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August 2024 by Julia Palomba
This is one of the most poorly managed apartment complexes in Gainesville. I lived in Alight for 1 year - a full lease - and there were multiple points where my roommates and I considered breaking our contract. From a month long, full blown cockroach infestation in our kitchen, black mold, broken AC, unclean air vents, and dirty move in conditions (this list is not exhaustive), we received little assistance, compassion, or understanding from management. From move in to move out we had issue after issue, and management was completely unhelpful. I have lived in many apartments in Gainesville and none were as unenjoyable, miserable, and disgusting as Alight. If I could give -100000 stars I would. I would be able to look past the issues with the apartment itself if the management office had a shred of decency in their handling of the issues - but unfortunately they did not, so I am leaving this review. Do NOT live here. I cannot stress this enough.
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August 2024 by Sam Hester
Incompetent maintenance locked my friends door while we were at the gym so when we got back to his place we couldn't get in. They wouldn't answer our calls so we were stuck out of his room and he had to find another place to sleep. They never told him they were there and weren't requested in the first place.
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August 2024 by Abigail Jatczak
very bad mold issue. wasn't fixed for months
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August 2024 by Emory Young
Do not stay here. Do not give them your money.
Moved in, reported black mold on the walls during inspection, took them over a month to investigate. Their first action was to spray paint over the mold (and all over our floor and vacuum cleaner). They told us it was no big deal they could deal with it through the exterior hallway. Next thing we know we’re locked out of our apartment as they rip down the walls (mold damage was extensive and definitely hazardous). They disconnect our AC, washer and dryer, and leave us without a wall. Management and maintenance failed to communicate what their plan was, provided no evidence that it was safe to be in the apartment during mold remediation, and gave us no compensation whatsoever.
This is just another housing complex attempting to rebrand themselves as “luxury”, meanwhile the pool was closed for the first ~4 months we lived there, something’s always leaking, they charge you a million service charges on the online portal.
The whole company is rotten the whole way through, from the property manager up to Scion’s corporate management. Just spare yourself the headache.
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July 2024 by Wade
One-Star because management is so horrible. They will find any excuse to overcharge or bill your account for whatever reason possible. Do not set up automatic payments as they will steal your money. Look somewhere else to live if you care about your savings and expect any sort of integrity from the front office.
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July 2024 by Sumeet
Lived here for for 3 years, here are my pros and cons:
Pros:
- For the price, you can't beat the location (I paid $700-$800 for a 3/3)
- Nice gym, pool
- Never lost a package or delivery
- Really nice and helpful front office staff
- Cheap resident parking
- Free visitor parking
- Not as loud as other student apartments
- Maintenance staff will come after hours (once at 1AM on a Sunday)
Cons:
- Can usually hear people on the floor above you
- Thin walls
- My room was not cleaned well when I first moved in
- Maintenance was really good my first 2 years here, but got worse after ownership change
- The apartment gets very dusty very fast, I cleaned it regularly
- Very old appliances, two of the ranges on my stove broke
- Toilet had constant flushing issues, had to hold down for 10 seconds to ensure no overflow
- Funky smell from the sink (at times)
- Shower pressure isn't amazing, but acceptable
If you are paying upwards of $1000 per month, I would look elsewhere, but for the price it's a very good apartment place and I would recommend it
At the end of the day, it's student living and you get what you pay for
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June 2024 by Adrien Alfieri
Alight is the best. Courtney has been incredible with accommodations and welcoming me to Alight. Such an efficient and sincere staff. Blessed to have found this gem. Would recommend anyone to live at Alight. Shout out Courtney and the rest of the staff for such an easy process!!
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March 2024 by Alex Poultney
predatory to young college students, do not sign here if you care about how you will be treated as tenants or where your money is going.
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March 2024 by Allison Skolmutch
Alight is a great place to live for student living! Friendly staff, abundant resident and guest parking, and the rent is reasonable for a fairly close location to the UF campus. I would recommend!
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January 2024 by K S
Be aware that you will sign a contract that doesn't have clause for canceling your contract with just paying a fine!!!!! You will need to find tenant to replace you and that is with your price while the office will always offer lower price or the office will try to replace you after they rich 100% of their rental capacity and good luck waiting on this. So, the only option if you have to exit their contract is getting a legal help. All of this is not right considering the prices and the good renting market for them. I will make an update on how this gets resolved for me.
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November 2023 by Gustavo Fossati
Apartment complex very well structured and of good quality.
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November 2023 by Presley Baesler
This place is horrible, and I am sad to say so. Not only do they have countless issues, but the entire place is run down. My roommates and I have not had water for 3 days now because it came out of our showers, sinks and faucets BROWN. When we asked them to do something about it, they said they were waiting on utilities and were waiting for "an update". We can't shower, we can't drink water, we can't do laundry -- and no one seems to care in management. We had our A/C break three separate times over weekends when the office was closed. We have homeless people smoking weed in our stairwells on a weekly basis. I have consistently felt unsafe and not prioritized here, so I do not recommend letting a college student live here. It may be cheaper than other places, but there is a reason why. I usually do not write negative reviews, but I do not want another college student to sign here and pay money to end up being disappointed.
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November 2023 by Kendall Chase
It’s been great at alight! Everyone is very responsive and willing to work with you in maintenance, parking, among other things. Only thing I would change would be to include more guest parking spaces, but otherwise great!
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September 2023 by Anjali Kankipati
I’ve loved living here the past year and the staff is amazing!
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September 2023 by Shannon Marble
I been living here for two years and the best I can say about this place is "ehhh". If you have AT&T don't expect to get any cell service in your apartment. I live in a 2/2 and the cabinet space and counter space isn't enough. The carpet in the living room and tile in the kitchen are EXTREMELY gross and have been that way since I moved in. Management isn't very efficient. One time the door key to the hall was broken and it took my roommate and I a month of nagging the office for it to be fixed. In that month, we had multiple creepy solicitors come and knock on our door, some of which had to be physically removed from the property by police. The walls are thin and my downstairs neighbors are extreme partiers especially on weekdays (like raging until 4:30 am on a Thursday). Despite having called security numerous times, the leasing office has done nothing but give them a warning once the first time it happened. The bus comes at inconvenient time so buy a bike. Overall, I disliked this place, but it was close to campus. I signed elsewhere for my senior year that is closer to campus and quieter for not much more than I'm paying now.
