The Aston

There are two good things about living in the Aston. 1- You instantly met a group of other law students. 2- You live close to the law school.

Other than that, this building is awful. There have been several problems including hot water shortages, kitchen sink back-ups (leading to kitchen flooding), AC/ heater outages, etc. You pay an obscene amount of money for living in very poor quality housing. Even after making requests to fix the problems, GW Housing rarely, if ever, fixed the problem immediately. If the Aston is any indication, GW doesn't seem to care much about its students' living conditions.

I do not recommend living here.

Landlord is responsive, decent sized studio. Cheap appliances but quick response when they break. A little overpriced, but not by much when including utilities (incl cable, internet, electric). Easy walk to red, blue, silver orange lines, free shuttle after dark.

Convenient, good size, but its pretty much undergraduate housing. It takes awhile to get something fixed. Be prepared to send a lot of emails and make a lot of phone calls to see results. In my experience if you only contact facilities once, they will essentially forget about you. Also, a lot of people's heaters broke during record cold weather, including my own. It took them a few days to come fix mine. Think very carefully before living here. There are better options.

It was okay living in the Aston. The heater was most of the time the major problem, and occasionally no hot running. Other than that, the building was most of the time kept clean. However, compared to the rent we pay per month, it was too expensive.

For $9,500/semester, you, too, can be subject to all the rules and regulations applicable to freshman housing! Amenities include non-functioning heat, iffy hot water, and random leaks. If this place were about half the price, then I'd say it's a reasonable value. However, I've had issues with almost everything in the apartment and submitting a work request doesn't always solve the problem quickly--for example, it took over a week for GW to respond to my request to fix the bathroom sink which wouldn't turn off. Not every unit has these problems but a significant portion do. The camaraderie of living with a bunch of 1Ls is nice but this place is still not worth the money. Save yourself a bunch of headaches and go someplace else.