Orlando, FL Greystar

John with Centurion Realty Group is without a doubt the most genuine, hard-working and professional real estate agent I can imagine. For those who do not care about our personal story, here's what we love about John in no particular order:1. Prompt 2. Respectful 3. NOT a sleazy salesman 4. Amazingly hard-working 5. A really nice guy 6. Knows his stuff 7. A family man 8. Great communication skills 9. Knows how to listen 10. Has your best interest always in mind. I'm sure there's more, just go contact him already.Here's our story: My soon to be fiancée and I were first time home buyers looking for a fixer upper, when I stumbled on the Centurion Realty Group website and found John. He and the firm has great ratings, so I figured this is the one. I was right. He immediately corresponded via e-mail and phone to ask for what we wanted. He sent us a list of many homes instantly for us to peruse through. We found a few that we liked in the pictures so we asked John to arrange a showing on a holiday at 10AM. No problem for John, he is there for you, arriving early exhibiting a high degree of professionalism. Here are the fixer uppers you asked for was what John should have said but he humbly kept his mouth shut as we observed in terror what a fixer upper really looks like. He didn't try to talk us out of it, he showed us everything we asked for, pointing out flaws for us and offering solutions to fix them. Just like bringing your Dad with you, John offers warm guidance without feeling like he is working for money while you are with him. After 3 houses of horror, my fiancée and I made the decision to move our price range higher and do less work. John didn't have to mention it. He let us find what we really wanted without telling us what we wanted. Once we made our own choice, John delivered by calling several properties to arrange showings on the spot. We only expected to see 3 houses this day, but John managed to arrange at least 4-5 additional showings. The difference was night and day. He perceived what we wanted, showed it to us, and our enthusiasm was brimming. It was not long before we saw the house that was "the one". We knew it was under contract from another buyer, but looked at it anyway to see what our upper end would look like. It looked perfect, but it was already spoken for, so we moved on to see the others. All the while John checked on other properties for us, suddenly John declares, "Guys, the property that you love has just come back on the market. The other deal failed". We were freaking out. Everything in the universe was aligning on this day: An angelic real estate agent delivers the perfect house within 4 hours when it wasn't going to happen in the first place. We went back to John's office (which he has in any city you are located) and John went right to work telling us to go get some lunch. While we feasted in celebration, John slaved away researching comparables, getting paperwork together, and being ready for us. We arrived after lunch and John made sure we were absolutely informed. We never expected to be buying a home on the first day, but John found us what we wanted. He is attuned to your desires, whether you tell him or not. He didn't push us into it, we called all the shots. He played devil's advocate the whole time, explaining the pro's and con's of all our decisions and imparting his real estate wisdom on us. Here we are the day after and we have negotiated the seller down to the price we wanted, and are bagging ourselves a beautiful home!!! Trust us, John will deliver.

Here is the short version of my review: The apartment itself was fine, but working with Contemporary Management was not.My main complaint is how they treated us after we moved out. We chose to clean the apartment ourselves and strictly followed the guidelines they gave us for cleaning. However, when we received our move out statement a month later, they had charged us over $200 dollars in additional cleaning and replacement charges, resulting in them keeping all but $6.78 of our original security deposit. I know that you don’t know me or my roommates and only have my word, but we are very clean people to begin with and literally scrubbed that apartment on our hands and knees for hours before we left. At one point while we were living there, one of Contemporary Management’s contract workers was in our apartment to do some work and commented multiple times on how clean our apartment was and how he never saw places that clean. And in our cleaning job at move out, we went so far as to buy a gallon of paint to touch up the walls, replace any burnt out light bulbs, and wipe down the baseboards. We did not skimp on the details. However they still charged us for marks on the walls, dirty medicine cabinets, dirty counter tops, etc. They even assessed us charges that were not even mentioned as a possibility verbally or in any of the paperwork they ever gave us!After having worked with this company for two years, I was actually concerned when we were moving out that they might charge us for tons of minor or untrue cleaning items. Because of this, we requested that the office come walk the apartment with us before we left so that we agreed that everything met their cleaning standards before we turned in our keys. They refused, saying it was against company policy. I will admit that there was minor wear and tear to the apartment. We lived there for two years and the quality of materials in the apartment was definitely not built to last. The lease specifically states that the security deposit is to be used “As insurance that Lessee will return the leased premises and any furnishings to us in the same clean and leasable condition as Lessee received it, ordinary wear excepted.” If you are looking at an apartment complex with Contemporary Management, please ignore that line in the lease. They will not make any allowance for “normal wear and tear” and will charge you for anything and everything they possibly can.On a different note, we had a few other problems earlier in our lease with Contemporary Management. Generally, maintenance requests had to be called in multiple times before they were responded to. We also thought we might be getting a cat when we moved in, so we put down a pet deposit and signed the agreement. When we decided not to get a cat, though, Contemporary Management still required us to pay the pet fee every month, even though there was no pet there.I apologize if this was long-winded, but I don’t want anyone else to go into a lease with Contemporary Management and be blindsided by similar issues. In summary, I will not rent from Contemporary Management again and do not recommend them to anyone else.

I worked with Prithi with Centurion Realty Group on the sale of my condo and the purchase of a house. From the beginning, I was greatly impressed with Prithi's professionalism, enthusiasm and work ethic. She brings a wealth of experience and knows the ins and outs of not just real estate in general, but also the nuances of the local areas where I was looking.For the sale of my condo, she had a keen eye for the best ways to market my property and got the word out to both other agents and the general public quickly. Her company shockingly, guaranteed me they would sell my condo in 60 days or they would buy it. Needless to say I did’nt know what to expect. In a down market, I only had my condo for sale for one week before I had an offer! This is due in no small part to Prithi's pre-sale communications and marketing efforts. From negotiating in the offer stage to the final closing, Prithi was there every step of the way.The same can be said for my subsequent home purchase as well. Prithi knew the market well and was able to tell me when something was a good deal versus overpriced. She also had connections with other agents and often knew when a property was coming on the market even before it was released to the general public. Me and my Husband had been dying to buy a home on Lake Butler in Windermere. Once we made an offer and were in escrow, she was in constant communication with me and I never felt like I didn't know what was happening.For me, what was most important regarding my work with Prithi was that I trusted her completely and knew she was always looking out for me first and foremost. Additionally, I have a pretty hectic work schedule and she did everything she could to manage as much of the process herself as possible so that I didn't have to put my life on hold while navigating the sale or purchase. To this day, I continue to contact her when looking for local recommendations on landscape services, contractors, etc. When we decided to renovate our kitchen, Prithi even arranged for us to tour some of her friends' and clients' kitchens to get ideas! I highly recommend Prithi and her team at Centurion Realty Group and will use her for all my future real estate needs.

I have lived at Pine Harbour since August. The staff are really great. Jessica & Brant run the place very well. They are extremely knowledgeable and professional. I am however extremely upset about a few issues. The parking is unacceptable. I had a new car for one night, and acquired it while the office was closed. I parked in the resident parking (where I always park) and was towed. When I first moved in they did not have this parking policy. They forced me to sign a new parking addendum to receive the decal. The very first time I drive the new car and forget because of my excitement, and it was late in the evening. Assigned parking is not luxury I was looking for, I was told it is open parking when I moved in. Tow companies are like ticks, they suck money out of hard working people. FYI ALEXIS NEVER TOWED WHEN IT WAS END/BEGINNING OF THE MONTH ! If I would have known this when I was leasing an apartment I would have taken my $11,400 in business somewhere else. Property managers get a kick back from tow companies, and its dirty business. My second issue is the gates. The gates are always breaking down. Several times I have come home and the traffic is backed up to Bloomfield because the gates will not open. Also I will come home in the evening and the gates are malfunctioning, and I have to sit for 20 mins trying to go “in” the “out” entrance. This is very dangerous. My last concern is the noise level. I can hear my neighbors at all hours. They are great people, but the building walls are paper thin. In addition, the plumbing is terrible. I am in a 2x1. The water pressure is really low when you flush the commode. It is often clogged. The maintenance guys fixed it every time, but it is nonsense to have to call every couple weeks to have it repaired. Several times I will have to go to the gas station, because I am not going to wake someone up in the middle of the night for a toilet. Over all if it were not for Jessica & Brant, I would not have moved here in the first place. I am still infuriated about the towing. Towing does not help a community, it only hurts your rent paying residents!

My experience at Lake Jasmine has been a positive one for the most part. Pros: It's quiet despite its busy location. The neighbors keep to themselves. The clubhouse, pool, and view of the lake are very appealing. Also, Lake Jasmine staff is starting to host events for the community. The first event is a movie night on the lawn in lieu of Halloween. I am excited to see the turn out. The apartment (1-1) that I live in is a decent size. Security is on site at night with proper safety equipment. The front gates work properly. The gate is only open during the school hours for the children who take the bus. Maintenance staff is very nice and get the job completed within 24-48 hours. Laundry facility is decent. I never had an issue with management. They ALL work super hard to make sure everyone walks away happy! I LOVE THEM! ^_^ Cons: There are stray cats that roam around and sometimes at night you will hear them fighting. In order to get a laundry card u must pay $5 but that's only for the card. There is no money added to it. Then you must add $5 to the card to use it. The machine only takes $5 bills. Packages are not accepted by the office. The leasing office doesn't answer the phone often but if you go to the office, they will be more than willing to help. Sometimes the office will close early or something will happen where the whole complex is impacted (i.e. water shortage) and there is no way of letting everyone know. I wish the staff would gather residents email address (or robo call everyone) to notify us of quick updates and changes in the complex. I just think that there should be a better way of communicating with residents.Honestly, regardless of where u go, there will be an issue. There will be something that makes you feel upset. However, in comparison to other places I have heard about, I feel pretty happy with my stay at Lake Jasmine Apartments. There have been a lot of positive changes to this community and I feel like it will only get better with time.

If I could get my roommate to move out today I would, but since he doesn't have a car apartments are limited when it comes to this area. It's not the worse complex in this area, but sure not the best. One of my main concerns is my car, and I've had two issues with that since I've been here. First time some one broke into my car over night, and with security gates you'd think that'll be a deterrent. Second issue was with my the sprinkler systems, and the chemically treated water it sprays towards the cars direction. I left my car in a parking spot by the lawn, right after I had just washed it and waxed it myself. I was backing into the parking space, then realized once the sun came out that it was wet. Didn't think anything of it, til a couple days later when it was full of water spots. Thought it was the rain but realized it hadn't rained in a couple days. Then I parked the car straight in, left for the weekend on vacation and came back to a worse mess than before. The entire front of my car, sides and top were completely covered in spots, took it to get professionally detailed and buffed. It looked fine until the next day once the sun came out, realized the spots came back. After numerous details, taking it down to my dealership to get another professional to look at it, they told me the damage had gone thru the clear coat into the paint. Just bought the car brand new now the paint job is completely ruined, and the complex says they won't pay to have it fixed. Really you had the sprinkler system pointing in the wrong direction, now I have to take care of it myself, is that the kind of business you're running? Long story short my insurance company is taking care of it, and we all know what that means higher auto insurance rates are coming my way. So all the money I spent for detailing, the $500 deductible, higher insurance rate, you must understand why I hate Sawgrass as a company and apartment complex!

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS PLACE!!!I’ve been a resident here for 2 years now and when I first moved here it was a nice place…. So I thought. There is a big issue with security and no one seems to care about people well-being or property. When looking to move in I saw the entry gate and a guard patrolling the grounds so my wife and I felt safe. Recently there have been some changes for the worst. There have been multiple home and car breaking, and nothing have been done to get trespassers off the property. There is a gate in the front of the entrance but seldom work, and the staff seems clueless on the issues that are brought to their attention. My condo was recently broken into and instead of getting to the bottom of all the robberies or increasing security they send me a notice about my grill being outside (which I had to move outside for the police to see damages of the point of entry). After speaking to the police I was told that another person the week before had the same thing happen to then. Nothing was posted to informed the other residents about these problem. I went to the office to report the break-in and I was talked to like it was my fault my condo was broken into.The clubhouse is where you can refill you wash card for the laundry rooms and pick up UPS and FEDex packages. The office is open from 9am-5pm and there have been many times when I have gotten off early only to find out the office closed before 5pm.HOA fee are steadily increasing and if you are renting the fees gets added directly to your rent. It would be different if I saw the money being spent to make the property safer by adding cameras or upgrade the entry gate, better yet repair the gate where people have been known to sneak on the property. Make the community safer and put our hardworking money to good use. WORST RENTER EXPERIENCE EVER!!

Not a very good apartment complex. Office staff (besides upper management) is awful. They will find any reason to delay a process or maintenance call or charge you extra for anything. They seem under trained and not motivated at all.Residents seem to be mainly families. It is constantly loud and residents always seem to be socializing in the breezeways. There is a sense of community I guess, but it can be disturbing at times.The rent is expensive and goes up $50-$90 a year. The appliances are outdated and the walls are thin. The water gets shut off all day for "maintenance" with very little notice frequently. The area is also not the best. I have had a car broken into once. Do NOT leave anything of value in your car. The grounds seem safe enough (I am not scared to walk around at night) and there seems to be a few police officers scattered around the complex who actually live here. Overall, overpriced and in a not-so-great part of town. If you are going to Valencia College, these apartments may work for you but only if you do not have any other options. Office staff is the WORST I have encountered in any complex I have ever lived in.

The sawgrass apartments was a good place to call home. The staff was friendly and everything that I needed done was taken care of very quickly. The pool and gym have just been upgraded. HOWEVER...the back of the complex is like a whole different world from the front (a different class of people). I would try to get one close to the mail boxes as well. The lake view is nice and the tennis quarts are quite. Also, there is a gate that allows access to the Winn Dixie and LA fitness plaza, right behind the tennis quarts. Having your unit face the parking lot is noisy especially if you are in the back I the complex. There are also a lot of kids that play in the parking lot back there and you have to be careful not to run them over. ANOTHER thing to be aware of is the paper thin ceilings. If you end up in the first or second floor, kids sound like little elephants above you, let alone grown adults. It’s loud and will wake you up!! The way to go at sawgrass is third floor facing the pond or tennis courts, it will be extremely worth the extra rent and you will enjoy living there.

Lived there for 3 years. Loved Carmen, Ana is great as well - she will work hard to help you out. Hope and pray you don't ever have to deal with JENNIFER. I loved my apartment, and the neighborhood was nice and quiet. However, after I moved out (to move closer to work) I apparently owed them money. They NEVER called or mailed me with a bill... I only found out when I checked my credit recently. They sent the bill to a collection agency a month and a half after I moved out... Gee THANKS. When I called to complain, I was told they were never given a forwarding address. Except that's completely untrue. Upon moving out, I filled out a form with my forwarding address, my phone number has not changed, AND my brothers still live there. I've called twice to straighten it out with Jennifer, because a lawyer advised me to deal with is at their level, I've waited two weeks and have YET to hear back. I had perfect credit (nearly 700) and this has seriously hurt it. THANKS. If you can, AVOID IT. Jennifer will make everything ten times more difficult, and it just ISNT worth it.