Park Monroe Apartments

I lived here for 11 months (11÷14−10÷15). The only reason I moved is because I transferred to my agency’s San Francisco office. So why 5 stars?
1. The insulation. For the first week or two I moved here, I had the feeling like I was the only person in the building. I never heard a sound from one neighbor, and ocassionally would hear a muffled loud laugh from my other neighbor. That’s it. You could hear hallway noise somewhat easily from the kitchen/​living room, but that was hardly ever an issue since the hallway didn’t get a ton of foot traffic.
2. Very prompt replies to maintenance requests. You call in the morning, it’ll be fixed by that afternoon. The one time I had an emergency on a Sunday, they responded promptly too.
3. I saw one ant in my 11 months there. Nothing else.
4. Value. I paid $ 1795/​month for a top floor, recently renovated apartment. Much better value (IMO) than any of those newly built apartments in Shaw, U St, etc.
5. management. Besides prompty taking care of maintenance issues, they don’t BS you. Moving in and out was very straight forward. I had to get out of my lease 1 month early, and they were able to find a new renter, so I was saved from paying that 1 remaining month.
One downside: you still can only pay rent via check. No online bill pay option.
Overall, I’d recommend the Park Monroe. If keener managmeent runs all their buildings as well as the park monroe, then I also recommend them too.

So I lived in the Park Monroe for one year from July 2014 to July 2015. I lived in (I believe) the largest studio in the building before moving elsewhere to live with my girlfriend.
After a year I can definitely say it was one of the best apartment experiences I’ve had.
Pros:
–Clean (never saw a single bug in my place)
–Maintenance is very fast and hassle free (In one case they fixed a problem with my lock before I even mentioned it to them)
–The manager (Annie) is awesome. She’s super helpful and charming
–Short walk to metro, Target, Best Buy, Bed Bath and Beyond, and various other places
–Rent seemed fair
–Great lighting (Although you’ll see this will also be in the cons area)
–Gas stove (If you cook on electric, you’ve been doing it wrong your whole life)
Cons:
–You’ll definitely need blackout curtains, it can get rather bright
–The AC units are loud to a point where I would have to have subtitles on in order to watch television
–Not all the apartments are renovated (Mine wasn’t, but it was still very nice)
–16^th St can get very loud due to close proximity to a Firefighter/​EMS station (After a while I stopped hearing it though)
–Packages are no longer delivered to your apartment (This was kind of a big selling point for me when I moved in)
–No online form of rent payment

I’ve lived here for a year and a half and never heard any of my neighbors having sex. I don’t if that says more about them or the concrete walls that block 85% of noise, either way I accept. The staff is awesome, and they frequently throw parties. It would be nice if they had had two bedroom units. Be forewarned that 16^th street is loud as hell, but that’s no fault of the apt. complex. You may want to chose an apt. on the west side of the bldg. to deflect some of that noise and the morning sun. They also don’t accept online payments, which is a bummer since it’s 2014 and all.

Lived here for almost 2 years, and couldn’t have been happier with my experience.
–Great building management that is courteous, organized and super-​responsive.
–Very good insulation (no noise from the neighbors) and sturdy construction
–Extremely clean common areas (never once saw a bug or pest)
–Packages delivered to your unit each day
–Good washer dryers; rarely any line or wait
The only significant downsides were street noise (sirens on 16^th) and loud A/​C units (no central air). Still, all things considered, we probably wouldn’t have moved at all if we didn’t need a bigger space.

Love the Park Monroe. Amazing view, best location, great management. My only complaints are:
1.) if you’re on a high level in the building and face 16^th Street, you NEED to invest in black out curtains. The sun rises right in the windows and its extremely bright and heats up the room fast, causing a higher utility bill.
2.) 16^th Street is loud as HELL. I never knew a city could have so many «fires». I would love to keep my windows open from time to time but its completely impossible because of the extremely loud noise. Its almost like the fire department and cops here enjoying disturbing peoples’ sleep as early as 4am.
3.) As soon as you give your 30 day notice to vacate, consider your apartment an open door. They will come in as they please and show the apartment to potential tenants. Sometimes as early as 8:15am which I found extremely rude. I’ve never been in an apartment complex and have been allowed to preview occupied rooms, even if those are the rooms that will be available for me to rent.

Have lived here since late 2004, first in a third floor studio and then in a big one bedroom on the 7^th floor. Great building gorgeous view, low noise (yes great windows), fantastic management (super responsive, very quick service and they even help with things like putting up a heavy mirror on my wall) and of course great location.

Moved in August 2011 and no complaints!
I only had 2 days to find a place in DC after moving from Ohio, and the number of things that could have gone wrong (bugs, crappy landlord, super long walk to the metro) were pretty high, but this place has been perfect for my first year in DC.
George, the manager, is amazing (he owns a bulldog, so that right there says enough about how awesome of a person he is in my book). He puts on ice cream socials, holiday parties and valentines day breakfasts for the residents. The building is clean and quiet and they perform quarterly maintenance on the apartments to make sure things like drains don’t get clogged. My emails and phone calls are always answered. Security guards are friendly and I’ve never felt unsafe in the building. Plus its only about a 5 – 7 minute walk to the metro.

This place was great. George was the best landlord I have ever had. They even throw great parties for the residents. The walls are thick, the washers and dryers work well, and I never had a single insect. I would have stayed here permanently if I had stayed in DC.

The building might look a bit dingy, but it’s actually quite nice (although the closets are small, unfortunately). And the location’s great! It’s just two blocks from the Target, the Giant and the metro. Plus, there are tons of restaurants.

A great place to live. Responsive management, functional amenities, and good public transport access. And as Katie says, the incredible sunset/​sunrise views don’t hurt either! :-)

We moved in this weekend and I have several compliments so far!
First, the staff is great. All friendly and helpful with our questions and quirks. Jason showed us the apartment we ending up renting, helped us get the move-​in process going.
Second, the apartment itself is gorgeous. New wood laminate floors, super clean, big closet in the bedroom, new stainless steel appliances (including gas stove) and granite countertops in the kitchen, big bedroom, and best off all: huge balcony overlooking Mt. Pleasant, Rock Creek Park, and the National Cathedral (views from Rosslyn to Silver Spring, and awesome sunsets! Big windows make this a bright apartment, a nice feature after our basement living experience. Also, quiet! We can hear doors open/​close from the hall occasionally, and open windows let in the sounds of the city below, but closed windows shuts out the street sounds, and we have not heard neighbors — also a great feature after the basement under an all-​night-​partying landlord.
Third, the building now has secure basement bike lock up (with cameras in the bike storage room).
Fourth: convenient location! Walk to Adams Morgan, 4 blocks from Co-​Hi metro, Target/​Giant/​WSC. Mt. Pleasant is a fun neighborhood too. Incidentally, I work two blocks from my new place, so that’s awesome to me.
Finally, rent is really great for the area — less than we were paying for the basement apartment in AM and SOO much better!

Ah! We had our first apartment here!
I highly recommend a view over 16^th street. When the weather gets bad you can watch all the people running for cover, or the sheets and sheets of rain pouring out over the city. There’s also a really cool church to look at which has processions around the neighborhood.
They updated all the apartments so there’s tiling in the kitchen, new appliances, etc.
The biggest pluses to this place:
1. Security entries and security guards (I wonder if Officer Flowers is still there, she was awesome!)
2. You never hear your neighbors. Yep! These walls are THICK. We only found out that our neighbors had people over because we opened our window!
3. The windows… yes…16^th St., it’s loud… but not with these super windows. My mother thought I was talking to her on the street, but then I closed the window and nada… no sounds whatsoever.
I doubt the apartment manager Norma is still there, but whenever we needed a repair they were on top of it. She always had a warm smile and seemed to genuinely care.
The laundry facilities were numerous and we only had to wait one time that I can think of. A pepsi machine in the basement rocks my world too!
And bike parking in the tiny pebble courtyard.
Gosh I miss this place!