Alaqua Condominium

I lived in Aventura in 3 different condomium last 5 years. This one is the worst.. Worst 1 year of my life passed there. They did everything to make residents life more difficult. No kids zone. Kids have to sit at home. Pool never worked. Dirty corridors. Wet floors, I myself fell 2 times when I walk in the wet corridors. One of 5 elevator always out of order. Tons of rules. There is a rule book like the constitution. Everything has been made to add more stress to you. For example you cannot stop with car even 5 second anywhere except your parking spot.  Parking is so far you need to walk quarter mile to reach out your car. When you are in rush for your kids school or for your work, good luck, you need to run. Cause it takes minimum 10 minutes to get out of bulding. The HOA is a nightmare. They have no idea what they are doing. I run from there with my family in the 10th month of our lease. I kept paying for last 2 months rent. It was a disaster. Just stay far.

Beautiful place  in the heart of Aventura -FL. Very safe

Very clean and organized.

I have not lived here, but as many of the bad reviews written here I did go through the horrid application process. They don't let renters have dogs, however, I have an ESA dog and they discredited it twice, had to get my doctor to directly contact them. They took 5 weeks to finally approve me, past my move in date, at which point I had already cancelled the contract and been approved within 2 days at a better condo. Regarding the "parking scam" people have written about, I did discuss this with Michael (he's probably the only good thing about this place) and he said it only happens to residents who park in visitors and vise versa. My previous condo, Village by the bay, always had the best interest of their residents and guests. If someone was parked in the wrong place they had the decency to call and inform that a car was at risk of being towed... they even helped me move my car when I was on vacation.. that's the kind of place I want to live in, not a place that tries to make a few bucks by booting people's cars who pay to be there.
On top of that, they are monitoring your every move with the cameras, I know because my dad installed them and some of the residents I spoke to had mentioned that they are quick to fine you with any mistake/ violation you make that they see through the cameras.
My suggestion is that if you're someone who doesn't have many visitors, have only one car, you're relaxed and mostly stay at home.. this may be the place for you. Otherwise, walk right next door to village by the bay and enjoy a place that treats you like you're their family.