Rachel Seady

Review of Cabana Club Rental Community

I lived here for a year and a half and recently mo...

I lived here for a year and a half and recently moved out of state.

Beautiful. It is a well-kept apartment complex. It is clean, safe and everything is in good working order. The Galleria (state of the art community center and business center) is the epitome of luxury. The older Cabana clubhouse is great even by itself. Two pools are even nicer than one.

Convenient. It's centrally located in Jacksonville. It's fairly simple to get downtown (15-20 min. drive) by taking JTB to I-95 N. It's also easy to go to St. Augustine by taking 295 South. Even better, it's positioned right next to the Town Center shops. Don't want to drive far? Winn-Dixie is within walking-distance (1 mile.) Don't want to leave the complex and it's Thursday? A food truck comes to you.

I loved dealing with Dickie in the office. He always waves and hugs everyone. He's a very enthusiastic person! The other office staff girls were friendly as well and gave my baby compliments.

I rated it 4 stars instead of 5 stars for several reasons.

1. We had an issue with our downstairs neighbors using a charcoal grill on their balcony. The AC unit recirculated the smoky air into our apartment (or it came through the balcony door.) For whatever reason this individual did not want to listen to the office staff and continued this 4 or 5 times unhindered.

2. I also want to mention that rush-hour traffic on 295 was always at a stand-still at our exit. I could take a back road and get off earlier to avoid this, but it was a nuisance. Once construction ends, this problem will be resolved.

3. Rent became too pricey for us. We moved to Cabana Club with the cost of a 2B/2B already at the top of our budget. By signing a 7 month lease and with the market rent increase it shot up. I think it's good value for your money however, and when comparing other apartments in this price range you would do better at Cabana Club.