Apartment Ratings | Berkshire Apartments Ratings and Reviews

Berkshire Apartments: I'm you like living in a bug-infested dorm building, move here! (Not Recommending)

2008-07-13T01:42:32-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My fiance and I were originally quite pleased with the Berkshire, which we rented online before moving to DC, but after living here nearly a year (thank god our lease is almost up!), we cannot wait to get out!The pluses:*The building is one of the cheapest in the area.*There are ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Ungodly (Not Recommending)

2008-06-24T11:45:43-06:00

From -Anonymous-: 1) The cockroach "problem" in this building has surpassed being ridiculous and is now an out of control infestation- to the point that the management suggests you keep your sink stopper in your sink at all times so roaches do not crawl up the pipes and into your kitchen2) Most ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: A Great and Convenient place to LIVE! (Recommending!)

2008-06-18T18:10:58-06:00

From evemel8@aol.com: We'll get this out of the way first. The minuses are few: During college semester enrollment, since a lot of students rent here, the noise levels can get quite bad. Some do treat it like a dorm off-campus, and that's just sad - there ARE after all little children here, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: IT'S A GOOD PLACE...JUST NOT THE BEST. (Recommending!)

2008-06-01T11:47:40-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived here for over 12 years and this place is more than ahome to me, it's my life, it's all i've known.I have to admit that over the years the berkshire has gotten worse. It all began when Gables took over, They renovated the apatment and changed the carpet ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Don't Move In Here (Not Recommending)

2008-05-27T14:38:36-06:00

From etapeach@gmail.com: I had roaches in my apartment and nobody took care of it for months. I inevitably had to look up the wording of my leasing agreement and send a letter to Gables Residential (the managing service for the apartment building) to obtain any action. In addition, my apartment was robbed. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Absolutely not! (Not Recommending)

2008-05-18T13:16:21-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The management is ridiculous! Most of the front desk people are extremely rude. Bad cockroach problem no matter how clean you are - it only got better after the building finally sprayed the whole thing instead of individual apartments. It's really noisy, and I'm a college student but it was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Couldn't wait to leave (Not Recommending)

2008-04-30T15:24:02-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at the Berkshire for a year and I couldn't wait to leave. The staff has a good general manager but everyone underneath him were some of the rudest and uncaring people that I've ever met. The door man watches TV throughout his entire shift and when you ask ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: If you need to be near campus, it's a good place to live (Recommending!)

2008-02-19T11:12:25-06:00

From sc1562a@american.edu: My boyfriend and I have been living in the Berkshire, or the "berks" as it's called by locals since August of '05Our rent is quite hefty ($1650/month) for a 1/1 with about 700sqft, but our bedroom is huge and the living room is pretty decently sized also. Admittedly the kitchen ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Not Recommended (Not Recommending)

2008-01-28T15:17:28-06:00

From carlzebub: I lived in the Berks for a year as a college student at AU. It was convenient because it only took a couple of minutes to walk to campus, but for me that was not worth the rest of the experience. My roommate and I had problems with the management ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: I question the safety of this complex (Recommending!)

2008-01-11T15:23:24-06:00

From -Anonymous-: .....the laundry room is located way down in a sub-basement of the basement level at the farthest end of the hallway away from all other signs of life and safety....despite all the video monitors you see up at the front security desk as you enter the 'Berks', there are NO ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Bad customer service (Not Recommending)

2008-01-03T09:52:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in the Berks for a year and it was not a pleasant experience at all. The Berks staff are not nice and they don't care about the residents. If you're an AU student, it's close and not too expensive. However, speaking from my experience, I'd rather live in ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: security deposit being withheld from me (Not Recommending)

2007-10-09T09:21:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This was a fine place to live as an AU student. I did it for over a year and I didn't have bug problems or noise problems very often. But the good review stops there, with the fact that my security deposit is being withheld from me, because the business ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Do not move in here! You will have roaches and management will give you the worst customer service possible. (Not Recommending)

2007-09-24T11:47:52-06:00

From williamdc: -There is a big pest problem. Roaches are everywhere and the pest control service they use is ineffective.-At least 1/3 of the washers/dryers in the laundry room are broken at any one time.-The gym is dirty and outdated.-The mail room is a mess, they will misplace your packages and you ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Worst Living Experience Ever! (Not Recommending)

2007-08-09T13:40:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Lived here for about 9 months or so...absolutely horrible! They seemed to have made no repairs before we moved into the apartment. There was a loose floorboard going into the kitchen with nails sticking up, took them about 6 months to fix. The door never closes all the way unless ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: STAY AWAY unless AU student (Not Recommending)

2007-07-16T13:59:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is an AU dorm that AU doesn't own. I would venture to say that close to 2/3 of the building is AU students. The management staff is awful. They are unresponsive and uncaring. If I were not a student of AU, I would NEVER have lived here and was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Awful Managment!! (Not Recommending)

2007-07-05T12:32:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The management team really sucks!! Don't expect any kind of service from them. They are extremely RUDE, getting them to do anything is extremely difficult, not to mention that you have to deal with their nasty attitudes (especially the nasty woman that works at the financial office). I had a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: It's basically an AU dorm room (Not Recommending)

2007-05-26T11:26:55-06:00

From mycrib: I've been here a few months and while I love the location and the neighborhood, the building is filled with AU students and it's very noisy. The sound insulation between the floors is poor, so you will hear everything the people above you do. If you like hearing late night ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: AU Convenient (Recommending!)

2007-04-30T10:10:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived there 2 years while at AU, The apartment and my friends apartments worked for us.Top floors are better.Caution: Wing E while smaller and somewhat quieter does not have a freight elevator. My parents felt I was safe there and while the studio was not first class the bathroom ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Parking (Not Recommending)

2007-02-22T14:58:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: They advertise free parking, but that is a complete joke. First of all, all of the spots are taken by people that do not have parking permits, and yet you just might get ticketed even if you do have a parking permit. If you park for twenty minutes to load ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: (Not Recommending)

2007-02-13T11:20:17-06:00

From mlgard: The Berkshire is convenient if you go to American University because it is close and affordable for the area. However, the maintenance and up-keep of the apartments is horrible. There is no ventilation in the bathrooms which means that when you move in things might look okay, but within a ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Absolutely DREADFUL. (Not Recommending)

2007-01-28T15:01:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Roach infested, drunken student-infested NIGHTMARE. Fire alarms go off every weekend. Avoid at all costs!!! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: It's not as bad as some make it out to be. (Recommending!)

2007-01-21T17:28:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived here for three years now. The location for me is quite good because my work is right off the N3 line (which picks up right in front of the building), and a short walk from AU's campus. The latter also ensures a steady supply of idiocy, but it ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Terrible management & unbearable niose (Not Recommending)

2007-01-09T14:45:05-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living at the Berkshire for over 3 years now. The only reason I continue to stay here because I am a student at AU. Moving is difficult. It takes a lot of time and effort and the managament knows that and takes advantage of it. The noise ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Don't Believe Everything You Read (Recommending!)

2007-01-02T23:28:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I was hesitent to move into the Berkshire after reading all of the reviews on this website. I did anyway because it is so close to AU (and I'm and AU student). I'm not in a fraternity, I don't stay-up till all hours of the night, and neither does my ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: awful management (Not Recommending)

2006-12-11T11:08:07-06:00

From readytomove2007: I've been here for 2 and a half years. asking the management for a simple letter or getting the apartment checked for any problem is like pulling teeth. Parking is a pain and rent keeps increasing every year by a ridiculous amount.
You can hear your neighbours through the walls, even ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Find somewhere else (Not Recommending)

2006-12-04T15:25:51-06:00

From nnalinas: Hi, I have lived here for two and a half years. It is really awful, but I hate moving and I am a law student with no time and the Berkshire is walking distance to the AU law school. (Further down the street than the AU main campus). To be ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Okay but won't be staying long... (Recommending!)

2006-09-11T10:23:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This is my second apartment in DC.

It is cheap and the bldg itself is relatively clean (compare to other apartments in that price range).

I don't interact with the management folks or the service men at the front desk, they seem to be not so friendly people but I'm ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: It's all true (Not Recommending)

2006-08-29T12:50:21-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived here for about 2 years in a 1 BR apartment. All of the things you've read about this building are completely true:

The management is horrific. There is absolutely nowhere to park after 3:30 pm during the week, unless you shell out another $100 dollars a month or so ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Worst Place I Have Lived (Not Recommending)

2006-08-15T10:57:49-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I can honestly say this is the worst place I have ever lived. The parking situation is terrible--given there are only limited spaces, but managment allows preditory towing. The apartments are small and dark and there is often a strange smell coming from the hallways.
Noise is constant, which is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: It is true what everyone has been saying! (Not Recommending)

2006-08-01T19:14:15-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The management is crooked!! They lost my rent check and charged me a late fee ($75). When I approached them about the late fee and that I turned the rent in on time, they told me to "prove it." Of course, there is only a drop box and no way ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: You get what you pay for (Not Recommending)

2006-07-25T11:16:08-06:00

From -Anonymous-: the rooms are poorly planned (I live with a support collumn about 2 feet from my front door, and the kitchen is ridiculous)

The staff does not care. There is zero security and the "gym" is in shambles ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Worst experience ever in this country (Not Recommending)

2006-07-25T11:02:33-06:00

From zurdo53: Been in the US working and studying for the last 7 years, renting had been very convenient for me. I would not call myself an expert on the area, but after moving more than 8 times and leaving in more than 10 communities in different states, I believe I can ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: LOL! YES, Berkshire LEASING AGENT...it IS THAT BAD!!! (Not Recommending)

2006-07-25T05:02:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: You MORON. Like we don't know it's a fukking OFFICE GRUNT writing that review! LOL! Horrible building from the pits of hell. Dirty, unsanitary, fires, a$$hole AU students roaming the halls day and night, screaming at the top of their lungs -- you get the picture. As for me, I ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Okay this place is not THAT bad!! (Recommending!)

2006-07-21T21:53:46-06:00

From anotheraustudent: The Berks is no palace BUT it is not horrible. It is one of the most affordable places in town. I lived here for over two years and never had any problems with roaches or bugs. The walls are thin, and sometimes college students are loud BUT if you call ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Open letter to Berkshire Owners (Not Recommending)

2006-07-09T10:24:48-06:00

From Shankman:
Dear Madames and Sirs,
With all due respect to you and your

families, we, the tenants of the

Berkshire Apartments petition you to

remove the ING/Gables Realty

Management from the Berkshire

immediately.
The ING/Gables Realty Management

company has destroyed your property

and ruined your reputation as good

decent landlords. They have run ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: The WORST EVER (Not Recommending)

2006-06-01T03:35:42-06:00

From ExhaustedRenter257: I live in an apartment here and I have never been more miserable. The noise is horrible and the services suck. The staff acts like they are doing you a favor anytime you ask them for help. The only reason they have residents is because those overentitle AU brats need ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: I'm finally out of the Berks! (Not Recommending)

2006-05-20T12:38:50-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in a studio for a number of years. The only reason I lived here was because it was convenient for work and school. If I worked anywhere else in the city I never would have stayed in the Berkshire.

The leasing office is horrible. They are all so ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Awful, Awful, Awful! (Not Recommending)

2007-06-25T16:22:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living here since August 2005 and it has been nothing but a nightmare. I had a roach problem that took 3 MONTHS to get under control because management is so inadequate here. One of the women in management, her name is Joy, actually LIED to my father ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Managemnet is the worst I have ever seen (Not Recommending)

2006-02-21T20:44:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The manegement sucks,They dont know what they are talking about,they will never accept there mistake.
Never returns phone calls or voice messages.The manager is the worst.
Dont know why Gabrial management is hireing such idiots. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Kill yourself before you live here (Not Recommending)

2006-02-20T19:01:44-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This building is a slum. You will know everything about your neighbors, whether you like it or not. You can hear every conversation and alarm clock and television surrounding your room. The staff is obnoxious and rude, and can not be bothered with any problem you have. There is no ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: horrible staff and place (Not Recommending)

2005-08-31T16:16:52-06:00

From -Anonymous-: rip you off and are mean to you during it ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Horrible Horrible Horrible -- all the charm and beauty of federal lockup (Not Recommending)

2005-08-23T18:57:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am literally breaking my lease and eating a month's rent. Where do I start? 1. ROACHES GALORE. 2. It's a dorm, and a bad dorm at that. I know people who live here who have actually been attacked by drunk American University students. 3. It's noisy 24-7, 365. See ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Not the best, but good enough (Recommending!)

2005-08-22T10:57:41-06:00

From noone@yomama.com: I've had a pleasant experience at the Berkshire these past three years. Most people have been nice. Management was attentive when I had any problems and when things needed fising were always there. There is some noise from College kids but being so close to AU that's to be expected. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Absolutely hideous. Awful. (Not Recommending)

2005-08-10T20:39:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived here for a total of two months, and I'm already looking. I have no qualms about breaking my lease. I cannot believe the rundown condition of this piece of junk. Students roam the halls day and night, drinking and smoking. You can hear everything your neighbor says ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: decent, not great (Recommending!)

2005-08-02T16:45:51-06:00

From berks05: The upside:
Convenient for AU students.
Bus stop to Dupont/Farragut and other areas right outside door.
Gym in building--small but decent.
Free parking--but fills up quickly.

The downside:
Walls thin; can hear my neighbors' voices and TV sometimes. Can hear person who lives above me walking in heels on wood floor.
Maintenance ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Horrible! roaches everywhere and ceiling collapsing! (Not Recommending)

2005-07-25T19:37:56-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Horrible experience here. Talking about living with roaches. Doesn't matter how clean you keep your place. It comes from the garbage dumpster located on your hall. have seen many many roaches roaming the hallway. If you live close to the trash room, you WILL have unwanted roomies.

A huge part of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Roof Leaks!! (Not Recommending)

2005-07-21T15:35:45-06:00

From Ultraprecise: I have been living here for quite some time and have seen enough to comment. Briefly:
- The management sucks: They dont care what problems you have and dont understand your problems.
- Store downstairs: Canned food and Junk..dont expect any thing more and ofcourse at twice the cost.
- Most of the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: (Not Recommending)

2005-05-28T17:08:16-06:00

From -Anonymous-: my experience at the berkshire has been mediocre. other than the tiny kitchen with the gas stove with two settings (burn everything and cook nothing) and the fact that i can hear what goes on in my neighbors places, and the people across the courtyard, its been ok. i haven't ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Nothing's Changed in 20 years (Not Recommending)

2005-01-05T16:05:26-06:00

From exrenter101: The Berkshire was a roach motel when I lived there 20 years ago. I had heard it had improved, and maybe at one time it had, but when I visited some friends there the cockroaches seemed to be alsmot obnoxious has the AU halfwits. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Berkshire Apartments: Have a roommate (Not Recommending)

2004-12-07T13:45:07-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The area is very nice. My bedroom faces Mass Ave, so I hear the traffic all the time but I don't mind too much. However, it is expensive, and the management has been horrible. Only a couple could I speak with whom I thought were helpful and considerate to the ... [click to read full apartment review]