Violence, mice, rude management. It's obvious when they put 4 cheesy positive ratings in a row that they are trying to boost their own ratings. At first glance Northlake looks great. In the daytime it seems quiet but at night when you here domestic violence fights, teenagers fighting and drinking,drugs sold, kidnappings and stabbings in the area by convicted murderers(check the gazette archives for articles), you start to get worried. Someone was held at gunpoint and kidknapped in front of the management office. Ask the leasin agent about it, they sent a letter themselves to warn residents!

Then when you realize that Electric bills are $300-400 simply because of Northlake's faulty HVAC systems you are disgusted that they refuse to fix it and lay blame on Pepco.

The worst part is how rude and insincere management is. Everyone complains about Amanda. She even tries to block certain people from living on the property. The unfairness and dishonesty of management is what really makes people want to leave. Equity is a large coorporation and all the leasing agents care about is getting you to sign your lease so they can get their commission. After that, it's toodles to all the fake smiles. Need something from them and you are on the back burner. Only income is important to these people. I am sure shortly after this review they will follow up with another fake review to keep their numbers up. Don't be fooled!

Then you look around and realize how inconveniently you are located. This place is not easy to get to DC from. There is NOTHING here in terms of social life, no decent bars clubs, a few restaurants but nothing like DC. And after fighting nasty beltway traffic, you have already guzzled another $300 in gas.

Also rental increases are outrageous. I have seen them try to raise the rent almost $150 for friends! You can get a nice one bedroom in great neighborhood in DC for $1100-1300 save gas, hastle inconvenience. $1100 2-bed apartments in Adams Morgan are easy to find, they have rent caps because they are special buildings that get tax deductions. If you have to live in Germantown a MUCH better place would be Avalon right next door, or thePinnacle. Stay away from Northlake!

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 04/10/2008
I have been a resident of Northlake for 1 1/2 years and have never experienced any problems with the management, pests or rent increases. I am familiar with the violence that took place at and around the community however that could have happened anywhere. To all readers please do not base your decision on this single posting because it is obviously biased and mostly untrue.
From: Anonymous	Date: 04/17/2008
What single posting? You don't have to base it on this one. There are 28 NO's on this site. The rest of them are management's rebuttles and monthly posts to bring in traffic. Obviously, this last comment is just another one of management's timely responses. What real tenant would EVER say they didn't have a problem with rent increases??? Don't be fooled, all of THEIR phoney responses are biased. Just look on this website, the rent went from $987 in 2006 to $1300 in 2008 according to the chart. That's heading towards $300 more than the average rent in this area. It's just plain greed. If that's market rate then you know renewal rates aren't far behind. Just look at the chart. http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/MD-Germantown-Northlake-Apartments-Pricing.html Why doesn't the last poster (obviously management) just post the address and directions to Northlake while she's at it?

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