Lark Central Florida, orlando-fl

PLEASE READ BEFORE SIGING LEASE I HAVE WARNED YOU PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Disclaimer: Everything below is strictly my personal experience and opinion as a current resident. I’m sharing this so future residents know what they’re getting into. In my opinion, Lark has been one of the most disappointing housing experiences I’ve ever had. Here are some of my personal experiences: • Spiders in the hallways — I regularly see multiple spiders and clusters of eggs by the elevators. • Roaches — I regularly see roaches around the building and inside the property, and in my personal experience pest control hasn’t improved it. • Safety concerns with the parking garage — My roommate’s car was keyed and later totaled. In my experience, management offered no support and still tried to charge her for a new parking pass. • Study rooms — In my personal experience, most of the study rooms (besides the lobby one used for tours) smell musty and have visible mold on the chairs and ceiling areas. • Garage gate — The front garage gate broke several times within my first month. • Apartment issues not properly fixed — My closet AND MY FRIENDS CLOSET collapsed on day one (photos included) . Instead of replacing it fully, maintenance rehung the damaged piece, leaving me with less usable closet space. • Furniture/layout problems — My desk physically does not fit in the room in any functional layout, making the 4x4 rooms feel extremely cramped and difficult to live in compared to what is shown on the tour. • Air quality — In my opinion, the air quality is awful. My roommates and I all use air purifiers and still wake up congested and sick-like. • Cleanliness — Doors and walls in my unit arrived dirty and stained, in my personal experience. • Security concerns — Maintenance has left our front door unlocked more than once after entering. • Responses from management — When I brought up mold concerns inside the unit and in the study rooms, I personally felt dismissed. I was told that mold is “standard” for Florida apartments, but in my opinion, black mold is not normal or safe. • Noise — I can hear almost everything through the walls, including footsteps from upstairs. • Unresolved maintenance — I’ve personally brought the moldy/smelly study room issue to management multiple times (apartment inspection, in-person visit from the manager, and at the leasing office). In my experience, the issue has not been resolved. • Elevator out for months — The elevator in my building was out of service for around three months, based on my personal experience. • Front door access issues — For a long period, the main entrance scanner wasn’t working, and in my experience the door ended up being propped open frequently. I personally felt this was a security concern. • Fire extinguisher concerns — One of the fire extinguishers on my floor had an inspection tag date that, in my personal observation, appeared overdue. This made me uncomfortable because I didn’t know if it was up to date. Overall, in my personal opinion: The lease gives management a lot of protection and flexibility, but gives residents very few options if things in the building are broken, unsafe, dirty, or not as advertised. Based on my experience, once you sign, you’re pretty much stuck paying the full rent regardless of the living conditions. I genuinely wish someone had explained this before I moved in. Keep in Mind: I am a college student writing this because I truly truly wish someone had warned me ahead of time. This isnt just my experience either my friends have given me things to add to make sure you guys know what your actually getting into. This is just my personal experience, but my advice would be: In my opinion: Do NOT live here under any circumstances. if you have any question feel free to find me on socials @avapeaceyy on instagram and ill answer any of your questions honestly and tell you if anything has changed since i posted this review. don't even attempt to read there response its probably bull just dm me and ill tell u what actually changes.

Lark central Florida has been a questionable apartment to live at for a while because of the constantly breaking fire alarms/elevators, inability to replace or fix broken amenities, roaches everywhere, unclean hallway spaces, and just unwillingness to keep their own building running cleanly and effectively. Now they’re making it so that your keys aren’t enough to be able to use the amenities that are behind locked doors only accessible to residents, they’re now making you wear reusable wristbands to use the pool, gym, study rooms, etc. And if you lose them they cost 50 dollars to replace. Everything about this apt is a money grab and scam.

Here’s a cleaner, stronger version that keeps your points but sounds more polished and credible: I would not recommend living at Lark. I lived there for two years and became extremely disappointed with both the living conditions and the level of professionalism shown by management. The stairwells constantly smelled like urine and were rarely cleaned. The exterior door that is supposed to lock and unlock with a key fob did not work for the entire two years I lived there. That is not only incredibly inconvenient, but also a major safety concern. After moving out, I was charged multiple fees without proper proof of damages, including a charge for a replacement key. I turned in all three keys directly to the front desk. Management later told me they would only remove the fee because the employee I gave the keys to no longer works there. In other words, the keys were lost internally, yet I was still going to be charged for their mistake until I disputed it. Overall, management was unprofessional, dismissive, and difficult to work with. The conditions were unacceptable, and I would strongly encourage others to look elsewhere before signing a lease here.

If you’re considering living at Lark, reconsider. I deal with constant frustration that makes it not worth the price in any way. The Wi-Fi situation IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE. It goes out frequently, which is a huge issue especially for students. One time it went out for THREE days. Instead of taking responsibility or making meaningful improvements, management repeatedly blames the service provider, saying “you signed a contract, it’s not our issue.” At some point, that excuse doesn’t work anymore. If the service is consistently failing, it’s their responsibility to choose a better provider. The lack of accountability is incredibly frustrating. Safety overall is a serious concern. Car break-ins happen far too often, and there’s little to no visible effort to prevent them or respond effectively. They have NO cameras that monitor over the parking lots, and overall MINIMAL cameras inside the actual complex. For a place charging this much in rent, you would expect at least basic security measures or communication about incidents, but no. Towing is another issue—they will tow your car without warning. No tickets, no emails. They also don’t notify you that they’ve towed it. So college students who have important things like EXAMS, will be screwed over when they wake up in the morning to find their car is missing the morning of their exam. This alone is frustrating enough, but the towing company they use makes it even worse. It operates out of what appears to be a storage unit, which feels unprofessional and sketchy. The cleanliness alone should be a dealbreaker. The hallways and stairwells are consistently filthy and often smell like human waste, which is unacceptable for the price point. Unfortunately, trash is a constant issue. While I understand this is also an issue that comes from the residents, Lark does nothing to fix it. There are no trash cans on property, and stairwells have piles of trash building up. The designated garbage rooms are even worse: overflowing, foul-smelling, and clearly not maintained regularly. During move-in and move-out periods, trash is left sitting in for weeks at a time, with no urgency to clean it up. It gets so bad that trash ends up in their lake. It gives the impression that basic sanitation is not a priority at all. The air quality inside your apartment is horrible. There’s a constant sense of stuffiness, that makes the environment uncomfortable to live in. Unless you put in a request, they don’t do regular air filter replacements (like you’re supposed to do every 3 months). YET, they will come into your apartment and make sure everything is “okay” at any given time with minimal notice. Management is another big problem here. **NOTE, not the front desk staff, as they are lovely.** Overall, management feels completely disconnected and uncaring. Issues are either ignored, deflected, or handled in the least effective way possible. It often feels manipulative, like they’re more focused on protecting themselves than actually helping residents. Even their AI system, “Liam,” is useless. It doesn’t solve problems and just adds another layer of frustration when you’re trying to get real help. The quality of the furniture is also disappointing. The blinds break easily with normal use, and the couch literally flakes apart, leaving pieces all over the apartment. It feels cheap and poorly maintained, which again doesn’t match the price point at all. Overall, this place feels like it’s run by a greedy company that doesn’t genuinely care about the people living there. The amount of frustration I have for Lark can't be placed into words (and trust there's sm more to say if not for the word limit on this post). The lack of maintenance, accountability, and basic respect for residents is extremely clear. There are far better options out there for the same price (like just across the way a place called the Verve is opening up that I would recommend) without having to deal with this level of frustration. Look elsewhere.

The doors never work to get into the building and the gates spend more time broken than fixed. The wifi goes out constantly- today it was out for over 9 hours. If you try to get anything fixed the response will always be “we’re looking into it” or “it’s a third party we can’t do anything.” Speaking to the STUPID AI front desk person Liam is horrible and I wish they would get rid of it. There are roaches everywhere and people do not properly use the trash rooms. The hallways are dirty. The fire alarms will randomly go off for hours. It took months to get maintenance to replace the washer and dryer which made a loud aggressive banging noise. AC would consistently break and they blamed the residents but finally ended up getting fixed. They randomly added a charge on top of rent to “improve credit score” and you had to manually opt out. The grill in the pool area never has propane and the pool itself is frequently dirty. Overall I would not recommend signing a lease here for how expensive it is.