The Parks Lifestyle Apartments

After endlessly searching for an upmarket, child friendly, lifestyle apartment that’s close to my workplace, a friend of mine recommended The Parks and forwarded one of the agents number to me. Thato has been such great help, he’s very attentive and informative. He has helped me throughout my application and moving in process. The services rendered to me were of high standards, from cleaning services to maintenance everything was attended to immediately. I don’t have a washing machine yet and the laundry service is to my convenience. My toilet had a minor leakage and has been attended to. The rest of the finishings are as good as new, I swear being in my 1 bedroom apartment feels like I’ve rented a hotel room. The comfort is unmatched.

I don’t recommend living here. I will write a detailed review when I move out. It’s horrible. Nothing lifestyle wise about living here. I gave it two stars because my agent is nice otherwise it’s horrible apha!

Having stayed here since 2019, it’s really disappointing seeing how the standards have dropped since then. Maintenance is below par and the parking bay lights have not been working for 8 over months. The Resturant food is no longer worth buying either. However, this place does come with positives like the convenience of having a lifestyle centre with multiple amenities

They quite literally withheld R5075 of our deposit to repaint the entire apartment at their own discretion without consulting us after nothing was hung up, and there were mild scuff marks on the one balcony wall. When I say mild I mean it was practically a ding from a shelf. Please beware of this placeThere's also loud music at the pool almost throughout the week and noisy neighbors

Having stayed there for a year and a half, I found this to be very convenient having a couple of play areas for my children, quite spacious, laundry, restaurant, recreation facilities and fast internet to wfh.It is true that Houss (esp senior management - not estate management) don't answer emails and thus appear not to care but I'll come back to that. The estate is well maintained. There is occasionally noise so if you are looking for a quiet location move away from the bottom units which are closer to the bar and restaurant. Security is fine except if you do want action on noise control you may find youself abusing the emergency function for them to come. In-house maintenance is really good. I have had them fix everything I've reported at no charge. The units are spacious and quite lovely. You may get a block where the residents are messy or appear 'fun loving' so by all means keep an eye out for your neighbors before they sign the lease.I moved out because of senior management acions or lack thereof. I had reported that wfh is critical for me and could they ensure there is more than 2 hours internet access during load shedding. I did not receive any response from them and sent about 3 emails. Estate management did try to help. This is surprisingly though because if you have stage 5 or greater load shedding you can get free entrance into the parks after 2 and a half hours of loadshedding since they can not validate you. It is also in their interest to have consistent internet for security reasons so it's shocking senior management didn't reply to these concerns.Parks is a pretty good place to stay at cost effective levels. I didnt mind the unimet charges as it was still better than what I was paying at Cape town.the place is convenient for a young adult or a young family if you get a quiet unit. All the best in your search.Oh, and expect to lose more than half of your deposit when you move out. My unit was perfect except for literally under 5 wall marks from bed and couches but I'm being charged more than 5k.

I’ve recently moved into The Parks and the process was seamless from the Agent (Thato) who was very informative and friendly to the move in process itself. There were a few issues when I initially moved in but that was sorted by maintenance within the first weeks of me moving in. There are great amenities like a gym and restaurant/bar and a boardroom with back up power in the event of loadshedding.The Electricity/hot water system was a bit tricky to understand but Thato explained it well and even afterwards, the unimet people also have a whatsapp platform where you can chat to them and they’ll assist with whatever you’re struggling with. How much you pay is based on how much you consume, I haven’t had any problem with it thus far.There is a great security system in place where visitors cannot access the property without your consent which is great.I have not had any noise issues out of the ordinary - obviously it’ll be a bit noisier on weekends but it’s nothing that’ll keep you up at night.I’ve been really happy so far :)

I would to take this moment an commend one your estate agent, Archie Serame. I have never met an agent so dedicated and always going above and beyond an extra mile of what is expected of him. He is always available to answer any query, and he makes moving to this beautiful estate a smooth transition. Always friendly and smiling, He embodies a service charter, and should never go unrecognised. Keep it up Archie, you have created a raving fan.

Great place to stay at, there's a Gym, restaurant, water park, a SPA and multiple tennis courts. There's also a huge park area with trampolines and braai area, they have recently added a BMX trail which is my favorite, the thing I like the most about staying here is the security and access control, I'm always at ease cause I know there won't be any unexpected visitors

I had been a resident of The Parks Lifestyle apartments from last year, it has been a pleasant place with decent security and a nice apartment.However on my exit( I was expecting to get atleast 85% of my deposit back)They literally took more than 70% and returned only 30%( for minor marks on the wall that could have easily been removed, they claimed that it required to be painted over).I wouldn’t recommend this place as it’s complete daylight robbery be careful when doing the outgoing inspection as this is a trap in order for them to keep your funds, even after paying on time.