Apartment Review for Park Place At Van Dorn - Alexandria, VA

While the stove and 'frig are cheap (who knew they sold ovens without an oven light, timer or temp indicator so you know when it's reached a given set temperature?), in general, it's better than most. And you *will* pay for it, of course. Sound insulation is as good as any wood-frame construction garden-style apartment complex -- which is to say it's bad. If someone is a heavy walker, you'll hear them. Threats of this or that action being taken with regard to illegal parking, not cleaning up after pets, etc., are without a bite. I've never heard of anyone being evicted for breaking the rules. That said, they have only one complaint with the local county landlord-tenant commission (probably because most people don't know there *is* a landlord-tenant commission for Fairfax County). And that complaint, oddly enough, was filed by the grandmother of a former manager who was defrauding its employer (the manager was living in complex on a bogus lease with her grandmother listed as tenant-resident, and then not paying the rent). Of course, the complaint was dismissed (can't say the manager didn't have balls, filing a complaint about an eviction action when she was defrauding her employer). :)