What's the scoop on Toledo Club Apts North Port? (Punta Gorda: apartments, lease)

[Gemini435]

Hi again!

My husband has a possible transfer coming up in Punta Gorda and we are very excited! We hope to settle in Nokomis eventually, but for now this is the plan. We have been scouting out pet friendly places to rent and were not having much luck until we found an apt in the Toledo Club apartments. It is so hard to choose a place to live while still here in Ct!! They look nice and I have read a few good things about them here on the forum. But there really isn't too much info and I am a bit anxious! The hard part is that once the transfer is approved we would have to move rather quickly. Has anyone lived in or had any experience with the Toledo Club? Maybe you know someone who has or does live there?
This will be for a year while we hopefully sell our house, find a house in the Nokomis are and settle in!! Thank you

[SoFLGal]

I don't have any experience with them but there are quite a few reviews online: Toledo Club Apartments Ratings, Reviews, Map, Rents, and other North Port apartments for rent from ApartmentRatings.com

[Gemini435]

Thank you SoFlGal! We are planning on settling down in Nokomis where you suggested on my first post, we love it there! Thank you for the suggestion and the link here too!

[SoFLGal]

Originally Posted by Gemini435

Thank you SoFlGal! We are planning on settling down in Nokomis where you suggested on my first post, we love it there! Thank you for the suggestion and the link here too!

Hey awesome! Nokomis is an awesome little town. Welcome to the area

[October_Pumpkin]

Originally Posted by Gemini435

Hi again!

My husband has a possible transfer coming up in Punta Gorda and we are very excited! We hope to settle in Nokomis eventually, but for now this is the plan. We have been scouting out pet friendly places to rent and were not having much luck until we found an apt in the Toledo Club apartments. It is so hard to choose a place to live while still here in Ct!! They look nice and I have read a few good things about them here on the forum. But there really isn't too much info and I am a bit anxious! The hard part is that once the transfer is approved we would have to move rather quickly. Has anyone lived in or had any experience with the Toledo Club? Maybe you know someone who has or does live there?
This will be for a year while we hopefully sell our house, find a house in the Nokomis are and settle in!! Thank you

I lived there 2 years ago. They're under new management since, so I can't speak to that. There's concrete in between the floors, which helps with noise reduction, but you can hear the people next door like they're in your living room with you. My apartment was very clean. No roaches (my other apartment in Lakewood Ranch was infested with large, flying cockroaches, called palmetto bugs. I finally figured out they were getting in through the washed/dryer vent.) You can't tell if an apartment will be bug-free by the looks of it: look behind the washer (I once saw a dead roach there when touring an apartment, needless to say I didn't sign a lease there).

I did have a tarantula-like spider, fuzzy and fat and with a body bigger than the palm of my hand, in my Toledo Club apartment, but that was my fault for leaving the sliding glass door open at night. I guess they can sneak in under the screen door? And I had a rattlesnake rattle at me when I walked out the back door. It's really like Jurassic Park down there in North Port. I'm moving away from FL soon, can't get out fast enough.

[calico777]

Originally Posted by October_Pumpkin

I lived there 2 years ago. They're under new management since, so I can't speak to that. There's concrete in between the floors, which helps with noise reduction, but you can hear the people next door like they're in your living room with you. My apartment was very clean. No roaches (my other apartment in Lakewood Ranch was infested with large, flying cockroaches, called palmetto bugs. I finally figured out they were getting in through the washed/dryer vent.) You can't tell if an apartment will be bug-free by the looks of it: look behind the washer (I once saw a dead roach there when touring an apartment, needless to say I didn't sign a lease there).

I did have a tarantula-like spider, fuzzy and fat and with a body bigger than the palm of my hand, in my Toledo Club apartment, but that was my fault for leaving the sliding glass door open at night. I guess they can sneak in under the screen door? And I had a rattlesnake rattle at me when I walked out the back door. It's really like Jurassic Park down there in North Port. I'm moving away from FL soon, can't get out fast enough.

Going down my checklist, I noticed I forgot to buy a defibrillator I can deal with bears, moutain lions and snakes but I draw the line at the above mentioned eight legged....gasp....can barely say it....spider.... I wonder if I would make points with the local law enforcement if I call 911

[sware2cod]

Originally Posted by calico777

Going down my checklist, I noticed I forgot to buy a defibrillator I can deal with bears, moutain lions and snakes but I draw the line at the above mentioned eight legged....gasp....can barely say it....spider.... I wonder if I would make points with the local law enforcement if I call 911

Probably a wolf spider. They start out small in the spring and they grow larger toward fall. They usually are active at night outside. During the day they hide in small crevices. You have to be careful at night because they often can be on the outside wall of the home or outside on the ground. If you leave the door open they will get inside.

They generally have a very small home range and they stick to an exact routine within a few feet of that home range. So if you have one that hangs out on the exterior wall of your garage, you likely will see it in the same spot each night.

They don't create webs. They move pretty fast for short bursts...almost like they are on wheels.

http://www.wildflorida.com/wildlife/...lf_Spiders.php

Wolf spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spiders of Florida

Identifying Florida Wolf Spiders | eHow

[Cardiff by the Sea]

Please pass the defibrillator! A spider as big as your hand! I agree with the comparison to Jurassic Park.

Thanks for the informative post Sware2cod.

[nphomeowner]

We had wolf spiders in our basement in our house up north. I saw it once and never went back down there. It was huge, really huge.

[calico777]

Originally Posted by sware2cod

Probably a wolf spider. They start out small in the spring and they grow larger toward fall. They usually are active at night outside. During the day they hide in small crevices. You have to be careful at night because they often can be on the outside wall of the home or outside on the ground. If you leave the door open they will get inside.

They generally have a very small home range and they stick to an exact routine within a few feet of that home range. So if you have one that hangs out on the exterior wall of your garage, you likely will see it in the same spot each night.

They don't create webs. They move pretty fast for short bursts...almost like they are on wheels.

Wolf Spiders - Florida eco travel guide

Wolf spider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spiders of Florida

Identifying Florida Wolf Spiders | eHow

Arghh....the six spotted fishing spider eats small fish and amphibians??? There goes my water view property wish lol

Thank you for the informative link, it is def. interesting to browse, but it won't prevent me from screaming and running the other way during a live encounter Somebody was posting that spraying with peppermint oil outside could prevent pests inside, I am considering adding it to the laundry too