The Shawmut

Terrible management. This place is a real dump. I’ve lived here for four years now and the building is NOT well maintained. When new people move into a space, they just slap a new coat of white paint over everything — so there are years and years of old paint layers chipping off everywhere. My dishwasher has never worked (dishes come out dirtier than when they go in), I have a stove-​top burner that is leaking flame from a strange angle, the windows in our sunporch are all completely clouded through so that you can’t see anything out of them. When we looked at the apartment the manager told us that they would be replacing the windows in the next few months — that was years ago. We complain often, but our complaints are just ignored or put off. The building manager is very condescending and rude, I’ve seen her straight up yell at people.
The saving grace is the location! It is ideal with access to bus line and metro, the Adams Morgan/​DuPont restaurants and a quaint park right across the street. We are situated perfectly away from the weekend nightlife, but just close enough to access it if we want to. We are totally priced out of our neighborhood at this point. Moving would mean moving to another part of DC so we stay and endure the neglect from the owners.
Our car is parked on the street and has been broken into twice. I’ve also witnessed a man break the window of a car parked right in front of the building and steal the GPS system from it.