Firenze Apartments

Although you might get a good move in deal, please don't move here. I have lived here with my family for almost a year and at first I was so excited. The units are absolutely gorgeous. However, we quickly realized that the people living in the apartments weren't the best tenants. The 2nd day we lived here we were walking to the mailbox and overheard a tenant near the tot-lot (of all places) yelling that he was "not going back to jail", we immediately regretted our decision to move here.



The main issue for us, is hearing our neighbors constantly. The people behind us are constantly slamming their cupboards, even throughout the night. The people next door are constantly slamming their door and walking so loudly up their stairs you feel like they are in your home. Clearly the walls are thin. We are constantly hearing people slam their doors.



If you are walking to your car, you have to be very careful, people are constantly speeding throughout the property and don't slow down even if they see you walking. People are also inconsiderate and will hit your car with their doors, leaving dings and scratches. We even had the air caps stolen off our tires.



The houses behind the apartments (over the wall) are pretty terrible as well, I've heard couples screaming at each other. There's also a few of the houses where they allow their dogs to urinate on the cement and don't hose it down, in the summertime it smells so horrendous, it makes you want to vomit. (no exaggeration)



People are allowed to smoke on their balconies, which I guess is fine for smokers.. but if you live next to/above/below the smoke will seep into your apartment.



Although petty (maybe staff will consider fixing), there is almost always someone parked in the "mail only" parking (not getting mail).. which is completely inconsiderate. I've also seen people who are clearly not handicapped parking in the handicap parking.



The upside is that you are very close to everything, but I would suggest something more towards green valley pkwy/stephanie. These apartments are far too close to Boulder HWY, you can visit the gas station on the corner to see what kind of people are around and living at Firenze.



I feel like these other 5 star reviews have been written by staff, I really couldn't see anyone being that happy here, unless they are the actual problem. It might seem great at first, but after you've been here for a little bit, it's pretty awful.



Unfortunately most of the reviews I've read, even from 2009, the problems still exist. When I read these reviews before I moved in, I thought maybe it was just bitter tenants that wanted to talk poorly about Firenze. I'm sad to say that all of the reviews were true. It's sad because these are the better looking apartments (on the inside) around the valley.



The staff however, I have never had problems with.. they have always been nice and courteous. It's just the tenants they allow to rent here.