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Forest Hills, 4849 Connecticut Ave NW | Washington, D.C.
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  •  24-Hour Front Desk
  •  Building Laundry Room
  •  Business Center
  •  Cat friendly
  •  Fitness Center
  •  Granite Countertops
  •  Hardwood Floors
  •  Parking Garage
  •  Private Balconies
  •  Stainless Steel Appliances
  •  Swimming Pool
  •  Tennis Courts

User Rating

6.9
Good
7 Reviews

About this Location

Rock Creek Park and Piney Branch Parkway
17 min walk
Limited nearby
public transit
In a quiet
neighborhood

Pricing 
updated 13 hrs ago

Studio, 1 Bath
$1,512+
1 Bedroom, 1 Bath
$1,813+
2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths
$2,655+
  • Building Related

    •  Elevators
  • Convenience

    •  Business Center
  • Entertainment

    •  Coffee Bar
    •  Grilling Station
  • Kitchen

    •  Dishwasher
    •  Garbage Disposal
    •  Microwave
    •  Refrigerator
    •  Stainless Steel Appliances
    •  Stove & Oven
  • Laundry

    •  Building Laundry Room
  • Lease Terms

    •  Online Rent Payment
  • Living Room

    •  Central A/C
    •  Hardwood Floors
    •  Wall-to-Wall Carpets
  • Parking & Transportation

    •  Parking Garage
  • Pet Terms & Amenities

    •  Cat friendly
  • Security & Maintenance

    •  24-Hour Front Desk
  • Sports & Fitness

    •  Fitness Center
    •  Swimming Pool
    •  Tennis Courts
  • View

    •  Private Balconies
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Overall rating 6.9/10, based on 7 renter reviews Write a review

6.4
Location
7.4
Amenities
6.9
Management
6.6
Value
5.9
Social
8.6
Safety
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Ellicott House Apartments reviews and highlights

  • nice hardwood floors, plentiful kitchen storage, new appliances, and a spacious balcony
  • friendly and helpful front desk staff
  • very safe with controlled access to the building
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Ellicott House Apartment Review

Ellicott House Apartments is very nice and located in a great neighborhood. It is approximately 10 minutes away from AU by car. The property management should update the gym facility since most of the machines are outdated.

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Great Space

Hardwood floors, upgraded kitchen. The maintenance staff is quick to address any issues that arise, and the front desk staff is friendly and helpful. The bathroom and heating/cooling system could use an upgrade, but overall a really great space all around.

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Quiet, Safe, Overall nice place to live

Ellicott House has been a pretty good apartment building. It's pretty quiet, other residents are friendly enough and the gym and pool for resident use are a nice touch. The gym could use a bit more weight equipment, but they lack room for more. For those who depend on public transportation, the walk to the metro is a bit far, but manageable. The staff is always helpful, and I feel very safe with the controlled access to the building.

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Clean and Recently Renovated!

I've enjoyed living at Ellicott House Apartments. The 1/1, 750 sqft apartment is a little bit cramped with two people and a cat, but the nice hardwood floors, plentiful kitchen storage, new appliances, and spacious balcony make up for it!

Ellicott House is within walking distance to the restaurants in Van Ness and the shopping in Tenleytown, and is situated in a nice area on Connecticut Avenue. I'd definitely recommend this complex for students at AU!

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Ellicott House

I've lived in worse apartments, so I can't complain too much about this one. It had a lot of fees associated with move-in, however. The neighborhood is incredibly safe, and there is always a concierge on duty. However, it is a pretty far walk from the metro.

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  • 2 beds / 1 bath
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Not the best choice in the area

This building used to be great when Borger Management was in charge. Now the amenities have disappeared, and the new management is rude and unhelpful. That being said, the maintenance staff is quick to respond when there is a problem, and the concierge staff is friendly. However, for the price, you could live in Dupont where there are more activities and things to do.

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Quiet but close enough to the city

The apartment has thicker walls, making it difficult to hear your neighbors (which is great!). The amenities are pretty good overall, but were better when previous management ran the building. Close enough to the city, but not in the "heart" of DC.

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The Neighborhood

Signature Spots

dining 32 Recs

Comet Ping Pong
Besta Pizza
Buck’s Fishing & Camping
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grocery 3 Recs

Whole Foods Market
Giant
Rodman’s Discount Food And Drug
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convenience 2 Recs

Walgreens
CVS Pharmacy
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fitness 14 Recs

OnPoint Fitness
Woodrow Wilson Aquatic Center
UDC Tennis Courts
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parks 3 Recs

Fort Reno Park
Melvin C Hazen Park
Soapstone Valley Park
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coffee 9 Recs

Terasol
Little Red Fox
Bread Furst
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About Forest Hills

The name Forest Hill itself describes the exact nature of the neighborhood. Its uniqueness is that it promotes recreational activities in a natural setting. The number of embassies in the area bring in a lot of diversity into the neighborhood giving the residents a remarkable global experience. Rock...
Safe
Not Lively
Family Friendly
Convenient Commute
Quiet Neighborhood
Grocery Store nearby
Close to popular locations
Median rents in Forest Hills
Studio
$
1,550
1 Bedroom
$
1,950
2 Bedroom
$
2,900

Getting around Forest Hills


Forest Hills Reviews

30 reviews
The Forest Hills/Van Ness neighborhood is great. It is a very short walk to Tenleytown (15 mins) and a 10 min walk to the Van Ness Metro, Giant Food, CVS, and a plethora of good coffee shops and restaurants. The M4 bus stops 3 blocks up the road and takes you straight to AU and the L2 runs very consistently on Connecticut Ave. The Chesapeake backs up to Forrest Hills Park and Rock Creek is right down the street with lots of trails. Overall, the whole neighborhood is very safe and student-friendly.
Great up and coming neighborhood. Right next to Cleveland Park and Admo. Not “cute” by any means but there is a Farmers Market every Saturday.
The neighborhood is very nice. Many things are in walking distance like a few restaurants, a movie theater, and the Cleveland Park Metro stop. It is a bit of a food desert in that the grocery stores and restaurants that are accessible are a tad on the expensive side. The neighborhood is pretty quiet and people are usually pretty friendly. Overall, a decent neighborhood for people at different stages in their lives.
Van Ness is on several bus routes and very near to the (Van Ness) metro stop. Moving off of Connecticut Ave. quickly becomes entirely residential, but there are restaurants and other amenities (such as grocery stores, dry cleaners, etc) along Connecticut. It's not a crazy or busy neighborhood like several others, which personally, I appreciate, but it does mean you'll have to go a bit farther than home if you're looking to go out for the night.
Van Ness/Forest Hills is quiet and a little boring. Not a lot of places to go out to eat or grab a drink in the immediate area. However, Cleveland Park and Tenleytown are fairly close. I love walking our dog up around International Drive and the embassies there. We frequently see deer coming up from Rock Creek Park, and the UDC/Howard Law students are mostly very courteous (many of them live in the neighborhood too, so they care about it also). The neighborhood feels very safe--lots of police presence, Secret Service sub-station in the neighborhood, and the local vagabonds are not aggressive to pedestrians--they mostly mind their own business.
The neighborhood is nice during the day, but I also moved to an apartment complex across the street and had a street level apartment. A man came to my window at night six times and watched me sleep or do whatever inside. The lock on my living room window was also broken. The police finally caught him but I was told he was released and I moved out of the neighborhood for my safety. I can't tell if this is just city life or an exceptional experience but it was particularly terrifying as a young woman alone.
Not a ton to do but only a walk away from Van Ness and Tenleytown
Close to the Zoo and great restaurants. Close enough to Downtown, but far enough away where you're not in the chaos but still in DC.

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