Wildwood Park

Oh Wildwood Park… how I miss thee.
I lived here 2 years ago but didn’t write a review but I remember it fondly so here it is.
PROS:
+ I never had a problem with this place for any reason. No pests, no odors, no inconveniences, no issues with management or neighbors, etc.
+ Staff & Round the clock security. Security takes your packages so you don’t have to worry about not being home. Just pick them up and sign them out. The security/​front desk staff are SO wonderful. I miss Aisha, Nikita, Chris, and all of them. Great bunch of people.
+ The apartments are beautiful. You can see from the pictures that the place is seriously beautiful. Fresh new carpets and bright walls with big windows that gives you plenty of light. If you’re on the higher floors, you get so much light and no noise from downstairs. I remember huge closets and large floor plans (my one bedroom was 780 sqft.). The kitchen had new cabinets and find appliances and the shape of it made it extra large. I loved my apartment.
+ Washer and dryer is all units? I think. Really convenient.
+ Amenities — Outdoor pool, game room, gym with most things you need, and a party room you can essentially rent for free with a deposit.
+ Free parking. Visitor parking is $ 5/​night. You can buy the pass whenever. Free visitors parking before 11 PM.
+ Trash chute on every floor so it was nice and convenient.
+ Elevators were always quick and had no problems.
+ Location was perfect. It was next to multiple grocery stores so you can choose whatever you like. Lots of shopping stores nearby (including but not limited to TJ Maxx, world Market, Target, AC Moore, Old Navy, Marshalls, BedBath&Beyond, Toys R Us, and SO many more.) They also have senior shuttles that go to the grocery store weekly.
+ Convenience Store and hair Salon right in the same building.
+ FREE printing and business center on the first floor. You can print and use the computers!
+ All utilities included. Nice heat and AC units.
CONS:
+ Price. Boy was it expensive. I was able to afford this place for ONE year because there was a 2 months off for a 1 year contract discount. It still came out to be about $ 1300/​month. I was able to do that for a year but after that, it jumped back to the regular price with an added fee so it was almost $ 1600 and there was no way I could afford that anymore. =(
+ No pets. Unfortunately, pets are not allowed in any circumstance.
+ Bus stop outside to the metro but no free shuttles to them. Also, it is not near any metro stations so it is definitely not walkable to public trans (well, except busses…) But it makes it more inconvenient for people without cars.
That’s it. I loved it here, I really did. Unfortunately, it is just very expensive. If you can afford it and you don’t mind that it’s not next to a metro, I fully fully recommend this place. It’s a great place to live!

I don’t even want to give one star. The experience with the management of this property is horrible. The manager and most staff are so rude. They have claimed that they couldn’t find my packages for four times in 2 weeks and it always ended up they misplaced my packages. I understand that everyone makes mistakes, but at least you should be helpful. I kinda need to beg them to look for my packages even it was their fault. The manager even said I harassed her staff! What’s wrong with me asking her staff to double check whether the package is there while I know for sure the package is there! What’s most funny is the manager asked for evidence to prove that the package was delivered after I showed her the tracking record. She said you should not come to claim you have a package while you don’t have any proof!!! What the heck?! So a tracking record doesn’t count as a proof? What else can I provide? She said you should go back and call the shipper. For what? What am I suppose to tell the shipper while I am 99.99 999% sure that the package is downstairs, right in the management office? Oh I forgot that the manager even threaten me that she would call a security! For what? Simply because I asked them twice to look for the packages they misplaced? So stay away from this property. Guess you don’t to want to be kicked out by securities because of their mistakes!
Updates: The manager returned our apartment’s packages without even notifying us after the argument of the whole missing package issue.

I have never encountered more problems with an apartment complex than living here. I’ll start with management: Jean Sawyer is a coward who hides out in her office and will never return a phone call. Every time I try to reach her she is always «off the property» or «currently on a call». I find this hard to believe since she has never once returned a phone call of mine that she would actually be talking to someone else. Any time there is a problem that needs to be addressed she responds by saying I need to reach higher management and that she «doesn’t have any authority.» I’ve never heard of a property manager with no authority? Isn’t that their sole purpose — to make a decision? So it’s kind of concerning to me who would make a decision at this place if a serious situation went down when she constantly ducks her residents and the problems they have. Food for thought…
Front desk staff isn’t the most pleasant either. They always huff and puff when we ask for a guest pass, which by the way, costs $ 5 a night! I guess the overpriced rent I pay isn’t enough to cover a pass every now and again. Also note that you have to register your car to Arlington in order to get a pass. They were out of passes when I moved in and it took about 3 months for them to get them. It was a pain having to write out weekly guest passes for us to use over the span of 3 months. They should have been more prepared.
My air conditioning vent in my room has had leak in it since before we moved in and was noted by the leaser. This has supposedly been «fixed» twice and is still malfunctioning. The paint is peeling off around the vent now and it looks very tacky. Poor work.
I live right above the trash composite and it is constantly waking me up every morning at 5−6am like clockwork. I can’t tell you how inconvenient and frustrating this has been. It’s worse than living beside a neighbor who constantly plays loud music, in fact, I’d prefer it. We were in no way shape or form prepared for this amount of noise before we moved in. It was completely down played so that we would sign our lease. The leaser said that the previous people who lived there before us never once complained or were bothered by the noise and that it wouldn’t affect us. Lied right to my face. You can hear the trash drop from the chute each time it is thrown down and the maintenance people insist on dragging out the furniture and trash bins right outside our windows at 5am each day — not pleasant in the least bit! When we asked if they could possibly do this at a later time in the morning or if we could transfer to another apartment within the same building to avoid all the noise, we got a letter back saying that we can break our lease and move somewhere else if we want. Haha they were asking US to leave for noise that THEY were creating? What sense does this make??? Unbelievable.
I couldn’t agree more with the negative reviews of this place (see
) I hope my review helps you in your decision making as to whether or not you should live here. I’d think twice about it. You can see that the problems mentioned in my review are consistently portrayed throughout the other reviews posted. Use your better judgement!
I’m still waiting for Jean to call me back …

My apt. costs 300. more than I wanted to pay but you get what you pay for: round the clock security, nice view from 10^th floor, stackable w/​d, convenience store, hair salon, pool, exercise, game, and party rooms. I’ve been here a year and staff have always been courteous and helpful. I usually take 16 Metrobus down to Pentagon Station or the ART 41 to Ballston when I want access to DC otherwise I bike or walk to work 2 mi away. Giant, Safeway & Trader Joe’s all only 2 – 3 blks away making shopping by bike super convenient!