The Province Tampa, tampa-fl

This place is a disaster and I don’t even know where to begin. First off, I have had three sewage water leaks within a year. Yes, water flooded my apartment 3 times with sewage in it. Forget the fact that it is a complete disaster and inconvenience, it is completely unsanitary. I have a cat and he could have easily gotten sick from any of these times and I’m so blessed that he did not. One of the times my sewage broke it began to leak out of the laundry room which led to stuff being ruined and there was actual feces on the floor. Although the apartment sent out people to clean it, it never looked clean. The second time I was unable to use my shower or toilet for three days. In those three days our toilets were all taken completely out, there was maintenance in our apartment everyday for those three days. And after the fact they did not completely clean up the sewage mess. Tonight was the last straw. My toilet started to flood my apartment at 9pm and it took 20 minutes for someone to arrive to fix it. My room and common area was flooded with water and ruined one of mats and four of my moving boxes I paid for. In a perfect world I would be fighting for compensation for the things I lost, but I do not have the time to battle with this apartment. On top of that, I had spent the entire day packing my things and cleaning the apartment because I move out on the 31st. Now I have to repack everything because water got on all of my boxes. I will not be cleaning my apartment again as I am completely and utterly fed up with the lack of concern and effort this apartment has with emergencies. It is laughable that this apartment charges me way over $800 a month. The dishwasher is also barely in working condition, never had hot water in my sink and the fridge has some kind of stain or mold on it. To explain living in this apartment would be a nightmare. Another issue I had was an infestation of love bugs in my apartment which I sent a maintenance request in for and it got denied. So for a good few months there were dead love bugs all over my apartment. In addition, there are wasp nests everywhere outside. I want to be clear that this is not the maintenance men fault. Sending the same man every time on his own is unbelievable, my anger is with the management and their lack of care and concern. Please do not be fooled by this apartment complex. DO NOT LIVE HERE.

would not recommend living at this property based on my experience. Maintenance requests are frequently ignored or delayed, even when they involve serious issues like leaks and water intrusion. When repairs are finally made, they are often superficial fixes instead of proper, lasting solutions. For example, areas with visible water damage were simply painted over rather than fully repaired and inspected, which raises concerns about hidden mold and long-term health and safety risks. In addition to the maintenance problems, there have been ongoing issues with bugs and roaches in the unit and surrounding areas. Despite reporting this, the response has been slow and ineffective, and the problem has continued. A clean and pest-free environment should be a basic standard, and it has not been met here. Communication from management has been poor overall. Follow-through is inconsistent, and it is difficult to get clear answers or timelines. The front desk staff have also been unhelpful and often come across with an unfriendly, dismissive attitude when residents bring up concerns or ask for assistance. Instead of feeling supported, interactions frequently feel like an inconvenience to them. Between the unresolved maintenance issues, pest problems, and negative customer service experiences, living here has been frustrating and disappointing. If you are looking for a place that is responsive, professional, and proactive about property care, you may want to seriously consider other options.

This place is absolutely horrific & you can report all of the fake incentivised 5 ⭐ reviews, as it is not allowed on Google. Anyone who says that they only did a tour and rated it five stars is a liar and it is considered against the rules of Google reviews. American campus communities is owned by Blackstone and that should really tell you most of what you need to know but you will be faced most likely with mold in your apartment. You will be faced with extreme difficulties in getting any maintenance requests done. You will probably have a ton of roaches. The garbage is absolutely disgusting and they constantly have homeless people digging through it and stealing things from residents. Blackstone continues to own 20 to 30% of the real estate in the Tampa Bay area, specifically targeting the susceptible youth of student housing, where they also get tax breaks on everything because of it. Please do not support this place. They turned off my account where I could make payments to after I lost my job due to the hurricanes, I immediately got another job and was ready to make payments again, the province offered to make a payment plan with me but then cut me off from being able to make a payment through their payment system. They also refused to tell me where I could write a check out too until it was too late. Because of this, a judge granted an eviction but the judge saw right through them and did not grant them any monies. The province is now trying to put on my collection a fraudulent $16,000 charge after they've already submitted a voluntary dismissal to the courts, I order to try to prevent me from renting even though I've already moved on for about a year now. Renters beware, parents beware! Do your research, there are much cheaper places out there with amenities that actually work, no mold around, no bugs inside, better appliances & friendlier staff who isn't motivated by money alone.

I honestly don’t even know where to begin. My experience at the Province has been nothing but a train wreck. When my roommates and I moved into our unit in the beginning of August 2025, we were missing multiple items such as mattresses, living room furniture, and blinds. They resolved the mattress issue fairly quickly on move in day, however, maintenance showed up unannounced at our door and entered to “paint the ceiling”. Turns out they were actually painting over mold and water damage that had been in our ceiling prior to move in and they also had left paint dripping all over our counters and furniture that they never cleaned up or attempted to remove. Every piece of furniture had a thin layer of greenish grey film which we ruled out to be mold. The unit had an unusual smell to it which also was ruled out to be the mold that was growing in our ac unit. We discovered mold had been growing inside our kitchen cabinets, door frames, closets, and bathrooms which were also accompanied by tiny mites that surrounded the mold and had resided inside all of our cabinets. Never in my life have I came in contact with mold mites or knew they were a thing. Eventually, after multiple attempts to get maintenance in our unit to resolve the mold, they had notified us we needed to move into a hotel down the street that was covered by the province while they resolved our mold issue in the unit. We were given 24 hours to transfer into the hotel and ended up staying there for 2 1/2 weeks the first time this occurred. Being an OOS student, I was without a car and had to spend an absurd amount of money to get to and from campus everyday as I had been utilizing the bull runner stop located outside the province while I was living in my unit before this incident happened. When we were able to move back into our unit, the humidity levels were abnormally high and the mold ended up coming back inside of my bathroom. The fans in all of our bathrooms did not work in the slightest bit, causing high humidity and a damp environment for at least a day. Towels wouldn’t dry and everything was dewy. It was the perfect environment for mold to harvest. On top of this, there was brown water leaking from the ceiling in our boiler room which caused the living room ceiling to grow mold. We were told we needed to move back into the hotel once again and when we re-entered our apartment the humidity levels dropped and our apartment was definitely in better shape. We were told cleaners would come to the unit to clean the debris and paint off of our floors and furniture, however nobody ever came nor were we helped in that aspect. There were many other issues we encountered during our time at the province, however the mold was definitely the worst part of our experience and caused all of us to become ill. I will say we were compensated for the inconvenience of having to evacuate our apartment every couple weeks because of the mold, however it was a MAJOR inconvenience especially for myself, a first year out of state student without access to a car. Overall, I do not recommend the province. Please save yourself the time, stress, and money that this place will cause.

Honestly this a long overdue review that I am writing for this place! I have lived here since 2023, and unfortunately, as it came close to the start of 2024 I started to experience a lot of problems while living here. The first one started this summer where I had mold growing all over my living room, due to an AC leak. unfortunately, me and my roommates have been living in the mold, and I got extremely sick to the point where I had to go to the ER and got an INFECTION!! I was coughing and grew spots all over my body. they had us relocated to a new unit, down to the other side. Fortunately, the new unit was really nice, but there were still some issues. When we were putting in our maintenance request many times they were marked as done, even though they were never completed. This is the most annoying part. We came in, and there were no barstools in our kitchen. To this day, they only gave us back around $300 even though they should’ve given us more than that as a reimbursement. we are still waiting on our refund. lastly, the front office people, especially Blake is extremely rude. He was nice to my roommate and i at first but because he had to actually do his job he decided to show us extreme attitude just because our problems WERE NOT BEING SOLVED AT ALL. Not only him, but as well as as one of the females, I’m not sure what her name is, but she is a brunette that works with him. I also get my packages delivered to the office. Turns out they were claiming that they never had any of my packages and they weren’t delivered; but amazon said they were. I contacted amazon and even waited a couple days but turns out the office had them the ENTIRE TIME. and were just being lazy about it because they didn’t wanna look for them. I received a callback eventually saying they had found my packages, even though they tried to insist to me that they never delivered them and that they don’t have them at the office. I had actual proof that Amazon had already delivered, so I found it amusing that after arguing with me about it and me telling them to try and look for it harder they refused to do so. This is exactly why i prefer to have my packages delivered to my DOOR and not to the OFFICE! OVERALL i am extremely tired of living here and they need to start fixing these things soon esp the attitude of the front office staff. The only good thing to say about this place is the help i received from the maintenance crew when i was moving out of my moldy apartment, they helped me move all my stuff and i am forever grateful to them.