Prairie Lakes Apartments

Everyone is very friendly, the apartments are beautiful, and you can tell care is taken to maintain the cleanliness and standards set!

We have had no internet for 13 days with next to no updates. Since we are required to use CCI as our provider and are unable to choose our own, you're handcuffed to their AWFUL service and unreliable connectivity.

My fiancé and I both work from home and this issue has caused us to consider leaving a year early than originally planned. If you call the front desk, they just tell you to call CCI - it's absolutely unacceptable.

I lived here for ~3 years from June 2019 until July of 2022. I would strongly recommend the complex to anyone looking to live in the Peoria area and wish I could take the apartments with me where I'm headed. The apartments themselves were generously large and of high build quality. There is a community feel to the complex and I cannot emphasize how nice it was to have a big lake view with all sorts of wildlife (my favorite part). Maintenance was promptly and accurately completed. The surrounding... area is definitely safe and almost any store or food you need is within a 5-10 minute drive. Looking back, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in the Peoria area.

Criticisms would be: pool gets too crowded with non-residents, there seem to be a number of non-residents fishing the ponds and injuring wildlife & leaving trash, and I overall wish there were stronger enforcement of community rules. The grounds and wildlife (geese, ducks) are some of the nicest attributes of the complex, yet some people disrespect, injure, taunt the wildlife. I tried to remind those people to be respectful, as I know the complex cannot police everything. Please proactively monitor the grounds and encourage residents to respect all, including residents/ pets / wildlife. Read More

They don’t resolve issues completely when you move in do patch works it is good enough but they charge hundreds of dollars as fines when you move out. Be careful for future residents who are opting this community. if you try to contact about fines then they don’t respond properly.

I have a lot of good to say about this place and enjoyed living here for two years. However, there are also some negatives.

Pros:
-very nice interiors
-washer/dryer in unit
-peaceful atmosphere
-excellent, responsive maintenance team

Cons:
-annual rent increase can be material
-way too many rules
-any events are typically during the middle of the day when people are at work
-snow removal is often very sloppy and leaves a lot of icy spots

In my opinion, management reminded me of an HOA with... their dedication to the uniform appearance of the community and nit-picking about things like whether residents have something on their window sill, colored curtains visible, or cluttered patios. It felt like a bit much at times.
Even with these annoyances, I still overall enjoyed living here. I would recommend it as long as one is aware of management's attitude and can tolerate the rules. Read More