Flamingo South Beach

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!!!

Let me save you the trouble - don't live here. From rude and unhelpful staff, to constant maintenance problems, to dog shit outside your bedroom door, to fire alarms going off twice a week.... it would be in your best interest to find another place to live. South beach is a great experience but NOT for the price you pay here. They don't even deserve the 1 star rating. But don't just take my word for it, ask any current resident and they would say the same.

I am compelled to leave a 1-star review for Flamingo South Beach Apartments due to an unjust experience that has led me to deal with collections. I applied for residency and paid a $300 application fee and a $1500 refundable holding fee. Despite being assured that this holding fee would be returned if my lease was not finalized, Flamingo South Beach denied my application due and failed to refund the $1500 holding fee. Multiple attempts to resolve this issue were ignored, leaving me no choice but to dispute a wrongful debt of $1581.04. This ordeal underscores the lack of integrity and responsiveness from Flamingo South Beach Apartments. Avoid at all costs. Still dealing with collections and this has affected my credit score.

Horrible place to live!!!!! Management and security are clueless. Noisy, dirty, way over-priced for what they actually provide. Do not fall into the trap of seeing their gym and pool and getting wooed....you will regret it

This place may have been nice at some point in time, but not lately. The Flamingo must be in a huge financial crisis to be cutting back the hours of operation for their already skeleton crew. Not acceptable at an Apartment complex of this size.Management: 1 starMaintenance: 1 starSecurity: 1 starA list of problems in a little over a year:* Rats in the ceiling* Air-condition unit flooding 3 times in the closet ruining hundreds of dollars of clothes* So bad an odor coming through the vents they had to put us in a Hotel* Dog feces everywhere inside the building* Fire alarm going off so many times between 2-5am that it was dangerous because everyone ignored it. Fire alarm Tentants with pets here have no respect for the place probably because they are upset with the management. So they let their animals poop and pee in the anywhere they please: main lobby floor, elevators, stairwells, sidewalks, doorways, main halls.Caution: Not the typical move out conditions that your used to. Upon moving out you have to return the apartment to *EXACT move in conditions (not just spotless clean and any nail holes filled, but RE-PAINTING ALL THE WALLS regardless of non use) or you will be charged. Really You Have To Re-Paint All The Walls? YES!! Carpet replacement will likely be charged as well regardless of move in condition of carpet.

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.

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

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

The worst place to live if you have children, and it is very very expensive. Very bad attention to the resident. I've edited my review to respond to Susan. I lived there from 2017 to 2018. The worst experience I have ever had.

A/C goes out every two weeks... if it goes out on a Friday best of luck to all the tenants. Management/HOA/Maintenance is aware of the problem but won't have it corrected until the following week. Buy a dehumidifier because mold will begin growing in your cabinets due to the humid air. Your clothes will get musty and need to be rewashed every time it happens. Queue management's response saying the issue has been fixed because they replaced the chiller and installed new A/C. *Note the issue persists since they've "fixed" this issue and the A/C still goes out* Other issues with the South Tower as well - especially the plumbing in the 24 line. Possible tenants of a unit ending in 24 in the South Tower beware...

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.

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.

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

In 20 years of renting and owning multiple homes, I have never dealt with any management company so incompetent. I was informed that I would get a refund from my application that was denied with a co-applicant in 3 to 5 business days and it never got processed. I've had to make multiple phone calls, emails, text and follow ups to get this processed. I was informed the building would not even allow visitors. Not understanding the reasoning behind any of this, I wanted to save at least one other person the trouble in dealing with such an unprofessional staff.

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.

If you are thinking about moving to Flamingo South Beach.. DONT. Save yourself the time, Money, Headache and disappointment that is 100% guaranteed to come along with living there. Firstly, Security are extremely rude and certainly don't 'Secure' anything. Whilst sat on a chair playing on their phones they have forgotten how to open the gate for residents that may be carrying bags or heavy loads. When my small girlfriend was trying to pass through when the gate was clearly broken they said "Push It Lady" We also had issues with them allowing anyone and everyone to pass through onto the premises that were more than happy to come in our halls, steal our clothes out the dryers, steal our towels from around the pool & kick my front door causing it to crack which the "Maintenance" (A man with clearly no background in repair or social skills) kindly didn't replace and just glued and painted over the large cracks! Not very safe.Secondly, the Elevators. Prepare to have a good leg work out every other day because the stairs will be you're savior when the Elevators break down on a daily basis leaving hundreds of residents using the 1 only working Elevator out of 4. Of course the Flamingo don't rush to fix the problem instead find it easier to place a large flower pot in between the doors.. Real professional.I won't go into detail about neither Pools working for the last few weeks and the constant banging from the "work" they have apparently been doing on them. The fire alarms constantly going off at least once a week that of causes us to stop what we are doing even if that's sleeping to evacuate the building. They charge you for EVERYTHING and don't expect you're deposit back when you finally get the chance to escape.If you are looking to move to South Beach and you want water views with a great location there is so much available! Even check out some of the buildings next to the flamingo such as The Waverly.The Flamingo is a complete mess with no respect or concern for their current residence.Save yourself.

Can you give zero stars? I'm currently stuck in a lease here and I want to rip my hair out. I live in the south tower. The lobby staff are so rude and not helpful at all. The finger print scanner never works and then they don't even open the door for you. I literally just stood outside knocking...I'm sorry banging on the door and the girl in the lobby rolled her eyes at me and acted like she didn't see me. Oh yeah dog shit everywhere too.Don't let the beautiful exterior fool you, stay away. Unless your okay with being stuck outside and never being able to reach anyone in management.

Stay away! Dirty. Scary.

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.

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.

I will also save you the trouble - don't live here. You expect to pay what they tell you but after tons of unfair utility fees + BS fees they make up you pay about $2-350 more monthly. The management doesn't care about you once you sign your lease - they ignore you or think you're bothering them when you have concerns = money hungry.misleading website:there is no On-site Restaurant and Bar (theres something in the South tower but I wouldn't call it a bar - and the north tower pool bar is a joke - seriously looks abandoned)there is no dog parkfitness center (not free by the way) is $160 to sign up and $60/mothe wifi in north tower doesn't work/barely works in common areas - also lack of seating in those areassmart package feature has a fee and you have to sign up for it no matter whatconvenience store is very overpriced and lacks a lot of items - but the employees are greaton-site recycling means you throw all your shit in the trash room and they pick it up eventually smoke-free is barely truethe interiors (north tower): the photos of interiors on the website are not from the north towerthe floors look nice but they're cheap and dent very easilythe walls, ceilings, and floors are all paper thin you can hear your neighbors talking, snoring, etcthe exteriors:the landscaping is great here the only problem is shitty dog owners letting their dogs shit all over the place and then not cleaning up after themwalk-score: 10/10 great location. stores, bars, shopping, lincoln rd all very closeThis place is all smoke and mirrors - don't fall for it.

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 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.

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.

The condominium is nice but the employees don't do anything to help you. If you have something delivery to the package room probably will be lost. They give u a lot of excuse and blame the workers who do the delivery. I never have a problem with any delivery from Amazon and Zara. But at Flamingo they blame Amazon, ups, etc. the package room is a mess. I let them know about my frustration and they recommended to pay a box in a UPS store or send my delivery to another address. So I staying here and can't get a delivery because their logistic doesn't work but they don't do anything to solve the problem. So if u plan to stay in this condominium don't expect help for anyone that works here.

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

The worst experience ever!!! Do not let beautiful outside views trick you. The vents are full of mold. I had problem to breathe and sneeze all the time i was in the apartment. Roaches are everywhere. Super noisy, drunk people. Hidden fees!!! You will never get your deposit back. Make sure you take all pictures before moving out. I will be suing them 100%.

The management don't care about people, ignore problems, make living there stressful. I'm saying that after living there for almost two years. Even after I moved out, I cannot get my deposit back on time because someone in the office made a mistake. Also, I had to experience living without drying machine for more then a month, because it was broken and they were ignoring this problem. I had to send requests multiple times, visit service department.Another thing, if you have a guest staying at your place, you have a limit of 1 week. For paying $2700 rent I couldn't have my parents who came to visit for only 3 weeks. Other buildings allow guests to stay few weeks.Every time an issue accrued, the management tried to ignore problem rather solving it.My neighbor had a problem with a dog living above her and pooping on her balcony. It took her long time to solve the issue as management was ignoring her, making her wait. If you move in there, maybe you would be lucky enough not to face any issue. Then you would enjoy living there. But as soon as a problem occurs and you need a help from the management - thats when it becomes stressful.

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!!!!!!!

Most of the elevators are down, the ones that aren't don't display what floor you're on, the doors to the N building don't open half of the time, and the poorly engineered building creates a wind tunnel when you walk in the main entrance. Terrible

If you are planning to move to flamingo point, think twice- the construction noise is unbearable - everyday including Saturdays!I have lived in the center tower for more than two years now. Management are rarely useful- they are not accessible in case there is an issue. If neighbors are partying hard on a weeknight at 3 am, there is nowhere you can call to complain. There are many days that lobby, elevator and some hallways smell like trash- because there is something wrong with trash chute that they haven't managed to fix it. This is embarrassing specially when you have guests visiting from out of townOn rainy days some elevator roofs have water leakage ( although they were remodeled recently)And as far as security- most of my friends that come to visit me are never stopped at the lobby- they easily get into the building and to my door without getting stopped at the lobby- that means anyone can get to your door- I cannot wait until my lease ends and i can move out of flamingo center tower. Conclusion: if you are planning to move into Flamingo point- think twice

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.

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.

I moved to Flamingo on January 16th. Let me begin with the sales agent. The sales agent for some reason never showed me my "assigned" parking before moving. It was explained that it was just the garage "next" to the building with "easy" access to it. The sales representative took advantage of the fact that I was a little stressed about finding a new home. He guaranteed that the promotion they had in place of "one month rent free" was going to end that same month i was moving in. Turns out that it is March and the promotion is still in place. The sales agent knew I did not need the apartment until the following month. I was not allowed to "hold it". Furthermore, i was told that the rent for the apartment was $1400 when i get the first bill it is almost $1600 - $200 difference. Why? they charge for trash,electricity (separate from FPL),parking,pest control,gas.... basically, for breathing. This was NOT explained when I signed the contract. Parking is in another building. I have to take 2 elevators just to get to my parking. Please keep in mind that I am handicapped and this is a HUGE inconvenience for me, I complained... nothing was resolved. Handicapped spaces are always in use and one car will park in between 2 spaces. First floor handicaps are always available but i was told they were only for visitors and not residents.... ODD????Washer and Dryer - do not even count on washer and dryer. It does not wash/dry AT ALL. Basically, there's nothing the association will do. Lawn care - Lawn looks beautiful but DO NOT walk your dog around the building. My dog has gotten fleas 5 times already. my dog is 6 years old and has never gotten fleas in her life. It is a disaster. Noice - The building is old, expect to hear your neighbor get home and even take a shower. It is extremely annoying when they decide to play music at 3 am on a weekday and you have to work the next day at 7 am. Security guards - They are just there for decoration. They dont even know where the pool is located. The parking gate for north tower is always open and the security is just on her phone. Ive passed through it without my access card like nothing. The security guard in the main entrance DOES not call your home when you have a visitor. I only have my family over and people barely know where I live now but in the past ive had stalkers go to my house (different building) this is a big inconvenience for me. It is not SAFE. Conclusion, if you dont want to live in a college dorm do not move here. I feel lied to and the association does not care.

They charge for everything, I'm paying $400 more than I suppose to pay with all extra monthly charges they add. I have to pay $80 monthly for the common areas AC! Bugs everywhere in my apartment. Poo and pee all hallways and corridors. Can you imagine the smell? I moved 6 months ago, there were works everywhere but same status as when I moved. Now they send a letter saying they have to vacant all north tower and I have to move in one month. Terrible place to live for a considerable monthly rent.

After the Money Grab Breaking my New Lease. Having me move , at a cost of $4000 plus . The Flaming Management returned My Security Deposits. It was instantaneous paid to them the Day I moved in Took 6 weeks to get back. The $1000 moving allowance I never received. I would not want to be in upper management if the Government gets involved

Worst place to live! Check before moving in that they are not going to start remodeling the apartments near yours because you won't enjoy your apt and you will pay a really expensive rent! Very disappointed of flamingo

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 !

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.

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

* DO NOT LIVE HERE* I wish that my only complaint about this place was the party atmosphere.The fees are way too high for the mediocre amenities. The gym is nice but it is NOT included in your rent - it is an additional $50 a month. The only thing this place has to its advantage is the location. However, once they lock you in to a long-term lease in a decent apartment, you will rarely (if ever) hear from management again. Maintenance requests take an average of 3 weeks to a month to be filled, and this is after repeated phone calls, trips to the leasing office, and strongly worded emails. Our own apartment had to be fumigated three times in the first month we moved in - which of course meant having to move furniture, throw away all food that wasn't sealed and vacating the apartment for days at a time. The problem was only solved after multiple calls to the Aimco office (owners of the property itself) DO NOT LIVE HERE. The fact that the video shown in the leasing office appears to have been filmed in 1999 should have given me an indication that is outdated and uncared for. The management staff is rude and have no concept of customer service. It's no wonder they push so hard to get people to move in with long-term leases, I'm sure the retention rate for this place is awful. I am simply counting down the months until my lease is over. Again, DO NOT LIVE HERE!!

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..

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.

I used to live there wen it was cool not as expensive . It just to be party City at the North Tower in the Flamingo. But now is something else and that was like 2017 after that the North tower felt apart . ...

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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!

If I could give 0'stars to this place I would..future tenants beware !!! Live anywhere else but here trust me this is not a joke...my cousin has lived here for the last two years and the horrendous things she has gone through omg!!!! Don't ever live here!! She had a water leak in her bathroom that caved in!! She then called maintenance dept where they came the next day and tore down that part of the ceiling in her bathroom...and guess what 9 months go by and they left the whole in the ceiling with nooo regards.. She kept calling and calling and all they did was they kept telling her we will be there...9 months later nooo one came!!! What bullcrap!!! Don't ever live at this place read the reviews and learn from these people's experience!!! Because it will happen to you!!! Don't do it!!!!

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

Avoid living here at all costs. Unprofessional, careless, and unresponsive management.

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 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 !!

The place is good, the pool too, but the attention to the residents is terrible. You don't get your packages by mail, there are thefts in the parking lot, the staff is unpleasant, the elevators don't work, the entrance smells like dog pee... and when you ask the staff to fulfill their obligations they tell you yes. everything but they do nothing. I do not recommend it to live. I'm very disappointed

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

Update. Two years later. One pool out of commish, other unheated. Unworkable for kids. Looks like nothing has changed and yet there are drills, saws and banging from the "work" being done. Does anyone know of other residences that are nearby who rent but the pools work?

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

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 !

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.

Horrible. Just moved in and wish I never did.Overpriced.Nickel and dime you at every turn.Sign the lease and they have hidden monthly charges such as:Cooling for common areas,Processing fees,New account feeService feeAnd on and on.Outdated building yet they charge high rents and sneak in all sorts of petty fees.They can so they do.Contract says they "may" from time to time charge some fees, but this is horrible.I am subletting if I can and getting away from these scumbags.For the money I am spending, I could have done much better. Shame on me, shame on them for taking advantage.Aimco is smart to distance themselves from the nightmare. They setup third party billing company that charges residents additional fees, on top of Aimco's fees.I've never rented anywhere that charges residents a pro-rata share of common area cooling fees. Own a condo, yes, I understand, but renting is absurd.They suckered me once, never again.Good bye.

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...

One of my life's regrets is moving into the Flamingo. I am writing this to help others avoid an extremely unpleasant living experience at the Flamingo.1. The 2nd week we moved in we had a leak in our walk-in closet from the air condition this water damaged most of our clothing and they had drying equipment installed for 3 days. The same issue occurred again 4 weeks later. Once again 5 months later there was a fire in the apt above, flooding the entire apartment again. My concern is mold and its health issues.2. On 7 different occasions between 1am and 3 am we were awoken the flamingo security staff at the door. The staff gave us a noise violations and eviction warnings for being too loud. After the first warring I used a decibel meter and tested the proper legal level for our TV volume. They continued to wake us up with warnings explanation was that we were talking to loud during a dinner party with 6 guests that ended at 9 pm. 3. The fire alarms are constantly going off all times. There is an average of 4 per week night and day. How can tenants feel safe?4. At two different occasions, there were "Police Crime Scene Investigation" vans parked outside entrance. 3 weeks before we moved out a "Miami Crime Scene Cleaning" van was at the front entrance.5. Friends they stated that the Flamingo is a well-known for drug sales. Later I confirmed I witnessed different people handing cash and being handed items from cars at the entrance.6. I love to grill and by my calculations there are 2 grills for 3,200 tenants. While I was grilling one night at 7:30 and security asked me to stop grilling and to leave. I was quietly listening to my headphone and grilling food to take back to my apartment. I said that I would finish in 10 minutes and the security guard returned with a local police officer to have me arrested. The police confirmed I lived at the Flamingo and he told the Flamingo security staff "to stop wasting his time" and left me to my grilling.7. There is mold and water damage in all hallways and a constant smell of urine in the stairwells thought the entire complex again a big health issue.8. We had our service animal certified by a well-known legally certified "PhD Psychiatrist". The Flamingo management team started putting eviction letters under our door at 2 am waking us up on 4 occasions. Were constantly threatened by management and charged a surprise $350 per month for damage pet fee. After a meeting with the General Manager of the property she told one of us to move out with the dogs in order to stop this harassment. This is an illegal act and a violation of our rights.9. The court yard has a standing water in the planters and communal areas for the mosquitos to ignoring the Zika virus issues in Miami. Also, the pet owners battle a major flea infestation on the untreated lawns. 10. Security in our hallway is bad, drunk people kept banging on our door and tried to force their way in to our apartment randomly. 11. The common residential balconies have underwear, towels, used condoms, and clothing discarded and left for months with no cleaning done by management. 12. Residents leave their garbage in the common hall way because they cannot find the trash shoot. 13. There were several vandalism incident's including in the parking garage. Cars were vandalized with spray paint. In an email from Flamingo Management they confirm it was a tenant doing the damage. 14. Drunk people sleeping in the lobby and courtyard are constant issue. Due to not having anyone manning each of the lobby desks.15. I was charged $319 for "paint and cleaning" move out charges after I painted the walls and had my place professionally cleaned.16. I only posted this after receiving my deposit which in their writing states I will receive within 10 business days of your move (I received 39 days after the allotted time) in which the check was shorted $319. (Based on several reviews stating that is a common practice for the Flamingo to not return deposits.)Mission and Vision statement from AIMCO the management company of the Flamingo. OUR MISSION:To consistently provide quality apartment homes in a respectful environment delivered by a team of people who care.OUR VISION:"To be the best owner and operator of apartment communities, inspired by a talented team committed to exceptional customer service, strong financial performance, and outstanding corporate citizenship."The Flamingo management did not "provide quality apartment homes in a respectful environment delivered by a team of people who care." And as for the vision, we can clearly see that the main concern for Flamingo management is to have a "strong financial performance" with disregard to the tenant's wellbeing. Mine is one of many critical reviews for the Flamingo and the purpose of this is to make sure that any new tenants are aware of discrimination, unethical practices, pour business acumen and general contempt for the residents that they may experience

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.

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!

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.?

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.

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

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.

My lease is ending in two months and I could not be more happy. At first I was excited to move to the beach but after the first month here I had regretted signing a lease for 12 months! This place is super dirty. I feel embarrassed to even tell people where I live. The building is infested with cockroaches! You see them in the hallways, outside, in the trash chute, even in your apartment sometimes. Also to get to your car you need to go through the "sky walk" which is so filthy! The carpets are soiled with dog piss and poop and trash all over the ground. Hope you don't mind the dead cockroaches on the carpets either! Please do yourself a favor and save your money! For the price that you're paying living here it is not worth 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

Expensive Parking . It is far from everything..it takes 30 minutes to get the car .

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). The Fire Alarms are always triggering automatically and go on for hours while the fire department comes with lights & sirens. 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.

I lived here for a year, the place is nice but the management is TERRIBLE, they are going to try to make you pay for everything. There is noise because of enhancements in the building all the time and there is a lot of humidity which causes mold problems. Avoid this place.

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!

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!

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

Its been a nightmare: - Deena was the worst experience, she charged me without my authorization almost 4 times the amount we agreed by phone and email. She was impolite and careless most of the times. Never gave us the resident tour or reserved the elevator when moving-in, beside we previously schedule it. - We had to wait more than a month for the mail keys and the worker was so impolite, impossible to talk with. - I got extra monthly charges over $300 per month plus FPL/internet so be aware of it, if you have budget. - THE PACKAGES: they have a worker that yells at you when you are not even interacting with him and kick other resident packages trough the hallway, I lost a lot of packages and no one in the administration cares, they hardly respond to your emails. - They do not answer the phone calls if you need assistant. - The floor plan is smaller, when I put it on scale I realized so I have to give up on furniture that did not fit on our unit. - We have insects on the unit and the thermostat was out of control so that increased our electricity bill. Despite I left instructions for the pest control worker to do not enter in our unit without letting us know first, he/she/they enter in my unit, I have a dog so fumigate is not the way to go or to enter to my unit out of the schedule we placed or without letting us know first. - My roommate got hurt because one of the cabinetry fall on her the first day of our moving. Steven Weber!!! is the only person now I can say he makes an effort to make things right, because of his efforts I was avoiding to leave this review. But I am so emotionally and mentally drained of this experiences at flamingo!!! The Pros: location is amazing, the gym is always clean and good service, the receptionists are always polite, the common are always clean. Cons: the administration is always giving me hard times and they do not care about you or your interests, and I am not the only one struggling with the administration. My advice if you are planing to move, ask to the residents, ask by writing about everything you have to pay... the place is beautiful but the administration so far is disappointing

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

They basically ROB their tenants. Once you move in they keep adding additional fees to your rent bill every month(service fees, vacancy fees all kinds of fees that are unexplicable) when you call NWP (the company that does the billing) they are rude and unprofessional and tell you to call management who knows even less...Flamingo management is all about making extra money ON FEES that are NOT justified. However, The elevators have been under construction since I moved in November and they are finally open to the public and are terrible get stuck in every flloor, the elevetor floor level is uneven seen more than one person almost fall. Bottomline is if you can afford 1700 us for a small studio GO somewhere else Flamingo has horrible management. Everything IS ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BUT NOTHING GETS DONE PROFESSIONALLY And will bill you an extra FEE every MONTH for something they can't even explain.Can't wait til my lease is over.

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

Let me just say the views and sunsets here are amazing..However, has to be the most stressful and poorly managed place I have ever lived in.. Management is TERRIBLE and need to be replaced or drastically reformed .. no customer service mindset and no efforts to improve, all the way up to the area VP.. as an example .. they have a "set daily lunch time " for the ENTIRE management office (5-6 people) and if you need help you get attitude or ignored.With all the feedback and ratings here you would think AIMCO would want to step in and fix, right? But no ... don't be fooled! they are more concerned with their bottom line.. than your experience of living there.They continued to let people sign leases and move in to a building they KNEW they were going to have to kick them out 6-7 months prior and not give the tenants the heads up. When I initially found out and asked why? One of the management team members said the final plans have not been approved and they did not want to impact their rental revenue ... but it's ok to inconvenience the resident by giving us 2 months to vacate the building?!? Moving in miami you need 3months of rent up front not including moving costs if you're not doing it yourself... Just a terrible model for a company that supposedly is "customer experience" focused.

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 PLACE TO LIVE! They nickel and dime you to death. I've lived here off and on for 5 years and here are the cold hard facts about the Flamingo. They will Nickel & dime you to death. The policies are always changing and they notify you always 1 day before the new change. They WILL TAKE 90% of your deposit. I've always left my place 100% perfect, paid for carpet shampooing etc. and they ALWAYS take your deposit. Most apartments have mold problems, You can smell the mold in the hallways, and all the vents have block mold spores all over them. I also got pretty sick the past year, and I think this is to blame. They charge $200 per car if you want to park there, They charge you for bs insurance each month, they now charge for water, $1000 non refundable pet deposit plus $600 extra in rent per dog per year. They have NO guest parking anywhere so if your friend stops by they have to pay high prices for valet. One day late on rent is $200 late fee. If you lose your Flamingo card yup that's $150, The buildings gym is not free either, it's $150 to sign up and $50 per month extra. It's also always very loud, in the hallways, and outside, the paper thin walls and hallow doors don't help either. If you live in the front all you hear all day and night is the gate slamming shut and taxi drivers honking and yelling, seriously allllll day and night. The fire alarm going off in the whole building once every week too. My rent for a 2 bedroom was $2,100/mo when my lease was up they raised my rent to $2600 per mo. if I wanted to renew. Every year you extend your lease your rent sky rockets because they think now they got you, you'd think they'd want to keep you right...nope. The South pool has been closed for a year, and everyone says that the south tower is sinking. There's all construction machines all over the place after the company went bankrupt. They once lost my check and then charged me $200 that THEY lost it. They also now do not accept checks you have to sign up for auto pay. That is the only method they allow to pay rent. Do yourself a favor and DO NOT MOVE HERE! I only wish I read a review like this before I moved there.This place is nothing but con artists and scammers, always out to get a buck from you. Flamingo charged me to replace the sinks and cabinets in my apartment, (which i left in perfect condition. Odd thing is that flamingo maintance came in 2 months beforee i left to measure them because they said they were going to upgrade the bathrooms, so essentially Flamingo is charging their old tennants when they leave to upgrade their old 80's style bathrooms, nice huh? and one more note. Flamingo gives you a new broiling pan when you move in... if you use it don't leave them a brand new pan when you vacate, they will charge you $80-$100 for this stupid $10 pan that they make you think they gave it to you for free, so if you leave, go out and buy a new pan to leave them. Once again horrible building to live and and huge miss management going on over there, I would avoid at ALL costs!

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!