and, if you're unfortunate enough to rent an apartment under someone who doesn't,
then you're not going to like the Marque apartments at Heritage Hunt in Gainesville VA.
The wood-framed floors at the Marque are paper-thin when it comes to noise. It was our misfortune to discover on our first day in our new apartment that we have a heavy-footed stomper above us. Unlike most normal people, who kick back after dinner, she stomps nonstop around her apartment, sometimes all night long, moves furniture, drops heavy objects on the bare floors, opens and closes the sliding door to the balcony every few minutes, slams cabinet doors, washes clothes, etc. This has happened nearly every night in the 4.5 months since we moved here--we can count our nights of uninterrupted sleep on one hand.
After the first three weeks of nonstop noise at night, we told our noisy neighbor that her noise-making was keeping us awake at night--the result of our conversation being that her noise-making only got louder and longer. Welcome to the Marque.
An article in the Washington Post has other suggestions, one of them being:
"If you’re not comfortable talking with your neighbors..., take your noise concerns to your landlord or building manager. “If you let them know about your problems, they should be more than happy to investigate them,” says Doug Culkin, president and CEO of the Arlington-based National Apartment Association (4300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400, Arlington; 703-518-6141). “And if there is a legitimate concern, they will go to the neighbors.”
After the first three weeks of nonstop noise at night, we told our noisy neighbor that her noise-making was keeping us awake at night--the result of our conversation being that her noise-making only got louder and longer. Welcome to the Marque.
An article in the Washington Post has other suggestions, one of them being:
"If you’re not comfortable talking with your neighbors..., take your noise concerns to your landlord or building manager. “If you let them know about your problems, they should be more than happy to investigate them,” says Doug Culkin, president and CEO of the Arlington-based National Apartment Association (4300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400, Arlington; 703-518-6141). “And if there is a legitimate concern, they will go to the neighbors.”
Forget about this suggestion, because the Marque's management company, Community Realty Company, Inc. in Greenbelt MD, doesn't enforce the rules:
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and the owners, Huntgain Marque, LLC, don't care.
So, if you like to sleep at night, and you're not a betting person (that you'll be fortunate enough to get an apartment under someone who sleeps at night), then, trust me, the Marque apartments at Heritage Hunt in Gainesville VA is not the place for you.
The Marque Apartments at Heritage Hunt
Gainesville VA
Community Realty Company, Inc. (CRC)
Huntgain Marque, LLC
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