Apartment Ratings | Blair East Ratings and Reviews

Blair East: Not Recommended (Not Recommending)

2009-06-16T09:46:20-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Huge apartments, great view, right across from the metro, and nice pool.However, you also have to deal with terrible service from the management company. They are rude and unhelpful and do not make you feel like they value your business. Also, good luck getting anything fixed in a timely and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: This review is overdue (Recommending!)

2009-06-14T07:25:42-06:00

From Amy20878: I moved out of Blair East close to a year ago, and it didn't occur to me to write a nice review until I thought about writing a horrible review for the horrible place I live in now.The only significant problem I had was with ants in my bedroom. They ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Not great, not terrible (Not Recommending)

2009-04-27T11:17:28-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I live in a 1-bedroom deluxe in Blair East. I've been here for about a year. The apartment is very spacious and most likely the best deal for the money compared to any other apartment in the area. The location is great - right by the metro and grocery store ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Mediocre, but in a great location (Recommending!)

2009-04-01T21:53:07-06:00

From QA_2: I live in a "Deluxe 1-BR" on the 15th floor, and I mostly like my place. It's spacious (by far the largest apartment I saw in this price range), has a decent layout, and a nice view. As some other people have commented, the turnover crew is apparently a bunch ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Increasingly disstatisfied with Apartment (Not Recommending)

2009-03-24T12:43:15-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have had friends live in this building since 2002 and finally moved in 2008. The quality of the building has decrease significantly. When I moved into the apartment, the apartment was not ready for me. I had to ask twice for my door to be painted as it was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Started off good and then... (Not Recommending)

2009-02-17T07:40:49-06:00

From maryland120: I just left Blair East after a year and I'm glad the nightmare is finally over. The first few months were fine. They had a minor roach problem but it subsided. Then the real hell began... I work nights and I have to sleep during the day. Because other brand ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: GROSS!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-11-28T05:38:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I went to check out this property and was totally disgusted. During the tour of this property I saw water leaking from the ceiling in the mailroom. The elevators are creepy! They have music in the elevators so that you dont pay attention to all the scary noises it is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Not really worth it. (Not Recommending)

2008-10-20T18:05:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My girlfriend and I just moved out of Blair East after living there for a year.Some of the staff were just awesome at their jobs and incredibly friendly, but they were in the minority as most were, at best, sullen.Parking was a pain in the butt. There is a small ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Great place to live (Recommending!)

2008-09-30T09:50:01-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've been in this apartment for 8 months. I've only had to make one minor service call and it was taken care of in a matter of hours. I can hear the neighbors when they are in the hallway but that is all. There has never been an issue with ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Blair East (Not Recommending)

2009-05-19T14:00:11-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Get's getting better ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Nice, boring place to live. (Recommending!)

2008-06-10T14:13:40-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I just graduated from UMD and moved to the Blairs. I have been here for one year and don't have alot to complain about, except the area. This apartment building is really nice, but as far as a social scene goes, don't move to Silver Spring. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: I love living above a grocery store (Recommending!)

2008-04-06T13:23:10-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived in three different apartments in Blair East since 2003. In general, the apartments have been clean and newly painted and carpeted when I moved in. You are less than a five minute walk to the Silver Spring Metro, Giant, CVS, and several restaurants and coffee shops. As ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Recent upgrade of hallways and common areas (Recommending!)

2008-02-25T06:26:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived here for two years, and on the whole have been pretty satisfied.Some past comments had negative things to say about the hallways and common areas - and they weren't off the mark. But the lobby has been redone with a new marble floor, carpeting, and lighting, and the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Mostly what I expected (Recommending!)

2007-05-08T15:05:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I relied heavily on www.apartmentratings.com when locating an apartment that I feel obliged as a civic duty to share my experiences having lived at Blair East for six months. This in itself should tell you that there was nothing in my experiences either strongly positive or strongly negative that would ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: pretty good, close to metro and grocery store (Recommending!)

2007-03-03T23:27:35-06:00

From duckyglow: the monopoly that is -the blair housing community is pretty good. The hallways remind me of some cheap spanish motel, but the rooms are really good. the walls are nice and thick - but when in the hallways (which is normal for many complexes) - you can hear almost anything ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Needs Some Renovating BIG TIME (Not Recommending)

2006-12-05T12:00:55-06:00

From ninee_g:
I feel The Blairs misrepresents itself with their fabulous website and colorful literature. When I went to the website I was excited, because I thought I was moving into an updated modern apartment community. When I got to Blair East I was shocked to see how outdated everything was. I ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Not too Bad (Recommending!)

2006-11-27T15:24:07-06:00

From adam_jap@yahoo.com: I am only about 1 month into the apt but. The only bad things are the noise. I live on the 9th floor and I can hear every car that goes by. I don't mind it though. The windows are very poor insulators for sound and energy. I can feel ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: It's just okaaaaay... (Recommending!)

2006-07-05T15:41:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived here for about 7 to 8 months now. At first, I was pretty happy with the place until I had to deal with maintenance and ants. During the winter, there isn't a problem at all with bugs. I haven't even seen one. But during the warmer months, i ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Free pets, and they're called mice! (Not Recommending)

2009-04-10T09:57:50-06:00

From -Anonymous-: We have mice, we have several mice. It's a gross problem that's not going away.The apt is old, and I'm sick of looking at the layers of thick paint on all the walls. My knobs are breaking off the cabinets, the tile is laid crooked, the old gold shower doors ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Pretty much a nightmare (Not Recommending)

2005-08-24T11:53:36-06:00

From -Anonymous-: A smoke-filled apartment next door that leaked into ours so badly that we had to move, a fire where no smoke alarms went off in the entire building that killed 2 people, management that doesn't respond once you have signed a lease, towing cars (to pave the parking lot) and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: nice (Recommending!)

2005-06-23T15:33:24-06:00

From -Anonymous-: everyone who came to my building fell in love with it. although there are alot of blind & old ppl. somebody keeps pulling the fire alarm lately. but its really a nice place. no roaches. no mice.

also we had fire but nobody was hurt but the ppl who started the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: the nightmare begins here (Not Recommending)

2004-12-29T11:23:02-06:00

From tegajust: ever seen nightmare on ELM STREET? if you haven't check out the Blair East. picture everything that can go wrong with an apartment and there you have it "NIGHTMARE ON BLAIR EAST". if you have high expectations and expect a decent apartment with friendly staff and maintance,with good parking and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Disgusting. (Not Recommending)

2004-07-02T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I wish I were exaggerating when I say the Blairs forgets you literally the minute you sign the lease. We waited 2 months to receive a copy of our lease. An elevator was unavailable for our move-in, we didn't have a refrigerator for 10 days, the hallways are smoke-filled and ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Great Experience, moved because of job (Recommending!)

2003-08-18T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived in Blair East from July 2000 until February 2003. I loved my time there.

-- the location is wonderful. It is close to the metro and just a few stops from Union Station. The grocery store is next door and is open 24 hours most days.

-- the price is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Just alright for a while... no pets though. (Recommending!)

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

From tjmoore041@yahoo.com: I lived in a studio at Blair East from Sept 2000 to January 2003. They are strict on when you move in and out, only during weekday work hours. But most people ignore that, I did, and didnﾴt have any problems. Good news, I got my FULL deposit back with ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: Worst experience in my life (Not Recommending)

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

From dior15: I would not recommend Blair to anyone
First of all the management are not organized they give out your assigned parking to someone else. But the thing that made me move out of this aprtment after taking them to court is that the manager at the time I was there was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Blair East: avoid (Not Recommending)

2002-03-27T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: OK- in spite of the rather positive answers I gave to the quiz below, there were a few major irritants at Blair East that still make me angry.

#1 - there is NO personal control over heat or air and there is NO ventilation. the layout means that the two windows ... [click to read full apartment review]