The Crest

DO NOT RENT HERE
This place is a nightmare. We rented at «The Crest» (Metropolitan Management) and it is literally the worst apartment I’ve rented from in 10 years and I’ve lived in Ohio, Toronto (Canada), NYC, and now Seattle.
Our apartment wasn’t finished in time to move in. Our move-​in was delayed by 2 weeks and the floors were never finished and the walls were never entirely painted (one coat and ¹⁄₈^th the walls weren’t even painted — it looked like someone handed a 10-​year-​old a paint brush and said «have at it»). Neither the dishwasher nor washing machine worked on move-​in. The washing machine was fixed, but I didn’t have a working dishwasher for nearly a year. The refrigerator and oven also broke and it took longer than the allocated legal time limit for them to fix both problems.
The previous tenant lost their deposit for handy work that was not tended to (they were charged for new counter tops — that weren’t replaced; and a paint job that wasn’t even halfway finished)
The electrical wiring is a nightmare and most of the plugs don’t work. One of the maintenance people looked terrified when he saw the hack job in my unit and patched them over so they’re unusable with a comment about fire hazard and the wiring being backwards.
This building, built in the 80s, has been severely neglected. Security cameras are inoperable, entrance doors do not close, water damage, etc.
My rent for a 1BR is currently $ 1300 which includes utilities and parking. (No electricity or heat since it’s electric.) (The price was set June 2014.)
Rent at this unit 5 years ago would have been $ 700.
Oh yeah, the garage has been broken into 4 times as drug addicts easily find their way inside. We’re also on the 5^th building manager in in a year. A brand new couple had started when I first moved in… The neighbors who have lived here since 2012 have had 7 managers.
Oh, now our assigned parking amenity has been downgraded to find-​your-​own parking mid-​lease because they lost track of who parked where.

Overpriced Capitol Hill Slum! Management doesn’t care about the security of the building. Front door doesn’t lock, security cameras do not work, vagrants commonly use the parking garage and basement as a home, and repairs take months to even get acknowledged and fixed. Vandals have taken advantage of poor security and tagged all over inside lobby and elevator including the security camera that they found to be fake and marked as such. Find a better place to live.