Frederick Courts Condominiums

No issues with this place– lived here for several years and the neighbors are all hard working people. I wish it were metro accessible, but I know that’s a fight that South Arlington has been having for years now and the trolley option died a sad death a few years back. Can’t beat the value, especially when utilities and parking are included.

Cute. Quaint. Convenient. This describes Frederick Courts Condos. Best place for the price along Columbia Pike. It’s right across the street from CVS, an awesome nail shop, Andy’s Carryout (which is delicious) and of course Mickey D’s and Popeye’s. There’s also an Oriental Supermarket for those emgergency grocery store runs. I work in downtown DC and it takes me 45 minutes total from door to door. There are two bus stop shelters conveniently located out in front of the property. You can ride the bus to Pentagon, Pentagon City or Crystal City. In the Spring, the property is well kept with lots of beautiful flowers/​plants and big shade trees. It makes for a nice afternoon walk with my dog. This is a pretty quiet neighborhood with all working class folks just trying to live and make a living. I work full time and am a graduate student and this place suites me and my dogs needs perfectfly!

For years, people have been looking for a possible hell on earth. I write to tell you that I have found it, in all it’s dismal empty promises, in the Frederick Court Condominiums.
First, this is not a condo complex. Sure, people «buy» homes (most likely in foreclosure) but they immediately rent them out to the slums of Arlington society, sadly — self included. I rented here out of desperation and regret every penny I ever poured into this trashy dump.
I did not live alone. Oh no. I was invaded numerous times by the rat and mouse army as well as bombarded from above by the roach airforce. No matter how clean I kept my house, these critters kept attacking me day and night. Eating through my food and making it impossible to eat in my own house. Afterall, who wants to eat on plates that mice have walked all over? Again, it doesn’t matter how clean you keep your pad, you will have creatures invading your space and no amount of d-​CON or Raid will stop them. I had a basket full of all of my scarves and the mouse chewed, shat and pissed through it making a nest. The amount of property damage I’ll never recover from. Even worse, I woke up to these critters on my bed thus giving me insomnia most likely for the rest of my life. I had my unit sprayed every 2 weeks from May — October and nothing worked. Proof this place is cured to be damned. I also want to add that roaches could be found IN my dishwasher after a fresh cycle. Proving once more that even the cleanest of spaces held roaches.
No matter what Google maps says, you’re far from everything. The metro is a solid 20 minutes away on the welfare bus. There’s a Food Star supermarket up the street that’s equally as depressing as the complex itself so basically you’re stuck in your shitty house ²⁴⁄₇.
The walls aren’t very thick. You can hear the sounds of «La Cucaracha» blaring at all hours of the day and night. There’s always contruction going on so your hopes of sleeping in past 8am are shattered. Basically, I’ve got no sleep for the past 12 months. Oh, and there’s always some immigrant attorney soliciting business at any given hour. How annoying. No, I don’t speak Spanish.
The dumpsters are located a solid 5 minute walk from the complex so people don’t take out their trash thus causing even more reason for pests to build up. There’s also no recycling. Yeah, Fred Court Condos hate the planet.
Parking is a nightmare. There’s permit parking that’s never inforced so good luck finding a spot when you come home at 3am from drowning your sorrows at the local bar. And there’s ZERO street parking so you have no where to leave your ride and your friends have nowhere to park when they come visit.
Security sucks. The ouside doors aren’t locked so I’ve come home to homeless men sleeping in the hallways and when they leave in the moring the area smells like rotten piss. Don’t do any online shopping because if you have packages sent to your house there is no package room and the «management» office won’t sign for them. I’ve had 2 packages stolen before I finally wised up.
The complex is on a radiator system so they are in control of if there is heat or not in your apartment. By law, the heat is supposed to be turned on by 15OCT. When I moved out on 30OCT the heat had still not been turned on and the management office refused to provide space heaters. This is also a curse in the spring when the heat is STILL ON and it’s 90 degrees outside. There is no central air so invest in a good amount of fans and AC window units.
There is a managent office here but since you’re in a condo they’re pretty much useless. What they are good about is letting muthafuckers into your house without permission! I woke up on Oct 18 to a man breaking into my unit. He said he was there to look at my radiator to make sure it wasn’t leaking. I did not authorize this! The fact these people have keys to your unit and abuse it is CRIMINAL.
The laundry rooms are also a joke. I mean seriously — there is 2 washers and 3 dryers for the entire complext. WTH. You can never do laundry because they are always in use.
Bottom line this place is a total shit show. Do NOT move here. Do not pass go — do not collect bed bugs, let your $ 200 slide. NOT WORTH IT DO NOT WANT! BAAAAD SHITTY SHIT SHIT SHOW!
I could continue to name off how horrible my life has been over the past 12 months but I’m worn down. This place, this horrible place, has beat me down leaving me helpless. I’m tired. I barely have the strength to get through this review. Don’t move here. Hide Yo Kids. Hide Yo Wife. Hide Yo Husband. Alert the media — FREDERICK COURT CONDOS ARE SOME BUSTED WHACK SHIT
**Updated 3/​31/​2011**
Unilocal removed my photos of the dead mouse I cought in a trap in my apt as well as pictures of all the mega roaches that crawled around. If you would like to see photographic evidence of this shithole, please email me and I will be happy to send you some.