Review History for allsmilees

mixed reviews

I have lived in Tyson´s Glen for a year now. There are many complaints and many things to love about the area. I do admit when Sarah left things went down hill for a while. But I really think Rose is working on improving- just taking her a while to catch up to what sarah already knew. We had Mike as our leasing guy. He´s wonderful. Our whole building loves him and even though we have no faith in anyone else in the leasing office we know that if we call mike the job will get done quickly. It´s not that the others won´t get it done, it´s just we know mike will get it done quickly. <br>I´m not so fond of the apartments in the build, I definitely prefer the townhouses. <br>The apartments have thin walls and floors and a lot of times it sounds as though the people living upstairs are going to fall on us. We had a bug problem after a few months. We are Very clean and dumb the trash daily and run the dishwasher daily so we weren´t sure where they were coming from. the exterminator said from with in the walls. and it took a while to get rid of them. Mainly due to the fact that he said we were going to have to call and get treatment done weekly to get rid of them. we have poor ventilation. I have the masterbedroom in a 3 bedroom apartment and in the summer it was burning up in there even though the rest of the house was cold or comfy, in the winter my room was freezing and the rest of the house was warm. I have friends in the complex and that doesnt seem to be a problem with the 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom apartments just the 3 bedroom apartments. i have not run into a problem of being charged for things that i should. There are many pluses of the neighborhood that seem to not be mentioned. <br>I am resigning a lease but moving into a 3 bedroom townhouse instead. (the vents are on the floor upstairs instead of the ceiling which will be better for air circulation in the house) The dining rooms and living rooms of the town houses are really large. and even though the kitchen seems small it´s VERY long. they all have washers and dryers in them and dishwashers. the parking could be improved, in certain parts i have noticed that there isn´t enough parking but the closer to George C Marchal drive you get the more parking their is. The pool is cold for the most part but still wonderful to have, there is also a small work out room. (it is small but non the less it is a work out room!!), there is a shuttle that run to and from the metro station and if you by chance miss the last one there is a bus stop literally a block and a half away that my roommate would catch occassionally. (it´s only a 5 minute bus ride-if that) the shuttle runs morning and evening. it´s also good when you have family coming in and want to show them the city. and if you want to you can get a cab for $6. It´s not as expensive as people think!! <br>the bedrooms are large for the price of the apartment. and the masterbeddrom´s closet is big enough to fit a queen size bed in!! I have a small dog and he loves the area, there is lots of sun and shade so he gets to play. and they have a fenced in dog walk area that he absolutely loves because he can take off his leash and run around. and if your dog is well behaved there is a dog walk area that isn´t fenced in that you can take your dog off their leash and let them run around and about 3 miles away is a HUGE dog park that there are lots of dogs for your dog to play with if you want. My dog is really attached to a few of the dogs in our neighborhood and they are all pretty friendly if given the chance. <br>the neighbor hood is very friendly as well. Our whole apartment building is pretty close and do dinners together occassionally. there is a mix between young and middle age proffessionals in the neighboorhood. there is a redecorating fee instead of a security deposit.