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horrible,you have to share your apt with the mouses , yes a lot t of this cain of animals, mi kiitchen every night look like mines all around with the trap .

Foxchase is cheap for a reason. I recently discover the reason why. Living on the ground floor brings its issues. One of those issues being, the sewage backup into my unit I recently experienced. Maintenance and management were both notified and advised me that they had a professional cleaning company on the way to handle all cleanup and sanitization of both the unit and my own personal property. Company arrived but did not clean much of anything. They left even after I advised them of the sewage still on the floor. Maintenance and management were both notified but being after hours no one was available. So taking it upon myself to sanitize the unit I did so. I contacted management about the issue the following day during business hours. no answer and the call went to voicemail, message left. The next day tried again. Still no answer and voicemail was left. That same day I received a survey for there service. I handled the survey the same way they handled the sewage issue. Poor grades were issued. The next day I finally received a response from management 3 days after the incident, who issued an apology and said that they would contact the property owner (Aimco) due to the situation and see if they could assist me in the damages since it was not of my doing. 2 days later an email was sent "sorry again but damage is on you and your renters insurance." The next day I received a call from the head of maintenance who apologized and said I should not of had to handle that problem at all. He said he will do better and apologized. Now a week later from the date of incident. I contacted management by phone and email again to see if they will assist me in compensation for the problem that was their responsibility and failed at doing so and I handled. Still no response. At this point I am beyond angry, the fact that no one in management seems to care and there almost lack of response has me curious of other health issues such as mine that have taken place. At this time I have contacted the BBB and filed a claim for Aimco's inability to provide a clean living space not of my own doing. I have also contacted Virginia's board of health and human services who will be conducting a health inspection. To investigate if any other tenants may have been exposed to sewage in there units and if proper measures were taken in clean up by maintenance and follow up by management. If this is what you can afford, be warned. There are other issues that will become apparent within the first week or 2 of moving in. Good luck if you decide to live here but if possible don't live on the ground floor unless you like sewage in your home.

I am currently living here and love the location because it is extremely close to two grocery stores, gym, and bus stations that go to both metro stops. The layout of the apartment is awesome, but there are some major issues. First, I was promised that I would hear minimum sound from the people who live above; mostly soft sound of footsteps. I was lied to and literally ever step they take is echoed through the apartment to the point that a couple of times, pictures on my walls have tilted from the vibration of the foot steps. Whenever they use the shower, it is so loud that it sounds like someone is showering in my bathroom. It was even loud enough to wake my partial deaf father when he visited last weekend at 12 am in the morning. There is a roach and mice issue here. Even as I am typing this, I can hear a mouse in the kitchen moving around. I have approached FoxChase about this 4 different times and their solution is to lay more mouse traps which obviously is not working. The one time an exterminator was brought to the apartment, I was told by the exterminator with a member of the maintenance crew present that he needed to come 3 times a week until the issue was solved. When I tried to schedule with him the times, I was told that the Maintenance Office would contact me. I have received no phone calls or emails to this date and placed my 4th request right before writing this review. Yes, this place is one of the cheapest apartments in the area and has a great location, but please evaluate what you are willing to trade off before signing a lease with the apartment complex. If you are willing to deal with heavy footsteps or showers that wake you up at 4 am everyday and roaches running over you feet while you sit at the computer(that was how I found out about the roach issue) for the location, then by all means this place is great. However, for me and I assume many others, this is not the case and I will not be renewing my lease.

Do not rent here. If it seems to good to be true, it's because it is. The rent is so cheap because the roaches are paying the other half! I have never had roaches and I've only lived here 1 month. In my first two weeks, I was watching tv and a roach just crawled across the wall. Disgusting. That was the first of many encounters. In addition, I've had to contact maintenance 3 times in under a month for multiple reasons. On my move in day, none of my files or keys were ready. It was as if I wasn't even scheduled to move. I didn't get my mailbox key until recently (after I had to go to the leasing office and request one). Never had this many issues in my life. I regret signing here!

Just adding to my previous review to give an example of living at Foxchase. Went down this morning to the on-site laundry room and the washing machine and dryer (and there is only one for the entire building) have been removed. No notice, no email, nothing. Called immediately and was told they had no idea why. Sent 4 emails, two automatic reply as they were out office and two have not replied. This is a perfect example of the kind of "concern for residents" you can expect! They may "promise" sufficient services but no guarantees!

The Community Manager (Stephanie Hall) treats low-income renters like second-class citizens. She also encourages this rude, arrogant treatment to some of Maintenance Engineers. Comments such as "HUD who pays your rent" should be kept to herself. Being difficult and uncooperative to HUD recipients is uncalled for and extremely frustrating especially since she seems to not have any overhead.

I would not recommend living here. They are con artists with hidden fees. The neighborhood isn't safe, peeping Tom's, drug addicts and thieves. Also really bad rodent and insect issues. Parking is terrible. Overall terrible experience I couldn't wait until my lease was over. The people who work at the office and their corporate offices are the ones leaving 5 star reviews. I know this because somebody who responded to an email is the same one leaving 5 star reviews. AVOID THIS PLACE THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS!

Horrible, management not helpful at all

TERRIBLE living here!!! Parking after 8:00pm is basically impossible although you have to pay $30 a month, or you run the risk of your car getting towed. The parking spots are so small be prepared for scratches from other people trying to squeeze into spots way too small for their car. They've increased the amount for a reserved spot to $70 that is almost a mile away from my building. Like the other reviews mention there are mouses. I lived on the top floor and had the exterminators (that they mention in their replies) come in and nothing changed. Management sucks and takes no accountability to the many issues here. They also are forcing tenets to pay $60 a month for wifi now with barely any notice.

Horrible experience - mice and bugs - little to no assistance with either issue. Neighbors in building had double-digit numbers of people living in 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Drunk in building slamming on doors in the middle of night begging for money. Same drunk passed out by mailboxes. All reported, nothing done about it. There was a constant smell to the ridiculously small apartment that we couldn't figure out....while cleaning out the apartment, I pulled out the fridge and found piles of mouse droppings basically "cooking" on the fridge engine....would explain why we were sick more often that year.... To top it all off, when I went to apply for an auto loan, I find out that I have a hit on my credit from this place....when I call to clear it up, I get sent from one office to another, until I end up having to leave a voice mail. Absolutely ridiculous customer service!!!!

DO NOT move here - seriously. I may not have a problem with mice like other people have, but management is incapable of controlling the cockroach problem. I had a FOUR INCH cockroach in my apartment today. This is a recurring problem - you don't see them for a while, then they're back in droves. I've lived here 2+ years and it's been a constant issue.

Police here for neighbors constantly, noisy, pest problem, car is constantly nicked. They have begun charging me for pest control monthly due to pests new neighbors have brought. Can't wait to get out of here. I'd love to break the lease at this point, but trying to wait it out to avoid penalty. Terrible!!!

I have been put through the ringer trying to get my 500 dollar refundable deposit back. I applied for an apartment and it was canceled. I was told before hand that I would be given a full refund of the 500 if this was to happen. After 5-7 business days I still had not received anything. After calling and leaving messages for two days I finally reached someone. They said they would pass it along to their DM. The DM sent me a short email saying "I have refunded." This was 12 days ago. I still have not received anything. I sent two emails and left one voicemail and STILL have heard no word. I finally have been in touch with the corporate office. They are now trying to sort it out for me. This has put me in a very bad spot. I needed that REFUNDABLE 500 so I could pay my bills. I am a school teacher and have been extremely stressed out. It has been 3 weeks and yet I have received nothing. I hope I get MY MONEY back.

They started out great. Friendly staff, grounds seemed well cared for, neighbors seemed nice. But over the past year and a half, everything has gone downhill. Maintenance is either excellent or doesn't bother, with the latter being the most common. Parking is an absolute nightmare, as they don't have enough parking spaces and expect people to pay absurd amounts for individually reserved spaces, and do not enforce towing on the less expensive reserved spaces. The dog park is in disrepair, with the gate damaged, one of the poop bins knocked over, one of the hurdles consistently on its side, and a complete inability to drain after wet weather causing an extremely unpleasant stink and increased risk of parasites. There is no enforcement on dog poop pickup, so in the past few months, the inconsiderate dog owners have turned the grassy areas into a veritable minefield of feces. They appear incapable of enforcing their smoke-free policy as well. While I have been lucky enough to avoid major pest problems, many people have not. Getting someone to return a phone call is like trying to pay off a student loan on a minimum wage salary: impossible, disheartening, and frustrating. Tl;dr: Run.

I accidentally posted a 5 star rating just moments before getting started, so please disregard! Location, location, location !!! Its Great, however its a dump! If you have 1900.00 a month for rent then look around because you will get mad everyday when you enter these rehabed projects! The bldg carpets are disgusting and the games tthe mgmt played with me is what id like to share. I rented a 1 bedroom for a year and aside for the waterbugs i fought off daily in the spring and summer both inside and outside the bldg it was ok. So i decided to rent a 2 bedroom and all hell broke loose. The policy is blind. You cant actually see the apt and there is no 30 money back or satifaction guarantee. My concern was real and the complex mgr assured me if something did not meet my standard they would fix it. LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES !!!!!! I screamed and ahouted until they painted the bldg, half a.**cleaned the bldg carpet, resurfaced my kitchen countertops and i could go on for another several characters. I finally exhausted myself but in an effort to pay it forward.... I CAUTION YOU, DONT DO IT! They have yet to meet my standard! My lease is up in Sept and i look forward to moving. FYI I have NEVER written an apt apartment rating! Im not an angry person but i am hopeful someone will read this post and benefit!

Don't buy any promise that may be given to you by this property. I was refereed by a friend to this property and went on the 11th of October near COB as my appointment was given to me. I had a place that I already paid the rent until the end of the month, so I was looking probably two or three days before the month ending just to move my stuff and clean the the apartment I am vacating. I was told by the leasing consultant that they have a promotion if i move in by the 15th that I will get a one month free and $1000 gift card with certain rent, if I want to move in by the 23rd that I will only get one month free and little higher rent, after the 23rd I won't get any promotion and the rent will be even higher. The leasing agent stressed if I don't pay the $50 application fee and $500 withholding fee, that the apartment may vanish overnight as people may reserve it online, and she was very pushy as it is really her job. I have trusted her, after all she seems trust-able and friendly. She then gave a list of what I need to do next and emailed me the instruction as well. This was all on Wednesday COB. The next two days which is Thursday and Friday, I had to spent time to set up the Washington Gas bill, dominion power bill and search for renters insurance on my work breaks. Then I set up the Washington gas bill and dominion power bill to my name believing that they would have been trust worthy and keep their word in tact. I have also tried to set up my renters insurance, but there was phone tagging between my and the insurance agents I was trying to buy the premium from. I was not aware of that I had to have the insurance before the signing the lease. I received a personal phone call from the leasing agent from her cell phone the day I was suppose to move in. There was no follow-up calls between my visit and the actual move in date. The agent told me to make sure I finalized the renters insurance before I walk-in the office and offer if I could not get the insurance that they can provide me with $14.95/month. I told her i have an insurance for $115/year which is about $9. 58/month so I told her I don't need theirs. The agent said to send her the quote before I buy it to make sure it has all they required. I forwarded the insurance quote which she reviewed and told me it is ok to buy it. This was around noon on the day I was suppose to move in. I finalized the insurance and paid for the year and forward the receipt to the agent. She replied all is great and told me to go sign the lease and take the key. while I was walking in to the leasing office, I received an email saying the insurance was starting at midnight which is about 8 hours later from the time of signing the lease, and unless I backdated the insurance or buy one month insurance from them, that I can't sign the lease despite that making me wait for about one hour in the waiting room although I got there on time. The insurance agent calmly explain to her there is not way to start insurance on the same day the premium is paid, and said it will start at EOD midnight at 12:01 AM. The leasing agent then tried to get me buy their renters insurance for one month although she knows my insurance is starting in about 7 hours at this time. Then, I was told to come tomorrow, I went the next day, and I was told I am not qualified to get the $1000 gift card anymore as it expired the day before, and they said the corporate office is not willing to extend the offer for me. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. Then I calmly asked if they can't honor their promise, to cancel my application and refund my $550. Then they said you just passed the 72 hour cancellation period and you won't get your money back. Then they cancelled my application stating that "APPLICANT DID NOT WANT TO MOVE IN" and they suggested if I move there with in the next 120 days, I will be able to $500 credit towards my rent. If you are by all means been promised anything from this property, it means nothing as they can just change their mind at any time. YOU SHOULD NOT TRUST 'FOXCHASE APARTMENT ALEXANDRIA"

Foxchase Apartments is by far the worst complex I could've chosen to move into. To start, the apartment itself had multiple cracked tiles (kitchen and bathroom), water coming up from the under the floor(living room/bedroom), both of which took weeks to get resolved when, I was told it would be handled before my move in day. Somehow a family of idk how many, but definately too many (young kids included) ended up on the top floor, which of course leads to late nights(past 11pm), early mornings(7am to start) and, all day every day running around as if they are practicing for the circus 24/7. The biggest issue I have is the disgusting attitudes held by the staff and managers at the main office. Not only do they, not take any responsibility for anything wrong with the apartment itself, but they also seem to care very little about the well being of their tenants when it comes to maintenance,noise complaints or any complaint for that matter. After complaining for a month to the same staff and managers about the apartments issues and ridiculous noise above me, I was told handle it myself, which Isnt my job. The part that really gets me is the lack of respect for me as a tenant, the ill mindset to do nothing to help resolve my issues and the lack of communication between staff, managers and myself. One person has notes, the other doesn't. One claims theyll try to resolve the issue and then you find nothing has been done at all and for a representative of an establishment to intentionally hang up on a tenant, MULITPLE TIMES is just despicable and disgusting business practice. Im sad to say I live here because the staff have made this a living NIGHTMARE. If your looking for terrible staff and endless issues with no help from the people you pay thousands of dollars to, Foxchase is the place to be. If you want to live in a nice, quiet place, with good staff and good pricing.....LOOK ELSEWHERE! Beware what they try to sell you, I promise its nothing like it seems.

All was well until about a month ago when I started having issues with Mice. My experience with the staff after this has been HORRIBLE. I am uncomfortable in my own home and despite numerous requests to investigate the root cause still NOTHING. I get that because it is an apartment community and you don't know how your neighbors live that there are certain things you can't control but not returning calls or investigating the issue when it is clear that there is a problem is poor, unsanitary, slum lord management. Wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. Oh and don't be fooled by their "special" move in rates. They will likely hike your rate up 20% of more after the first year.

It's quite a shame I could not give it less that a star because the management in this location are GOD AWFUL. Stay away from this place at all cost! Just to give you an idea of how terrible the management is, I lived here for 14 months and never had a laundry key, even though during the walk through I was shown a door where the ""laundry"" in my building was. They gave me easily 15 different entry to building and door keys that never worked in the neighboring complex where my laundry room was supposed be. After the 15th time I finally called management and explained how terrible of service I was getting and not 20 minutes later I get a phone call from the person that "helped" me move in yelling at me for complaining to her boss. I immediately filed a complaint to her manager but to no surprise she was there 2 months later when I had to go to the admin office for ANOTHER issue. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. The location is not worth it. Worst management you can ever imagine and I saw mice, cockroaches, centipedes and all kind of bugs in my apartment a month. STAY AWAY

Unprofessional and hood! The leasing staff was more concerned with walking around singing songs and eating, not showing apartments. The grounds are not well kept, the grass is brown and its street parking!! Ugh

Me and my husband have been waiting for a parking spot for four months. The leasing office has so much turnover that none of the employees know what they're doing. The building is noticeably old with a terrible paint job. The units have been poorly maintained throughout the years. The laundry facility continues to get smaller and more expensive that I've starting driving to a laundromat. They charged us a late fee of $100 for a water bill that was definitely paid on time. Our toilet liner was broken, water was leaking on the floor. I'm fairly certain there's mold under the floorboards but maintenance WILL NOT look. I was told the contractor would be in touch to set up a visit to replace the flooring... three weeks ago. The few times I've walked to the pool it has been padlocked so we're not getting any use of the amenities. The dog park is small with no shade, and uncut grass. I have absolutely nothing good to say about these buildings or the customer service. I recommend looking elsewhere for a place to live!

Worst managements ever the lady on phone was yelling at me nd hung up on me for not preparing house for treatment , we were out of house nd we already let them know before leaving nd they were fine nd now we r charged 300 for it

Great maintenance services, very friendly and professional. The apartment that I got was clean and comes with brand-new appliances. Management could do a better job with trash management, pest control, and exterior design with more trees and frequent grass cutting. Updating the review because of a very rude leasing office agent - Mahlet. Mahlet did not provide me with full disclosure of the fees and move-out date procedures of Foxchase. Additionally, she mentioned about fees that I can save by completing the application on the same day with showing after the showing (would have been much nicer to know of that deal before schedule showing). After the feedback through phone which was 3 months ago, Mahlet remembered my face and has been so rude everytime I came to the office to have direct communication (both my boyfriend and I noticed her difference in communicating with me). She never looked at me once in the face when I tell her about my issues, either typing on her phone or looking at her laptop. She even mentioned that she was not required to look directly in my face (how rude). The other staff, overheard the conversation, did nothing and acted as if everything was fine. Do not live here if you don't want to deal with stressful leasing staff.

I was looking for a cheap place to live in Alexandria and stumbled across Foxchase online. While I noted the countless bad reviews (regarding crime/rodents/smell/incompetence/etc), I brushed them aside, as I consider myself to be very low maintenance/with low expectations. Unfortunately, I made the wrong choice. I have never experienced so many hassles, and never been so angry at an apartment place. Background: Two months prior to my lease date, I contacted the office, booked an appointment, received an in-person tour, read the full leasing contract word-for-word, wrote a (roughly?) $1200 check for the down-payment/first month's prorated rent. I then signed the contract, the money cleared, and I entered into a legally binding agreement, in which I exchanged money for the promise of an apartment with the ADDRESS for my promised apartment ON THE CONTRACT. My assigned "leasing agent" was brand new and very incompetent, but I brushed that aside thinking, "hey, just because Cassie is new and can't spell anything, doesn't mean the whole organization is flawed....". Over the next two months, I stayed in contact with the office people, checking in, asking questions, etc. I set up comcast, gas, and electricity FOR THE ADDRESS ON MY CONTRACT. This address was also stated throughout several pieces of email correspondence that I had with the leasing agent. Cable man calls TWO DAYS BEFORE MY LEASE STARTS, and says, "Are you sure this is the right address?" I call up Foxchase and they say "oh gosh, we actually changed the apartment/address, you didn't get our call YESTERDAY?" (aka 3 days before the lease starts). I said, "No, you never called. It is two days before the lease starts. I have spent a ton of time finding a mover, setting up electricity, gas, and comcast to THAT ADDRESS IN THE CONTRACT". They said, "Oh, yeah, we have to move you". No apologies. No admission of guilt. Nothing. It was the last straw. I backed out. I had to race to find anything else - and sleep on a friend's couch for a week in the meantime. I told Foxchase to give me my money back immediately (since they broke the contract). They did, after a month of additional miserable phone calls and emails. I got lucky, because everyone I have spoken to regarding this apartment has reiterated how incompetent, unreliable, manipulative these people are. STAY AWAY. Don't brush this review aside like I did. I regret it.

LOOK ELSEWHERE!! You get what you pay for, people. Rent is cheap(er) than in the surrounding area for a reason. I read the reviews and didn't listen because it was cheap and I definitely paid the price of my sanity living here!! There is a reason there are so many vacant units. Rent increases once your initial lease is up and is over 10%!! Once you've signed the lease, expect the property managers to go silent. It's impossible to get ahold of them by phone. The walls are paper thin and you can hear everything your neighbors are doing 24/7. (Yelling, fighting, crying, you name it, you can hear it.) If you have a complaint, they tell you to go to the website and file a complaint which then goes to a dead end and nothing gets done. Their monthly conservice charges (water, sewer, trash, other fee, pest control) are the highest I've seen anywhere ($150-180 a month). They will charge you both to clean $150 and repaint the walls $350+ when you move out deducted from your deposit. The only reason this place even deserves 1 star at all is because of their maintenance team, who are amazing. They are probably all underpaid considering how cheap this place is, but they do have a responsive maintenance crew!

If I can give 0 star,.i will gladly give it. The staffs are not helpful. First of all I have problems with parking, get back from wrk around 10 pm and I have to walk in the dark alone for 20-25 mins to get to my apartment.i wasn't paying any parking fee at my old apartment but always got a parking spot near home., they never said anything about reserve parking until I moved in... secondly when I moved in for the first two months my bills remained the same till the third month (January 2018)..when I was gonna pay my bills and realized they added an additional fee to it and when I went to the office to ask them about it ..they just gave me a cock and bill story about how utilities and sewage and stuff..when I came to sign my lease , the lady told me everything has bn added and that the amount of money I will be paying is what I see on my lease but I moved in and it is a different story..I will advice any new tenant moving in here to be very careful with them .. they are not straight forward.. if I have ever regretted anything in my life.. it will be moving into this apartment..I wish I could just leave .. a lesson learnt.. always read reviews before purchasing something..

The outside door didn't lock, had packages stolen , management was impossible to get in touch with, felt unsafe living here, my building smelled like smoke from one of the other units. This was one of the worst apartment complexes I have lived in and wouldn't recommend it to anyone

Lived here for a year with my partner. Coming towards the end of our lease my partner was attacked by someone's dog in our building. She had to go to the hospital and fox chase tried to sweep the incident under the rug. They never provided any documentation that the dog was vaccinated nor do they hold any standards to making sure all dogs are vaccinated. We were also contacted quite a few times about maintenance having to do work in our apartment, even though we never scheduled a maintenance request. There were times when we were home, heard our door unlock, and then lock again quickly after hearing someone inside. We decided to end our lease here due to the negligent management as well as not feeling safe in the building.

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RENTER BEWAREEEE!!!!!!! For starters, if you want to pay 1,500.00+ for a 1 bedroom (classic model, no upgrades), then be my guest :-) The apartments are ridiculously small, 1 bedroom-roughly 460 sq ft. The community is pet friendly, however, there's dog poop throughout the premises. The building I lived at, the door remained broken, and stayed open, huge security risk. Although, it is a non smoking community, I saw people smoke throughout the premises. The complex is built within the city, it's not sectioned off, so there's a lack of privacy. It's not gated, so it doesn't present a secure feeling. The parking spaces are very small, they try to squeeze in so many cars, if you have a nice car, or a car that you care about, I suggest you park around the back or risk getting your card dinged. Constant spiders and bugs were in my apartment. Mold was forever on my windows, regardless of how much I treated it, it would reappear. The units are poorly structured, I constantly heard my neighbors walking upstairs, you can hear the water running through the pipes, poor install. Lastly, what takes the cake is when I was in the process of moving out. I cleaned the entire apartment and they still charged me for damages, which didn't exist. I had to fight tooth and nail for them to refund me the painting charge. If they didnt' refund me, I was going to take legal action. If you do decide to move here, and when you finally move out, get a pre move out inspection. Also, you have to have the unit professionally cleaned, which wasn't specified in the lease agreement. Thankfully, the property manager decided to waive the charges. Save yourself time and a headache, and move somewhere, where you will get more bang for your buck. The only decent thing about this place was the maintenance. I could go on and on, but do your research thoroughly bf considering this community.

If you rent from them get ready to be Nickeled and dimed to death. $34 service charge of you pay on card. Move out fees. Lots of extras you won't even aware of until it's too late.

There is a serious pest control issue that i have been fighting since i moved and and am not happy about it. I was told that I may have to remove all of my stuff just so they can put stronger poison down to help with this issue. Not only is this a hassle but I seriously feel that I should receive a few months of rent fee because of this issue. very upset.

I didn't have and roaches whatsoever. I just had a black poka dotted rat that comes out the top of stove , like a birthday surprise and walk around the house like he owned it since the Shirley-Duke era..

This place is fine for couples and not for kids. They'll find a way to get you out.

The worst place to live not worth living here unsafe for women to live by her self I would never recommend for a woman's to rent this place it can happen anything to her in the apartment complex I am glad my lease ends in 10 days to move out this horrible place!!

Everything breaks. The kitchen is outdated and the counters/cabinets are cracked and old. The yard is not taken care of and mushrooms are growing all over the place. Trash is constantly littering the grass everywhere. Cockroaches! If you don't call and complain, they won't come take care of them. The shower tiles are literally caving in. The only plus is that the maintenance staff is great. Otherwise, it is over priced for the quality and I cannot wait to move.

All you have to do if you want to find out what's wrong with the Foxchase community is go online and read the reviews. They're very bad and quite frankly a true representation of how foxchase is perceived. I lived there for about 3 years and the only reason is because its one of the cheapest places to live in that part of Alexandria that's not section 8. I left foxchase because my wife got a job out of state and after paying the ridiculous 2 months rent fee to break our lease I receive a bill in the mail at my new address for 26 dollars. On top of charging me the last two months water and sewer they charged me 100 for "scuff marks" on the walls and 50 for not returning the ridiculous foxchase ID's that nobody uses. I tried to schedule a move out inspection at a time when I could be there to contest any charges but they explained to me it has to be after I move out. Well I moved out of state and have no plans to return to foxchase for a move out inspection. This just left the door wide open for them to make anything up that was wrong with the apartment and charge me for it. Me and my wife spent hours cleaning everything in that apartment top to bottom and then to loose all of the 300 dollar deposit because the movers might have scuffed the wall when loading the truck up is just bullshit. Which doesn't make any sense because I was told by our leasing agent that every apartment gets new paint in-between tenets, so why they where so concerned about scuff makes and charging me 100$ for them is just crap. The whole foxchase experience has made me very angry and I intend to make my voice heard online in the hopes that I can persuade potential renters to avoid foxchase at all costs. Stealing all of my security deposit was just the icing on the cake and the reason I'm so angry right now. Foxchase is a livable place but most of the community is in disrepair and the maintenance incompetent. I called maintenance to let them know that the interior hollow core wood door that they installed outside on my balcony (and didn't even paint) for the HVAC closet was chewed through by a squirrel or some kind of rodent. There response was quick but they just had some contractor come and replace it because I guess the maintenance crew is to dumb to replace a door. Before I get off topic I didn't have a problem with that, my problem was that the contractor or maintenance never told me they where coming. I was just sitting on the coach one evening when they slammed a ladder against my balcony and climbed aboard. the crew ripped the old door out and didn't have a new one to preplace it with yet so they left me with no door for a day which made it easy for some rodent to get into the rafters and live. I told the crew that an animal was up there and to get it out but they just ignored me and installed the new unpainted hollow core wood door which has probably been chewed through again. I have a bunch of stories just like this about maintenance and the management but my review is already to long and most people wont read it all. If you take anything away from what I've written just know that this place does NOT go above and beyond for there renters if anything they fight you tooth and nail and if they think your wrong they just point to something in the 30 plus page lease about why they can't or won't do it. Everyone hates apartment shopping but there is a ton of places around Foxchase that offer the same and nicer amenities in newer complex's with out all the bullshit for around the same or slightly higher prices.

I applied for an apartment, but was still shopping around for a better one. These apartments are small, no washer/ dryer, have closed living spaces and are frankly way overpriced. Anyway, I was told by the leasing agent that if in 72 hours I did not sign the lease, I would no longer have the apartment and my security deposit would come back to me ($500). This was not the case. A month later, paying my credit card bill I figured I would call and ask when I should expect to see the refund. The regional manager was the least helpful person I've ever dealt with. He did not care what I had to say, offered no help toward the situation and was not empathetic at all. I can't imagine if I lived there and had an issue arise. I wouldn't trust this place with "customer service" like this. I am now out $500 during a pandemic; thanks Foxchase!

TERRIBLE PLACE TO LIVE. RATS AND ANTS EVERY WHERE, MANGEMENT IS HURANDUS!!! SAVE YOUR MONEY AND DO NOT GET AN APARMENT HERE!!!! I RECENTLY MOVED HERE AND SO FAR I HATE IT. I JUST CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MY LEASE IS OVER...

Started out alright until the bugs and mice set in. Dog park is terrible. Just patches of grass and broken dog jumps. I also don't know how many people are living in my building either. People just bang on the door at all hours of the night trying to get In. To finish this review off, my truck was towed last night because I don't have an inspection sticker. I just got my tags a week ago and was going to get my truck inspected this weekend. Zero warning. I understand why they would tow it if it had been sitting there for weeks with no inspection, but this is a new truck. Give me a warning or some notice and I would have got it done the next day. Just a big money scam. Oh and they finally got someone to mow the place today. Grass was a foot tall in front of my building. Don't live here. I can guarantee you it will be a terrible experience.

I made an appointment to see the apartments & speak with someone about the pricing & get more information. I drove all the way from Falls Church & even confirmed that morning that I would be getting a tour & speaking to someone about moving in. When I arrived there I was greated by a woman who from the start had such a terrible attitude, I believe her name was Jasmine. I told her I was there for the tour & she even confirmed by name & date/time. She said there was noone available to give me a tour & didn't provide any further information. She said I could reschedule for another day if I wanted to. Again, I confirmed the appointment an hour before arriving & was frustrated that they made me drive all the way to Alexandria just to be told that I had to make yet another appointment to see the apartments. No apology at all nor any respect for people's time in this place. If they wanted me to reschedule I would have had no problem, but instead they made me drive all the way there to speak to an unknowable rude woman who did not help nor provide any information. I will be looking at other apartments instead. Don't waste your time coming to this place.

full of mice and roaches nobody take responsability on the office maintenance just drive around or the 711 need wait a lot of days for easy request

Why are there SO MANY inspections regarding Section 8 apartment residents? Do regular non section 8 apartment residents receive as many apartment inspections? I would love to hear an answer!

I went to see this place today 11/02/16. Roddrigs do not want to rent me at all with bad attitude and kept me waiting for 45 min taking calls ignored and finally came out without any paper work asking what I need and disappeared. He started playing on computer and can not pule empty place till I ask me to show me quickly as driving from out of town. He was very rude started blaming me. Finally showed model and did not know rates and started moving around curcer on laptop non stop. So I will walk out. I asked for manager in the beginning and he said she is off. I asked at the end, he said she was here and somewhere else and will be back and started cursing me. When I spoke to other female employee, they all ganged up as if they don't like to rent me due to where I am from and ask me to wait at waiting area. But manager never showed up. When I asked again, they said she is in another property. So what was the reason to waste my time when I was driving from out of town planning to cover as many laces I can. But wasted my whole day at fox Chase. DO NOT RENT here, as they hate if you are from another nation.

I have only lived here for three months and I hate it here. The people in the office are incompetent at best and never have a direct answer or solution to any of my questions. There online system as serious glitches and ended up charging my card for twice my rent and when I brought up the concern to the office they said it was my fault and that I would have not only pay my bank to cancel the charge but also pay an additional $50 to the apartment complex! The maintenance team are quick and efficient which I find to be the only pro for living in this apartment complex...Parking is impossible to find after 9PM and really inconvenient when you come home from class at 10PM. Lastly the complex only offers Comcast as an internet service provider and this company is the worse and in the 3 months that I have lived here I have had to call Comcast on 4 separate occasions. Let me be frank if I did not have to use Comcast best believe I would not be paying $40 a month for such mediocre service. I am counting down the months until my lease is up because I definitely will not be renewing.

Bad customer service, nobody ever picks up the phone.

appliances and maintanance is always problem , once a month you will have problem , foxchase just charge money for no reason you have to pay at least 1.000 when you move out , i dont recommend anybody , the worst community

Their 1 bed appartements are too small yet they come with hefty monthly utility bills, so beside paying rent and your own gas/electricity accounts, you will have to pay a conservice utility bill that adds automatically to your rent, and the thing fluctuates ,some charges don't even make any sense, like why whould my sewer bill alone averages 55$ on a tiny appartement. Big problem with roaches, insects and mold. Also , when we moved out after living there for 2 years, the management brought some vendor and allowed total charges of 1262$ in alleged damages and other stuff, including two coats of paints , cabins and marbel resurfacing, basically they charged us for a unit restoration when its their job to prep it for next tenant, manager refused to considerate these unfair charges and stated that he "feels" they are accurate, this is merely wrong because paint falls under normal wear tear which again they refused to acknowledge, we feel scammed and betrayed, very disappointed with foxchase and would never recommend them.

Terrible place stay away

I have lived here for a year in one of the renovated units. At first the place seemed nice with all new appliances, but its just covering up the deep issues of these old buildings. I have had multiple issues with pests- from all sorts of bugs and now mice. I have had both maintenance and the contractors come and fill various holes in the apt, but it seems like there are so many holes in the building its impossible to keep the mice out. I have had pest control come multiple times and the problem has still not been resolved. In addition I've called maintenance SEVEN times for my fridge not cooling. It stops working literally every week and still has not been replaced. While the team does eventually show up, they only provide temporary fixes instead of thoroughly going through the apt and finding and fixing problem areas. Additionally, all of the 2br are on the top floor which is commonly rented to young families-meaning you will hear screaming, crying, dragging of furniture, loud noises all day and night. I am so uncomfortable living here. If you can afford to live elsewhere I would recommend doing so.

Poor-quality apartments managed by a staggeringly callous and inept corporation. The apartments are not well made and are poorly maintained. Expect lots of bugs. If you're in one of the two-level units, you can expect any air you condition to leak out, resulting in wild temperature variations between floors. You can also count on the main office to utterly fail at communicating maintenance, schedule changes and the like while making their rental terms as obtuse as possible. All this after you're required to sign a "good neighbor" agreement. Don't rent here if you can avoid it. If you're here, get out as soon as you can.

DO NOT LIVE HERE!!!!!! THIS PLACE STEALS YOUR MONEY. I am being charged over $300.00 to have my apartment repainted after move out due to "un normal wear and tear"... I lived there for ten months and hung pictures on the wall and that "ruined their paint".. I was also charged over $50.00 for a parking pass that I turned in. Do not even make an effort to clean your apartment after move out because you will still be charged $130 for a cleaning fee. Let alone this place is not maintained... Trash everywhere, not mowed regularly, insides of buildings are disgusting, you smell your neighbors, cigarette smoke everywhere.. Save your money there are much nicer complexes than this.

I lived in Foxchase apartments for 3 weeks and had to leave because of personal reasons. I'm 23 just graduated from college and got a job opportunity out in DC. This establishment tied over $4000 onto me because I had to leave due to certain circumstances but even after explaining to them that I just don't have that money they wouldn't work with me at all. Wayne Harris is the worst manager at the establishment because after being told to get into contact with him I sent him an email explaining how I only stayed for 3 weeks and had to leave because of certain reasons he just told one of the other workers at Foxchase, ingnored my email and I had to find out his answer by calling Foxchase and have someone's else explain to me what his highness Wayned Harris said which was basically "we can't help you at all"... completely unprofessional organization and would no way at all recommend it to anyone. After a million phone calls they were able to drop it down a little above 3 grand that I now have to pay $266 a month for a year.... if you are 100% committed to this place and can somehow predict that you won't have to leave due to family/work/illness then stay because they won't cut you slack at all... Again, I stayed three weeks at the place and everything was exactly the way it was when I moved in but because they are starting to get a bad rep (on basically every online review website) they will try to milk as much money out of you...Don't make my mistake and make sure you have a lawyer to look over their move in contact and just a lawyer in general if you are living at Foxchase in Alexandria....they are sneaky...

Stay away from these apartments! These people are rip-offs. They pressure you into signing a lease by increasing the quotation amounts. Then when you leave, they charge you $90 for a cleaning fee even though you clean the apartment better than when you moved in. For one inch scratches on the countertop, they charged me $155. I recommend that if you do decide to rent from these rip-offs; you take pictures of everything during initial move-in inspection to protect yourself. Move-in at your own risk and don't expect to get your security deposit back.

One word: Mice! I can't wait to move when my lease is up.

Nightmare!!! Nothing good to say. Poorly maintained mice infested units. Laundry facilities are disgusting and cannot get machines fixed. Dog and cat piss in the hallways. Maintenance are not certified plumbers or electricians so it often takes 3 or 4 times to get anything fixed. No one is every reachable.

I've been living in a Foxchase apt for almost 2 years. Rent prices and service fees are very high and both increase at an alarming rate per month. If you're looking to live in a complex of poorly constructed buildings, zero sense of community, unresponsive management, and random trespassing into your home by maintenance personnel, Foxchase is the place for you! Obviously, do your research to determine what's best for you but I would not recommend the Foxchase/Aimco community to anyone.

Unprofessional! They rarely answer your call. And they are not responsive with emails. They reply when you're no longer interested. You'll lose your time and money.

The worst apartment complex ever, waste of time and money!!!

Not professional at all. And hugely bureaucratic. The staff kept asking for sensitive info such as bank statements and many other docs, although a 02 months deposit is enough to start renting a place for persons with no credit score (new legal settler). On top of that, they charge you a $50 fee and lock you with a $500 deposit. DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM!

The worst decision in my life , you will regret this over the time when choose this apartment, Make a habbit of paying high electric bills, most complicated parking pattern and you will not be explained about that while leasing and have you ever heard of 500% fine if you break the lease yes yes you heard me right read the lease carefully it's a one year jail with no bail ,and like said before leasing office is only for new leases not to complain or listen to your problem because you you have already signed a lease and " people in DC don't worry about money the guy in leasing office told me " I didn't know that thanks for letting me know I am not rich and foxchase is not for me My previous review was deleted wow these guys have not even courage to accept the failure Delete this too foxchase

NO RESPECT FOR SERVICE MEMBERS: We are a military household. My BF just got out of the Marine Corps after 2 tours and over 6 years of active service. We provided all the necessary paperwork we were told to provide to waive the early lease termination fee and had a smooth-ish move out process.... UNTIL they emailed us out of the blue, a week after we had already moved out, saying that they made a mistake and that we actually do owe over $2000 in termination fees. Then the office went dark and we haven't been able to contact them, we just keep getting notices that we owe them money. DO NOT MOVE HERE AT ALL COSTS -- THIS IS HOW THEY TREAT OUR VETERANS. Disgusting.

they have no respect for their residents. 2 weeks ago the apartment above my unit had a water tank burst and the water started to leak into my unit. I called and told maintance and they said they would send someone over asap. 2 weeks later and the maintenance dude walks into my apartment, no call or knock on the door, while i'm changing. If you're a girl living by yourself don't be fooled by the low monthly rent.

I lived here happily for several years. When I was furloughed in March due to Covid-19, I did not want to give up the apartment and did everything I could to continue making rent payments on time. My lease ends next month and I am still out of the job - I called and explained all of this, that I do not have the funds to continue leasing due to this, and they explained to me that they still plan to charge me over 2,000 (my monthly rent is less than 1,400) because I gave 30 days notice instead of 60. During a pandemic. This is exploitative on so many levels and really shows that Foxchase does not care about their residents. I hope they are able to rectify this situation, but honestly it seems the whole company lacks empathy.

The parking situation has gotten so bad that it now violates OSHA standards. Someone at management hired the lowest bidder to start renovations on the apartments. There are now industrial dumpsters that protrude into the middle of the street, threatening to cause a car accident. And if that isn't bad enough, there are forklifts parked on the street, with the forks left straight up in the air with equipment on them, waiting for a gust of wind to blow the equipment off the forks on to a poor residents car or even worse, someone driving or walking down the street, killing them. If you value your personal safety, please rent somewhere else.

I lived in Fox Chase for a year and the only good day was the day I moved out. The day I moved in the apartment was disgusting, so disgusting I had to go clean it myself, something the apartment complex supposedly does . In the spring time ants were a big problem as they were coming from everywhere, the apartments supposedly spray but I never saw pest control there . Parking is terrible and it was a waste of money to pay monthly when I had to park on the street every night. They do not take care of the grassey areas as I had a dog and had to be very attentive as often times I would find shattered glass in those areas. Also the people that work there would throw their food all into the grass areas instead of a dumpster. When it comes time to move out they will charge you a $90 cleaning fee which I was told I did not have to do as long as it was move in ready. After spending a day cleaning they still charged me the cleaning fee and the place was spotless compared to how it was when I moved in, and this was on top of me going to the leasing office and being told they would credit my account for the $90 which they never did. This was a terrible place to live and I would never recommend this to anyone the staff is not friendly and just want you out of their hair. If you are looking into moving in Alexandria, don't move here there are much better apartments to move to.

I have been waiting for my deposit refund check since my move out in July. When I contact management to get more information on when I can expect to receive it, they give me the run around and then never reach out with an update. At this point, I am not expecting to receive my check and will unfortunately have to pursue external escalation since there is no resolution internally.

I am writing to express my disappointment with the way both I and my wife were treated by one of your leasing office representatives, Mrs. Ana Munoz during my recent call and my wife's recent visit to your office. My wife visited the office on 02/15/2023 to inquire about being a head of the house, and unfortunately, Mrs. Ana Munoz was incredibly unprofessional and dismissive. Never she had a minute to listen to my request; let alone to help me bring about a solution. The representative showed a lack of respect towards me and made me feel like I was not valued as a tenant. The representative was rude and impatient, and I felt as if my concerns were not taken seriously. This kind of mistreatment is unacceptable and should not be tolerated in any professional environment. As a tenant, I expect to be treated with dignity and respect by your representatives, and I am extremely disappointed that this was not the case. I have been a tenant of your property for over 7 years and have never experienced such unprofessionalism from any of your representatives before. I strongly urge you to take immediate action to address this issue and ensure that your representatives are trained to provide excellent customer service to tenants. I hope that this review serves as a wake-up call to the importance of treating tenants with respect and dignity regardless of their origin or what program they are under. In conclusion, I will not recommend this leasing office to anyone due to the way I and my wife were treated. I hope that you will take this review seriously and take appropriate measures to address the issue. Sincerely,

Do not choose these apartments as your new house. IT IS FULL OF MICE. You will be crazy of mice. They will live with you together, and it is disgusting. The bacteria they bring will make children sick and every corner of the house stinks. There will be mice everywhere. They cannot solve the problem, and you will have to move. I have lived here for 4 years now, each year the rent increases, mice increase as well, the service gets worse. There might be less problems in their new buildings but, their old buildings suck.

Living here is horrible the maintenance staff. Dont due nothing goood. Ashley the manager dont care about the people living here I move out 3 months ago and i dont receive mi deposit. She just say are not . are not . due your job. Dont forget the roaches mice and all cain of pest

Pest Issues no matter how clean you keep. At move out we hired professional cleaners and left the apartment spotless but were charged a "cleaning fee" of $230. Secured access locks are always broken by people not on the leases, Packages stolen so often I had to resort to using Amazon Lockers, Residents are always idling in the middle of the main roads, the office is ALWAYS closed and the "smoke free community" is an absolute lie as they do nothing to enforce it when it's reported. Save yourself the hassle and don't rent here.

Stay away and find another place... Also company should help Mr. ilyas and solve the problem.

The apartment is unbearable. The doors and woods broke within couple months of moving in. The public parking is always packed. And they charge for everything. Make sure you read the contract carefully, no like you can stop them from charging you for whatever reason they come up though. Be aware of the hidden fees. Or stay away if you can.

This place has MICE! I have requested maintenance to come and handle the problem over 5 times and just put traps down that did nothing. They are really nice people, but when I went to the front office to complain about the problem they were very dismissive of my complaints and didn't seem to care. Even when I went for noise complaint some people told me to call them and not the police then someone else said I should just call the police. I have a couple more months on my lease and I am counting down the days to leave, I can't wait to get out of here.

House of mice like everyone else said. Don't bother coming here.

I have never cared about writing reviews but after living in this place I had to write one to help people avoid this place. My car got towed last night after living there for 9 months. I parked at the same spot every day but they towed my car last night just because! They will charge you money for everything. I'm living by myself and a dog my water and electric bills are $60 and up! I asked the admin they said I have to pay for people a whole building which is not fair for some one who work all day and come home to sleep like me. Oh yeah the do have a ton of people who live there for free for a lot of issues. Do you want to pay for those people? They don't work and have a big family. The entrance doors to the building are always broken . Do yourself a favor and avoid this headache. Office staff is not helpful at all they could care less to be honest. For the amount you will pay you can do a lot better elsewhere. Before you sign the lease they will treat you wonderful after you move in you won't hear nothing from them. I have called and let the messages every time when I need help. No one ever call me back ! Staffs are rude! I don't know how those people are working as a costume service if the have bad attitude and lazy like that. Again do not live here! Worst place I ever live in my life. Only thing good is location!

Please make sure to do a little research on this apartments before signing a lease, to make my experience shorter I'll tell you what's my issue... I live in the 1st floor, 1st, mices 2nd, centipedes a lot of them 3rd, humidity the smell is so bad, the walls turn out green and last but not least ants everywhere in my kitchen bathroom bedroom living room in my sofa in the floor everyweree you can think of but they don't do anything, now u saying why you still there well my lease is almost over and I am so happy to move out can't wait... my husband and I are waiting for our 1st baby and saw this place our future but 6 months later I was extremely unhappy this wasn't what I wanted for my baby so for personal reasons we had to renew our lease I was sooooo mad but now I'm not making the same mistake we moving out, hopefully people read this reviews before signing to live here, love the location and everything in this place but I'm not a friend of insects.

I moved into foxchase when I was 5 months pregnant lived there for 4 months . I put in plenty of trouble tickets about roaches I had mice droppings in my bed the staff weren't helpful I definitely wouldn't recommend anyone to live on their property. Save your money!

Wonderful experience before and during move in; however, things completely changed once living in the community. Appliances continue to break, parking is scarce, and the shuttle service to the Metro station stopped a couple months ago. Although I am leaving at the beginning of next month, trying to get prorated rent reduced so I won't have to pay a hefty amount in two apartments was something that was not offered even though I am not staying during the full month/the intended lease date.

UPDATE: Foxchase is a scam. DO NOT MOVE HERE. GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. Yesterday I moved out of Foxchase. For two months, I asked the property manager to please assist me in getting an estimate to have my 400 sq. ft. apartment repainted because if it was too high, I would like to do it myself. In short, I was repeatedly passed around or ignored until a week before move-out when I called to schedule the paint estimate and the move-out inspection and was encouraged to simply do both at the same time - despite my interest in weighing my options vs. repainting myself. I figured it couldn't be THAT high if they were so nonchalant about giving the estimate on the day of move-out. Otherwise, what would be the point of an estimate? They know how big their units are. When the maintenance person showed up, he had NO IDEA I had painted or that I had been trying to get in touch with him. He literally acted surprised and concerned. He called ANOTHER person to come do the paint estimate, which they informed me would cost $750 ON TOP OF a $270 fee *just to repaint*. The $750 is simply to "change the color". I was flabbergasted to say the least. He offered me the next *5 hours* to purchase paint (which I was told would be given to me when I moved in) and repaint the entire apartment - which is physcially impossible to do in such a timeframe, but could have been done had I known prior. The property manager will use veiled threats "I would hate to have to charge you again if you didn't paint/clean to our satisfaction..." to convince you to let them charge you almost an entire month's rent just to move out. I had looked high and low through my lease and move-out information and never once found information about these charges. But, somehow, this wasn't even the worst part. When I moved in 2 years ago, I signed a lease under the impression I would be moving into a top-floor unit - my only requirement. I even set up all of my utilities to this address. ONE WEEK before move in, Pragna takes me on a tour of my unit and it's 100% not the address I was given. It was a second-floor unit under a family of FIVE who happened to be the loudest children I have ever encountered. I hope whoever moves into my old unit enjoys stomping and screaming at 10pm every night. Pragna's answer? "Oh, I didn't tell you? My bad." That is unacceptable in itself. The real kicker? The SAME thing happened to two of my neighbors who moved in around the same time. I'm certain we were simply all promised the same unit so that we'd be cornered into moving in at the last minute, once they changed our addresses. You will have NOWHERE to park after 7:30pm unless you pay $65 for a reserved (uncovered) parking space - which is outrageous. The people around this area are sketchy af - we recently had a masked burglar looking into people's windows at night multiple times. It is simply not worth anything at all. There are apartments elsewhere that have free parking that's actually available, leasing agents who won't lie and decieve you so they can get a tenant, management that won't sneakily charge you more than you expected at move-out, and maintenance that actually maintains the grounds and buildings. The bushes outside my building were overgrown for the last 2 months - you had to go *through* the branches to get to the door. The cement is sloped in a way that rain pools - which in the winter turns to solid ice. The grounds are disgusting, the dumpsters are constantly overflowing two days after pickup, and the building are falling apart. The day I moved out, I watched roof shingles slide off the roof into the grass in front of me. The laundry machines cost $5 every time you want to do a load of laundry. The pools are constantly down for maintenance. Maintenance won't fix certain issues - like my screen door that wouldn't stay on the track, or my faucet that leaked when you turned it, or the dishwasher that smelled like rotten seafood. They'll look you in the eye and tell you there isn't a problem.

Biggest mistake ever choosing to live here. Mice infested buildings, no upkeep of the grounds, and don't get me started on the customer service! Lost my deposit, and won't return it. Months later after numerous unsuccessful attempts to follow up, and they have no record that I even lived there! The BBB needs to shut this place down. Run. Run far far away! Please, heed my advice.. Don't put yourself through this. Don't sign any agreement with this property. The people in the leasing office are very nice, but other than that.. No value to anything. You're better off living outside than living here.

Everything good about this apartment is overshadowed by the cockroaches. Management has been in multiple times to try to control the issue (at least they've tried), but nothing seems to work. We live with cockroaches. From asking around, it seems that not every single building has a roach infestation, but many do. I recommend not even taking that risk. Being afraid to walk into the kitchen to make dinner or be home alone and encounter a roach does not feel like home. I'm looking forward to the end of the lease.

Only out to get your money. Shady management, Aimco is the worst, and the maintenance department sucks.

Words cannot express how stressful it is to occupy these apartments. When my boyfriend, Jeff signed a lease in August, he was so excited to find a decently sized, decently priced apartment in Alexandria. However, I am in tears over how uncomfortable it is to stay in. When we inspected the apartment initially, we noticed bright blue splatters, which appeared to be paint, on several walls throughout the apartment, both upstairs and downstairs, in the den, in the kitchen in every bathroom. It wasn't paint. It was BIRD SHIT. There were birds living in our laundry room and vents. It took weeks of daily harrassment to rectify the issue. Then, in the warm August and September months, our building on Raleigh Ave was COVERED and I mean ABSOLUTELY COVERED with roaches. I even made friends with a girl in the building over our common complaints about this building. I would literally look at the sky when approaching the building to avoid seeing the roaches scattered around my feet. Eventually they were in our apartment, which through several pest control requests, cold weather, and diligent cleaning have seemed to quiet down a bit. But now, as many of the tenants here have complained, my apartment is infested with mice. I have put in several requests and have even noted that there are so many within the walls squeaking and falling and gnawing and running that I cannot sleep at night upstairs. And mind you, we are on the FOURTH FLOOR. If these issues are so intense here, I can't imagine how many rodents and pests really occupy this building. It makes me itch to think about it. My boyfriend and I sleep downstairs when I am here. The Housing Authority of Alexandria will be called this weekend. We also lived right next door to a man with mental health issues, who even threatened that he had a shotgun while he stood listening to us laugh outside of our door. The police came, but even after several formal complaints about his harrassment, nothing was done about it. This review may not prompt any true concern, but hopefully it can deter hopefuls who think they're making a great decision moving here. He signed such a long lease paying over 1700 dollars a month and cannot even sleep in either of the two bedrooms because of the infestations. This is truly a nightmare.