We lived in Kendall House Apartments for ...
We lived in Kendall House Apartments for 6 years and I'm glad we were lucky enough to find this place to call it home. Many would say location is its best feature, but I'd say management is by far the best thing about this place. Frank is simply amazing, always going way above and beyond. Have you heard about a landlord giving you the deposit check the same morning you're moving out? Have you been in a place where maintenance requests take from 15 minutes to maybe an hour and a half at max to be attended to? These are just a part of the thing the great management and staff team were doing. They're always accessible, friendly, and courteous.
Location is obviously great. You have the metrorail station right across the street. You've got walking distance to Target, Trader Joe's (the only branch in Miami), BestBuy, and Pulix. Whole Foods is a 5 min. driver, plus many other retails, parks, and restaurants. Living in Miami without a car is super difficult, but thanks to the location here, we easily managed it for the first two years.
Although the buildings are pretty old themselves, you almost have no bug problems. Almost every other rental units at this price range have major roach and bug problems if you read the reviews (not surprising given that it's Florida). We had minor problems with some spiders and millipedes that were taken care of when I sealed the little space on the doorframes. We had a roach ONCE in six years, on the very last day of our residence, so you can almost say absolutely no roach problem. I feel my review wouldn't be honest if I didn't mention an incident where we had a rat in our kitchen, but the context needs to be taken into account. It happened right after hurricane Irma hit, which had disturbed the habitat and food supply of species. When I asked our neighbors about how common it was, the one with 14 years of residence said he hadn't ever heard of a rat coming into a unit. And it never happened again in the next 4 years we lived at our place. SO I can comfortably say it’s been an isolated event.
Overall, it's a great place to live in, and I think it beats every other competition in its price range, by far.
I would like to thank Frank again for his kindness, responsiveness, and utmost professionalism.