Blair East

Mostly what I expected From: -Anonymous- Date posted: 5/8/2007 Years at this apartment: 2006 - 2007   I relied heavily on www.apartmentratings.com when locating an apartment that I feel obliged as a civic duty to share my experiences having lived at Blair East for six months. This in itself should tell you that there was nothing in my experiences either strongly positive or strongly negative that would compel me to otherwise write a review -- I got mostly what I expected. Some pluses: Three minute walk from the Silver Spring Metro and bus terminal, shopping center and restaurants are two minutes away, and is a five minute walk from Downtown Silver Spring, which is a lively and multi-cultural neighborhood. The apartment itself is also diverse in terms of ethnicity and age. In the elevator, you are equally likely to hear West ------- French as an Eastern European language, and you see people of all races: White, Black, Tawny and everything in between. You have old retired couples, mothers with infants and young professionals. It is a good mix of different backgrounds that makes it friendly and welcoming. And the walls are thick enough that you are rarely disturbed by your neighbors. Some minuses: Relatively expensive; while management has all the right ideas (e.g. online maintenance requests, online rent payment, etc.) in practice the system tends to be sluggish and bureaucratic; while most of the staff are helpful and very friendly (especially at the front desk), one or two are hopelessly inefficient and rude (especially in the management office). The free parking-lot near the building is always full, and you mostly end up parking at the Giant's supermarket. Occassionally noise from the parking lot or outside (e.g. car alarms, MARC train) travel into the apartment. Once in the six months we saw a roach in our apartment, and at our request, the management brought in an exterminator the following day. So overall, I would recommend Blair East. [If Management is reading this review: you should really weed out the handful of inefficient and rude staff, since most of the staff are so friendly and nice, these few tarnish the reputation and good work of the rest].

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