This place is a great "fist place" when moving out. It's the most affortable complex in the North Arlington Area and its close to all the great places to hang out. It's 5 minutes away from Georgetown, Clarendon, Courthouse, Ballston, Rt 66., etc. Its a fun area to live in. There are also many trails around it. And you can bike to Georgetown!! Its also right next to cute little restaurants and shops [There is a great brunch place just steps away]. The Gold s Gym is 2 miles from it, and pretty much everywhere in DC is about a $10-$15 cab ride away!

PROS:
THE APARTMENT: The apartment my roommate and I stayed at was nice. It was a 2 bedroom 1 full bath. Out of all the apartment complexes we looked around in, the rooms on this one was the most 'comparable.' One room wasn't too much bigger than the other, etc. It was 1005 sq ft. so it was SPACIOUS! It was a comfy place, and my apt had HUGE windows in it so there was a lot of light at all times. [Our apt faced Lee Highway the front of the complex]. The maintenance man was WONDERFUL! He took care of my roommate and I and was always very nice and VERY VERY helpful. He knows what costumer service really means. AND he knew what he was talking about every time we had a problem. There was also plenty of Washer/Dryer in the complex [located in the basement], and it was only a couple of times where I had to wait for a dryer. [Keep in mind that Sundays are Laundry days for most]. We never had problems with water shut off [it only happened once really and it was the replace the pipes], or having no hot water, or any equipment in the apartment breaking [i.e. stove, dishwasher, etc.]. All our appliances were new and the carpets were new when we moved in. When we had a problem with the refigerator, they replaced it. Also this was the few complexes in the N. Arlington area that didn't require a monthly pet fee.
CLEANLINESS: The place was clean, and we didn t have too many bugs. There was an occasional cockroach, but keep in mind, that place was not built in 2007. For the year that I spent in that apartment, I saw about 5-10 small cockroaches or spiders.
PARKING: For a 2 bedroom, we were allowed 2 parking spots and we always had parking. There were only about 2 incidences where the parking lot was full, and then after we reported that the tenants had no parking, they started to strictly enforce their towing policy.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD: As a young female, I ALWAYS felt safe in the neighborhood and in our apartment complex. I was able to jog around the neighborhood and the trails without feeling scared. The people were friendly, and even though it was close to the city, some of the neighborhoods I jogged was very much suburbia.

CONS:
THE APARTMENT: The walls were thin, I could hear people s conversation right through the walls. Fortunately I m a heavy sleeper, so that never bothered me. But, if you re a light sleeper it maybe a problem. You may want to get a room NOT next to another apartment. Since our room was right infront of Lee Highway, you ll be able to hear EVERYTHING, i.e. the morning metro bus at 6 a.m. [I need to be at work by 7 am so its not too bad] But if you don t have to be at work until 9-10 then it may bother you. Also there is only 1 VERY slow elevator in the complex.
THE MANAGEMENT: This was the ABSOLUTE WORST thing in that apartment. There was a time of limbo where the complex didn t even have a manager [i think they still don't], and it was just a mess. No one was at the office during office hours, I could never reach anyone by phone, and the people from their corporate office that worked there were not courteous at all! My roommate and I felt like no one knew what they were talking about. In order for her to resolve her problem she had to talk to the General Manager! Their office hours say until 5, but I get home around 4-5 and every time I pass by the office NO ONE is there. Presently, my roommate and I are STILL trying to straighten things out with an issue we re having since August 2007 an issue that should only take them 1 day to solve.

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