Fahrenheit Apartments

Love the building and the people! New management is very responsive for off hours emergencies!!

Good luck scheduling a tour and actually seeing the units. Extremely useless management, was outside the building for 45 mins waiting for a tour nobody showed up. No leasing agent, no concierge or nothing. Even the Amazon driver to came to make deliveries had to take them back to their truck because no one was there to open the door.

I’ve lived at the Fahrenheit for over 2 years and besides the previous property manager, Ayah, it’s a great place to live. Management has changed within the last few months and the experience has been much better than before. Drew is super responsive and helpful. My apartment has nice countertops and stainless steel appliances. The building Is conveniently located near Public transportation, restaurants and bars, grocery stores, a public library, and more. All in walking distance.

I would give the building 4 stars, and the management one star, so two seemed to be a compromise. The building: pretty good. We were on the second floor. The street was very loud, and the 7eleven gets rowdy sometimes. The inside walls are thick and we rarely heard out neighbors- that is very nice. The appliances were decent, the showers and sinks were all good. The AC and heat was self-controlled so that was very nice. The rooftop was lovely, except that the couch cushions would occasionally disappear. Oh, and the TV up there has never worked while I lived there for aa year. No wi-fi either, which is a huge bummer. This building is pretty tough to move in and out of, compared to others- no freight elevator, no way to reserve the elevator, no guard so you can't leave the doors open, and the parking in the back leads into a stairwell that is hard to navigate. The management: Very poor. The carpets were not changed out when we moved in, and the apartment had been smoked in. Ayah, the property manager said she didn't smell smoke. She was either lying, or really can't smell anything, but that's irrelevant because i smelled smoke, and as the tenant, I am the one living with it. She did finally agree to have our carpets steam cleaned, but every time I vacuumed for an entire year living there, gray dust and soot would come up from the carpets. A kitchen drawer was broken when we moved in and we requested that it be fixed. The maintenance guy said he'd order it but he was going to close the request. We never got a new drawer - we didn't bug them about it because it was relatively minor, but still. Then, a neighbor who parks their van in the back of the building had a massive oil leak. Dirty motor oil all over the back parking area, which also happens to be the best entrance to the back stairwell. We put up with that for at least two months. I tried to avoid stepping in it, but it was tracking all the way up the stairs (see pictures) and into our apartment. When I would clean our floors, there were areas that were water repellent because of the oil and I couldn't get them clean. I asked Ayah to do something about the neighbor parking there if they weren't going to be able to maintain their car. She said she'd power wash the area, but since it was an ongoing leak, that really wasn't a solution. She offered to clean our carpets again, and we asked if we could have the floor steamed because that was where the oil was. She never got back to us after multiple attempts. Three weeks before I was to move out, my dryer broke. I had emailed Ayah a week or so before that the dryer kept running when I opened the door, so something was clearly not quite right. She said she'd send maintenance, but she did not. Then, a week later, it wouldn't start at all. I contacted Ayah and put in a request for emergency maintenance. Apparently dryers don't qualify as an emergency. I had to wait a few days to have her send out an internal maintenance guy, who thought something internal was broken (I had clearly explained which piece as broke - just the door switch). It them took 14 days to get the approved vendor in to look at the dryer, and he still didn't bring the part to replace it. I went more than three weeks without a dryer in my apartment and had to carry all my laundry down and outside the building to a unit to use a washer and dryer. Not ideal. I found Ayah to be a very difficult property manager to work with. She is sweet, but just not on top of issues, promises a lot but delivers very little, and makes you feel like you are bothering her if you just ask for any little thing. It's a nice building if nothing breaks and you don't need any property management. Otherwise, I can't recommend you live there.

The management is EXTREMELY not responsive and unprofessional. It took me a month to reach out to an agent. I finally had a tour and the agent promised me to send me some requested updates and set up a video tour the next Monday. Because the only unit I saw was facing Georgia Ave, the building itself has a poor quality, the glass is too thin so it is very loud. I was curious about the other units that are facing the ally. But after 3 weeks, no one yet to reach out to me.

Great Community! Friendly staff, the roof top is my favorite attribute of the building and it is very accommodating to my commuter lifestyle the metro is only minutes away and the grocery store is right around the corner! Moving to the city for the first time was seamless!

I have been trying to get in contact with an agent to set up a tour and talk pricing for almost two weeks. You have to call an office and the representative sends a tour request to an agent, so you cannot set up a time on your own. Well, I have had two separate requests sent out for me and an agent has yet to reach out to me. I understand that summer is a busy time for leasing, however I feel that this failure to be prompt and responsive screams unprofessional. Every time I call, no matter which number, I am either sent to voicemail or the phone just continues ringing indefinitely. I have one agent contact, Drew MacMahon, and he does not answer his phone at all, nor does he have voicemail set up so that you can leave a message. I have visited the property in person several times to see if I can get ahold of someone to no avail. If this is how prospective renters are treated, then it can only be indicative of how renters are treated if they have leasing/maintenance issues. I have to say that I am utterly disappointed in the management thus far. Unfortunate, because I was seriously considering renting here.

Definitely not the best communication it is very difficult to maintain consistent line of communication with anyone . I do understand that agents get busy but it’s a crucial red flag when looking for a building you can trust . At the end of the day it’s a business for them but still a home to the residents so that is disappointing to see.

I can't recommend enough that you stay away from this building! Let's start with the staff... what staff? Once you sign they become totally non-existent and unresponsive to all communication, except with they want to screw you over to nickel-and-dime you! Which leads me to price... They give you a decent deal at first, about a hundred bucks less a month to live in literally any other (nicer) neighborhood in DC, but after the first year is up LOOK OUT for that giant bloat. Let's not forget literally ANY OTHER BUILDING IN THE CITY, even buildings built in the 20's actually have a thing called AMENITIES. It's probably why you are looking at buildings, right? Well, there are none here! Petworth is too sketch to pay these prices for less than the nothing you get here. How about safety... FORGET IT! This neighborhood has bucked the trend in other parts of town and gotten less safe over the last few years. That's not the building's fault... But the fact that most of the external doors are constantly left propped open and you can regularly find homeless folks catching a nap near the mailroom is... disconcerting. There's no staff here, even during the day, so don't expect anything to be done about it. On to noise... The walls, doors, ceilings, and floors and paper thin. You can actually hear someone hanging shit from two floors above/below you! I'm not being hyperbolic about this in anyway. Here's a quick test to try (should you not heed my warning): go into the farthest room in the unit you're checking out, with all the doors close have a second person call the elevator... Hear it? Of course you do, and you'll hear it at 2am just as loudly too, but you get used to that. The elevator sound isn't even loud... So just imagine the auditory hell that is just waiting for you if you make this your home! Oh, and the building has mice too thanks to The sticky, sugary cider all around the first floor. Check the corners of the closets on upstairs units. You'll see.

I love this community! Highly recommend this location to anyone I come across who enjoys spending time in the city. It's proximity to the metro is perfect for my lifestyle, just one block away! I also bike a lot and am able to store my bike onsite which allows my to free up space in my apartment! The staff is amazing, very friendly and super responsive. All requests that I submit have been handled promptly and efficiently. The rooftop has awesome views and a beautiful fire-pit. I can't say enough great things about the Fahrenheit!

This place is fairy new, yet gorgeous. Also next to the petworth metro station like literally walking distance so if you're as lazy as i am, you will be pleased. They also have a rooftop with TVs and furniture and a grill for those nice spring/summer/fall/winter (if it's anything like this winter) days. Staff are friendly and the inside of the apartments are gorgeous and you can have a view of the city right from your bedroom.

I am relocating to DC from Orlando Florida for work and I greatly appreciate all the help Ayah the Manager did for me with sending several pictures of the unit as well as being so kind to Facetime me at a convenient time for me to see the unit. I can't imagine not knowing the area and having someone be so nice to give me measurements and tell me about the community. I am a huge foodie and she gave me tons of options to choose from! I look forward to moving and experiencing Petworth.

This building is one of the coolest buildings that I have ever seen! The rooftop lounge has some great views , and the new fireplace they put up is a great touch! I can't wait for the cider house to open next!