Promenade Apartments

[ROACHES ARE EVERYWHERE] Literally you will find them all over the walls, elevators and carpets. While living here I killed several on the hallways. I could tell that they do not clean the hallways as I saw its corpses for weeks after I killed them. On the other hand. reception staff, the Hispanic woman is amazing, she is the sweetest. They are all good. The building Manager, Easter she is ok, even though I had talked to her and presented myself 5 times, she always asked who I was (I counted them). Building location is fine, pool is nice.

We had a wonderful experience staying at the Promenade. We lived in one of the ground floor studios for 6 months while selling our condo and buying a new house. The staff was always very attentive and friendly, the grounds were always clean, if we ever needed something in the apartment to be addressed, the Promenade was timely and the building itself is very safe and secure. The location was one of the prime reasons we chose the apartment, in addition to their short term rental policies. We paid for monthly parking below ground, which was super convenient, especially since we were there during the winter months when there was a lot of snow. Easter Spencer, the apartment manager, was always very quick to respond and she ensured that our expectations were consistently met at the building. We engaged with many other staff, such as Alicia, who remembered us by name and would help us remember to grab any packages from the package room. There are many other staff at the Promenade and we experienced fantastic, friendly and effective service every time. The apartment itself had tons of natural light, was pretty big for a studio (600sq ft) had a gigantic walk in closet and two other large closets at the entry. The toilet and shower were separate from the bathroom sink, which was super convenient as a partnered couple. We highly recommend this apartment building and if we weren’t on the hunt for a new house, we would have stayed in that apartment for years.

ROACHES! whole building infested with huge roaches - apartments, lobby, laundry room everywhere! they are crawling all over the walls and carpets like a horror movie. great place to live if you like waking up with roaches crawling on you 👍 has been INFESTED for years and will never get resolved although most residents complain about it constantly. DO NOT MOVE HERE!

Highly recommend this building. Mgmt (Debbie and Easter) are fantastic. They worked with me several months before my move-in date to find an apartment facing the side that I wanted, super helpful. Door staff is always friendly and helpful. Friendly ppl. Recent upgrades to the lobby make the building look very nice. Pool is a life saver in the summer. My apartment had all updated furnishings and the view is fantastic of the Capitol building and Washington monument. Very safe building in a great location (Close enough to bars and restaurants in admo/18th and just far away enough to where you aren't in the mix). Zero complaints and would recommend to anyone. I lived here for the past two years.

My AirTag led me here because my bag was stolen by residents at the Promenade Apartments. Although the Management was responsive, they did not cooperate.

Please stop going into my apartment without persmission. This one time, my shirts came out of the washer and dryer; dirtier than they went in.

DO NOT MOVE HERE. It is disgusting and unsafe.

Extremely high price for monthly parking, ridiculous with the quality they offer. Higher than any place around, proceed with caution Thanks Lenkin management!

Weed and Cigarette Smoking Building and a Project in disguise building..Rodent infested !!! Is pretty much a lemon car situation,a few weeks into moving in and it all starts falling apart and nasty smell from ac unit ,carpet,kitchen cabinets,vents and faucets. Do not be fooled because of the outside landscape and lobby appearance ,is a fake facade of what the real living situation.Just watch the videos and pictures.This place is project in disguise,everything is rusted and painted over.You have violent,unhinged and dangerous neighbors actively 24 hours a day,lingering in the lobby ,hallways and around buildings entrances either behaving oddly,harassing,taking packages ,barking through people door to tease dogs inside units, and yelling crazy things for no reason.Is .Do not really on safe delivery and pick your things at FedEx ex,UPS,Amazon lockers or Post Office.Package theft is huge here,people trying open your door in the middle of the night,fires,flooding and retaliation from neighbors and staff is you try to ask or report any wrongdoings in the unit or building.Do not be fool because is close to Kalorama Park !!!

This has been going on since July 28th. Here it is August 10th. As a building professional with 5 years experience and a concerned citizen I feel it is my duty to warn the public of the hazardous situation in this apartment complex. Water does not rot wood, fungus does. As you can see from the rotted tackboard and blackened subfloor it is my professional opinion this complex has issues with fungus rotting away underneath the carpet, potentially BLACK MOLD. This represents a health hazard. The plastic sheathing hung to cordon off the worksite, from occupied living space is not sufficient for such an extended time period, presents a health hazard as well as an inconvenience to the occupant, and falls outside of the generally accepted standards of warranty repair work for residential facilities.

I've been living here for two months and I've had nothing but positive experiences. I hate to see this apartment have such a low Yelp review. Positives: - Great management. Building Manager Lori Johnson is here day and night and is incredibly responsive. The front desk attendants are very friendly. There is free Keurig coffee in the lobby every single morning and fresh baked cookies most weekday mornings. That's service! - Neighborhood: This is one of the more beautiful neighborhoods in DC. The apartment is a block from Kalorama Park, and an easy walk to AdMo (and a slightly farther walk to Dupont). The apartment is 12 minutes from Harris Teeter, 10 minutes from Safeway, 4 minutes from a Yes! Market and 3 minutes from a cheap neighborhood grocery store with decent produce. - Price: I am paying a very reasonable price for the size of my studio (enormous) and the neighborhood. I did a lot of research of other studios, and this was the cheapest I found in the Kalorama/Dupont/U Street area. - The view: This might not be true for all the apartments in the building, but my apartment has a spectacular view of the city, since the building is on a hill. Negatives: - Transportation: This apartment is not close to a metro. It is across the street from a bus stop that gets regular 42 and 43 buses. The buses run pretty regularly, but they can be crowded in the morning (sometimes you have to wait for the next bus because a bus is full) and they are unreliable on weekend nights. - Old building: The fact is this is an old building. It's not the prettiest building, and the interior wouldn't be considered "modern" by any stretch of the imagination. But that shouldn't matter to most people. All in all - I highly recommend The Promenade.

I have serious concerns about whether or not the building has violated several housing codes. I'm also fearful that I may have been exposed to mold but the management has not done a direct sampling of the floors or the walls and is telling me to live there while they fix everything ?! At about 1800 dollars a month I'm outraged. I hope I don't get pneumonia... I know an elderly tenant already has it.

Construction happening on the building makes the place truly unlivable. Management could not care less about alleviating concerns or mentioning dates for when construction will be end. Really ridiculous as everyone is working from home these days.

I've heard and seen terrible things about this place . My close friend got sick from mold, and the apartment didn't do anything to compensate. Customer services isn't a priority. If spending long hours arguing for basic necessities is your thing then go for this place, otherwise it's a definite NO for this place.

Location: great. Not too loud for a city apartment, except you really hear the wind (and the trash trucks) in apartments on the alley side. The views from the top floor apartments are spectacular, because the building is at the top of a hill and so is one of the tallest points in the area. And even if you don't get the view, you're still within walking distance from basically everything. People: It's a nice community and you'll make friends easily. Odd mix of young professionals and older people who've been there for 20 years or so and are paying super low rent for the area. Everyone is chill. The pool is great during the summer. Staff: Fine. If you're friendly to them, they're friendly to you. Maintenance crew is usually good, though every now and then you have to request things more than once (more on that in a minute). Building: Bit dated, but the "studio" is pretty decent sized for a studio. Laundry in basement is usually not full, as long as you're not doing laundry mid-day on Saturday. Safe enough, cameras at front door, the only thing that sucks are the thin doors to your apartment where you can hear your neighbors across the hall sometimes. Beware the townhomes, everyone I know who lived there had bug problems like crazy. Management: The reason this review has two stars knocked off. Refuses to improve front desk practices and technology--the maintenance request system is abysmal, outdated, and prone to mistakes, even from the most careful employees. Incredibly slow to respond to resident complaints and concerns. When I was there they changed managers multiple times; the first one was okay, the second disappeared mysteriously after a few months, the last was fine unless you had any kind of problem. Witnessed or heard of some really sketchy things by them. They just don't care about residents at all, only your rent check. Which they might lose and claim you didn't pay, by the by. Never happened to me but it happened to people I knew who were not the type to skimp on rent. But I'll be honest--the other aspects of this apartment made up for the crummy management of the place.

best. pool. ever. (in nw, dc that is ;) i live in nyc and i miss this place more than even my friends... well, my pool friends are more rad than that.

I have lived in this building for many years and had thought it a great place to live, until recently. A previous reviewer mentioned a former manager as the problem, but it appears that Lenkin mgmt has worse options to offer. The current manager is Debbie Brooks and she has turned this once great building into a terrible place to live. The pays lip service to their valued residents, but acts like you should feel blessed that they let you pay rent. Only the most basic maintenance issues are addressed -- not because of the quality of the staff, they are great -- but because anything larger than a clogged drain seems to require management approval, which never happens. Report water damage, if you're lucky they may paint over it. If management was just indifferent, that might be alright, but they are very attentive, but only in regards to silly issues that complicate not enhance resident experience. The primary value of this place is the pool, which is what management uses to justify the extraordinary rents they charge...even though some apartments haven't been updated in years! And if you do want to enjoy the pool, they provide you with a multi-page list of things that aren't allowed on the pool deck. I'm not talking about the obvious, glass bottles, etc., I'm referring things such as, no beach balls,no music, no moving deck chairs, no, no, no, no,.... The latest no no is no dogs, even though dogs are grudgingly allowed in the building. The upshot is, if you like living in a over controlled under maintained super pricey building, then come on by!

Any positive reviews are from management (or friends of management) operating under fake accounts.