Varsity on K Apartments, washington-dc

Do not choose this apartment under any circumstances—it was truly terrible. I lived here for one year, and the central AC never worked properly from the day I moved in until the day I left. I had to rely entirely on the external AC unit in the room. The external unit was extremely noisy, and during the coldest days of winter, it broke down completely. I submitted maintenance requests, but no one came for about a week. What was even more frustrating was that the maintenance staff removed the exhaust pipe of the external AC during their repair. I requested multiple times for them to reinstall it, but no one responded. In the end, I had to go to the office in person. Only after a staff member helped me submit another request did someone finally come—but they still didn’t reinstall the pipe. Instead, they just gave me a small space heater. As a result, the entire winter I had no functioning central heating, warm air blowing from the top of the external AC, and cold air constantly coming out from the bottom vent. It was extremely stressful and unbearably cold. I ultimately had to buy materials myself to reinstall the pipe. Every time I went to look for staff, I had to wait for a long time because they were almost never in the office. Their email responses were very slow, and they never picked up the phone. Yet the rent was extremely expensive—I paid a high amount every month, but the living experience was awful. The only advantage is the convenient location near the school and the subway, but for the same price, you can easily find much better apartments nearby. What I described here is only a small part of the issues I experienced. There were many more, but I don’t even want to mention them. Overall, the living experience was extremely, extremely poor.

This apartment is absolutely terrible. I don’t even want to give it one star; it deserves zero or negative stars. First, the dryer was broken for almost four months. I reported it to the maintenance team multiple times, but they kept delaying and ignoring me. They only replaced the dryer AFTER I already decided to break my lease and move out—by then it was completely useless. Second, because the dryer issue was never fixed properly, mice got into the apartment. I saw mice three times total. I reported it the first time I saw them, but it took a full month for anyone to respond. They didn’t take it seriously at all and even told me it was “normal.” Third, the property manager never replies to emails. I sent countless messages and got almost no response. The worst part is my security deposit. They initially sent me a deposit check, and I deposited it into my bank. Two days later, the money was unexpectedly withdrawn from my account for no reason. The bank told me the issue was with the apartment’s account. I suspect they gave me a bad check. This situation has dragged on for two months, and I still haven’t gotten my deposit back. It’s a large amount of money, and I believe they are intentionally refusing to refund me. I will be filing a claim against them in Small Claims Court to get my money back. Also, I’ve seen many other reviews online saying the same thing—they refuse to return security deposits. I still have evidence for all four issues, including photos, audio recordings, and official bank documents. Do NOT rent here, especially with this management. They are unresponsive, unprofessional, and completely unreliable.

I moved my daughter into this apartment complex two summers ago after she left GW housing, and she’s chosen to stay there again this summer. It’s definitely one of the better options in the area. It’s actually the only place we liked with an in-unit washer and dryer which was one of her non negotiables , and it had enough space to comfortably fit all of her belongings. While it is a bit on the pricey side, I think it’s worth it for the location since it keeps her close to campus. If convenience is a priority, this place really delivers. We were able to handle everything related to the move-in process and paperwork from out of state, which made things so much easier. Utilities, internet, and furniture were all set up before she arrived, which took a lot of the stress out of transitioning to off-campus living.

This is hands-down the worst experience I’ve ever had with a public parking garage tied to an apartment complex. Would give this 0/5 stars if possible, not even worthy of 1 star. More than 2 days after a snowstorm, the entrance/exit to the garage remains completely uncleared, despite the rest of the foggy bottom area being fully passable and other public parking garages completely accessible. Because of their total inaction, my vehicle is physically stuck in the garage, costing me additional money every single day—including having to extend a hotel stay and car rental at my own expense. What makes this even worse is the behavior of the staff. The apartment manager was extremely rude, condescending, and confrontational, openly stating they had no plan to remove the snow at all. No timeline. No solution. No accountability. Just indifference. The maintenance workers were equally unprofessional, making crude and inappropriate comments that made me extremely uncomfortable. When I raised concerns about being unable to get my car out, I was told to “shovel it myself.” If this is how residents and paying customers are treated—left stranded, incurring extra expenses, and spoken to disrespectfully—then this building and garage should be avoided at all costs. Do not park here. Do not live here. If management and maintenance behave this way during a basic winter weather event, I can only imagine how they handle real issues. Also to add the parking garage is extremely dirty and the park is tight/spots are small. Wouldn’t recommend larger vehicles parking there. There is a better garage a few blocks down by the Whole Foods, would highly recommend over this!!

Your utility bill will be over $500/month!!!!! (along with every other hidden charge they could imagine) They charge utilities based on the cost for the entire building and charge you heinous fees for any mess left by other residents in hallways. They charge you for all of the empty units (which is most units because Varsity totally sucks), nobody wants to live there and the team is as incompetent as they come. They include huge hidden fees like a $150 window fee which is charged for all the units with windows, because the first two floors are actually underground. They charge monthly for shotty furniture and charge you if you want it removed along with multiple other absurd fees. They will try to charge you other fees if you don't notice like a $500 fee they charged me for move-in which they later removed and "apologized for the mistake". DO NOT TRUST THESE CROOKS!!!!! Absolute worst apartment in foggy bottom. Extremely rude and incompetent property manager who is never present on property and doesn't answer emails, Shawneek, she is truly an awful woman. She refused to meet with me until I cut off one of her tours and then canceled the meeting afterwards as well as the next 2 follow up appointments as well. When I moved in my room almost everything was broken, every faucet was loose every drain clogged, the toilet was in utter disrepair. HVAC hasn't worked properly for month throughout summer, and utility bill is still outrageous. It took 6 months to give me the key to my mailbox after asking every single day.