Beacon Center Residences

Onyinyechi A

A friend of mine stays here. Seems like a nice spot. For a new building every now and then things still don't work.

Fodecious Fodecious

Great location. I enjoy being able to walk to the Safeway and Walmart. The kitchen cabinets are lovely. Generously sized bathrooms. Convenient washer/dryer in unit. Large windows with a great view. The elevator is often not working as a previous resident indicated. A family member got stuck on it a few months ago and I had to call the fire department to get her out. Matter of fact.... it is not working right now since last night! The front door has not worked properly since I moved in 10 months ago: Can’t get in the building with the fob or the key gets stuck in the door. I end up locked out of my own home quite often. It is very frustrating at the end of a long work day. (Update 12/20/19 I was locked out again this morning 1am) This is not just inconvenient. This is a serious safety concern. I had to purchase headphones because the residents above me have small children that run around all day and night. I also hear the baby crying all the time. That has more to do with the construction of the building I suppose. Babies cry so that is what it is. We were not allowed to pick our units. They were chosen for us. I wonder how the units were chosen. Large families with small children placed on top floors? It’s still a two bedroom? I kept my gym membership because the fitness center is a very small room with no windows; mirrors, TVs, wipes...... There is a treadmill, stepper, bike and weight machine. It also is not open 24 hours. It is not open until after I leave for work. The equipment on the website however was lovely. The garage has about 38 first come spaces for the entire building. When I originally wanted to register my vehicle for the garage I was told I could not until I updated my DC address on my registration to this location. I bring this up because my vehicle is registered to this address and I often can’t get a space but notice the garage is full of cars with MD plates. Also, certain residents park their car anywhere when the garage is full. There will be cars everywhere in the morning when pulling out. The garage door is often not working. I also feel that the lobby is the only level you should be able to enter with out a fob but access is granted to the garage. THIS PROPERTY DOES CLEANLINESS CHECKS FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THE LEASING MANAGER CAME INTO MY UNIT AND DID A WALK THRU AND LOOKED IN MY FRONT CLOSET AND WENT INTO MY BEDROOM. I FELT DISRESPECTED AND VIOLATED. I HAVE NEVER LIVED IN A PLACE THAT WOULD DO THIS. I FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN A HALF WAY HOUSE OR REHAB CENTER. BE PREPARED FOR THE CELL SHAKE DOWN, The last visit especially got under my skin because my mother was visiting at the time. They need to do a walk around the property to check for cleanliness. It’s a beautiful building but will not stay this way unless they do better upkeep. Someone spilled a big gulp soda in the stairwell two months ago. There is a large stain. The cup; top and straw were picked up but the stain left. There has been popcorn and a popped balloon on the steps for over two weeks. There is trash in the garage. I wish the residents had more pride in their building but since they don’t I think they should do a better job cleaning up after them and possibly place a trash can on the garage level. There are still stairwell and elevator signs taped on the walls with painters tape over a year after construction.

JazzyJazJay W

I’ve lived here since April. Mean while it hasn’t been terrible it hasn’t been great. 1. You cannot smoke in ur own home that you pay rent in so everybody is outside majority of the time. 2. The doors do not close majority of the time so all type of people come in and wander the building. 3. The elevators have no ventilation so they are musty. 4. The elevators are slow and break down often on a brand new building. 5. The parking garage is only for one level for the residents and the rest have to park on the street and risk parking tickets and theft. 5. The chalking in the shower sheds. Also the front doors have major issues every week that never get solved including faulty key fob boxes. 8. They have a call box when u have visitors but have no way to buzz people in the building. 9. The building is full of huge family’s so there is always someone stomping and running over top of ur head at all times of the night and day! 10. I have requested 4 times that someone comes to change the bulb in my dryer and it hasn’t been changed yet! It seems like the building was very rushed to put together and get people in. After writing this review they did reach out to me for some of my concerns which was great. I really hope they continue to listen to the resident concerns.

Meseret Atnafu

Thank you to all those who work & prayed so hard for this building to come to realty. Great place to live.great management.💕