Puerta De Palmas Luxury Condominiums

It’s a good condo compared to most. In agreement with the comments above. Another problem is when you rent from an owner and how sensitive or responsive they are to the problems that may arise. Watch out for 702 that just came on sale. There is water leakage from the master bathroom to apts. below. You can smell the humidity. It’s unpleasant and only gets worse as you live in there. I would not trust this issue has been corrected. The building is supposed to replace shower pans in many of the apts. because of leakage. This 702 apt have «fancy» bathrooms that, in practicality, are not so fancy at all, Just an illusion. Master shower has frameless glass door that is uneven and no matter what you do, it leaks water that pools all over the bathroom floor. And the space in there is very small. The other bathroom’s shower is also very small and fills up with up to half a foot of water and drains slowly, gets nasty and it’s difficult to keep clean. The fancy sinks are splashers too. But the most important thing to know about this apartment is that it is right below the GYM!!! You can hear people running on the treadmill right over your bedroom, and they do not have to do much with weights for them to sound as if they are slammed right above you. There is no peace in this apartment.
And 602 has been marred with all the water leakage coming from above. If you smell a bit of humidity, run from that apt.
On the side that faces Douglas Rd., the supposed hurricane-​proof windows and glass doors do not keep the noise from the streets out of the apt. Super noisy. You become amazed at the amount of ambulances that cross from 8^th street to 37^th on their way to Coral Gables Hospital at all hours of the day and NIGHT. You don’t really enjoy the balcony because it’s just unpleasant to sit out there. The corridor AC on various floors facing EAST does not work and they have not found a solution,

I love to live here. It’s a nice place and the management personal is very kind. It’s incredibly well located. You can be at the airport in 10 minutes and you can be at Brickell in ten minutes too. It’s a plus to have free public transportation to go wherever you want to.
The apartaments are big enough and the neighbors are quiet, kind and well educated. The gym is ok and the pool is ok too. Everything it’s clean and well manteined. No complains at all.
You’re not gonna get better deal in Coral Gables.

I’ve lived here for 3 years now in a ¹⁄₁ that came furnished. If it weren’t for personal factors, I’d be happy to live here for as long as I stay in Miami. This place deserves more feedback, so I’ll give you my take:
Pros:
++Staff is always nice, welcoming, and helpful. The concierge are so down to earth — I enjoy chatting it up with them when I get a chance.
+Building is nice and always well kept, the lobby smelling like fresh potpourri round the clock. I remember thinking it looked like a hotel lobby when we first came for a viewing. Gym and pool are above average IMO. They’re not huge, but I’ve never ran into overcrowding problems with them so its fine. Also, there’s a putting green on the 8^th floor which I don’t think anyone has ever uses but was probably a too 3 selling point for most people.
+++PARKING IS CLUTCH! That’s right, three plusses. The assigned garage space may not be ideal, since you might have to drive up and down 6 – 7 floors each way. But, man I feel like this is a gem compared to condos in Brickell in Sobe for 2^nd car and guest parking. Valet is FREE and never fills up. But the most valuable thing has been the free street parking, which is always available within a block of the building after you come home from work and on the weekend. We saved $ 100+ by not having to add a parking spot to our monthly rent.
+In a safe and relaxing part of town. Central to the gables/​grove/​brickell/​downtown area. Getting to any of these places or Sobe takes no more than 15 min in normal traffic. Crucially, when the heat win the championship calle ocho goes buckwild and you have a front row seat.
CONS:
— Routine maintenances and system checks makes it hard to stay home during some weekdays if you want to relax or get work done. Its not every day, but its more often than it should be I feel. I figure its pretty common for associations though.
— You can only move in and out during the week, so you may have to take a day off work just to move. They also take a $ 500 moving deposit when you reserve the elevator (but they don’t cash it).
— Depending on your demographic, you could really like your neighbors or you could not even realize other people live in the building. Most of the unit owners are older (50+, or 30−40yo married couple with kids). We’re in our mid-​20s, and there’s actually a decent amount of young professionals/​older college students that live in the building. But it seems few and far between, so don’t expect a dorm-​like open door policy and loud parties tolerated environment. It’s not one of those places where residents complain over the little things, but they will complain if they have reason to.
OK I’m tired now. +7 vs –3 = 4 stars. Boom. Hope this helped.

It was a great community to live in while I was there. The condo staff was very helpful and professional in everything that I needed for mailing, package delivery, guest arrival, calling taxi’s etc.
The only complaint I have is that the management company is very difficult to work with. I called many times with questions about the property and they didn’t return my calls or messages. When I emailed, I got «out of office messages» even when they were working. There was a situation where I had to leave 4 messages, before I decided to walk in the office for a resolution. Be careful in working with them, because they are not always transparent and open in dealings.
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