Sterling Central Apartments Review

I have both of my daughters in the Marquee for 2 years and signed again for a 3rd year. We have never had any issues with the apartments. The staff have always been very easy to talk with and have addressed any concerns. Granted the place does have some slobs that live there, they throw there trash in stairwells , parking garage, but that is not the managements fault. It does get cleaned up when noticed. I feel that The Marquee is one of the safest apartments in the 2 blocks around UCF. This is a college town which means the great, the good and the bad kids are all mixed in. Lets not hold all of them into one group. The Marquee looks at each lease as an individual lease and helps with any issues

Worst experience ever for a college living experience, and this is coming from a student that has lived at numerous amounts of student apartments.... By far the worst ever First off the internet is always constantly being worked on, so you could be in the middle of the quiz and all of a sudden the internet shuts off... Another thing is parking I'm a resident on the first floor and maybe 2 or 3 times I get parking on the 2nd floor or lower otherwise it is fifth floor and up for me! My balcony view right now is a big food truck that they probably bought and just parked there, and every other day I have the smell of trash coming in the apartment because they think it is smart to take 8 first floor parking spots and turn them into no parking zones for the dumpsters.... I feel as if we are in a jail cell everywhere you go you need your key fob (which half of the time doesn't work). They closed the back gate only for buses to come in and out (which is a safety hazard). They always claim they have security which I never see in the parking garages or anywhere but sitting down next to the garage entry's... The elevators do not have the correct inspection dates (trust me I feel as if they have not been inspected within the last year it's a shaky ride)... Parents and students stay away the try and get you with the low prices but even after that it is still not worth out.... Avoid it at all costs... I can not wait until my lease is up to move away from here!!!! STAY FAR AWAY THEY MAY EVEN TRY AND CHANGE THEIR NAME AGAIN!!!!

Great place, proximity to UCF is very convenient. Just a 10 minute bike ride. Rooms are nice with the private bathrooms and walk in closets

Super friendly staff that makes it easy and accessible to everyone. I remember transferring interanally here and feeling like I had no home. The staff at the Marquee changed that instantly.

Really great and affordable living conditions with great amenities and an eager staff ready to aid you in all your needs

The most popular name in UCF Alert emails. If you know when I mean.

I lived at The Marquee from January to July 2019. The unit I was in was a sublease from a woman whose contact info I got from the front office. The office kept a list of all residents who wanted to sublease their apartment, which I thought was really cool considering that's probably the easiest way to find a place. I haven't seen any other complex do that. The process was super easy and was done within a few days. I had a great stay at Marquee. I lived in phase 2 which is the newer side of the complex. I've seen phase 1 units as well and the only differences I noticed were renovations like cabinets and floors. I paid $700 (in a 4x4) a month including utilities (no cap), plus $11.95 for renter's insurance. This price is one of the lowest you'll find in the area, especially within such proximity to campus. I didn't see one cockroach in the entire 7 months I was there, which is so rare in Florida. Granted, we had a very very clean apartment. We never had any incessant issues with bugs; the only time was a gnat problem which was caused by rotting potatoes (my bad), but they cleared up once the mess was taken care of. The hallways are pretty clean for the place being student housing. I never saw any puke (thank GOD) in the hallways, which seems to be a common occurrence at other places like Plaza or UH. There isn't a lot of partying on the premises, at least none that I've heard. The two pools, one in each phase, are super beautiful and are never crowded. There are two study rooms, a computer lab with a free printer (phase 2 printer was broken for months btw, had to go to phase 1), an aerobics room, and a gym in EACH phase (so four study rooms, etc). Weight lifting area in phase 2 that overlooks the pool. Residents park in a garage and parking spots are not assigned. 99% of the time I found spots right by my apartment, the other 1% I had to park on a higher level which isn't a hassle. Visitors park up top where there's a phenomenal view of downtown to the west, campus to the east, and lush green trees everywhere else. There is a trash chute on the first 4 floors of the garage which makes cleaning up super easy. I only had to request maintenance once, and they showed up the next day to fix the problem. My experience with the staff was always very pleasant and they seem to care about the residents. The Marquee is a five minute (if that) shuttle ride to UCF. A lot of people also walk and ride bikes/scooters/longboards to campus. The property is walking distance to the local bar and a few shopping plazas. I never had an issue with safety in the area. You really can't beat the location. I honestly don't know why Marquee has so many bad reviews because I really loved it! It gets four stars because I feel like I have to be really blown away to give five stars. But in student apartments, you won't be blown away. In my opinion, Marquee is the best place to live near UCF. Great location, friendly and helpful staff, relatively affordable prices, minimal partying, and a beautiful property. I moved out because I wanted to find other people to live with (I'd consider myself pretty quiet and clean but my roommates were on a different level), I wanted new experiences, and my room was right by Alafaya where loud cars just love to zoom by. Other than those loud cars, the city noise is pretty nice. It won't be heard in most of the units, mine just happened to be close to the main road. Anyway, don't believe all the negative reviews. I had a great stay at Marquee.

The GOOD.

- a perfectly located for UCF students

- no caps on Utilities

- any work order I put in was address immediately.

- always something/ events for residents to check out during the semester

- quick fast move in / move out process

- when the internet worked it was solid for gaming, streaming and doing homework on. Although I was wierd for my ps4.

-Gym/ swimming pool

-bed room comes with desk, bed stand, full size bed with underneath roommovable dresser and tv with Cable.

-The BAD.

- walls are way to thin. I had room C and could hear everything outside my door and pretty much everything in the room next to mine.

- fire alarm throughout the complex seemed to have a mind of its own.

- parking garage is treated like a race track by residents that includes speeding and drivers revving their cars up. Musics of all kinds can be heard throughout the parking garage at anytime of the day or night.

Unit appliances are outdated and some don't work. My dishwasher didnt work, my freezer ice machine had to be turned off every once in while or it leaked.

The bedrooms are dusty as hell and to maintain a clean carpet you have to vaccum.

TV in my room was halfway broken, the audio would go fuzzy after 30mins of use.

The UGLY.

- mold on or near every vent.

- my room wasnt thoroughly clean when I moved in. Especially the bathroom floor and cabinets.

- did see and kill 3 roaches in my 10 month stay. None in my room but 3 in my bathroom. I sprayed strong raid in the vent in my bathroom and along the corners of wall along the floor and never saw any more. However, my unit had 2 flies infestation, the second one was horrid hundreds of flies on our back wall, patio door, living area ceiling, and in our kitchen ceiling light. Again I raided the bugs.

My thoughts/ conclusion

The residents here do contribute to some of the dirtiness of the complex. This absolutely needs to be address. I've come home to McDonald's bags and empty cups in my regular parking space.. 2 out of 3 roommates where
responsiblely clean but the other wasn't clean at all. He might of contributed to the flies infestation because he never did the dishes and left dirty pots on the stove/in the sink for days/ weeks until someone cleaned up after him.

Staff must do a better job upon cleaning rooms/units prior to move in dates. And this place atleast in phase 1 needs some updated appliances. However! It did seem around the end of spring semester some units where getting updated.

It's a lil cheaper then other complexes but i wouldn't say its the best bang for your buck. Fix the bug problem, fire alarm issue and maybe enforce some type of parking garage rule and it would make things alot better. Also add a roommate survey aswell maybe 1 ever 3 months so staff knows what's going on in the units.

It's a light 3 out 5 for me

Had a problem with some of the paper work but it was fixed (after I called a dozen times). Everything worked out in the end so everything is better now.

DO NOT LIVE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!! They have disabled their review section from their facebook for a reason I personally have posted on it many times about the disgusting garbage/vandalism around the property. I is an awful place to live the office staff takes months to fix things. Our washer was broken for a month before they could replace it. The paint they gave us so that I could touch up spots on my wall was THE WRONG PAINT ( I made sure I asked 3 of the non English speaking workers if it was the right paint and it still wasnt). They are charging me for unreasonable things after I have moved out. I wouldn't have a problem paying it if they actually used the money to fix it. I had o live with a burn hole in my carpet all year that I am sure thy charged the person before me and never fixed it. Oh!! and when they tell you that you have a "Courtyard view" they forget to mention the 7 story parking garage located right behind it. Car alarms will always be going off including people drifting through the parking garage... FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS ARE THE BEST!! You have drunk people screaming throughout the hallways and parking garage and cars also being involved in hit & runs. Do not live here if you dont want to deal with a headache every night.

I m a first time college student living away from home and honestly this apartment made it super easy to transition. If I ever have any problems they re speedy at resolving it and quite pleasant to talk to. Not to mention they do many extras for their residents.

Don't bother calling them.. the number provided on their website is just for decoration lol. They never answer.

My maintenance orders get fixed quickly! The staff in the office is very nice and friendly. The apartments are very modern, homelike and comfy.

Nothing works here.. everything is expensive and no even the running machine works

I love all the different floorplans so you can pick what you would like! I LOVE the pool and the computer lab so I can focus when I need to.

DO NOT MOVE HERE!! Had maggots in kitchen when I moved in. Cockroaches in bedroom window as well as other bugs. Apartment stunk on move in. Management refused to switch rooms to a different one and said they would send cleaning instead. A month later had a friend of mines car towed for parking on the completely EMPTY top floor, however not in a v spot. I thought the whole top floor was a v spot but turns out there s a about a dozen that are not. When I asked Staff about it, they told me that all they will do to help is give me the video of WHY it was towed. Inside of the buildings and hallways is very messy with trash and beer everywhere.

The staff is very friendly and patient and answered all my questions I had. The location and price we just what I was looking for. I'm looking forward to my stay.

I would not wish living here on my worst enemy. I was excited to move in, initially. My three friends and I were told if we signed our lease as early as we did, we would be guaranteed a unit together, which of course didn't happen. After being threatened by one of the random roommates I was placed with, they eventually moved me in with ONE of my friends.

Apartment seemed fine at first, and after turning in the condition form, everything fell apart. Sink broke, dishwasher broke, found out my bedroom was absolutely FILTHY and was NOT cleaned prior to my move in, shower rack broke off of the wall after trying to place a towel on it, had to pour drain-o down my shower every week just so it would even drain (even though nothing ever gets put in the drain other than water), roaches, experienced a fruit fly infestation, ants, room was right on the road and it was so loud I could not even hear myself think and constantly got woken up by loud cars and groups of people yelling walking home from the bar. Kitchen was so dirty that no amount of mopping would clean it up. Toilet was broken for a MONTH with water flooding my floor, and I had to ask someone to fix it two different times before it got fixed. Fridge broke and leaked water all over my food and remained broken for several months, ruined all my food. Due to the apartment being seemingly beyond repair, I gave up on putting in work orders for everything.

Appliances and furniture are absolutely filthy and outdated. My two other roommates both received complaints for noise and one had their brother living on the couch for a month, management did nothing. Always cops on the premises for some sort of misconduct by other residents, one time a cop car was blocking the exit to the apartment and I missed a final exam. One occasion they were supposed to lock someones room up who moved out early in the other building, and they mistakenly locked me out and changed the locks for my bedroom and apartment with NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE might I add, and the new key they gave me for my unit DIDN'T EVEN WORK. Another time, the people that lived below us shot firecrackers off of the balcony at people and cars driving by and yelled derogatory things at people, and constantly threw trash off the balcony. So many issues here that I cannot even remember them all.

I was forced to continue paying my rent, but my experience here was so disgusting and awful I eventually stopped sleeping here, and only stopped by on occasion to get new clothes. Please do yourself a favor and never sign a lease here, it was the worst experience I have ever had to deal with.

Enjoying my time here so far, nice staff, not too pricey compared to the apartments in the area, 4 pools as well can't beat it.

So far The Marquee has been a really great experience. The staff is helpful and friendly. We ve had two work orders that were fixed next day. It was easy and quick to sign the lease and room with my friends. Also, very clean and new appliances when we moved in.

Beware of this place - after multiple robberies at the apt complex in the last year, now they had a deadly shooting on Thu 4/2/2015:
UCF ALERT! Shooting @ Sterling/Marquee Apts. 2 males shot - 1 in the back, 1 in the stomach. No confirmed suspect info at this time. Sheriff's Office is on scene. Avoid area.
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This message is from UCF Alerts (2014):
Strong-arm robbery in parking garage of Sterling Central/The Marquee.Suspects are 2 Hispanic males, 1 wearing a hoodie. Happened around 11:30pm.No other info.Report suspicious activity to police or call 911.

This is a third robbery in 2 months, they renamed the appartment complex but are they doing anything about security?

So far it's okay. Maintenance is always on time to fix any issue that they have. Also, they have a lot of activities for residents throughout the month.

Hated living here, first day of move in our apartment had mold, I got sick and went to the hospital, they were giving me a hard time about getting a new apartment up until my parents called and threatened to sue. Then where I was moved to it was dirty but had no choice but to stay. Roommates were hell and anytime I made a complaint management did nothing. Living at the marquee was an experience I wish on no college student. Best of luck to whoever decides to move in.

So I do live here but I have many friends who do. After seeing the fake pictures they posted I had to write a review. This place is absolutely disgusting. Roaches all over the place. Everything is outdated and dangerous. I lived in a major city most of my life where this isn't new, but for housing for students and the prices they asked they should be ashamed.

Horrible place to live. The tenants are insane. They play loud music at all hours, get drunk and wreck the place. They leave blood everywhere, and drive like maniacs. The parking garage is a disaster because of the way they drive. The staff is extremely unprofessional as well. DO NOT LIVE HERE!!!