Comments on: Sneek Peek: Highland Park Apartments

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:35:35 +0000

no, seriously…all dbags should stay in nova where they belong.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:20:23 +0000

“Two bedroom two bath run $2775-3095″. We pay about $3150 on mortgage on our house. We have two floors with 3 bedrooms and big (by DC standards) backyard to ourselves. And we rent the basement out for about $900 a month. Ok, so we have to take care of the house and its quite a few blocks north of this but I think I am happy with the equation.. Having said that, this building is awesome, especially with the restaurants alreday and still coming there. And the views from the top are indeed not bad at all..

By: INMHIIYNTYAH

INMHIIYNTYAH — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:51:51 +0000

I don’t know about buying a condo right now. I already live in one I think they suck beans. There are noisy neighbors, horrible boards, and they aren’t selling like they were. Condo living doesn’t live up to the hype.

By: loganmo

loganmo — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:36 +0000

I ran into a leasing agent last week at Target from there and she said there were around 45 leases signed so far…I don’t know how many units are in the building, but it is alot more than that.

The pricing is a bit pricier compared to the Ellington (which, frankly, I think is a hotter ‘hood, at least when considering the risk of having angry kids throw rocks at you), which is managed by the same company (Bozzuto) and is fairly comprable in terms of finishes and features (albiet the Highland is much cooler in the public areas than the Ellington).

By: e

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:50:08 +0000

For those rents you could easily buy a condo or home of the same square footage, in fact your mortgage payments could be even less than the rent if you put anything down.

I’m curious to see how quickly these rent out, on the one hand it’s a very convenient location, on the other if you plan on being in DC for more than a few years it would make more sense to take that sizeable chunk of cash and buy something (like say, a condo across the street?).

By: INMHIIYNTYAH

INMHIIYNTYAH — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:06:14 +0000

I’m considering it… It’s better than living in NE, which is where I currently live. I get the shootings, robberies, break-ins, gangs, and everything else without the vibrancy and urbanity! I might as well live in CH and enjoy life a little.

By: Thor

Thor — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:23:15 +0000

I am a bit doubtfull that a lot of people will pay $1810-2300/month to live in a neighborhood where there are shootings and gang violence regularly.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:56:45 +0000

I think those folks you know should stay in northern virginia.

By: DG-rad

DG-rad — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:19:31 +0000

i. love. roof decks.

By: loganmo

loganmo — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:03:37 +0000

I agree with ColHeightsChic-I know it is pricey to build a rooftop pool, but what do so many of the new “high”rises in DC not have pools on top-especially since Highland Park was originally going to be condos before the market crashed, I thought people would wanna swim.

We considered moving there, but it was a bit pricey. Right now, only floors up to 3 are aavailable as the building is not done. For many units on the third floor, your view will be that ugly a*s church on the 14th street side of the corner. They wanted almost $1800 for 560 square foot apartment with a view right into the backwall of that church.