Fairfield Metro at Mineola Apartments

This place has gone so steadily downhill since Fairfield bought it from Mill Creek. No maintenance or upkeep. Constant resident rules violations with zero enforcement. Gym and equipment completely ignored and falling into disrepair. And they sell this place as a non smoking building, it is not. Countless residents smoke cigarettes and marijuana in their apartments. The entire building reeks of weed 24/7. Hallways, elevators, courtyards, garages. And it seeps into the apartments as well even with... windows and doors closed. Also there is now a recent bug infestation as silverfish and little bugs have begun appearing all over the apartment. There is ZERO property manager presence. I honestly feel bad for the poor concierges who try to be helpful but are completely hung out to dry by Fairfield management and left to fend for themselves and handle every issue. Don't let the location and nice lobby fool you, this place is a disgrace for how much it costs. Stay away. Read More

DO NOT MOVE HERE!

If we could give negative stars, we would. We entered our lease beginning October 1st of 2022 at Fairfield Metro Mineola. After our 2nd week in, we began noticing silverfish bugs crawling throughout the apartment. We logged a service request ticket & eventually the building had an exterminator come and “treat” the apartment and we thought all was good. However, eight months later we are STILL encountering silverfish bugs throughout every room in the apartment and the situation... continues to get worse.

Over the past eight months we have seen dozens upon dozens of living/dead bugs in our:
• Bedroom & closet walls/ceilings
• Bathtub & bathroom floor/walls
• Kitchen floors/walls
• Loft floors/walls
• Living room floors/walls/ceilings
• Crawling in/on our furniture

We see multiple silverfish daily, however the Fairfield staff regularly call us liars. In fact, the building concierge staff recently stated in an email to us that “There is no bug infestation, there is a fear of bugs”. We have been clearly communicating this issue to Fairfield for 8 months through photos. We also tried to work with Fairfield by discussing transferring into a new unit. However, Fairfield refused unless we agreed to pay thousands in transfer fees or extend our current least by another 12 months.

Fairfield has a contract with Regal Exterminators who only comes to the building the last Tuesday of every month (no sooner if requested). We have had someone from Regal come and spray our apartment every month and the infestation continues. Additionally, the exterminator from Regal has been hesitant to admit that there is a problem. After showing him physical evidence, he insinuated we were liars and had brought the bugs from somewhere else!

We have been unable to reach anyone high up at Fairfield to discuss this issue, we are always told everything must go through the Concierge, who are no help. When we tried to discuss breaking our lease, it was treated as a regular lease break request where we could only leave if we paid a fee.

Fairfield as a company is disgusting & a disgrace for how they treat their tenants. They do not care about your well-being and will blatantly call you a liar because they do not want to admit there is a problem in their “perfect building”. I would not recommend living in this building even to my worst enemy.
Please learn from our mistakes, DO NOT move here! Read More

Signing a lease here has made our life a living horror story. This is not luxury or even close. The manager or man in charge has a terrible attitude and nobody addresses any problems. Fire alarms will go off in the middle of the night with no explanation. Walls are not soundproof and the building is overall very poorly constructed. We were looking forward to having a pool but it is absolutely tiny and the water looks filthy and unsanitary. Hallways smell like garbage and the only solution... management has is to spray perfume to cover it up. Do not be fooled by the seemingly clean lobby when you come see the place or the leasing office. Once you move in any communication about maintenance or asking for help will be ignored. This is not a family friendly place at all as there are several residents who smoke marijuana and leave a lingering smell and I would advise anyone with kids to stay far away from here. There is no way to get out of your lease early and living here for almost another year feels like a jail sentence. Read More

What looked like a great building has turned out to be a very poor experience. Leasing office is extremely unhelpful with questions. I had a large delivery come in and couldn't get any help from property staff. Had multiple things in the apartment break within 2 months of living there (washer dryer/windows/AC). Will be leaving as soon as possible.

I moved here in October. I absolutely love my apartment. It is silent and clean. If anything needs to be fixed it is quickly done. I enjoy the amenities and the block is quiet and good for walking my dog. I’m very happy I decided to rent here!