Let me start off by saying that I have read all of the reviews for this complex and I am glad to say I have not had NEARLY as many problems as some of the other people on here.

Start off with before I even moved in. The management (Michael) at the time tried to tell me that my roommates and I did not make enough money to meet the qualifications - when we had been through it a few times. Don't know if they just didn't want to rent to us or what (being 3 college kids).

When we did move in my first electric bill came in and was $400!!! This apparently was the bill for the apartment before I moved in - but was told it was my bill by management. When I contacted the electric company they told me this was NOT my bill, so I handed it over to Lee overlook. They were still trying to pass it off on me.

And also in November apparently we did not receive our water bill (which is paid to the complex - and stuck in each tenants door). I was not aware that the water bill had not been paid; so in Feb I get a notice saying I owe them money for something not paid three months prior. They did not try to contact me and remedy this. Luckily at that time they did not have late charges on water bills.

Next, the people in the parking lot. In the summer time when kids have nothing better to do they run around in the parking lot throwing footballs, yelling, etc. When I was on vacation somehow a 20" scratch on the back of my car appeared while sitting in the lot. They also revv their engines and play terribly loud music with heavy bass at all hours of the night and day.

Hoards of people sit at the bottom of the stairwell, and being on the top floor I NEED the stairs to get to my apt. They never move, they kind of lean over but do not move for anything. Except the police that is. I have seen 3 fights in front of my building and at least 5 accounts of cops coming to the complex. ALSO there was at one time a fire in one of the apartments two buildings down from me, caused by some kids playing around with fire.

Next is parking. There is ZERO visitor parking. All visitors must park on the street outside the complex and walk in (safe right'). They allow only registered Fairfax county residents have permanent hanging window tags. Everyone else has to go to the leasing office every month and get a temporary pass. And in the entire complex they only issue 50 temporary passes.

And then on to bugs. We have had a consistent problem with bugs. Roaches mostly. They are the small baby ones so I KNOW we do not have an infestation in my apartment. But have had to deal with them coming out from behind the dishwasher every night. Although the exterminator came out and sprayed it did nothing.

My neighbors have always kept pretty much to themselves, and the one apartment we share a wall with I cannot hear anything. The people across the hall though, would leave trash outside their door in the breezeway for a week before taking it down to the dumpster area. I could hear the tenants below us having arguments sometimes.

The receptionists in the management office know absolutely nothing. When I try to ask a question they give me answers that do not make any sense to me and when I say is that in my lease they say I don t know ask the manager UGHHH frustrating! As frustrating as that was, the new manager was clear in answering my question and was pretty friendly.

I can say that I have never had my car broken in to (knock on wood), we have not received any eviction notices, nor have I had anyone try to sell me drugs - as one other reviewer has said. The apartment itself is very spacious, lots of light. The only real maintenance problem we have had was a small leak in one of the toilets. Also the floors creak but that is more of a problem for the person below us since it isn t that noticeable for me.

I am moving out of this complex next month to a different part of the state, so hopefully I do not incur too many problems trying to move out. And all I can really conclude my review with is YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. This is income based housing. I really did not expect anything spectacular when I moved in. That is what I got. It was a place to sleep that kept me warm and had hot water for a shower.

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