Here's the update: The BMP (rain garden) had to be redone…read morebecause it wasn't draining, and I had a mosquito issues. Tried to address it with Monarch first, they told me to basically take a hike. Went to Fairfax county who forced them to redo the BMP. Fast forward to months later, my yard looks like a war zone. Why? I have a ravine in the front yard. They redid the front yard design without showing us the plan. My sprinklers were cut up, driveway damaged. Monarch wants me to sign off on an agreement to remove all of the bad reviews first before they'll finish the work. I have two holes on the basement ceiling which they caused and refuse to fix. The hole was to try to locate the issues on the main floor which feels loose. I had the floors inspected and several issues was found which have yet to be fixed. I still have bowing walls I finally had to have the ceiling drywall issues fixed by my own contractors We still have poor airflow on the mainfloor and basement because the duct wasn't adequately sized. They did add two dampers on the mainfloor and upstairs which didn't help The driveway and walkway continue to crumble. The garage slab continues to crack and have completely seperated from the wall structure. I had a structural engineer assessed and found many issues Monarch have repeatedly dragged their feet on completing their feet on completing the work. The last email from Jason Furtek basically said that the warrant have expired, and they're not finishing the work.

professional team and they did amazing job building our dream home. they are very friendlyread more

The management & maintenance team are top notch and super responsive!…read more When I have a request, they are quick to accommodate. I've been here over 7 years and this team gets it done. ​

We have lived at the Lofts for one year now. We had a bit of a rocky start, but the manager at the…read moretime was accommodating and met our needs. Since then we have had a change in staff and the new manager Georgina has been extremely helpful in a time of personal need. Doug, the maintenance manager, is also very kind and helpful! We are looking to re-sign and stay. :) If you like the area and appreciate working with kind people, do give the Lofts a chance!

I really enjoy living here. I love my unit and enjoy the community very much. It's very convenient…read morebecause of the Metro across. The main Drawback is that the people working in the management of building are some extremely rude and abrasive people.

I would give this place 0 stars if I could…read more The location is great but the association and management are horrendous. The management is very abrasive and has a general disregard for the well-being of homeowners/residents.  A week after we moved in an intruder was spotted leaving the premises. This unknown individual left the doors open. We notified management and they did not care if anything was vandalized, stolen or about what we would need to do next to ensure our safety. They offered no support or guidance. Naturally, we changed the locks immediately and the association hunted us down and forced us to file an application though the rules state we can change our locks in an emergency without an application to any committee. The application was subsequently denied by all levels of management and was followed by a fine of $10 per day for 90 days or $900. This association and management spews vitriol and has been disrupting my day to day life with paperwork, denials and fines. They didn't and still haven't welcomed us into the community: no tours, no guides, no welcome email or anything at all. This is a community that attacks its new homeowners/residents. We went to a board of directors meeting and the board lacked diversity and the members seem to mindlessly follow the president of the board. We will try to leave as soon as we can.

Halstead Square Lotus and Lofts is awesome! I have lived here for several months and have always…read morebeen met with friendly staff and great amenities.

I lived in Halstead for over three years, and if I hadn't needed to move out for my own personal…read morereasons I probably would still be there to be honest. For reference, I lived in Lotus; I don't have experience in the Lofts. Let's start with the pros of this place: - Really convenient access to the metro! It's like a 8 min walk to Dunn Loring Metro, and a 20 min Metro ride (not counting waiting, but that's not Halstead's fault!) into DC itself. - Really close to Mosaic, which has so many good restaurants and places to shop that even though I moved away I'm still finding myself back there on occasion. - It's within walking distance of a Harris Teeter grocery store. I didn't think I'd miss Teeter but I live near a Whole Foods now. I miss Teeter. - It's pretty quiet! You can't hear too much around you. Then again, I absolutely lucked out on my apartment being right next to the elevator. It's the little things, really. - There's a lot of good restaurants around within walking distance. Special shoutout to Jinya, Kiin Imm Thai, a new Shake Shack coming in, Pasty Xpo, and others I completely forget about but I'm sure they're good too and I'm sure I enjoyed eating them. Oh Colada Shop! Yeah that's a great place to have a good coffee and some empanadas. - The apartments are great. They're spacious, roomy and you can fit a LOT in there. Mine had a fantastic view of Mosaic, and I kind of miss it, since I'm now staring into an office building. I'm sure the people on the other side aren't thrilled at seeing me either, but thems the breaks. - The Playland is great if you want to grill, chill or just soak up some sun. - The staff is spectacular. Special shout-outs to Jasmine, Ann, and Beth, three of the best concierges whom I do miss deeply. They made my life so much more enjoyable, and they're such nice people and great to talk to. The fact they put up with me is a testament to their patience and kindness. - Though I hadn't gone to the gym or the basketball court since the world turned upside down, in the Before Times I quite enjoyed them. It was kind of fun to play hoops even though my coordination is that of an infant. - The maintenance team is top notch! They're very responsive and very nice. - When I had a slight dispute with my move-out (nothing major, so don't worry), the staff was courteous and the issue was resolved promptly. The leasing staff is very nice, though there's been turnover since I've been there so I never got to know them well enough. It happens in this industry and is pretty normal; it's not anything to worry about. So that's the good part. However, I do feel compelled to warn people about one particular aspect of this place, and that's the elevators. If I was given the ability to go back in time and change two things from the past, it's a pretty easy answer for me. First, I would kill Hitler before he could cause catastrophic damage (because come on, this is a layup and so much good would come from that) and I would fail the designers of this place in school so they never get their architecture license or whatever and watch their dreams crushed before my eyes. Whoever thought that it would be good to design a place that has ONLY two elevators for ~250 units, and one of them be the service elevator, which is frequently locked down for move-ins and move outs, was truly galaxy-brained. What this means is that only one elevator will be operational for the entire building at times. None of this is the current staff's fault; they didn't do anything to design this abomination. But it's something to keep in mind because you're gonna be waiting on weekends to go downstairs unless you take the stairs. God help you if you're on 6. Though I will say you'll get some really nice muscle definition and endurance training if you choose to walk up and down the stairs! But even with that, I would recommend leasing here. From the location to the staff to the myriad of things to do around there, it's really a wonderful place to be. I made a lot of memories there, and you can too. Trust me. Would a guy with a Bob Vila avatar lie? Absolutely not. So go! Rent here! Seriously I'm not kidding you should. Thanks for the memories, Halstead. I'll always treasure them.

I think some people need to leave their bubble and get out and live a bit more! Anybody wanting to…read morecomplain about this place isn't good enough for it, anyways! Down to earth residents (90%) with luxury amenities and very professional staff! I spent over 10 years in the Army and THIS is a what I call living the high life! Now, the snobs will wave their feather fans and say "well that little low-born doesn't know any better". I will say "This is the place to be if you love luxury but also want a laid back and down to earth environment." Got my only little spot with amazing view, quality appliances, beautiful apartment, and wall to ceiling windows. All Right in the middle of everything, including walking distance to a metro station. But OMG! The GRILL WASN'T CLEANED!!!!! LOL. People can be so over dramatic about the dumbest things. THEN GO GET A CLEANING TOOL AND CLEAN IT!!! Anyways, I love it. If you are a snob? You'll hate it. Down to earth, respectful of others, and don't take life "too" seriously (But still a bit seriously)? You'll love it! -Mac

Oh boy is this going to be a long one. Where should I start. I moved here from Fairfax in October…read moreof 2024 to what appeared to be "luxurious" living in Adaire. The unit I was shown was great appearance wise and so did the amenities. Probably 2-3 weeks of living here is when the ENTIRE buildings cooling towers (this system handles the AC) went out. While it was technically fall, it was warmer than usual and so my upper 22 second floor apartment was reach temperatures of 90 degrees inside with my balcony door open and the singular window in the bedroom swung open as well. This was the case for over a month where the building management did authorize a singular month of rent credit to all tenants and some. I'm not sure if graystar has owned this property from the get go but right after this event is when we saw "new management" come in and take over. Multiple floors had HUGE 8x4 holes ripped in them as contractors worked to fix the cooling tower system. On multiple occasions did the elevators shutdown and people were forced to queue extremely long waits of some even half an hour. Summer 2025 - the building / halls were extremely warm with temperatures in the halls reaching 80 degrees probably as a penny pinching way to save money on cooling. There's three - level 2 chargers for an entire building and a lot of Teslas/EVs so expect to need to check in almost immediately once a spot opens up. Not to mention one is in poor condition with the electrical cable obviously damaged and frayed. The fitness center door was propped open leading to the balcony and swarmed with the lantern bugs we saw so many of this year. The upper floor amenities were decent at best with the biggest plus being secured access garage for parking (we'll revisit this in a bit :)) and fitness center and rooftop pool with grill area. On October 30 my sports car was stolen from the parking garage level P2. Not only was it stolen from the secured access parking garage but they had also GAINED entry into the building. I notified PD after I had come back from Halloween weekend that my car was stolen and had asked the concierge if I could have the security footage provided to me for insurance purposes. I was told that it would have to be ran by the manager for the building. Okay cool, Monday comes along and I received a single email indicating that they had called the officer that responded but would not release any footage unless a form was filed by the PD officially. You have got to me kidding me. I'm at the whims of an overworked police department to secure footage of my OWN car being stolen??? Ridiculous. Not only that but I'm pretty sure no one from corporate at Graystar has any clue that this happened. So I will be following up through legal means as necessary. Just so many lapses in security in this building and so many issues that come as a result of extremely poor management. I cannot believe that my car gets stolen literally days before my lease ended but I'm so glad that it has. This building honestly needs to be sold off to another property owner because graystar obviously does not care. I have two points of commendation and it's solely for the morning concierge team who are not only helpful and nice but also care for the people who reside in this building. The maintenance team that handles the in unit repairs and upkeep are also worthy of praise as they swiftly take care of repair orders. Office staff / leasing in my opinion needs some serious work in order to manage this property. I DO NOT RECOMMEND YOU LIVE HERE IF YOU OWN ANYTHING OF VALUE. Will never recommend this building to anyone even if my life depended on it. I'm sure I missed something else but I'm so through with this place I'd rather forget I ever lived here. Thanks Adaire for truly being the worse building I have ever lived in.

Safe, clean, great apartment building. Leasing office communicates and stays in contact with…read moreimportant newsletters that come to my email inbox.

I met Michelene at Avalon Mosaics during my tour today. She's truly an amazing and helpful person,…read moreand I really appreciate her work. Thank you again Mechelene. Habon

Great building to live in…read more Bought a place back in 2009 and am still as excited to come home to as I was the first day I moved in. The location is central to everything. Most people say "oh you live in Tyson's, traffic must be awful" but it really isn't since we have access to the toll road right behind the building. It's a shortcut to get in and out quickly without having to go through the heart of the traffic jams. Walls in the building are built with great sound insulation. I have ONCE heard my neighbors and that is only because they threw a party with 30+ people and had the music blasting. The sound could be heard through the windows, not through the floor. I play music fairly loud myself and have only once gotten a noise complaint (I had tons of people at 6am for an after party with a DJ spinning...) Residents are all very respectful, except for a "marm" on another floor which I will happily run over if given the chance. Many young professionals and a large number of international residents. Pool is great in the summer but the music they play up there is terrible; bring your own CD's or ipod. It's a sort of mixture between 'Garth Brooks' meets 'Josie and the Pussycats' on a bad day... Yeah... Try to picture that. Staff: they are all very friendly. I especially like Brody and Artan at the front desk; awesome guys and very helpful.

This is the most amazing team of caring and thorough professionals that I've ever seen an apartment…read morecomplex. Our mother has been living there for over two years now, and she is retired and sometimes requires a little extra assistance with understanding how her heat and air conditioning work, and sometimes the appliances. We are not always there to be able to help her. From the leasing staff, to the concierge, to the groundskeeping every employee is always so helpful and kind to her. You can't put a price on that.

Absolutely love the area and the apartment building. The common areas are always meticulously…read moredusted and cleaned every day. The concierge and maintenance staff go above and beyond to assist and make the building feel like home! We feel very spoiled here with a theater room, game room,common area, swimming pool, grills, and well stocked gym. Would recommend highly!

We had the opportunity to stay at Dwell Vienna Metro Apartments for 13 months while our home was…read morebeing rebuilt after a devastating house fire. The staff at Dwell took excellent care of us during our stay. Despite multiple turnovers in management while we lived there, the residents needs were met. I would particularly like to commend Richie Greer, who is currently the Manager of the building. His cheerful persona, professional knowledge and consistently rapid response to any issues reflects very well on Dwell Vienna Metro Apartments.

I have been living at Dwell Vienna Metro since spring 2019. When I first moved in, the property was…read moremanaged by a different company, and the experience was excellent. The previous management was responsive, professional, and genuinely attentive to residents' needs. Unfortunately, since the management change in 2022, the overall experience has declined significantly. Since the new management took over, I have experienced ongoing issues, including delayed responses, lack of follow-through, and an overall decline in service quality. Matters that should be simple often take days or even weeks to resolve, and communication is inconsistent at best. My most recent experience with parking highlights just how difficult and poorly managed things have become. I currently pay $75 per month for parking. My primary vehicle is in the shop, and I am temporarily using a rental vehicle as a replacement. Despite this being a straightforward situation, I was told I needed to either make repeated trips to the leasing office to obtain a temporary pass or pay again through their parking system. I made multiple attempts to follow their instructions and went to the leasing office twice between 5:05 PM and 5:18 PM during stated business hours. The office was closed, even though I had been told it would be open until 5:30 PM. This forced me to return again, wasting additional time and effort just to resolve something that should have been simple. There is also a clear pattern of unprofessional behavior in how the leasing office is operated. The office is frequently closed during stated business hours or closes early without notice, making it difficult for tenants to get assistance. On a separate occasion, after being told the office was closed due to "unforeseen circumstances," I returned the following day and observed staff inside the office casually socializing with outside guests who did not appear to be tenants. They were engaged in personal conversations during work hours rather than assisting residents. This kind of inconsistency and lack of professionalism makes it extremely frustrating to rely on the office for basic services. Tenants are expected to follow procedures, yet the office itself is not consistently available or operating in a way that supports residents. This is not an isolated issue. There is a broader pattern of poor management, lack of accountability, and disregard for tenants' time. It often feels like residents are being sent in circles rather than helped. Living here used to be a great experience, but under the current management, it has become unnecessarily stressful. There is a clear decline in service, organization, and professionalism. I would strongly advise potential residents to carefully consider this before moving in.

The management here is unbearable to deal with. They will deny your maintenance requests and tell…read moreyou there is no issue for weeks. I was forced to fight with them in order to get safe drinking water in my apartment. See the drinking water with black specks in it that we argued about for weeks because they "couldn't see them". They would not move me out or provide me clean water when the water in my kitchen water was undrinkable and unusable. I had to purchase takeout and buy water bottle packs they never reimbursed me for. It feels like they are slumlords. Please don't live here. I'm waiting for my lease to end before I'm able to move. I've also dealt with bugs while living here. I've rented from 3 other complexes and have never dealt with behavior like this. In fact I've never left a review at anywhere I've ever lived beceause my landlords acted like normal people and treated me with respect. The management here will gaslight you and treat you like an idiot. One of the management staff laughed at me when I was trying to show her the dirty water in my apartment. The manager denied seeing what the maintenance staff could see and agreed with me in, that I have dirty water with black spots in it. I'm unsure why the management has had such dodgy behavior with me, they could be hiding something about the building? Fight for your rights as a tenant when living here because Lerner arrowood management either does not know them or will not respect them. Editing this review: the only bright spot here is the maintenance staff. They are professional, kind, and will try to fix your issues.

Roaches are bad and they have to spray toxic pesticides to control. The dryer exhaust heat into apt…read moresooo air conditioning must work overtime to control temp. The amount of humidity in these apartments is ridiculous! Our bed sheets actually feel moist from the amount of humidity. This place is great if you cannot afford anything but bottom of the barrel accommodation, but to me the amount of electricity to keep the place cool and free of sooooo much moisture tells me that I'd rather pay more in rent and have lesser electricity bills. Also consider the smell. There are no filters in the air intakes. We had to literally duct tape around all pipe cut outs and various none caulked areas to keep the odor from the building out of our apt. Once we ducked taped everything from the bathroom vent to the space around electrical outlets, and pipes the odor was kept minimal. But before we taped everything. The odors from all other apts crept in. Disgusting!