Paradigm Management L.P.

This place is a wreck. Bad security--- 3 men posing as maintenance asked to come into my apartment in the middle of the night and no one at Management will even call me back about it or check their security cameras. Cars are getting stolen from the garage. AVOID this place. They take down bad reviews so do not trust them. The gym went 3 months without working air conditioning in summer. The fire alarms go off in the middle of the night over and over.

This is a great location, and accommodating to roommates. I live in a 2 bed 2 bath with a sunroom, and my bedroom is the sunroom. This set up allows for cheap rent for the small sunroom, and brings the rent down for the large bedrooms. The space is enough for 3 people and both bedrooms have walk in closets. One recommendation I would have is to request a unit with an extra window in the living space, to bring in more sun when the doors are closed.

The apartment itself is nice, albeit a bit small as it is a studio but still plenty of space, and about a 5 minute walk from the metro. There is a small gym in the building that is included in the rent and the courtyard area outside the building is nice. My main complaint is just the price point, which unfortunately is about on par of the area. However, they do not have exceptions for students for showing that you can afford the rent during the application process (even if you are using loans) so unless you have a cosigner or make a lot of money, I would look elsewhere.

The sunrooms which are in every single apartment cause EXCESSIVE bills. 10 foot tall wrap around windows are not proper insulation and will cause your AC bills in the Summer and your heating bills in the Winter to easily be double or triple what they should normally be. The sunroom itself is inconvenient to use due to the extreme temperature difference in that room.

The maintenance is hilarious. The apartment complex's maintenance team will try to insist that you pick up the tools and do the repairs yourself. I am not kidding, you have to argue with them that you are not a handyman and will not do repairs for them. The sprinkler system also leaked and ruined some of my possessions as the building is shoddily built.

Construction occurring across the street, I've been woken up by hammers, dump trucks, you name it. I asked the office if there was anything that could be done and they gaslighted me saying "Sir, no one else is experiencing this noise issue" as there's a jackhammer going off in the distance.

The parking spots in the garage, which they charge $100 each a month for, were deficiently designed and as a result they are far too narrow. Damage to your car is likely.

Don't know if it's for all floors, but on the ground floor roaches were a thing.

If something is out of service, expect it to remain that way for weeks or months. We're talking garage doors not working, elevators not working, pieces of equipment in the gym not working.

The TVs in the 'Club Room' do not work. Wanted to watch the game with friends up there? Nah, you can't. TV outside by the garden? Nope.

Concierge frequently puts up a sign that they are 'out on the premises' and leaves for 30 - 45 minutes, no way to get your package.

Frequent noise in the garden area has been a regular complaint. The pool is awful and is a maximum of 3 feet deep.

At one point, I received dozens of different apartment's gas bills. I went to the office about this and it continued for weeks until I called the gas company & the post office several times and implored them to stop mailing me other residents bills because the office did nothing about it.

My unit had the old 90s spiral stove top burners which aren't exactly what you'd expect from a $2K+ a month apartment.

They put in your lease that if you ever want the privilege of moving out of their shoddy apartment complex, you have to pay them over $5k.

So anyway, if you're thinking about choosing the Meridian at Braddock, enjoy living there.

I have been living at Carlyle Place for just about three years. I recommend new residents stay far, far away.

The location is excellent. The size of the apartments is also lovely. They also have wonderful, helpful concierge and maintenance staff who are clearly doing the best they can.

However, the living conditions here have rapidly deteriorated lately, to the point where residents have formed a Tenants Association to address the many serious disruptions we experience here.

There is something chronically wrong with the water systems in the building. We have had 19 water outages in the past year and a half ranging from several hours to several days. A/C is often impacted by an outage, even during the summer. When these water outages happen, we can't use the toilet, can't shower, can't cook, and in several cases can't even stay in our sweltering apartment.

I live in the West Tower, which is a twenty floor building. We have had 14 elevator outages in the past seven months, typically leaving one elevator to service 20 floors.

While I've only had minor maintenance issues in my actual apartment recently, neither of them were fixed correctly the first time, and I have neighbors who have reported serious water damage or other maintenance issues that took weeks and many visits from maintenance to repair.

They are also renovating any apartment that becomes vacant, which has caused very loud, very disruptive noise on a weekly basis that regularly makes it difficult to work from home. If you work nights, have children at home, or work from home, this becomes very problematic.

Despite all these disruptions and basic maintenance problems, management has consistently framed these problems as routine preventative maintenance, or one-off emergencies. They aren't, and this isn't normal.

These are a result of a chronic failure to address basic maintenance and all residents are given over and over again is band-aid fixes and more disruptions.

At the same time they are failing to ensure we have consistent running water, management has embarked on an expensive months-long lobby renovation that adds amenities that tenants are not asking for like a dog washing station.

To me, this appears to come at the expense of basic maintenance that would allow us to flush our toilets more consistently and that's unacceptable.

tl;dr: AVOID this building.

You can also look at the the Carlyle Place Tenant Association Twitter and Instagram - CarlylePlaceTA is the handle for both - for a detailed accounting of the problems in this building.

great building, great location

Never had any problems! Great apartment!

Great experience

It's a good location. The staff's good. We've only had a couple of issues. It's important to know that these apartments come with a sunroom that can serve as a 3rd bedroom. $3500 for 2 bedrooms is expensive but it's a good rate for 3 bedrooms.

Management is good. Front desk people are amazing. Maintenance people come quickly!

Its a pretty good spot.

Great building - thin walls but solid space and decent rooms for what you’re paying. Not as nice as some luxury buildings in the area but more affordable.

More space for less money than in DC, right next to the entrance to the GW Parkway and a block from the Braddock Road metro station. Walking distance to King Street and the river. All apartments have a huge sunroom.

Great building and amenities

I wanted to live in Alexandria because rent was much more affordable than it is in the city, but the area still has lots of parks, bars, and restaurants. This building was in the perfect location, less than a 10 minute walk to the King Street Metro station, and only a few blocks away from the restaurants and bars on King Street. There is also a park across the street and a Whole Foods a block away. The building itself is in good shape and the staff are very friendly. Because of Covid, we haven't been able to take much advantage of amenities, but the building has a gym, a pool, and a courtyard with grills.