Lark Central Florida, orlando-fl

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.

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.

My sister and I lived at Lark Apartment Orlando (it use to be University House before the name changed) from 2018-2020. Due to financial hardship, I was no longer able to continue paying the rent and I had to find an affordable place. I had renew my lease as I have thought that I was going to stay but sadly I was unable to continue to pay rent. I had sublease my apartment on March of 2020 to a student name Marlena who said she will take over both leases. I signed the transfer lease and paid $200 for the transfer fee. Two of the leasing agents came and inspect the apartment. They said it was in good condition(i posted pictured that I took in March 2020). The resident and I signed the delegate form that stated that the delegate (Marlena) will become the primary. In late july/early august of 2020, i got an email from Lark stating that I owe over $6k in damages when I never cause the damage. They told me that Marlena never sign the second lease for Fall 2020-Summer 2021 and she had someone living there illegally. They claimed that they called and email Marlena many times to have her pay the damage fees but she was refusing to. I spoke to the resident in August 2020, who stated that her friend (Brianna Smith), damage the apartment back in May of 2020 and walk away with the keys. Also that same month, I told them to removed me from both leases as I wont be renewing and they agree since I paid to have me removed from both leases. That same year, Lark was harassing my family and I about the payment. My family and I went to show them proof that Marlena was responsible since she was living there. The complex made up alot of excuses on why they didnt take them to court. I found out in Aug 2020 that Lark had keep me on the lease illegally instead of removing me. They told me that the apartment was fixed. According to the lease, if the resident (in my case, it was Marlena that was living from March-July 2020) have a guest that damage the apartment, the resident was responsible for paying the damage fees. I moved out in March 2020. The damage happen in May 2020 in which Marlena was living during that time. This year(2024), the collection agency called my dad and they harassed me a few months later. STOP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS!! IF ANY COLLEGE STUDENTS DECIDES TO LIVE THERE, PLEASE DONT. IF THERE ARE ANY COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT STILL LIVE THERE, IT IS BETTER TO BREAK THE LEASE AND PAY THE FEES THAN TO SUBLEASE AND GET CHARGE WITH ILLEGAL FEES If this harassing continue and the charges are not dropped, I will get the news media, police, lawyer and the corporate involved. I will sue this complex! STOP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS!! Keeping someone on a lease after they moved and paid the transfer fees is ILLEGAL! PS: I have attached pictures to show that the apartment was clean and damage-free when i moved out back in March of 2020

They are money hungry and will tried to lock you in. I move to FL a while back and was looking for a place being that they were close to my job I worked at the dr office crossed the street. I didn't knew they were students apartment as am new to the area. After completing the application I was told there would be a wait time. One day my supervisor asked me how my apartment hunting was going and I told her I submitted an application to this apartment she said to no that's apartment is for student who are in UFC its for student. I immediately called the office and inquire if they were student apartment and the lady who answered the phone at the time replies and said yes. I told her to withdraw my application and why did they continued with my application knowing I have 2 depends child who was 6 and 13 at the time. She went silent and could not even answers and said she will request for my application to be withdrawn as its an apartment for students. I am a single mom with 2 kids and they wanted to rent me an apartment there even when told to withdrew my application. Recently I saw them on my credit report stating I owed them money exactly for what? I will be reporting you to the BBB if you guys don't remove off my credit