3333 Wisconsin

"3333 Wisconsin looks amazing on the surface, but once you live there for a while, the issues make themselves known, often glaringly. The building calls itself a luxury building. While it may that in the purest sense of the word, the materials used are very cheap and often require maintenance. Just one example of the fake facade of luxury: normal bathroom sinks are stainless steel, while the bathroom sinks in this building are simply dark gray metal painted silver (mine started chipping pretty soon after I moved in). However, the two of the biggest issues are management and other residents. UIP is an awful management copy, receiving an F with the Better Business Bureau. In my personal experience with them, they were incredibly incompetent. The red flag was when I moved in and the deals that got me to sign a lease with them took months to take effect, and I only had more financial issues from there. Their system for charging residents for water has single residents living in 1-bedroom apartments paying $50-$60 a month. To add insult to injury, UIP doesn't seem to have any control (or want to have any control) over their residents and any lease violations -- literally saying, "They just don't listen to me." Which brings us to the main issue -- 3333 Wisconsin is a de-facto American University undergraduate dorm, with what feels like 75% of the residents being students. Students repeatedly violate their leases with loud parties, smoking (both cigarettes and pot), etc. I had a terrace on the back of the building -- right above the roof deck -- and students would weekly (sometimes daily) throw things over the railing onto my terrace: beer cans, beer tabs, cigarette butts (including one that hit me on the arm when I was out on my terrace), and the worst, a glass bottle. A glass bottle thrown from nine stories up obviously shatters EVERYWHERE. If I were outside - or my small dog was outside - it would have been a disaster. Management did ATTEMPT (key word: attempt) to address the situation -- but in a way that was a band-aid on a gunshot wound. It just kept happening. If you're an undergraduate student away from home for the first time, this might be the building for you. However, if you're a professional, you might want to look elsewhere. 3333 Wisconsin has VERY high rents, and there are other buildings in DC with comparable rents that offer more, have better management, and are not dorms."

"I lived in the building a year ago and ended up leaving half way through my lease. Where do I begin? The very first night I moved in, a front desk staff, who was apparently unaware that the apartment was occupied, tried to enter around 1am. As a female college student living alone for the first time I was absolutely terrified. Not only did I almost call the police but had a meeting with the management to remedy this issue. Needless to say they did not handle the issue and multiple overnight staff over the course of a MONTH tried to enter my apartment in the middle of the night. Their apology for this included free rental of the rooftop and email. The next mishandled incident was when someone in the building had rented their apartment out on AirBnB, which I was unaware was allowed in this building prior to my move in and this incident. The AirBnB tenant ended up stalking me over the course of his month living in the apartment. Not only did the management seem to not care about my safety, they did nothing to apologize or make me feel safer. If you value yourself, do NOT live in this building. On top of these concerns the staff is incompetent and there is a very invasive tenant association hell bent on making any college student’s life there hell."

"The building has improved under new ownership and management. The maintenance man, Raul, is incredibly responsive. The front desk employees are very helpful. There's a strong tenant's association. The biggest challenge in the past has been a subset of AU students who are loud and boisterous."

"FEBRUARY 2018 review. This genuinely used to be a really nice apartment to live in. But in the past 10 months, management has clearly stopped giving any thought to the quality of life of residents. And be warned, this building has in essence become a de-facto American University dorm complete with students smoking, drinking out front of the building and having loud parties that keep the working residents up until 3AM. What's worst about all of this is that management knows about these issues and has done the bare minimum to address them. Currently the property management rights to the building are being sold. Bozzutto, the management company that attracted many residents here, decided without informing residents that they were offering up property rights for sale. Understand that Bozzutto charges a premium on rental rates for this apartment complex because their management reputation is high. They are attempting to sell the building to a company that pulled some tactics so questionable in their legality, that the tenants banded together to form a tenant's association to hire a lawyer and verify that their actions were legal. While this sale has been going through Bozzutto has been attempting to do anything to cut costs it seems. We no longer have 24-hour concierge service, though our rental fees have remained the same. Over the winter of 2017-2018 we had a burst pipe in our above ground parking lot that took several weeks to get fixed. This burst pipe also caused flooding in various storage rooms that the building didn't tell residents about in a timely manner. At the same time, water bills for the building went up. Recently, our head of maintenance services was let go, and the building did nothing to inform residents of this or what new policies are in place should things such as plumbing go wrong. And what's most stressful about living here is that the building has accepted what feels like at least a dozen AU students. As an alum myself, I know this is not a problem inherently, but this group have loud parties weekly and smoke and drink both inside outside. The tenant's association has complained several times, yet because these students take advantage of the referral bonus checks, they bring more students into the building (one unit has made several thousand in referral fees by inviting friends to live in the building.) These students have made numerous leasing violations that other residents are held to yet have not been asked to leave. I would hope that all of this illustrates an issue of an apartment run by a management company that charges a premium but has displayed a significant disinterest in the satisfaction of their customers. All of this is happening while they attempt to sell the building to another, less well-reviewed, management company. We are in limbo where this building is an extension of the dorms with loud noises on weeknights and decreasing quality in management and maintenance. Oh, I forgot to mention that the windows are old and cold air gets in through various gaps, and that one floor has water drainage issues that affect the entire floor. None of these have been fixed, and as long as the building is for sale, it seems unlikely Bozzutto will do anything to address these issues. The quality of life has fallen substantially since living here these past few years and I have lost significant faith in Bozzutto as a management company."

"I lived here for just over two years, and I have to say I didn't want to leave. In terms of the location, when I first moved here the Giant and restaurants across the street hadn't opened yet. As more places have opened up, though, it's really made this an ultra convenient bubble. Despite not being on the metro, the various bus routes immediately in front of the building make it a breeze to get around town The 33, 31, 30N, 30S, and 96. They connect you to both the red and orange/silver/blue lines if you truly needed to take the metro somewhere. The amenities are great, the building is well maintained, and service requests are always responded to promptly, but what truly makes living at 3333 something special is the fantastic team behind the operation. I cannot speak highly enough of the concierge team. Everyone is phenomenal. Ashley, Sam, and Meg were always my go to people, but the rest of the team is also great. One detail that most people make overlook when searching for an apartment, is how well insulated are the windows. The area is generally quiet, but the windows do a great job at keeping out the elements any noise. 3333 truly felt like home."