Residents of Miami apartment building take to social media to vent about poor living conditions

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3 ай бұрын

Residents at an apartment building are fed up and speaking out about poor living conditions. 7’s Karen Hensel investigates the conditions of this apartment building.

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@barbrn 3 ай бұрын

I would think that they have lawful reasons to break their leases & move!

@buckrowley1506 3 ай бұрын

or not pay rent in a mass number

@bjvu9460 3 ай бұрын

Well think again! They dont. I dont know which law school you went to but you need to go back and actually attend classes

@Groveherooffcial 3 ай бұрын

@@bjvu9460they can u tard

@FaithandNova 3 ай бұрын

@@bjvu9460you a lawyer?

@heybudstfunow 3 ай бұрын

@@FaithandNova yes

@danmcclaren5436 3 ай бұрын

That area of miami is a dump. People that move to miami don't realize that 90% of miami is basically 3rd world unless you actually are willing to pay a bunch of money in rent and live in the nice areas

@mambi74 3 ай бұрын

I dispute the 90%... but not by that much! LOL

@lynnec6325 3 ай бұрын

Miami is LITTLE LATIN AMERICA. Personally, I immediately rejected relocating there. And the cost of living very high. Manhattan HIGH.

@amtravelingservice4400 3 ай бұрын

@@mambi74 would you say 87% ? 🤣😂😛

@goldenparachute392 3 ай бұрын

@@lynnec6325 no wyt trash, I beg to differ 😂

@sak_5 3 ай бұрын

Not even paying a lot guarantees a good living in Miami. I live in Brickell, this is my 3rd high rise building in 12 years and all have the same issues. Broken elevators (most of times only 2 out of 4 elevators working, waiting times over 15mins), homeless people sleeping in the garage, dog pee in the hallways, zero security in terms of random people coming in and out the building on foot or by car in the garage, amenities that are dated or very deteriorated. We pay $4K/month for a 1b1b and any other building in the area is the same (ie: Panorama, Brickell Heights, The Plaza, 500 Brickell, Icon Brickell). Funny that Miami "the so called 1st world country" with all the "regulations" allows all this while the "so called 3rd world countries" with almost zero regulations have a much better living standards when you pay a premium.

@srshwa 3 ай бұрын

Also remember that one scandal where a bunch of Miami elevator technicians and inspectors never actually took the required exams because they paid people to do them , and as a result the city has to retroactively inspect things. Yes , in Miami you can buy driver’s licenses and elevator safety technician licenses (all without a word of English ) #BecauseMiami

@port1180 3 ай бұрын

Get everyone to hire an attorney , have them put rent or association fees into an escrow account. Also write letters to City Manager or the major, protestors outside , I guarantee they’ll move fast to fix…

@stanleyolszewski7701 3 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Class action suit and everyone paying rent into escrow will get their attention. 😁

@zoemayne 3 ай бұрын

lol why not just move? They are litteraly rentals. Thats the whole point

@ProducerGio 3 ай бұрын

lease agreement

@sak_5 3 ай бұрын

@@zoemayne In Miami they are all the same, trust me. I lived in 3 buildings in Brickell in the last 12 years (supposedly one of the best premium neighborhoods) and I have toured at least a dozen in the same neighborhood and all are in the same deplorable situation asking for $4K or more for a 1b1b.

@moneyonfleek305 3 ай бұрын

The Cubans at top ain’t gon do nothing

@user-dw1ls3rp1l 3 ай бұрын

It's called "constructive eviction" If problems remain unfixed for a period of time after letting the landlord know in writing, it is legal to break the lease and move. The amount of time required for notice varies by state, usually 30 days.

@YESITSWILL 3 ай бұрын

Not entirely accurate. It depends on the issue. No access to the pool does not rise to the level of CE. Like wise if the building has several elevators, but one is always broken that is not CE. The building has to be livable, not perfect.

@user-dw1ls3rp1l 3 ай бұрын

@@YESITSWILL The legal standard usually falls to the condition the unit was rented in, and the functional amenities at the time of lease signing. For example: A/C and a fitness center would be considered "luxuries", but if they become non-functional during the term of a lease, the landlord has an obligation to fix them, since the unit was rented that way. Otherwise, the landlord can prepare to get laughed out of court when they try to enforce rent on someone who moved out after the problems remained uncorrected.

@YESITSWILL 3 ай бұрын

@@user-dw1ls3rp1l Still depends. If the A/C stops working in Arizona during the summer, Yes. In a cooler climate maybe not, unless the renter has a health condition aggravated by the lack of A/C. Just sued one of my tenants for skipping. They claimed CE because of pool problems. Eventhough there were constant problems, I put over $3,500 in repairs just for last year. The Judge said an abatement would have been appropriate, but they never asked for one and he ruled in my favor.

@user-dw1ls3rp1l 3 ай бұрын

@@YESITSWILL What would I know? I've only rented dozens of condos for dozens of years.

@YESITSWILL 3 ай бұрын

@@user-dw1ls3rp1l And Ive been renting SFH's since 94. Like you said in your initial response, "usually". You need to take into account where the property is located, municipal laws and regulations as well. I just received liquidated damages against a tenant that exceeded my actual damages by 3X, but Im in a Red State. I would be lucky to get actual damages in a Blue State.

@hondaopportunity8107 3 ай бұрын

I lived in Miami for many years. I can maybe help and give you the reason why this building is only for looks, first of all the neighborhood. This area is located in a bad neighborhood (it has improved a bit) and surrounded by 2 other bad areas. Next time do your research, anyone living close to Jackson Hospital, or Win Wood knows what I am talking about. However, for what you are paying, and for what they are representing on their website, management should clean this up and improve the safety.

@NoPrivateProperty 3 ай бұрын

Florida is a bad neighborhood. where all the riif raff sink to

@JanineAmei 3 ай бұрын

Wynwood is in the hood and so is the design district. I’m a designer. Been there lol

@dens3096 3 ай бұрын

Also the Brickel, with a project like buildings with thousands apartments looking at your neighbor’s window and “gypsy” influencers walking around 😂

@mybackyardparrots9198 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😆😉Remember that area before they gentrified it, or at least tried to?

@carlosrodriguez-xt1ug 3 ай бұрын

@@JanineAmei Its nice to visit then gtfo.

@rg3321 3 ай бұрын

This is just like Soma in brickell . All of these management companies just want to take your money.

@olly305 3 ай бұрын

This is just unacceptable. They need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. those tenants can have serious health issues. Im fired up about this.

@joeycurtis1872 3 ай бұрын

It's like this everywhere, advertising is one thing, the actual living situation is dire

@eriks8382 3 ай бұрын

This is expletive unacceptable

@Bestoftherest222 3 ай бұрын

Can't the residents withhold rent until the issues are fixed?

@timafiggy 3 ай бұрын

Not in Florida. They withold rent and either an eviction notice then the Sheriff comes . Not just that Landlords destroy things by throwing out through the window. This woman has nice things. It's not worth it.

@palimdragonmaster3k 3 ай бұрын

This ain't New York or California

@gotyoutriggered.8644 3 ай бұрын

@@timafiggyThey actually can. You have to set up a bank account and put the monthly rent into it every month without touching it until the issues are fixed.

@davidseo677 3 ай бұрын

I live here. My current rent is $2,100 for a 1 bedroom. I am moving next month to Clayton Georgia.

@timafiggy 3 ай бұрын

The state. I'm in Melbourne with $1,150 with a very small kitchen.

@lukecat3825 3 ай бұрын

Other Floridians don’t claim Miami. It’s a center point for the worst of people.

@Living_Despite 3 ай бұрын

That's true. Miami belongs to immigrants and the wealthy.

@oscelotgreen 3 ай бұрын

Welcome to Miami where the work is shoddy, but the rent is high.

@Mary-zd6ow 3 ай бұрын

Pee and Poop in the hallway may be from the residents.🤣

@donnadriggers5718 3 ай бұрын

If the residents come together on the pool closing, they will say, oh well its for maintenance and upgrades..NOT..

@davidwright873 3 ай бұрын

My wife works of a large apt.,company and tbey just randomly make cuts to living standards to save money....For intance.....they now have door cameras so out go security....real plans to fake plants to save money...I say, "HEll, why not rip up carpets and go to cement floors to save on carpet cleaing!!"....It's all so random...what ever they can get away with they do...

@CollegeBoyDeon 3 ай бұрын

Residents are to blame too. Trash don’t just appear. A lot of people are just dirty and don’t like to keep their home clean.

@bradebronson8835 3 ай бұрын

People still moving in don't check out the place first?

@scottduke2809 3 ай бұрын

AND they're paying way too much even IF things are good! this is unacceptable.... except in Miami, city council doesn't give a shit. won't be surprised if this is the next building to collapse with all the lining up issues and elevator being way off.

@CaptApple 3 ай бұрын

I betcha the property is owned by a private equity firm. This is their style.

@sak_5 3 ай бұрын

Exactly that. My building in Brickell when I moved in was new and management was great. Three years later they sold it to a Private Equity in California and the building's maintenance and services have gone downhill. Problem is, there's nowhere to go, all buildings in Miami are in the same poor condition. A house? No thanks... I'd rather eat these condo issues and live 10mins away from work than living in a house in the suburbs with many other issues, and a 75-min commute each way.

@ashleypeterson340 3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't pay rent!!

@vulcan2882 3 ай бұрын

All tenants can withhold paying their rent untill everything in the building is fixed. However the rent must be placed into an escrow account. The property management can only get that money once everything is fixed inspected and up to code. ( also the tenants who do this can NOT legaly be evicted )

@sak_5 3 ай бұрын

That sounds great, problem is, all buildings in Miami are in the same deplorable situation. So, unless you are planning to move out and go to a different location/city once contract ends, yes, you can do what you are saying. Otherwise, if you will continue in that building, because all others are the same, I think no action and just eat the issues, since for sure next contract rent $ will be 10x more, so you are automatically "forced" to move out.

@timafiggy 3 ай бұрын

@@sak_5it is by design.

@vulcan2882 3 ай бұрын

@@sak_5 .. not if you have a lease, some places will offer extended leases. That means instead of one year you can sign a two three or even four year lease. However with some of those leases the rent can only go up one or two hundred dollars not five hundred or even a thousand dollars. However those places are very hard to find today.

@sak_5 3 ай бұрын

@@vulcan2882After Covid, most places won’t give you the option of more than 12-month lease. At least in Brickell, a few buildings I checked don’t offer that anymore. Also, there’s no law that prevents landlords from raising the rent at whatever they want. I’ve been here before pandemic and my rent has increased over 20% every year just to keep up with market prices, and there’s nothing you can do about it but either pay or leave. After Covid, almost my entire building’s residents moved out, and new ones from the Northeast and California moved in.

@stanleylafontant8571 3 ай бұрын

Been in miami since 85....lot of those highrise located in bad neighborhood..it's call gentrification

@Nb7733 3 ай бұрын

Yoo I looked at moving in there last year and was really turned off I’m glad I didn’t. I live at biscayne 112 in north Miami and it’s great

@arfriedman4577 3 ай бұрын

Write your politicians and call to follow up. Take action.

@eattherich9215 3 ай бұрын

Write to DeSantis and see how much he cares.

@iveyhealth2266 3 ай бұрын

I'm wondering how much the rent is in that building. Anyone know?

@iutubtivi 3 ай бұрын

Anything in miami is about 2000 for one bedroom

@SandraOfficialHernandez 3 ай бұрын

Looks like the only thing higher than our rent in this building is the level of complaints on social media!

@miamiwax5504 3 ай бұрын

The elevator 🤣

@richardchambers3533 3 ай бұрын

Slum lords

@wrzl1675 3 ай бұрын

That’s very typical of high rise apartments in major cities in the U.S.. Go to NYC if you think that place is bad

@BlackRoseFlorida 3 ай бұрын

Now, this is a prime example of a SLUM-LORDS: collecting large profit /money and not doing 💩 on poorly maintained property.

@serafinacosta7118 3 ай бұрын

Bad area , good area….. what a bunch of crock. First of all, there isn’t such a thing as a bad area. Ask a real estate agent , and they will lose their license over this remark if caught on record. In fact , giving rising tides are making speculators do run towards Little Haiti on Hialea. So bad areas , that is malarkey. Second, building standards, or building codes , are one and only for anywhere they are built upon. The only difference might be on finishing, amenities, and architectural details. Third, this building shows a lot of disrepair. That is what condominium association dues are for. To keep common areas suitable for occupation. Either the association is underfunded, hence the need to raise fees , or else, funds are being syphoned out. Lastly, only clueless people move to Florida , specially South Florida. US Champion on Social Security Fraud , Insurance Fraud. They have bought from a shody builder, that is all

@mrfofff 3 ай бұрын

whats the rent?

@oldcat87 3 ай бұрын

Buy your own single family houses. Get rid of the condos asap. Condos getting worse and worse

@poker_ 3 ай бұрын

If it's pee and poo then it's them that's the issue! Now all the other issues is the building 🤦🏽‍♂️

@Sharonhenry3000 25 күн бұрын

I'm sorry to say this is a typical living condition in Miami apartments

@kifkroker6483 3 ай бұрын

Are these apartments rentals or condos?

@RARA64HUNNID 3 ай бұрын

i’m becoming a city building inspector *asap* 💵

@D8099. 3 ай бұрын

HOA’s stand over you the same way a landlord does, so you don’t really own anything. The only difference between the two is that the landlord is required by law to fix anything and everything because it’s his property and he’s providing a service whereas an HOA’s say you own your condo, maybe you should fix it, but don’t forget, your payment the size of a 2nd mortgage is due to us in 30 days 😂😁. Have a good day. This is not good for society. Hard working people invested their life savings into this and how many people can we say “Save” anything, the percentage is low. They don’t deserve this.

@MessyPointedBlob 3 ай бұрын

This isn't a HOA. This is a rental apartment building. The landlord here is giving no fucks to fix anything.

@Foreign84 3 ай бұрын

And these people are paying rent lol. Should've stopped paying a long time ago

@KK-qo3vu 3 ай бұрын

This is every apartment in every city. Its 2024

@TheDonKELSO 3 ай бұрын

Lol i think yall keep forgetting what area that used to be… and lowkey still is 😂

@Game_with_me-r6j 3 ай бұрын

The landlord would have to use the monies to maintain the pool to do other fixes.

@jennygiallanza4524 3 ай бұрын

Flori DUH

@blucky1250 3 ай бұрын

My hubs is an elevator guy. This management company likely didn’t pay their bill otherwise the elevator guys would be there.

@FeverDreamRemix 3 ай бұрын

I would fail to make my rent payment

@kilp2635 3 ай бұрын

24 times since January?

@toddl.3454 3 ай бұрын

Why not move out? Go on a rent strike

@qlee3371 3 ай бұрын

This is funny to somebody living in NYC because this would still be one of the best buildings here 🤣

@Nia62899 3 ай бұрын

Exactly the bougie 😂😂😂

@MonicaFlorida 3 ай бұрын

Aren’t they glad they don’t crumble like Surfside?

@18reberodriguez 3 ай бұрын

When they first opened I was a contractor for them. It was a sht show,people scurrying everywhere management was over their heads. It was basically idiots in suits ,honestly truly.I was puzzled as to how they even landed their roles. People were quitting all the time and the parking situation was a mess and dangerous at that because it was behind bus stop where the crackheads flocked. Unorganized then and still over priced and unorganized. Shame

@Rdelrio19 3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't used that elevator to be honest

@southendbos 3 ай бұрын

Code enforcement. Fine them $10,000 a day. Maybe they can jail the owner(s)

@southendbos 3 ай бұрын

Is it an apartment building?

@epifaniochacon7655 3 күн бұрын

No law

@deechicago25 3 ай бұрын

Yea that’s Miami all show hahaha 😂

@DevJB 3 ай бұрын

I can fix the elevators in a couple of hours probably. Why can't someone else?

@EnlistedBombin 3 ай бұрын

Most new Elevators are not owned but leased LOL so they are REQUIRED to use the company that put them in service. If you do not have one under lease then they make you buy service plans. I heard Ben Mallah a huge APT and Hotel investor has half a billion in holdings in the Tampa area talking about how much of a scam it is.

@southrichmondtofl 3 ай бұрын

Are you in the Elevator Union?

@DevJB 3 ай бұрын

@@EnlistedBombin I'd pull up with my toolbags and I'd just walk over to the elevator in question and repair it and then leave. Maybe pick a lock or two and not get grease on my camo clothes.

@DevJB 3 ай бұрын

@@southrichmondtofl Electrician, so every trade..

@TropicoDreams 3 ай бұрын

You have no idea what you're talking about 😂

@jowbloe4700 3 ай бұрын

Not worth $3K/month 🤷‍♂️

@machokmacho6597 3 ай бұрын

Look at the area its in come on they should have known better if they wanted to live a certain life style. Its like throwing a expensive phone in a dirty toilet then being shocked when there is 💩 all over it

@superbtrilogy5049 3 ай бұрын

This needs more than a Broom and Trashcan can

@TrinhNguyen-nc7hj 3 ай бұрын

Stop paying rent.

@joyofalltrades1239 3 ай бұрын

I know they pay a shit load too

@WWNicole 3 ай бұрын

Ew. It looks like the projects.

@USNEM 3 ай бұрын

That building is probably about to collapse.

@stickynorth 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like homeless outside are the least of this building's problems...

@philipbanks2462 3 ай бұрын

Boo hoo I'm so sad for rich people having to live with the similar conditions of an average poor person in Miami

@wayneredd6776 3 ай бұрын

We all know what she’s looking for a big fat lawsuit. Good luck these issues are BS general maintenance things happen. Live with it, honey. Get a job and make some money.

@cg41006 3 ай бұрын

Move out simple as that

@moneyindabank 3 ай бұрын

Renting is for poor people.

@USNEM 3 ай бұрын

Miami is a literal dump.

@dannyrosario4265 3 ай бұрын

Havana Miami 😂😂😂😂😂

@Guccisteppin9922 3 ай бұрын

Move back to where yall from 😂😂😂😂 I love to see it .. keep taking these out of towners money

@duckling4393 3 ай бұрын

Umm, move.

@joeypena8005 3 ай бұрын

😂💀 with all these issue in this country praise the Lord forever. Let the wicked be rewarded with wickedness in a nation that rejects the Lord.

@YESITSWILL 3 ай бұрын

Obviously constructed by Chinese workers, using Chinese cement, and Chinese parts and controls in the Chinese made elevators. American made is perfect. 😂

@Bob-gj7nm 3 ай бұрын

Just fuckin move.

@privacyconcern 3 ай бұрын

imagine faking a leg injury for a payout😂😂😂😂😂

@palimdragonmaster3k 3 ай бұрын

How do you watch this video and get this reaction?

@ammonioussaccas 3 ай бұрын

Third world people third world results.

@MikiKotevski 3 ай бұрын

Laughs in Conan Barbarian manner. I sympathize but what makes the news in Miami compared to what some people go through… first world problems. That’s okay, the world will know soon

@ConnerColemanMSHS 3 ай бұрын

Reeks of talmudic behaviors

@ProducerGio 3 ай бұрын

All 3 of those women are gorgeous

@rodentcafeteria 3 ай бұрын

"Get off my knee. My knee can't breathe."

@DevilDaRebel 3 ай бұрын

You get what you vote for. This is the majority of Miami btw, unless you can afford to pay 10k in rent monthly for nice neighborhoods which have all the wealthy of Miami competing for it. Lmfao

@sak_5 3 ай бұрын

In Miami I can confirm that paying $10K/month in nice neighborhoods does not guarantee safety and good living conditions. Here in Brickell (a so called "premium" neighborhood) there are many condos/apts (3b2b) renting for over $7K with the same issues this video pointed out. Miami overall is nowhere near a "1st world country" as most of their residents claim, good luck the building doesn't collapse like the one in Surfside.

@DevilDaRebel 3 ай бұрын

@@sak_5 But Brickell is downtown, and it’s literal blocks away from wynwood which js blocks away from allapatah, and little havana. I meant south beach. Brickell is like wynwood. Built on hood. Plus it’s a tourist attraction so people that dont live there, especially low class are always around there

@sak_5 3 ай бұрын

With your assumption, that means that Cocoplum and Gables Estates are in the same demographic category as the ghetto area next to them? In every city and country, you have this kind of separation next to another one, and that doesn’t mean they fall in the same demographic category.

@DevilDaRebel 3 ай бұрын

@@sak_5 Yea, it’s exactly like that. And it’s that simple. You can’t be surprised about low class acitivity when you border a low class neighborhood. I lived in a neighborhood that was the epitome of low-middle class. But it was in the center of it and didn’t border low class areas. Lived there for 10 years, here in miami, flagler. Never saw low class activity on a frequent basis. And definitely not from neighbors. I worked for a year in downtown, miami beach And it was non-stop ruckus and rowdy crowds, now I live near Allapatah and it’s been 6 years of constant fcery of the 8 I’ve been here. Hopefully i can gtfo soon.

@sak_5 3 ай бұрын

@@DevilDaRebelSo because a building in a nice neighborhood is next to the ghetto, that means management is allowed to have broken elevators, leave trash in corridors, leave dated or broken amenities, etc when you are paying rent/HOA? That doesn’t make any sense.

@dabzprincess92 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 y'all knew where u were moving to. They do this all over Florida and buy in the worst unsafe neighborhood for price then you fools complain. Y'all know what you're getting when u enter that part of Miami. Give me a break. At some point you need to be responsible for your choices

@dens3096 3 ай бұрын

Mostly those people are out of state like NY and CA . Should go back then 😂

@stickynorth 3 ай бұрын

I love people blame the victims of bad real estate rather than the scammers. Talk about a fucked up culture

@stickynorth 3 ай бұрын

Then again I'd never want to visit never mind live in America's shrivelled wang... Hot, Humid and full of awful complaining white people? No thanks! I do that at home in a hot tub...

@NoPrivateProperty 3 ай бұрын

your market value dictates your worth. adjust your expectations. live within your means. pull yourself up by your bra straps

@EnlistedBombin 3 ай бұрын

By the looks of her thats some big bra straps, she looks to be about 6'2 or so.

@TheRafuck 3 ай бұрын

You need to pay more HOA😂

@MixedCompany2020 3 ай бұрын

DeSantis turning Florida into a sh*thole

@timafiggy 3 ай бұрын

With high rent for nothing too

@kdc6884 3 ай бұрын

No! This is trump’s fault ! 😮

@erictaylor5462 3 ай бұрын

What about ADA compliance? Or is accessibility to "woke" for you?

@stickynorth 3 ай бұрын

Snap! Quite literally... I've been where she was in that airboot for 9 months. Life is not easy being part Robocop...

@francismarion6400 3 ай бұрын

Yes it has mentally ill people and crack heads.

@JB-mn2gu 3 ай бұрын

That’s Joey Bag of Donuts building. He says fagettaboutit

@mybackyardparrots9198 3 ай бұрын

🤔😏😂😂😂 - That whole area 😁, oh man - You can put lipstick on a pig - it's still a pig.

@dens3096 3 ай бұрын

No local Miami people would rent this kind of buildings, including - project like Brickell 😂 Mostly people from NY and Ca fell for this crap😂 The only solution for this problem is for you people to go back to your states.

@stickynorth 3 ай бұрын

With this attitude I am sure they will. Florida a trash pile filled with garbage creatures... Case in point... YOU!

@aaap3875 3 ай бұрын

wherefore