Finisterra Condominiums

Cómodos y una excelente vista
Nov 7th, 2021

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Jul 23rd, 2020

We have lived here for 12 years and we love it! We rented for almost half of those, before buying. We mostly keep to ourselves. We don't play loud music, try to be respectful of others since we all live so close together and don't speed(noticed a Gardner neighbor of ours wrote a bad review. It's easy to spot residents of Finisterra with the parking pass. No need for us to be bad neighbors. They may put more speed bumps in🤣). Guess what???? We have not had issues with our HOA as renters or owners. Renters who claim to be mistreated are most likely causing some type of nuisance or not following the rules. There are rules for a reason. We don't have broken down vehicles all over the property, we have quiet hours and the stairwells don't look like storage units or a yard sale. Some of us like it that way. Renters are no longer allowed to have dogs because past renters have proven not to be responsible pet owners, IE: not picking up poop. There are condos in Destin that only allow owners to use the pool. It's not that any place wants to treat renters badly but past renters set a presidence and they come and go whereas owners who live on site take ownership over the entire property. Our only frustration is coming home to find someone else in our assigned parking space in front of our unit and guess what...it's usually renters or renter's guests. That is the reason for my 4/5 stars and parking has not been enforced. It use to be strictly enforced. Carrying my weeks worth of groceries from 2 buildings down in an unassigned spot, when I pay for the one at my front door is frustrating.☹ As for the water problems...just know the pipes are old and they are very shallow! It doesn't take much to hit one. I would say the past HOA was much better about putting notices on the doors to notify if the water had to be shut off and for how long. It has become very sporadic, so that is frustrating. As for Police and fire in the complex, we do have some elderly owners with health issues. We also on occasion have law enforcement living here, who bring their patrol cars home. Finally, as of today, we are still dealing with storm Sally damages. We are very thankful that we are upstairs on the water but we have had our patience tested with the work crews that are very inconsiderate. My stairwell became a lunch break area and an ashtray. Although after voicing concerns to the foreman, most concerns were resolved just by talking with them. In all, we love living at Finisterra!
Apr 28th, 2021