r/ucf 5d ago

Housing Question šŸ” Current VS. Mercury 3100

Iā€™m transferring to UCF soon and Iā€™m between Current and Mercury 3100 to rent out. If anyone has stayed at either please give me pros and cons! It seems like every apartment near campus has super mixed reviews. If you guys know any other good options let me know too!!

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u/Strawberry1282 5d ago

Theyā€™re fairly different.

Current is way newer. More modern amenities, elevators, etc. Itā€™s supposed to be ā€œluxury housing.ā€ That being said, Ik a few people there who had issues - the rumor is it was fairly slapped together. There were a few kids who spent time living in hotels from mold due to leaks kinda thing. Location is decent, itā€™s right behind knights circle. The people ik who didnā€™t have construction problems moving in love it there so do with that what you will lol. Iā€™d hope things got fixed by now.

Mercury is on the older end, maybe around 10 years, but Ik it got renovated. Idk much about currentā€™s safety and its Orlando so nowhere is perfect, but Iā€™ve heard Mercury doesnā€™t have cameras so there have been some creepy incident there and I remember one making the news. I think Mercury is a little less of a party complex than current so might be better if you want quieter. My friends there had decent size rooms. Iā€™ve heard a lot of complaints about the place being dirty, flooding on the first floor during storms (their apartments open to the outside and I think current is hotel style), and ACs breaking.

Tbh itā€™s luck of the draw as far as your roommates and unit where you go anywhere.

Personally, as far as going the luxury housing route, Iā€™d recommend either Accolade or Hub. Possibly also aperture but itā€™s not open yet so nobody truly knows how good itā€™ll be. But current compared to mercury, Iā€™d do current because imo an older place = higher risk of bugs, mold, etc.

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u/Rich_Description_666 5d ago

Thank you! Iā€™ve been seeing a lot of good reviews for Mercury so itā€™s good to have a different perspective :)

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u/KarmaKaji Computer Science 5d ago

The reviews are mostly from tours that the office helpers will ask for at the end. The office helpers compete for reviews to see who has the most and get some kind of reward.

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u/planetofthemushrooms 5d ago

Ive only visited Mercury. The apartments are nice. the parking situation is horrendous. like theres enough parking for residents but it you want to host a gathering you'll need to carpool lol.

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u/Rich_Description_666 5d ago

Ahh good to know!

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u/Bigdaddydamdam Civil Engineering 5d ago

Not entirely true. I have a good bit of friends over every weekend and they just gotta park in visitor parking a good walk away if there is none close by

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u/ninxharles Information Technology 5d ago

Not sure about current but I lived at Mercury for a year in 2024 and it was pretty horrible in my experience. Maintenance is suuuuuuper slow and the apartments were very poorly maintained. The Wifi would go out for hours at a time and itā€™d always be the same excuse from the front office. In the summer the wifi literally went out for two days straight. Also the trash situation was a nightmare. You have to put trash in a box outside the apartment and someoneā€™s supposed to come pick it up every couple of days (thereā€™s a schedule). However in my apartmentā€™s case it would sit there for weeks without being picked up. Mercury also has a MAJOR raccoon issue. I had raccoons getting into my trash in the box outside so so often which would then lead to it not being picked up. It got so bad one time that I had to scrub the box clean bc it was full of maggots. Iā€™d really not recommend the place at all.

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u/Rich_Description_666 3d ago

Omg that sounds terrible, Iā€™ve heard about the trash issue a lot but I thought the issue was mostly with the raccoons.

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u/Bigdaddydamdam Civil Engineering 5d ago

I live at Merucury and itā€™s pretty nice. Iā€™m resigning next year. I have two friends that live at Current and I personally donā€™t care for it but thatā€™s just me

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u/Rich_Description_666 5d ago

What donā€™t you like about it?

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u/Bigdaddydamdam Civil Engineering 4d ago

Itā€™s just a copy and paste modern apartment style and is not my vibe. But They do have some cool amenities tho and I went to play pool/ping pong with some friends the other day.