Cribs II…Penn Quarter Style

Wow – asking $781 a square foot (emphasis on “asking”)

the MLS listing says 1600 square feet. the actual square footage could be different.

Based on the pictures, 1600 sf did not seem unreasonable

“could” be less, given that layout I’d be shocked if it’s a foot more given the layout shown here; including that laundry room. The sq/ft asking price at gallery place has always seemed out of whack but they do seem to get them – I’m told there are many part timer residents who like the idea of being above the restaurants, connected to the mci center and just basically in the middle of it all – I guess if you have the means to own a condo “just for when we’re in DC” haggling over a few $ per square foot isn’t all that important.

I lived in that building before moving to my new PQ pad. My entire experience in that building was terrible, and I would actively discourage anyone from moving there unless you have checked out every other alternative in the area and made sure that Gallery Place is the one for you.

#5 Every building has positives and negatives. If you had an “all-inclusive” bad experience at one building in PQ, I wonder how you get along in any other PQ building.

#6-

I have fared very well in other buildings in PQ. To name a few problems with my experience in Gallery Place:

(1) There were promises from management that patio furniture would be installed on the 3rd floor terrace during the summer. After two summers, there was never any hint of furniture. Perhaps they have since added it?

(2) Also involving the terrace, there was a multiple month “construction project” that occupied the entire terrace from November until July. The project consisted of re-insulating and painting the siding of the terrace–a job that could have been completed in five weeks.

(3) The lobby smells of garbage every weekend due to the dumpsters being overfilled and not emptied until Monday. Because the doors leading to the loading dock have a two inch gap between them and the floor, the smell flows into the lobby of the building on Friday, and lingers until Monday when the trash is emptied.

(4) The building’s structure is shifting so that doors are mis-aligned, joints between thee walls and ceilings are separated causing cracks along throughout the paint where the walls meet the ceilings.

(5) The windows on almost all units open only 4-5 inches. So much for a lot of fresh air.

(6) The parking garage is perpetually overpacked during basketball season, and the management refuses to take an active role in collaborating the garage management company in remedying the situation.

(7) The HVAC units are terribly located within a lot of the units and also run very loud so that it forces one to turn a television, radio, etc. up quite a bit in order to drown out the HVAC. In turn, this causes all televisions and radios to be loudly heard in neighboring units and across the halls.

(8) The elevators break way more often than typical service problems.

These are just a few of the things that still stick out in my mind from when I lived there. Perhaps things are different now, and if so, great. But, my experience leads me to believe there are many better options in PQ that are comparable if not lower in price.

#7 Valid arguments.. most of them are associated with a brand new building. Just an update: the terrace has furniture now, the punch list items from a couple of years ago have been completed, and even though the garage gets packed during Verizon Center events, they always leave a few spaces open and allow residents to enter the garage.

to Anon #7:

The Residences at GP building is designed to deliver 100% fresh air (not the traditional recycled air used in ALL other buildings) into the hallways and into the units via high powered fans. It is an amazing innovation in building construction that provides fresher air and suppresses smells/smoke/fire from individual units from entering the hallways. Some of your points about the building are valid, but folks here have worked hard to remedy a lot of those problems.