Apartment Review for Lakeside Apartments - Jacksonville, FL

We had a top floor apartment. The cooling bills during summer were astronomical. At least one exceeded $200.00. This could be explained partly by the poor state of the windows and door. We suspect the insulation is shoddy, and one maintenance man nodded affirmatively when I mentioned the possibility. We only saw maintenance personnel when there was an emergency, such as a leaking pipe. We asked them repeatedly to fix issues such as a huge stain on the ceiling, cuts in the wall from the leaking pipe incident, and a badly hung door, for over half of our lease. A serious effort to start fixing things was only made when our lease was almost up, and they only wanted to fix aesthetics. Presumably they wanted the place to be presentable when we inevitably moved out and they had to try to sell the place again. I could have overlooked the awful maintenance program, as I don't care much about looks, but the utility bills were simply unaffordable. This place is the worst kind of cheap, that ends up being expensive.