No one knows what is going on here. Do not rent here no matter what! I rented my unit sight unseen. The landlord did not disclose there was construction going on in the complex. I moved here from out of state and walked into a complete disaster! This is not the Flamingo I remember from years ago that was beautiful and luxurious and slightly crazy. This is like living at Ground Zero but with way more toxic debris in the air, giving you asthma, sinusitis or some other allergy infinitely and endlessly. The walls and windows are paper thin, not hurricane safe. I feel like a caged animal, walking through the property. I can't even enter my building where the entrance is because it's blocked from construction. They are violating all codes including ADA. I have no idea how or who they're paying locally to pull off this out of code construction. It's the most horrific living experience of my life and I've only been here less than a week. Do not believe anyone's fantasy that this is a safe or healthy place. It is not! No one that works here knows anything about anything! Their goal is to make everything as difficult as possible for anyone stupid enough to live here. So don't be stupid and don't live here. Learn from my mistake!

Found this used condom right outside management office at the flamingo and Carlos, head of management and guest relations refused to address it and rolled his eyes like its normal.

Review updated. If only we could have received an apology for our poor treatment during our nightmare. Imagine an aging dog needing four walks a day and not having been told before moving in that all but a small part of the dog walking areas would be closed with no end date set. And then, demanding we buy our way out. Yes, we are re-settled and learned a valuable lesson.

I'm begging you all please run .There is a roach infestation in south tower and its baddddd. Please dont waste your money bat the roach motel aka the flamingo.

Lived here for 3 years, the staff was terrible. Kept making up noise complaints and sending people to tell me to quiet down even when I was SLEEPING! Then they kicked an entire FLOORS of people to remodel without much notice... Stole my deposit and then tried to come after me for more money and when I refused to pay the $300 of bogus smoking fees (I never smoked in my life) they sent me to collections. Things were always broken as well. Moved here as it was a good budget option and now they're a "luxury building", yeah right.

This place is really messing with my health, I'm soooo depressed being here through this construction, CANNOT WAIT to LEAVE! I literally hate coming home at night to this place and my balcony view is of the courtyard (the construction site). The amount of dirt and dust is gross and is making my allergies insane. PS: there is a new security girl (been here about 2 months) at the south tower that asks me everyday if I'm a resident... like enough ... CLEARLY and UNFORTUNATELY I'm a resident! GET BETTER, FRIENDLY AND BRIGHTER SECURITY! DO BETTER JOB KEEPING THIS CONSTRUCTION SITE CLEAN! VACUUM THE GROSS HALLWAYS!

A lot of noise level in that place, nobody can protest... the noise starts at 8:00AM; Even after 10:00 PM it is usual to continue hearing noises from companies working at any time. The garbage problem is serious and pet feces scattered everywhere...

I lived at The Flamingo North tower for 6 years in 2 different apartments and this place declines every year. If your neighbors smoke guess what YOU now have ****free dangerous second hand smoke ****pouring into your apartment. Facilities and management can do nothing to prevent it even though they state this is a nonsmoking environment. The nonsmoking policy is not enforced anywhere on the premises. If your neighbors have a smelly dog or pet, guess what?...You also will have the privilege of sharing those disgusting unpleasant odors. The Flamingo has to keep a security guard in the management office to deal with irate customers; this how often it happens. I have witnessed tenants screaming at management in disgust of their habits. The Flamingo's management office has a reputation of being incompetent and rude throughout the south beach area. The Flamingo will try to steal your security deposit. They claimed I left the apartment in an unclean state and could provide photos. They never provided the photos because they knew it was left in a cleaner state than when I moved in. Luckily I had emails that I had sent to management and pictures of the apartment in terrible condition before I moved in. They reversed their position and had to send me the deposit. I strongly suggest you document (with photos and email) ANY imperfections or they will try to steal your deposit.Be prepared to be nickel and dimed for everything. You will be billed monthly for Water, Sewer, Trash Service, energy to heat the hot water, pest control, and an unexplained and mysterious service fee. in addition, AND the most aggravating thing is that they charge you monthly fee to bill you (a Bill fee)!!!!! Don't even try to pay in person because that's a higher fee too!!! (((Forehead slap))) Additionally you are required to purchase renters insurance.They charge 170.00 including tax for parking where other buildings have free valet or charge a lot less. The Flamingo parking garage is littered with crumbling concrete bumpers. My girlfriend stepped on one and injured her ankle because they are no longer at the end of the parking spaces. I destroyed a 300 dollar pair of shoes because of the rebar sticking out of a crumbling parking bumper.The Flamingo also charges everyone 20.00 dollars for air conditioning that barely cools the hallways and common areas. You can imagine how aggravating this is when it's 90+ degrees outside.Ever since the air handlers were replaced a few years ago the air conditioning in my apartment barely maintains a cool temperature. You have to keep the air conditioning on high for 24 hours just to maintain a semi cool state. Facilities said there is no fix. They recommended I get a fan. This occurred in both apartments.For the exorbitant amount they charge in rent nothing is reinvested into the community to improve it. The rugs in the hallways have NOT been replaced in 10 plus years and are stained with dog feces and urine, vomit, and god knows what else. I cringe when I see children playing in the hallways on their hands or with bare feet. The rugs are not even vacuumed anymore. They spot clean it with a dust pan and brush. If you haven't guessed it, this is NOT a child friendly environment.They will raise your rent 12% or more a year citing that they are at 97% capacity and "that's the market rate". One year they tried to raise my rent 500.00 dollars.The hot tub has a buzzer the goes off all times of the day and it's so loud it will wake you from a sound sleep. When people sneak in the hot tube at 6am in the morning and set it off you can imagine how annoying it can be.One or 2 of the elevators are constantly broken.The walls in each apartment are thin so if you can't handle noise this is not the ideal environment for you.The court yard and entrance area smells of dog feces especially on hot rainy days.The photos they post on yelp of the lobby are not at all what it looks like.The apartments are subleased out to tourist on weekly bases even though it's prohibited as stated in your lease. I know people would make a living off subleasing many of the apartments.The only positives about The Flamingo are that if you are bay facing the views are amazing, facilities is always fast to respond if they can fix a issue, and the location. To Bryan Kebrdle: Please visit this facility and retrain your staff with proper customer service skills. It's a shame they have let this property go. It could have been a real gem.

I want to share my experience of living in Flamingo South Beach. My husband and I came to live in mid-March, an apartment on the 28 floors of the central tower. Very nice view and normal repair of the apartment. The contract was signed for 15 months. After 4 months, the horror began. Repair of apartments from all sides, exceeding all noise standards. It was hell. They worked so noisily that there was no way to call on the phone and talk as I could not be heard. It lasted three months. When the 8th month of our stay in this building came, we received a call from the office and were told in a very rude form that we were being evicted and the reason was to repair the apartment. Repairs that we didn't ask for and we don't need. We live legally by signing a counter. They decided to make repairs and raise the price of the apartment 2 times higher. And this is all the mayhem going on in difficult times in a pandemic. They didn't tell us anything about it in March. We paid a lot of money to come here, paid a fee for two dogs of $ 1000, paid an entrance fee and so on. Now we have to look for new housing and spend money again. I was faced with the rudest attitude towards my family. The most rude and not professional employees work in the office. Everyone who continues to live here I want to say that you can sign a contract for any period, but they can kick you out absolutely at any time. To anyone who wants to move in here for prices from $4000 and above in modestly renovated apartments, I want to say that it's not worth it. Constant noise, repairs, dog urine stinks all over the courtyard, hot water is turned off in the evening without warning, a cold pool, although it should be heated with water and a very rude office of employees. And don't answer in the comments that you can't find me in your database of tenants. We are not fools, we understand that you have nothing to answer all our claims. It is a pity to face such an attitude towards their tenants.

The menagment doesnt care about the people. just about their money

I live with my two small kids in the flamingo. We are a nice quiet family the definition of a great tenant. As a single Mother - I work hard to give my kids a nice life which means most nights I come home exhausted. We moved into this building thinking it had amazing amenities and families all around. Instead we have a convicted criminal for a neighbor (charged with stolen cars, plates, riffles) who parties with loud EDM music every night of the week until 7am. I haven't been able to use one of my bedrooms at night because the security here doesn't care to help. They said they will evict him but it's been months and months and nothing. The worst part is I cannot even have friend over during the day when the criminal is finally asleep because my entire apartment smells like smoke and drugs - my clothing and all my stuff in my closet smells like weed. It's embarrassing. They are jacking up the rent every year and then you don't even have a quiet place to rest your head at night, you don't even have good air quality. SAVE YOURSELF - run. Do not ever rent here. No one in the property management cares for your basic human rights.

Rented a vacation apartment it was disgusting from the bad smell, very poor quality and in the complex everyone had a dog, they all took them outside to the little lawn for the bathroom it smelled so bad. the swimming pool was not clean and kept up. would never recommend it!

WARNING!!!! Don't valet your car here!!!! As a guest for the past two weeks, I find it unbelievable that I paid $200 only for my car to get parked outside. When I confronted them about it, their nonchalant response was that the garage was full. Huh? This place has been under construction for over a year! The entire North tower is empty! So please explain to me how there is no indoor parking when half of the residents have moved out. Not only that, but my car has two scratches on the door (which I intend to report). It's a Mercedes, not a Honda. I work hard to have nice things and I like to keep them that way. It's a shame the people who work here have absolutely ZERO respect and take ZERO accountability for their actions.The drug overdose deaths and suicides that happened here makes this place render with negative energy. I'm surprised there hasn't been a documentary or Netflix series made from all the drama of this place.I lived in the North tower about 8 years ago, nothing has changed. Management still sucks, the apartments still look cheaper than anything from Ikea, mold is still an issue, I could go on and on. In all actuality, this place should just be condemned.?

The employees act like prison guards they give you the worst greet you can ever get , the female employees give u the worst dirty looks and yelled at you , maybe because they can't afford to live in this place I don't know how they even get hired here , I pay their paycheck!! But act like I'm an intruder , I work too hard to come to this unwanted atmosphere , this place needs to re-evaluate their hiring of front gate employees and main entrance staff .

m just writing this because i really wish i had checked those reviews before signing this fukin contract, for sure i wouldn't have fell on this trapschemebe carefful before moving here , worst experience ever !!!!from 1 to 10 the experience im having is below zero.the living room window fell for the second time(the same window i requested repair in the first day i moved-in , i' ve submitted a request and a call 2 days ago since the window fell again but thistime with no reply at all), broken laundry/dryer, broken elevator, brokenmicrowave and illegaly charging me for electricity altough i have been payingfpl since august 1.worst experience ever.and much much more(dog's shit everywhere, no security at all, swat team/police in and out one day i had to sleep in a hotel since they said that because of investigations nobody could get in or out.)....... and no one cares, very sad i really dislike this condominium and will look to move out as soon as possible. avoid this pain in your life.if anybody is concerned with this please reach me at 786-262-9653!i hope no other human being has to pass trough this kind of experience very stressfull. ;(

I currently reside in north tower since March 11th, 2016. For almost a month a half I have had severe troubles with the flooring due to a washing machine malfunction which led to a severe flood. Because of this situation, the kitchen is not usable which has become a big inconvenience. The kitchen floor is saturated with water and humidity. I've made many appointments to fix the problem. Only after 10 days from the first appointment floor got fixed but the washer wasn't fixed even if I asked to fix it. After that the same problem happened again but worse: the floor is now expanded, sticky and smells very bad. the washer was fixed, but nobody wants to fix the floor. Water is still on the floor, it can cause mold.

This is an absolutely horrible place to rent; they're friendly when you move it but that is the last time you'll see that. They recently had to remove the outside balconies on our part of the South Tower as they were condemned by the City of Miami; they have been jackhammering now for 6-7 hrs a day now for two months with possible four months to go. The noise is insufferable. They don't care if you work out of your home; there is no way to get out of their 20 page lease contract (their lawyers have made sure of that). The walls are PAPER THIN; you can hear the neighbors conversations (and every other sound) as though they are in your apt with you. It's a lot of money for crap. Seriously, DO NOT RENT AT THE FLAMINGO...you will definitely regret it.

Don't do it. It's all beautiful and fancy, all dandy so you will sign a contract. It's nice outside but once you move in you will have construction noise beginning 7:30am. Simple! Ask any of your unit neighbors before making a decision! We signed for 3 years(way more affordable), and now are forced to move out early for their own profit as they're remodeling. Parking and gym IS EXPENSIVE and a RIP-OFF. We were also promised one unit and after packing everything they had to move us somewhere else. Please don't sign in a rush! I wish I read reviews before moving in, would've been more careful.

Worst management ever! Never consider this place! Merci (or whatever her name is) is the worst employee and extremely unhelpful. If I could give 0 stars I would!!!!!!!

I have been with my family for almost 4 years. In this last renovation they threw everything at us, the increase in rent ($1,300) is too much, with the increase in rent the price reaches $3,700 plus the services will be around $4,000, very expensive for our budget. We sent an email asking for a reduction and they told us to take it or leave, that it is the market offer that prevails, they are very considerate.

Lying leasing agents. Make sure you have everything in written and that you read thru every letter they type in the contract! Our leasing agent Gabriel told us our community fees are gonna be 25-35$ and they ended up being over 120$. Other than that, he failed to mention there is a redevelopment plan for the year we are leasing and instead he told us that all the work currently being done will be finished in April (which is a month after our move in date) and that turned out to be a big lie! DO NOT TRUST AIMCO or agent Gabriel. Dog pee and poop everywhere, even in the hallways of the building. Very old AC unit, can't regulate temperature on it's own. Parking garage is expensive for what they offer, very tight lots and no security, so the other day kids were skateboarding through the floors, and u can see that they don't control it at all cause some cars take 2 lots and get away with it. Management is not very polite. But the location is great and the approval process is very quick.

The worst... this building is not even close to what it used to be 8 years ago... ran by an incompetent, lazy, rude and corrupted management. They are never there, they don't reply or take calls. The application process is a joke, anyone can rent here, regardless of background, age, this place has become the dump of south beach... they charge for everything they can, the bait and switch everyone on the renewals... i hope AIMCO losses this building and they fire all the management, otherwise, this place will be gone, if not already is.

The management there is horrible, super rude, very incompetent, instead of trying to fix your problem they make it worst and to top it off they only look for a way to get more money out of you; THIEVES!!!

I have been a resident at flamingo for about 7 months now, while the property is beautiful and has great amenities I feel like I have been discriminated against on more than one occasion. I am from NY and that's where i conduct business so im hardly ever in my apt in flamingo. This weekend i flew down to celebrate my birthday and a brought a few friends with me. I had the cops called on me because i was playing music from a portable speaker in MY apt. NO it wasnt loud and obnoxious but yet security came not knocking but banging on my door not once but 3 times one time the music wasn't even playing we were talking and they said they were complaining. I had to ask security did you come up here to tell me shut up. He said no I said because there's no music playing and haven't been for a while. He just was stuck. Today me and my guest were trying to go to the pool and couldn't get in because they said only 2 guest per resident which is something new to me because EVERY TIME I went to the pool i have seen residents with way more than 2 guest on many occasions but because i'm a young black female i get the hard time smh. There was times when i was walking in the building where 10 ppl walked in before me and i was the only one who was asked for a resort pass smh. Granted there's not many black professionals that live in flamingo but I am one and i feel like i am always getting singled out because of it. They say carry your resort pass at all times and i still have problems like i rented air bnb smh. I'm tired of the discriminatory acts and im ready to just move out because im embarrassed and also pissed off that i dont feel equal to everybody else that pay rent just like i do!!!!! i wish it was a way to get out my lease i because i am over Flamingo with their discrimination. i know im never their so my face my not be recognizable but i doubt these security know every single resident that lives in this large apt complex like really

I should have written this back when we stayed in the South Tower for two months, in summer 2010, but better late than never.The location is good, and the pools are great.But we really got screwed by the management company. I've never had such a terrible experience in all my years of short-term vacation apartment rentals. (And this included an apartment we leased without being told that one floor below, they were using jackhammers all day to build a restaurant.)Our lease specified a washer-dryer in the unit. On arrival, we discovered the machine was broken.When I brought this to management's attention, they said there had been an error in writing the lease: that it should not have included a washer-dryer.My response: That may be the case, but you signed the lease and we paid our rent in advance.Their response (I kid you not): If you don't like it, you can move out and we'll find someone else to take it.Now, mind you, we'd traveled 3,000 miles to spend time in this apartment, and had nowhere else to go except back home. We were stuck.I asked the management office to at least reimburse us for the cost of using the coin-operated machines down the hall. They refused!Then, adding insult to injury, they deducted $100 from our security deposit for a lamp that was already broken when we moved in.

DO NOT MOVE HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Management (AIR Communities, a subsidiary of AIMCO) repeatedly screwed me over, and my complaints fell on deaf, uncaring ears. It was and continues to be maddening. Here's my story, in a nutshell: I leased a renovated studio apartment with a large balcony in the Central tower (for about $3,200/month) in July of 2023. I was excited to move in, but pretty soon there were ugly ropes hanging down in front of my balcony and workers peering inside my unit periodically every day while chatting and playing loud Spanish music. This went on until shortly before New Year's Eve and, despite constant construction noise from across the street (which woke me up every day), things went back to normal for a while. I was willing to overlook the everyday annoyances and focus on the positive. Then about 3 or 4 months ago, the workers outside my balcony returned and this time, besides invading my privacy, they destroyed valuable personal property on the balcony and left everything else filthy. (When I brought this to the attention of Luisa in the front office, the first thing she asked was "Why didn't you bring all of the furniture on your large balcony into your small studio apartment for 3 or 4 months?" What a stupid question.) Meanwhile, management started "renovating" apartments to my immediate left, then right, and then above me, causing extremely loud banging, drilling and other noises all day, every day except Sunday. As someone who works from home, it was has been incredibly annoying and unpleasant, to say the least. When I raised the issue with management reps in the building, all they did was shrug their shoulders and say, in essence, "at least your lease is up soon." I finally moved out on Memorial Day, but not before one final management screwup. I had reserved the main freight elevator for 3 hours but, when my movers showed up, it was out of order. No one notified me in advance and, to make matters worse, an incompetent "security" guy working that day gave the alternate (smaller) freight elevator to someone else. This naturally turned my move-out into a clown show, which increased its complexity, duration, and cost. We barely made it to my new place in time and were saved by a kind girl who kept their freight elevator open much later than policy allows. And now, as a final insult, Air Communities sends me a bill almost $700 as a deduction from my security deposit, even though I had a $300 credit ---which means their last invoice conveniently would've eaten up my entire $1,000 security deposit -- and left the place in outstanding condition. They told me in advance that there would be a fee of $139 for professional cleaning, which I thought was acceptable, but they piled on a bunch of additional charges so that they could max-out security deposit. They are truly shameless. If this is how you want to be treated, be my guest --- move in. Otherwise, go elsewhere. You'll be glad you did. I certainly am.

DO NOT MOVE HERE AND THE OTHER BUILDING THEY HAVE. The one downtown they will have a construction as well. They are going to build another tower there. they made us move in and made us to do 18 months contract because they had discount since they are doing construction to make the view of the front center tower nice. After 5 months they asked us to move out because inside of building needs to be re build as well. They never told us. The security is trouble everyone just come in even with the finger print you have. . Also people from outside jump from the wall and come inside use the pool. It is always full of kids in pool from outside of the building. Poop dog everywhere. The south tower is always rented to people that are traveling here for short times so there are not really security here. Also the other people above you always throw there garbage in your patio and balcony. There are a lot a people here that smoke all different things and the air condition always smell like smoke

These apartments are not safe. They let people into your home because it has a code and not a key and then they don't tell you why

DO NOT RENT HERE! DO NOT RENT HERE! They dont treat you like human more like another sale they are trying to get.I want to start by saying "Wow" the worst experience I've ever received when it comes to tour an apartment.I was looking for 1/1 in Sobe since my wife works in south beach we decided to move to the beach. Started off with the manager and the leasing consultant, there is over 26 units available within out budget online when we get there the "Manager" "Joe Fischer" said they are only 2 available and straight up told my friend that was looking for a place as well. There isn't any available within her budget but 2 minutes later he had one available he already slammed the sale to begin with and that when I got sketch out. We toured two apartments construction on the building is incredible loud even inside the apartment imagine in the balcony. We come back to the office the "MANAGER" "JOE FISCHER" said we had two rent 2/2 since we have a kid thats 4 year old we can't share rooms! It's ridiculous we toured over 5 apartments building around south beach never told us "such rule" Joe Fischer is a sketchy, aggressive, dishonest behavior from this guy to begin with DO NOT RENT HERE!

Don't get what you pay for. Elevator frequently stuck, hot water issues, no security. Never received a return phone call from management when issues needed addressed

Trash mangement , All the mangement employer are not professional they too loud, rude, disrespectful, i think they treat people the way they treat their family like trash. Not organized, even when you go to the office they dosnt ask you to sit, some answers while their back turn to you. Please dont tell me to email you and i contact 2 Mangers and they never answered my calles, the flamingo employees harassing me they come upstairs without me knowing knocking on my door this has to stop its illegal to do that so you will need to call me and solve this problem because email is not going to help. so far 6 people knock on my door

The want to charge and over charged you for everything!!!... parking $200, AC, Gym, you name it.... They will give you an ok price to move in then jump your rent on renew $400 over... Place is full of roaches, they supposedly exterminate but nothing happens. The units are super old and walls are super thin; forget sleeping if you have a normal life, most tenants are people that spend the night up and by then just talking you can hear it all. The tenants are the worst kind, it has been getting worst by the year. Now, management, they are just plain THIEVES and LIARS. They will lie at your face, plain simple. I lived there for 3 years, and moved out last year when I couldn't take it anymore. Even if at check-out, you return the property perfect, they will lie and tell you they needed to repaint or whatever, they will keep part of your deposit GUARANTEED and lie. I had the inspection guy tell me that a perfectly painted wall by a professional was not properly painted because they did not use "a spray painting machine" and a three years-old carpet (shampooed by a professional company) was not "AS NEW AS WHEN I MOVED IN"; after explaining to management that a carpet is subject to wear-and-tear, they literally reply and repeat without any understanding "WE EXPECT THE CARPET IN THE SAME LOOK AND CONDITION AS WHEN YOU MOVED IN"....Again, this is the place for careless people in vacation that want to drink, drugs, have fun and don't mind getting ripped off. If you are a decent person, this place is not for you!.... I totally hated my experience there the last two years. I am glad I m out...

monday 1/14/19 - 7:55 pmnone of the four elevators are working.i am once again forced to walk 9 floors to my apartment.not worth a single penny, let alone the $1700 dollars i pay per month.

This is probably the worst place we have ever lived in. Since we have moved in, there has been CONSTANT problems. The walls are so thin, there are ALWAYS, ALWAYS construction going on. The drilling noises can go on from noon to 5pm. I work from home most of the time and this is such a pain to deal with emotionally. I've been living here for 6 months and can already tell how cheap the whole construction of this architecture is.On top of that, since we have moved in there has been constant "maintenance" request and check ups. Which means random maintenance workers with a key can go up to your apartment without you being there. NO PRIVACY here, expect to walk in to your apartment with a stranger there..checking on your things from time to time.Definitely not a smoke free environment, we find cigarette butts on our balcony, empty cigarette boxes. People are disrespectful and trashy. Read other comments...if you are into partying..this is definitely your scene. If you are proper and are looking for a place that respects your privacy, handle tenant issues thoroughly THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU.However I do want to add that management has been very responsive to all the issues. But somehow problems are not always resolved thoroughly which can be very frustrating.

Scam. lied about available listing - and the poor agent clearly known they had lied, as when we asked them why they wasted our time, she looked at us dead eyed, and could say nothing - as she had been through this routine many times before and knew it was a waste.

There is no jacuzzi and the pool closes at SIX PM. Unacceptable. Claims to close at 7:30pm in the summer; however, that's still not late enough. For a building like this and rent this high the EARLIEST it should close is 11:00pm but really we're all adults here and it should be 24 hours. Yes, it does smell like dog pee everywhere; however, the dogs are so cute you don't end up caring. Aside from that, it's gonna vary unit to unit.

My bicycle just got stolen INSIDE the parking lot of the Flamingo, and the security just said that he couldn't do nothing, just call the police. If you want to be in DANGER, get KILLED or ROBBED, and see with DRUGS all over the place, go to the flamingo. The people smoke so much MARIJUANA, that the hall corridor of my floor are just full of smoke, and my daughter start to have breathing problems Just to remember, this is the most dangerous place in Miami, people got sttabed and killed all the time.. The management people are most RUDE person EVER, they deal with you like CRAP, always with bad humor, aggressive voice and behavior, and the person on the leasing office lie about the place. Get out of this place

I've been here for three years. Every years getting worse and worse. First of all YOU ARE NOT SAFE IN THIS PLACE!!! Almost every other month there is a shooting. Second of all the management is horrible. .They raise your rent every time you renew your lease(once a year).Is not clean,also always one of the elevators is always broken. Just stay away from this place. It looks amazing but actually is horrible

I lived at Flamingo for 5 years only because my schedule is hectic and I travel constantly so, never had time to find a new place, pack, move, etc. It the worst experience of my life. Let's start with the management (they hired and fired 3 different management co.'s while I was there, each one worse than the last). They were hostile,dismissive, liars, and, worst of all, thieves - I was overbilled for some $70 whatever made-up fee, which I paid. Then they sent a second notice. Went to management, told them I wasn't paying this extra bill. This woman shrilly said "Fine, don't pay it, you're evicted!", crumpled up my paperwork and threw it in the garbage. I insisted she look at her computer records, which she reluctantly did and then she said "Oh, you already paid that.", fished my papers out of the garbage, and went back to sitting idly. No apology. Nothing. A guard hovering over me ready to strike. My A/C unit in the closet sprung a massive leak, not once, not twice, but 5 TIMES destroying thousands of dollars worth of clothing and belongings which of course they take no responsibility for. Went to the office, asked why they couldn't fix it for good, showed them pictures of my damaged items. A guard came over and violently shoved me against the wall. I just looked at him and said "You're now guilty of assault and battery." His tune changed as I left. "Sir, sir, where are you going?" "To call the police.", I replied. They were at my apartment in 5 minutes, clean up crew, a cop, and an idiot stooge with a perma-grin trying to keep me from filing charges, suing Flamingo, the management company, and AIMCO. When I finally got out of that pit, they added the biggest insult of all. They took $18,000.00 out of my bank account the last month I was there. I went to the manager of Chase Bank who called and inquired about the matter. The first words out of the woman's mouth were "I didn't do it!" BS. Once, when I went on vacation, I came home and realized things weren't quite right. My drawers had been gone through, items were missing. The door had been locked, meaning it was done by someone with a pass key. This is a just a few incidents. The place is dangerous, falling apart, smelly, and unfit for anyone who wants to live a peaceful life. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

I moved in on December 1st, after renting the apartment online from Los Angeles... huge mistake. My unit is on the 6th floor facing the security gate. It's like living in a war zone. Nightly, people scream, fight and blow horns until (3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.). Other than being rude, I'm not certain what security does at the Flamingo, nor am I certain anyone knows who lives there. Regardless of what management may say, a majority of the units are rented on Craigslist or Airbnb type websites, so lost, non-Engish speaking tourists are rolling suitcases everywhere. As I've stated I've only been in the apartment 30 days and the experience has been horrible. I asked to be relocated to a vacant unit away from chaos I witness every day and was told it would cost $8,000 to transfer (3 months rent and a transfer fee!! ) Again, realize I have never turned on an appliance in the apartment, nor have I unpacked so no damages have occurred. There is no justifiable reason for management to assess such a ridiculous amount of money. Especially to someone who would be a long-term resident. What you're reading about the Flamingo is pretty accurate. The drugs, police and "escorts" are verifiable. My suggestions to anyone considering leasing at the Flamingo is offered through experience... 1. Do not rent online 2. Visit the property at night and note the noise and hoards of people 3. Management will not assist you if there is an issue 4. There are alternatives to the Flamingo in the neighborhood that are safer and cheaper. message me on Facebook and I'll let you know about my experience and whether or not management allows me to transfer to an apartment in a quieter location without being extorted out of $1,000s !!

This place went down the drain.Two good things still remain- the view of the bay and the pool areasBut in all honesty,The Flamingo is more suitable for the occasional rowdy pool party, not residency or temporary vacationing.There were at least two break-ins during the one month I stayed there, and there were beer cans sitting in the elevator on numerous morning occasions.For the pretty penny you pay to stay here, you would expect at least better-looking apartments and more respectful neighbors.

The worst alarm system ever..it goes on and off anytime of day or night it can last hours buzzing in the house you cant sleep or if you sleep you ll jump out of the bed for no reason it happends so often that no one believes that is for real and if some time will be for real no one will go off the apts and that is becouse it happends all the time

Waisted 2 years in this building !!! Horrible !!!! They always keep your deposit !! Pfff yes the pool is nice but the carpet gets dirty really fast and the kitchen is so old the bathroom is so small !

Thousands have to move out. Literally the rudest, management staff who takes joy out of making the residence feel dumb. The courtyard was closed for about 5 months and completely gutted for "renovations" inconveniencing all three buildings. Now I know they were JUST MAKING SPACE TO TEAR DOWN NORTH TOWER!!!! they knew about this for months and months. But still let people move in as of weeks ago. They will take a hit of angry people and lack of revenue for years and try to come back rebranded. They don't care about the lives they have affected.

Run as far away as possible from this trashy racket.Hidden fees galore, charging fees for an appliance that broke 2 weeks into moving in at no fault of my own, and took a MONTH to replace, your security deposit will be more of a fee you'll never get back regardless of the condition of your unit, security is rude and disrespectful, staff has no idea what the hell their own rules are, and good luck getting anyone on the phone if you have any issues.the community attracts the riffraff of the world, don't let them fool you into thinking the center tower is any nicer, it might look it but it's the same quality as the other 2 buildings which are only a level up from hostels but just as dirty, rats and dog crap everywhere is a regular sight. You like sleep? Say goodbye to that too, with people fighting on balconies and on occasion trying to push each other off of them at freaking 4 am.Smoke free you say? Nope I can smell the smoke seeping into my apt, the fire alarms go off almost every day because someone is hotboxing their apt it's at a point where no one takes it seriously, should there be an actual fire and someone gets injuried aimco has a liability lawsuit on their hands.Oh also you can't receive packages unless you pay a monthly subscription for a lockbox.Aimco don't bother replying to this (not like you would have done anything in the first place) i already handed my notice to break my lease and even though it seems like it's going to cost me a fortune, i will happily pay it to get out of this massive motel, but i will make sure the building's reputation is accurate to any respective tenants.

This building has always been under construction. They will never stop working on in, and the tenants will never stop suffering. If you live here, expect to hear jackhammers, banging, saws, and every other type of machinery running all day, every day. It's impossible to work from home, get on a video meeting, or even take a phone call. They start bright and early, so expect to get woken up by the sound of construction every morning. And if there's ever a break in the construction noise, they will fill that with a fire alarm test. Many of the amenities we pay for are frequently shut down due to repairs or another redevelopment project. Your balcony will be covered in dust from the construction, and you will frequently be walking though common areas that are a mess and under construction. The past few years have been especially bad here and there is no end in sight. People used to put up with all this headache because rents here were very reasonable, but now they are charging top dollar and tenants shouldn't have to endure all this torture for what we pay now.

It appears that management and security here are completely losing control to the hoodlums and vandals who are being allowed into this community. Tonight I observed that in addition to 1) no security guard on duty, 2) a broken elevator in the Center Tower, there are now smashed air conditioning vents on the common 3rd floor landing (the same area where the recent murder occurred) AND, there are no fewer than THREE emergency exit signs that have been completely destroyed, hanging by wires or on the floor. I believe that not having emergency lighting that works is a violation of the fire code, so I have taken photos and will be reporting this to the city safety authorities. I am truly fearing for my personal safety in this place.

Worst place I have ever lived. The management office treats you with no respect and gives you no assistance. Some tenants in the north tower were given an eviction notice without any foresight or heads up because they are going to be renovating, us included. In the mean time, they have for some reason listed that we are already out of our unit, when we aren't moving out until next month on the date the flamingo gave us for move out. Because they continually ignore this critical error, we haven't been able to pay our rent like we normally do, and had to pay in person at the office. We are not receiving packages or deliveries because security is telling couriers that our unit is unoccupied. We are losing money on lost items thanks to the flamingo. And lastly, today a prospective tenant was given a key by the leasing office and tried to come in to my apartment to view it, without any notification or approval from us. This is unsafe and now I live in a horrible place where I am constantly worried about my safety. Aimco is a useless company who despite multiple requests and communications with the Flamingo management office cannot update their own clerical error that we are (sadly) still here. I worry about my safety and the safety of my items and hope that someone, ANYONE at Aimco or the flamingo can help us figure this out and give us the respect any normal human being deserves. It feels like we are being kicked when we are down, having been evicted for no cause other than the flamingo wanting to make more money.This is only the beginning of my gripes about living here. But we are desperate to get someone to help us right now.

I lived at flamingo for around 5 years and every year gets worst. I'm moving out by the end of the year. No more volleyball courts. Basketball court hasn't been fix for about 3 years. It's like they dont want people doing sports in the community. New unfriendly stuff members at front desk and gate almost everyday that dont know the residents . Way too overprice and people doing drugs everywhere.

Don't live here. Just moved to Miami and thought that the location and views were ideal. Dont be tricked! The North tower doesn't have heat!!!!! I've went the past 3 days that were extremely cold without heat in my apartment. Not only that, but the wiring in the walls of my apartment for internet are out of date so I receive 1/4th of the speed of internet than I pay for because of my building. They tell you a price you will pay every month, but it's at least $200 more than what the original quote is. The ceiling leaks in the lobby every time it rains. The fingerprint system breaks a lot. The gates to enter the building via car always break down. The leasing agent never told me the gym wasn't included in my rent and now I found out its $60 per month and $25 annual fee. They charge you a one time fee of $50 to receive packages through the mailroom. I've heard rumors that they keep your move on deposit. If you live on a floor that you have to use the move in elevator, they charge you $500. When I moved in, they told me I couldn't park in front of the building (even for a bit) so I had to unpack everything and move it using a hotel luggage rack and the first floor has no elevator so I had to carry everything up 2 flights of stairs. I've had nothing but problems since moving in. WORST RENTAL EXPERIENCE.

Lying leasing agents. Make sure you have everything in written and that you read thru every letter they type in the contract! Our leasing agent Gabriel told us our community fees are gonna be 25-35$ and they ended up being over 120$. Other than that, he failed to mention there is a redevelopment plan for the year we are leasing and instead he told us that all the work currently being done will be finished in April (which is a month after our move in date) and that turned out to be a big lie! DO NOT TRUST AIMCO or agent Gabriel.

Parcel Pending lockers move , not yet working Attempted to ask lobby security 2 girls totally ignored me they would not stop with their personal conversation Same Security girl would not pay attention to a Question. She was on a Personel phone call A couple of days prior It amazes me you could be so poor at your job. So Rude

I lived in flamingo townhome I was a victim of rascism With the security who they ended up firing my items were damaged and I was told there insurance Great Lakes was going to pay for it and they never did the unit had black mold in the wall it flooded with feces from someone else's unit and ruined my items and they never paid and said they were didn't give me my security deposit back and said they were and messed up my credit when they volunteered for me to leave because of the issues and has this on my credit when I say this is the worse place I ever lived and rent is super high

A shame. 3 months ago they are remodeling the main entrance. the workers do not seem to work. They removed palm trees and have everything closed.

DO NOT move into the Flamingo!! They AIMCO management are a bunch of thieves. As a military reserve service member, I was called to active duty to deploy to Afghanistan. My orders where given to me with less than a 30 day notice. The AIMCO staff said that since I was a service member, it was ok that I did not give them a 30 day notice. We agreed that I move on the 30th of the month and not be charged 6 days of pro-rated rent from jan 1-6. Once I left the state, they went into my checking account and charged me 400 of rent when I moved out the 30th!! They went back to the "oh, sicne you didnt give a 30 day notice we had to do that". The sneaky bastards waited till i was out of the state to take my money, knowing I couldnt go back to fight it. They they took 700 dollars from my 1000 deposit for a BUCNH OF B.S.! DO NOT MOVE THERE THEY ARE THIEVES!! THE BUILDING IS FULL OF LOW LIFES AND ITS FULL OF DOG CRAP IN AND OUT OF THE ELEVATORS.

Horrible apartment complex. On top of your rent be be prepared to pay 400-500 extra on random trash, facilities, blah blah feed. Dogs are $100 per month each and the gym is about $100 a month. Saying this place is bottom of the barrel is an understatement. Also, security is zero. Anybody can walk in right to you front door. The staff barely can speak English if any. The restaurants near by are tourist traps. The pool is always overcrowded. Mosquitos in the common areas in swarms. Thank you my lease is up soon. Also there are pimps working their women. And gangsters asking if you'd like to buy drugs usually in Thursdays through the weekend. It's wild the management allows this. We saw bad reviews and should've actually follow them as they are all tru

Very bad management, never got my deposit back after trying to contact them for few months. they steal my money for no reason

Roaches, drug addicts and constant noise from construction work. Flamingo in a nutshell - avoid.

Its is just a bad experience that is not worth your peace and it is time consuming... careless administration, an aggressive worker in the locker room that nobody in the administration take care of, lack of support at the gym also careless and impolite sometimes (is not included with the lease), additional fees are no disclosed when you start the lease... lost packages all the time and the administration does not care... this building is like when you find a fruit that looks good on the outside and it is rotten inside and leave you with that taste!

Made an appointment with the leasing office to view a specific apartment. Leasing agent made me wait 20 minutes and said nothing when she finally showed up. I told her which unit I wanted to see and she started telling me about others. When I insisted I see the unit I requested she said by the way the unit is renting for $4,200. It was listed on their site for $3,050. I asked about the price online and she goes oh yeah they're all wrong. So be warned that their listing prices are way off

The rent was $2750 when in fact i consistently was paying $3300-$3400 every month for some additional charges, they also came up with some silly reason not to return my deposit