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Marbury Plaza: NEVER LIVE HERE (Not Recommending)

2009-11-29T17:50:32-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This was THE WORST run buidling. AC unit broke in the spring and right up until I moved out in November (6 months), despite numerous requests, despite being written up by the DC buidling inspector, NOTHING HAPPENED. From nasty trash rooms, washers and dryers that dont work, mice and roaches, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Marbury was like living in Barry Farm/ ParkChester (Not Recommending)

2009-10-15T11:27:40-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved to marbury november of 2007, and the minute my lease was up i ran as fast as i could, this is the worst place you can live beside the damn shelter. My building 2312 was the hang out, niggers from everywhere hung out on the front i couldn't ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: CANT WAIT TIL THIS LEASE IS UP!!! (Not Recommending)

2009-09-16T18:22:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Maintence, maintence, maintence. Hmm, THEY SUCK!!! My first month here and boom my car was stolen. What the hell is security for? They only mess with working class and let the thugs and drug dealers do their thing. The staff really try to make everything look beautiful."look at your beautiful ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: CURRENT UPDATE ON MP (Not Recommending)

2009-08-18T09:21:16-06:00

From -Anonymous-: If you would like to move here this is what you will run into.Pros: apartments are big, nice size balconyCons: maintanance are overly delayed, 2 washers/2 dryers on each floor, for washers/dryers to be fixed by tenants putting in ticket request, parking is awful, visitor parking is also taken up ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: decieving liars (Not Recommending)

2009-06-24T11:03:56-06:00

From -Anonymous-: They will tell you anything to get you to move in. They do not properly credit your rental payments. Even if you do have a section 8 voucher they claim the don't get housing payments but refuse to find out why unless they are keeping the money.Maintenance is rare if ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Marbury Plaza sucks (Not Recommending)

2008-10-29T11:35:32-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been an resident of Marbury Plaza for 2yrs and it has been hell. Mantinence sucks my sink in the bathroom has been clogged for about on month and I placed a call everyday and no one has came to fix it. Mold in bathrooms,cockroaches,mice,kitchen cabinets falling apart you ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: TENANTS TAKE ON MULTI BILLION DOLLAR OWNERS (Not Recommending)

2008-09-16T10:20:04-06:00

From -Anonymous-: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2008THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES, TENANTS TAKE ON MULTI BILLION DOLLAR OWNERSThe Marbury Plaza Concerned Tenants-Tenant s Association (MPCTA) was incorporated in April of 2007. MPCTA is a nonprofit corporation organized and chartered under the authority of the nonprofit corporation laws of the District of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: I am glad I moved! (Not Recommending)

2008-07-24T12:31:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Well I lived in Marbury Plaza 4 years and I would have to say it was a bitter sweet experience! I just moved Thank goodness! The only thing I miss about the place is the closet space other than that anyone can have it! If Management where on there toes ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: DON'T MOVE HERE (Not Recommending)

2008-07-24T11:53:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I move to Marbury Plaza in November 2007 because I thought this would be a nice place to live and at the time they were about to become condos. Now it seems that they will not be converting over but that is fine with me because I wouldn't buy this ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: More Than Satisfied (Recommending!)

2008-04-07T13:57:45-06:00

From jay2782: I moved in January and although it's only been a couple of months I must say I enjoy living here. I will admit that there are some issues depending on the type of person you are like weed smoke you may smell on occassion from passing in the halls and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: (Not Recommending)

2008-02-02T16:32:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place is a dump. If you enjoy having not having water at any given time. No hot water at any given time. People stealing your clothes from the laundry room while their still in water washing. No available parking. You have cars with dead atgs for months on end ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Not as bad as they say (Recommending!)

2007-12-30T22:04:03-06:00

From Mikeally07: I moved in Marbury Plaza in June 2006 into the 2330 building and i would have stayed there but i needed a 3 bedroom. I have no real complaints but my brother's car was broken into due to lack of lighting in the parking lot but after I complained and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Kids gone wild (Not Recommending)

2007-10-05T22:37:15-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Warning unless you like teenagers running around up and down the stairs all night, football games in the middle of the parking lot were you are surley likley to get a dent in your car, or groups of punks just sitting in front of your stairs smokin weed (especialy the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Its everywhere (Recommending!)

2007-03-06T14:54:11-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I recently moved to Marbury Plaza and so far its been ok. The floor that I'm on has been quite so far. No roaches or mice, when I had a repair problem everything was done. I'm going to put in a request for new cabinets. I have a problem with ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Don't forget, Marbury Plaza is located east of the river (Recommending!)

2007-03-05T10:59:49-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I actually enjoyed living here and was proud to show off my apartment to my visitors. Tenants need to understand how to get things in their apartment done and how to work with people in the leasing and maintence. I was promised new cabinets before I moved into my apartment ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: This Place is Hell on Earth-I don't care what anybody says (Not Recommending)

2007-02-22T15:03:16-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved here last year with my two small children at a whim because I had just seperated from my husband. Moving here has been the worst decision of my life.

This place is not only falling apart, it is filled with a bunch of drug users and very shady ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: The building is just old (Not Recommending)

2007-01-02T14:37:38-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The building is so old and run down. There is mold everywhere. In fact, they make you sign a mold/mildew release when you move in. I tried to wipe off a strange brown spot on my kitchen wall and the whole wall caved in. I heard water running in the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: it is what you make it (Recommending!)

2006-10-31T11:44:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have no petty for those who allow maintanence to take forever. I have had one incident when maintence had to come back several times to fix my problem but once i refused to pay my rent my issue was fixed before i got home from work, every since maintance ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Bad Management at its best (Not Recommending)

2006-10-15T20:42:45-06:00

From 2300Tenants: When I moved in back in September 2001, this place was better. The management company back then was doing its job. Tenants knew who to call to get things done. However, recently it's been very bad. They are not responsive, they are arrogant and sometimes just rude. They won't respond ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Homicide (Not Recommending)

2006-09-14T02:30:18-06:00

From alaiyo626: Hello Marbury Plaza Residents,

I will be reporting crime for the District of Columbia and would like to speak to a few of you about some of the crimes being committed in the D.C. community. Sources may remain confidential but this is a great opportunity to bring life to the type ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Terrible Place to Live (Not Recommending)

2006-09-13T17:09:48-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My friends apartment is terrible. Everything needs to be replaced. There promised to fix the kitchen(new cabinets, new appliances, new floor, & paint), replace the missing wood tiles or replace the entire floor, fix the hole in the shower wall that has duct tape on the wall, fix the leaking ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: I used to live here... (Recommending!)

2006-06-27T10:42:15-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I used to live here (from 1980 thru 1986 at 2330) when there was not a traffic light out front. It was terrible trying to cross Good Hope Road. When I moved in it was nice, large one bedroom apartment, reasonable rent. I had only one complaint, the parking wasn't ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Not Worth the $200 Reward for Recommendation (Not Recommending)

2008-04-18T22:17:31-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been here since 2001 and have seen several management companies (1) HGSmithy, (2)Gables (3)Edgewood (4) current company; and now EIGHT (8) property managers. What's wrong with this picture?????The only one almost constant employee is the rent/garage manager, and manager being very loosely interpreted. There has been a time ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: My Thoughts / Recommendations! (Recommending!)

2006-05-19T14:47:01-06:00

From 2300tenant:
My start with the building was rocky.
It was hard as getting in to a top choice university. Poor access to staff at the Leasing office, no follow up. My constant having to check back on the status of my application and subsequent move in date that was changed more ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: IT SUCKS (Not Recommending)

2006-04-26T11:39:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived in Marbury Plaza for 9 years and I have watched management let the community go down. There are more young people hanging out late at night right under people windows and selling drugs. Maintenance are lazy and slow. Only thing I like about my apartment is SPACE ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: A Perspective of the "Plaza" (Not Recommending)

2006-04-10T12:51:31-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am not a resident of the "plaza" but I have relatives that have been living there since 2002. I must say that from then, the place has gone DOWNNN horribly. When my relatives first moved it, everything seemed so nice. Some would speculate that after "section 8" residents were ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: If you don't like it then move!!!!!!!!! (Recommending!)

2006-03-24T09:19:17-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living here for years now, and do not experience the problems that these stupid people are talking about. I was here for the explosion, and yes it was a mess, but the staff was here helping us night & day. The majority of the people that are ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Please Don't Let Them Fool You (Not Recommending)

2008-07-24T12:16:39-06:00

From Brighteyez4: Okay, I am finally breaking free from this hell-hole after exactly 21 months. Shall we start with the fire that happened about seven months after I moved in? Or the fact that I had to wait like five months to get a replaced drawer for my silverware in the kitchen? ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Speechless! (Not Recommending)

2006-03-06T21:51:15-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Well I have been in Marbury Plaza for two years now and it has been so long since I read the comments posted about this place that I think that it is sad that things are not better kept! I guess I think of things in a better manner as ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Mice Infestation (Not Recommending)

2007-10-10T13:18:35-06:00

From hainey4783: I had (and may still have) mice running rampant in my unit on the 6th floor of the 2300 building. The head maintenance person says it is an isolated incident because all the construction near the complex. Guess I am suppose to believe the mice singled me out on the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Don't come to live here! (Not Recommending)

2006-01-27T13:07:44-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Marbury Plaza is a horrible place to live and the management office is horrible to do business with. I have had a kitchen drawer on backorder since I moved in a year and five months ago. I was supposed to receive it two weeks after moving in and it still ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS AIN'T GOLD!!!! (Not Recommending)

2005-12-02T14:12:25-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved into Marbury Plaza in Summer 2005.
I was misled into thinking I was moving into a LUXURY apartment when I really was moving into a Ghetto SLUM LORD,MANAGED AND OPERATED building. Where do I begin? First of all. I had to pay a lot of money to get in ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Not The best.....But you get what you pay for (Recommending!)

2005-11-22T08:02:40-06:00

From princexxxlola: Marbury Plaza is not the best place to live, however,it is not the wrost either. For the amount of rent you pay it is 100 times better than any other place you can get. I say this while holding my breath because I have been blessed enough not to have ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Tenants taking to the street! (Not Recommending)

2005-10-01T22:14:17-06:00

From shevi: Hi,
I was just in DC today, trying to stop by some places that i had seen/read about online that were within my price range. I saw the reviews for Marbury at this site, but still decided to stop by and see it, after going to a couple of locations/apartments which ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: The New Thorne. You have not meet my community skills Marbury Plaza Staff. (Recommending!)

2005-08-15T13:07:05-06:00

From -Anonymous-: A DAMN SHAME! I moved to this community about a month ago. I agree. Since I have been here in the "back tower" 2 elevators has been out of order and out for a period of time.

My a/c work i guess whenever the staff cuts it on. The front ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: I rather go back to Iraq then live here another year. (Not Recommending)

2005-06-18T21:42:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Marbury Plaza were should I start? Lets talk about the garden apartment oh and trust me they are a long way from a garden. Every evening at six o.clock you have what I call the hot boys that hang out at the playground smokin weed ,drinking, and playing thier music ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Woah (Not Recommending)

2005-03-09T17:02:47-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Was definetely considering this place until approached by a mentally ill woman (followed us up to view an apartment), heard of the gas explosion that killed two and has yet to have the damage cleaned up (I believe 20 plus were injured in this blast also). Absestos signs in the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Don't let the beauitful view fool you.... It is HELL at it's best (Not Recommending)

2005-02-18T12:48:25-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Where to begin? As I was reading someone elses review I was thinking to myself, did I write this? This is the worst apartment experience I have truly ever had. I have lived in some bad places where terrible things happened (ceiling caving in, mold growing through closet, maintenance breaking ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: (Not Recommending)

2005-01-12T16:27:06-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have just recently moved to Marbury Plaza and since then it has been a bad experience when it was my set date to move in the Apartment wasn't ready the floors were not done and they had mice and roach traps all over the floor my first month here ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: peice of crap (Not Recommending)

2004-04-12T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place is a peice of crap. Where should I start. I lived there for only 6 months and that was enough. The place has roaches and rats all over the place. And it doesn´t matter how clean you keep your apartment because the roaches ad the rats can roam ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: Satisfied Tenant (Recommending!)

2004-02-25T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been a tenant of Marbury Plaza since 2001 and have had an enjoyable stay. I have never had a problem in getting work done or getting a response from Management when I have an issue. Their response time good and the maintenance staff always get the job done ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: BAD NEWS (Not Recommending)

2003-05-18T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: NOT a good move. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: The Pit of Hell! (Not Recommending)

2003-03-04T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: From upper management to the maintenance team, unqualified and unprofessional. There´s an Administrative Assistant by the name of Ms. Battle and she´s the rudest person that I´ve ever met. She refers to tenants as NIGGERS, and yells in the lobby regarding personal and financial issues. The maintnenance team, all seem ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: No Complaints (Recommending!)

2003-01-23T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am a new resident of Marbury Plaza and just wanted to let you know that am happy with my choice. I visited many other apartment complexes and no one provided me with good customer service. The Leasing Consultants were attentive from the start and when I moved in my ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: BOTTOMLESS PIT!!!! (Not Recommending)

2003-01-09T00:00:00-06:00

From UNHAPPYNEIGHBOR: I MOVED HERE IN 1998 WITH HIGH EXPECTIONS, BUT WAS GRAVELY DISAPPOINTED. I GREW UP IN THIS AREA, I REMEMBER IN MY YOUTH MARBURY PLAZA WAS THE PLACE TO LIVE, WITH DOCTORS, LAWYERS AND ALL TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE RESIDED. I AM ASHAMED THAT I WAS SO NAIVE IN THINKING ... [click to read full apartment review]

Marbury Plaza: DON´T DO IT!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2002-12-23T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved here on Valentine´s Day 1998 when the complex was then owned by Charles E. Smith Corporation with no security deposit. I have lived in the better part of Southeast in a single family, cul-de-sac neighborhood all of my life, but I never thought it would have been like ... [click to read full apartment review]