Expensive, but great location and space.

The apartment is great because it is a short walk to campus. It's mostly quiet and has a lot of great amenities. I love having a gym in the building for days when it's very cold and I don't want to venture outside. Having the utilities covered is also a nice bonus. The staff is very accommodating and friendly, and I can trust that when my packages are delivered they will take care of them. It definitely has more of a community (even almost dorm-like) feel. In the future, I would probably go for an apartment that is more my own, but then I would lack some of the benefits. It has it's benefits and downfalls, but overall mostly benefits!

Claridge House

The Claridge House is a great building. The amenities are great. I use the gym a lot. The gym has good equipment and is clean. I also use the vending machines in the basement a lot. I mostly have no problems to report except that the building is getting a bit old so sometimes the repairs do not work. I put in a few requests to get my shower fixed (it had started leaking) and the shower has not worked very well since then. Besides that, it is a great apartment building.

Convenient access to Foggy Bottom Metro station (easy to get to Reagan National Airport), grocery stores (Trader Joe's is a block away, and Whole Foods is nearby), GW campus, and Georgetown.

Rent too damn high

Terrible problem with mice and possibly other rodents, apparently infests them every year and management does little about it. They bring in pest control people every week starting in the fall to band-aid it with laughably ineffective traps but they never solve the underlying problems unless you are extremely insistent and demand they fill in all possible entryways into yor aparement. Building clearly needs serious renovations.

It’s small but has the basics and came furnished which is important because I came from far away. The front desk is there 24/7 and are always helpful, and the rooftop pool is great when it is open.

The apartment is exactly what I need for 1L. Super comfortable and the perfect size

My apartment is really nice and the building is in very good condition. It's an older building and every unit is individually owned, meaning the quality or "updating" within each can vary. My apartment has a nice updated kitchen and is pretty spacious.