The Seville Apartamentos

I would not recommend The Seville apartments based on my experience living here for the last 9 months. If you look at previous 5-star reviews, you’ll notice a majority of them mention Shelby (who was amazing) but she no longer works here. When she left, so did the the community building events and management attentiveness/personal touch. I’m now counting down the days until I get to leave.

Pros:
- Thick walls
- Location is really accessible
- Maintenance is pretty responsive and during the... weekdays Rosa does a great job cleaning the building’s shared spaces
- Utilities are included in the rent

Cons:
- I dealt with exhaust fumes entering my apartment for a month and a half. Property management knew the cause of the issue and instead of taking immediate action to resolve it (as simple as moving a car outside) they brushed off the health risk by offering an air purifier and a carbon filter, both of which physically displayed the fume’s effects but did not fix the problem. After 6 weeks of almost daily fumes and frustrating emails, they finally enacted the solution they should have done from day one. Note that the ventilation system was never addressed by management and pollution from other units continues to enter the apartment (ie cigarette smoke).
- The Seville’s “security” is almost non-existent (picture off-hours-only security guards that don’t take note or interact with anyone coming in/out of the building.) This leads to a lot of people entering the building that shouldn’t be.
- I’ve had cockroaches twice
- The “buy nothing” that started in the lobby has turned into a dumping ground for residents’ trash and it gets overwhelming on weekends until maintenance comes back on Monday mornings to dispose of the leftovers.

I wish I could say you pay for what you get here, but even that would be too forgiving. The rates are comparable with many luxury building apartments in the area, the cons far outweigh the pros and the pros can easily be found elsewhere. I highly recommend steering clear of The Seville and other Gelman Property Management buildings. Lee mas

Shelby is literally the best, so efficient and warm and the best office manager! The staff is great, and the location is such a fun space to be in DC.

I was a tenant at the Seville Apartments for almost two years. The location is great, and the included utilities are an amazing perk. However, I didn’t have the best experience like everyone else seemed to have on these reviews.

Overall, management lacked authority, professionalism, and poor execution to several of my issues. I lived on the sixth floor and for context kept an extremely clean apartment. I dealt with a kitchen sink leak issue which took about three weeks to get fixed – this led... to cockroach problems. I also had mice issues and caught about four. I lived across the trash chute and residents constantly left dirty recycling and trash in that room. I had a serious ceiling leak in my bathroom with water leaking through the heat bulb lamp. There was a terrible smoke smell I was dealing with through the vents of my bathroom, the building manager admitted the resident below me vaped so to fix the issue maintenance taped charcoal filters over my bathroom vent. An item fixed to my bicycle was stolen in the garage. Also, this building does not switch on the a/c until May so if you decide to live here invest in some good fans for March/April for those hotter-than-expected days.

And the day before I moved out, I was falsely accused of stealing headphones from a resident. The building manager showed security footage to a resident without fully examining it, and the resident came to my unit, banged on my door, and demanded them back. My privacy was violated and I have been dealing with emotional trauma since. I’m thankful nothing happened to me physically and glad to not be living at the Seville Apartments anymore. Lee mas

This building is in a great location -- <5 min walk to Wholefoods, ~15 min walk to Trader Joes, and there are so many restaurants and shops nearby! It's also super close to the metro.

The maintenance team work hard to keep the building very clean. Shelby, the building manager, is extremely responsive and always goes the extra mile to make the living experience so great (doggy days, girls nights, trivia, pool parties...).

The building is a bit old and there have been a few issues here and... there, but they have all been resolved quickly! Lee mas

I lived here two years with my cat and had a wonderful experience. All of the buildings staff are excellent and very responsive. I’d highly recommend!