The Shawmut Apartments

You won’t find a more homelike building and community at this price point in Washington DC ❤️ It’s also super pet friendly with no pet fee/pet rent, management is super responsive on maintenance requests, and did I mention I love the community and Sharon and Jose do their very best to foster it? Had to leave because of a work move but I’m going to miss this building so much!

Absolutely loved living here. Building is great, full of really nice people. Sharon, building manager, is SO HELPFUL with anything / everything. Jose, maintenance guy, is awesome and really nice. Anything that needs fixing gets taken care of really fast. Was there during Covid, was great the building did everything it could to keep people safe. Great place for dogs. Great neighborhood.

The apartments are large and sunny. It's a great community to live in. Sharon was amazing to work with. There were a lot of pet owners, because its one of the few buildings that allows for pets, and it has a park right across from the building. No pet fees are being charged. I had two babies and people were very helpful. The location is great and you don't need a car. There is plenty of public transportation, and it is just 8 minutes to Dupont Circle's red line. I lived there for over two years and would have stayed, but I had to leave DC. I still go back and visit at times. I'd move back into that building in a heart beat.

The people are great, the price can't be beat, and you'll never want to leave the neighborhood. Also, Sharon (the building manager) is a queen, will work for you, and you'll be lucky to have her in your life. Seriously, if you don't need the full-stack amenity list of the glitzy apartment buildings around town, this is the one and only apartment building you should consider.

I've been an apartment dweller for most of my adult life, and of them all The Shawmut is by far the best building I've lived in. The apartments are spacious, with high ceilings , and the pre-war construction means they're quiet. Neighbors are actually neighborly -- the fact that we're pet-friendly makes a big difference -- with a diverse mix of residents. I esp appreciate the excellent staff and management (both the manager and the engineer), who are always helpful and professional, and who live in the building. Also, the location is great -- bus stop right outside, quick walk to Dupont metro, close to 18th street but not in the midst of it. Highly recommend!

Do not live here. The building is marketed as pet friendly - my cat suffered severe allergic reactions causing him to lose hair in this apartment. It grew back as soon as I moved. Mold was growing in the ceiling walls and requests to have it addressed were ignored. We lived with holes in the wood flooring for months before it was fixed. Building manager laughed off concern of a resident who was looking through the windows from his parking space downstairs at all hours of the night. Building was broken into multiple times and packages stolen - refused to put better locks in place on the front doors to enhance security. Safety was clearly not a concern. Definitely do not recommend.

The Shawmut is my love forever. We have been here for 10 years already and have no plans to move anywhere else. Great location, fantastic view from our windows, and absolutely amazing neighbors. Can't ask for more. The Shawmut is my happy place.

Our time at the Shawmut was wonderful—lovely neighbors and Sharon does a great job keeping everything running smoothly! Sad to be leaving but many fond memories.

Do not live here. The building is marketed as pet friendly - my cat suffered severe allergic reactions causing him to lose hair in this apartment. It grew back as soon as I moved. Mold was growing in the ceiling walls and requests to have it addressed were ignored. We lived with holes in the wood flooring for months before it was fixed. Building manager laughed off concern of a resident who was looking through the windows from his parking space downstairs at all hours of the night. Building was broken into multiple times and packages stolen - refused to put better locks in place on the front doors to enhance security. Safety was clearly not a concern. Definitely do not recommend.

Terrible management. This place is a real dump. I've lived here for four years now and the building is NOT well maintained. When new people move into a space, they just slap a new coat of white paint over everything - so there are years and years of old paint layers chipping off everywhere. My dishwasher has never worked (dishes come out dirtier than when they go in), I have a stove-top burner that is leaking flame from a strange angle, the windows in our sunporch are all completely clouded through so that you can't see anything out of them. When we looked at the apartment the manager told us that they would be replacing the windows in the next few months - that was years ago. We complain often, but our complaints are just ignored or put off. The building manager is very condescending and rude, I've seen her straight up yell at people. The saving grace is the location! It is ideal with access to bus line and metro, the Adams Morgan/DuPont restaurants and a quaint park right across the street. We are situated perfectly away from the weekend nightlife, but just close enough to access it if we want to. We are totally priced out of our neighborhood at this point. Moving would mean moving to another part of DC so we stay and endure the neglect from the owners. Our car is parked on the street and has been broken into twice. I've also witnessed a man break the window of a car parked right in front of the building and steal the GPS system from it.