I've lived in Taylor place apt for over four years and I must admit, at first everything was great. A great location, love the neighborhood, great price...but once I moved in everything changed!

Don't expect any consistency when it comes to staff management. The staff turnover here changes so much that I've seen a complete staff change more than five times! Also, don't relay on them to tell you the truth about what is going on with the apartment. My fianc and I asked them point blank if the building planned to do any apartment renovations and instead of letting us know there future plans, they had us sign a year contract only to tell us three months later that we need to move out on May 4 (55 days) because of renovations! The law states that the apartment must give you 120 days notice to vacate for renovations, which Taylor place offered...but said it would be beneficial for us to leave in May because that is when they will be starting the renovation process. Nevermind that I have a school age child that lives in the apt that attends school locally or all the elderly people who had lived there for 20 years.

When I first moved in, the office manager told us that we may see a few bugs because when they were putting in the new appliances, that may have rattled some them up, but what he really meant was that our apartment would be infested with roaches. No matter how clean we kept the apt, it took us nearly a year of people coming in every week for the problem to go away.

Expect to pay high cable/internet services only to have sub par service due to outdated wiring in the building.

Also, avoid taking the stairwells if at all possible, or be ready to dodge human/dog urine, trash bags and the occasional pile of vomit. It also doesn't do much to alert staff as it will be sure to remain there for another couple of days. This also applies to the grounds. Don't be surprised to see glass and trash in the parking lot for days after reports were made to clean up.

Also, the freight elevator seems to always be conveniently not working.

Now I know you are probably wondering why I stayed in an apartment for over four years if this is what it was like. I will say that the apartment I was in was very nice and I loved the location, but my overall experience with Taylor place was not worth it! As much money as I had to pay to live here...I could have stayed somewhere else. I advise anyone who is considering to move here to keep in mind all that I have said b/c I would hate for you to have the experiences I had.

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 03/24/2008
I am a resident at Taylor Place at well and going throgh the same problem and I'm determined to file an official complaint against them. Would you happen to know any organization that i should file a complaint?
From: Anonymous	Date: 04/26/2008
Virginia loves business, but hates human beings standing in the way of such a policy. You can file anything you like--but trust me, Virginia state is not listenng. It may be a commonwealth and we MAY find remedies through this government entity. But it is unlikely because it appears to me as if they trying to run all but the upper middle class away from here. It's a tax base, attract more business thing--you understand.
From: Anonymous	Date: 04/29/2008
At least file a complaint with the Arlington County Tenant-Landlord Commission. Their powers are not great, but sometimes they are able to put enough pressure on managements to get something accomplished.

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