Gates of McLean
1510 Spring Gate Drive, McLean, VA 22102
703-442-0000  save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
56%

overall rating:
2.6
2.5
2.48 Parking:
2.6
2.58 Maintenance:
2.5
2.5 Construction:
2.7
2.7 Noise:
3.3
3.28 Grounds:
3.2
3.23 Safety:
2.3
2.33 Office Staff:
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Not worth it.

From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 6/17/2009
Years at this apartment: 2009 - 2009
 
Here's why:

1-Rude staff; The guy who works at the front desk thinks he is doing you a favor doing his job.
2-Sirens; You hear them going on dolly Madison at all hours 24/7.
3-Vandalism; There have been a number of car vandalisms at both indoor garages and the outdoor parking spaces. GOMS does not have full surveillance of the parkings and few cameras that they do have are usually broken.
4-Big brother style management; You can't hang anything on your balcony. No plants, not chimes, nothing. Unless you want to get fined.
5-inadequate garbage disposal area; It is too small, too smelly, and always overflowing. They have some sort of a round-about system around it to keep up with the traffic. But they pull the dumpsters out in the morning and block one side. Incoming and outgoing traffic have to squeeze through one side and if you are the outgoing, be prepared to get called names by the incoming traffic.
6-"Gated community" myth; I see a bunch of teenagers using the basket ball court that don't look like they live there. They squeeze through the gate when it opens.

Recommended: NO
Overall Rating
2 out of 5
Parking:
1 of 5
Maintenance:
3 of 5
Construction: 3 of 5
Noise:
1 of 5
Grounds: 3 of 5
Safety: 3 of 5
Office Staff:
1 of 5
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