Meadow Woods

This is the worst apartment complex I have ever lived in and I would not recommend it to anyone. The carpets are disgusting and were not installed correctly so there are lumps everywhere. The apartment itself smells absolutely terrible and the front door to the apartment was not hung properly causing cigarette smoke to constantly be seeping through into my apartment. My clothes, furnature, and bedding is now ruined and reaks of cigarettes. I have spent hundreds of dollars to remedy this situation and nothing has worked. The management company will not respond to me at all and it is the stench is unbearable. It’s creating health problems for me and I have constant headaches. Avoid this apartment complex at all cost.

Not sure what everyone is talking about… I love living here. The people are friendly, the grounds are always kept clean. There is plenty of parking always. And where can you find prices like this?! I can’t believe some of the reviews on here.
Yeah we had some issues when we were signing the lease, there was mix up on the unit we were supposed to get, but it all turned out great because we got an even better unit, one that was fully remodeled. My roommate and I love it here. Very quiet, I barely see my neighbors, haven’t had any noise complaints.
Yeah we get the occasional roach or bug… But what apt complex doesn’t? Just keep your stuff clean and there should be no issues.
I feel safe also because there is a school right across the street and there are cops patrolling the area constantly. No complaints so far and we have been here almost 5 months.

STAY AWAY
I am writing this review as a warning to others. Do not even bother considering this place unless you have no other options.
These people have no qualms about a bait and switch scam to fool you. The unit I was shown was newer and nice looking. They had me sign a lease for my unit BEFORE it was ready to move into– claiming it was just finishing being all cleaned and prepped. When I got my keys and went to the unit, it looked nothing like the one I was shown. It was poorly lit, dingy, smaller, and had a smell and general grossness. The cabinets, appliances, counters, and carpet were all old and in bad shape. I saw roaches upon turning the lights on. I was horrified.
When I came to management to tell them no way– they said too bad because I had signed a lease. I had not moved a single item in, and this was only one day later.
I ended up having to negotiate and fight with them over terminating my lease.
They could have just rented the apartment to someone else, since I gave them back the keys right away.
Instead they dragged things out just long enough to keep my first month’s payment.
The woman in charge of property management for this place was frighteningly rude, and made me feel threatened when I voiced my concerns and asked to be let out of my lease right away.
Everything about this experience was just awful. I tell people in person to stay away from here. I consider it a painful learning experience for myself that cost money, time, and a great deal of stress.
Let me save you the trouble. Stay away from Meadow Woods.

After living here for over a year, we are more than ready to leave. While the staff on the most part is top-​notch and very friendly, due to the rent here being inexpensive, it tends to attract the wrong crowd in the wrong way.
We’ve had items stolen off our second floor balcony, including $ 160 worth of clothing, a $ 125 ladies’ street bike with custom additional parts, among countless other items that were delivered by UPS, but were not on the balcony when we got home.
Multiple times we have walked into our apartment building to smell a strong scent of freshly smoked marijuana, and after complaining to the office, all we could do was call the police, which weren’t able to do anything except give us advise to not have the UPS or FedEx guys deliver anything unless someone was available to accept it on our behalf if we weren’t home.
After suggesting to lock the entry doors to the buildings, the idea was shot down by senior management. For a complex that is supposedly private property, it isn’t very private when it is regularly visited by non-​residents.
Yes, the rent is cheaper than most other places in the area, but in the long run, you get what you pay for here. It is too close to a major throughway without a gate to be worth the money. Not to mention most of the neighbors aren’t from this country, and there are way too many unsupervised kids running about the complex.

I lived in these apts from 1998 to 2000 and then from 2002 to 2006. The rent was cheap back then and the apts were a really nice size. My first was a 1 bedroom apt and the most I had paid was $ 650 and the second was a huge 2 bedroom with the most I paid was $ 900. Pretty cheap for the DC, VA, MD area. The staff were friendly and my neighbors were cool. I am not sure what it is like over there now, but I never had any problems and if something needed to be fixed, it was always done with 24 hours or less. Close to the metro (albeit not walking distance by no means) but close to grocery stores, restaurants, etc.