“Dear PoPville,
Not sure if this is a common experience but my management company sent me a bill for $1. I moved out last month. Mostly pissed, slightly amused at the pettiness. Is this something anyone else has encountered?”
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1600 block of 15th Street, NW
“SELFISH LANDLORD WONT GIFT ME $33K TO MOVE OUT
NEXT DOOR LOSER’S ILLEGAL HOSTEL U SAW ON TV IS NOW MARKD DANGEROUS BY GOVERMENT”
Thanks to A. and M. for sending: “I saw you have post about this from July [also an update in September], also wondering what’s going on in the houses on 15th/Q NW. caution tape is now up and signs have been getting crazier, is it a hostel/ is everything ok?” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
My “luxury” apartment building in Shaw has had one of the main doors broken for 3 months and it’s got no timeline for a fix. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Potomac Place Tower in SW DC hasn’t had elevators working on one side since Oct 10 due to a fire.
There’s no other means of getting upstairs but using the stairs. That’s 150 steps for people like me who live on the 7th floor. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Here’s the situation. I live in the Anthology — a Greystar managed building on H Street. On Wednesday we received an email from management with a “reminder” that bike storage is a paid amenity that costs $50 a month.
The problem is that bike storage has never been a paid amenity here. (more…)
13th and U Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Well major update even though the management company said we could keep them up (won’t make me take them down until after Pride) the church custodian came and tore it all down. Here was the church’s response to taking it down.”
“Good evening tenants, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
After installing Pride decorations outside their 3-unit row house, residents of 2014 13th Street NW (at 13th and U) received the following notice from EJF Rental Services LLC:
On Thu., May 29, 2025, at 5:15 PM, EJF Rentals wrote:
We hope you’re doing well and enjoying your home!
As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our community looking its best and to stay in line with property guidelines, we kindly ask that all flags, banners, and other personal items be removed from the property fence by June 1, 2025.
This request is just about (more…)
Justin writes on Friday:
“y’all doing the annual DC has shitty A/C laws for old buildings?
Every year, when it gets into the 80° range in April, apartment complexes in DC refuse to switch over the air from hot to cold.
Landlords claim that they cannot turn on the “forced air” to cold, because of DC law.
Unfortunately they’re right.”
“Dear PoPville,
I have been a resident of Highview and Castle Manor in Columbia Heights for since May 2020. I learned last week that I have paid $9,000 in “air conditioning unit fees” ($150/month) that other residents are not charged (of 8 I’ve spoken to, none of them pay it). These two ancient AC units don’t run during winter have had no maintenance, and cost less than $250 brand new. It’s completely unreasonable to expect this to come out to $9,000 over the course of five years. (more…)
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photo by Tim Brown
“Dear PoPville,
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about weird electrical usage issues from an apartment building they were renting from. I’ve been having these issues since the beginning of the year and it doesn’t seem like my insanely high bills are associated with the Pepco electrical charge increase – I don’t even have my AC/heater units on.
My apartment is only 650 sqft, Jan was over 300x more than last year, and every subsequent month has been 100-200x more. All that without having the AC/heater running since the cold snaps in January…”