The Courts at Dulles

Agree to other neighbors’ review. This place is not bad only if you lower your expectation. Few notes here for serious renters.
1) Overall management quality is steadily falling down. Pickup package system is updated but you still have to track your Amazon box on your own and sometimes package is not even logged in the system. BTW, I never get notification email (check spam box too) and my info in system is correct.
2) Leasing office is very descent but you don’t need it. Gym is little bit small, considering this is a medium size community. TV on treadmill never work. Three treadmills but only two are available now, so better jog outdoor and do lifting here. Peak hour is 7−8AM and 5−8PM.
3) Indoor appliances are cheap but I won’t blame because the rent is cheap too at first year. Please be aware dishwasher/​refrigerator are so noisy; oven exterior is hot, be careful and be safe!
4) Trash is usually overflow on weekend so do wisely choose your unit away from the garbage collection area. I’ve seen a lot of people try to squeeze their trash but they have no choice to stack trash pile higher.
5) Hot water is limit, so don’t use washer and take shower at the same time while indoor heating system consumes water too.
6) If you live at higher floor, watch out the cracked concrete step plates, they don’t take the crack seriously until it completely breaks. So for 1^st floor residents, watch out the falling rocks.
7) However, maintenance guys are professional and quickly fixed any problems tho, I do learn a lot of knowledge from them.
Overall, here is a good place for people who just came to this area or with limited budget. A lot of communities in this area are waiting for your considering. Good luck to your house hunting, my friend.

I just moved here and yes, the complex was immediately sold. The management of the place is horrid. They have no clue what they are doing. And there are no parking spaces! I have had to park almost half a mile from my apartment when I work late. They make promises about the place getting better but nothing happens. It’s not cheap either. There are places where the rent is just a little higher but the amenities actually exist. There are zero amenities here!
Update: I recently fell while taking out the trash early one morning before sunrise because I couldn’t see a small stair leading from the trash back down to the sidewalk. I told the manager that day and he said, well, we can’t do anything because you fell down a stair. I am not looking to sue, I merely wanted to document that I fell in writing, just the where and when, but he refused to let me. I looked and have pictures — the stair is small and the path is downhill — you cannot, in any lighting, see a stair present from going back to the sidewalk. But though it’s a small stair, when you miss it you really fall quite far and land hard because it’s going downhill. My knees and hands were cut and bleeding badly and I hit my head (though luckily, on the dirt next to the concrete path and not the concrete) I heard they are working on putting yellow tape there now. But it’s not there yet. My knees, 2 weeks later, are still in excruciating pain because I suffer from osteoarthritis.
Also, they added a small room accessible ²⁴⁄₇ to renters that serves as a business office. I used it once to print something out when my printer was being obstinate with my wifi one day. It lacks a fax machine, but otherwise was okay. I think there are two computers available. The fitness room is also (I think) accessible ²⁴⁄₇ but there’s not a lot there; may be a couple of elliptical machines and a bike. I don’t know if there is a weight machine there or not, I’ve only seen it from the glass wall outside in the hall, but it is a very small space!
I live up high and have just turned on my heat, but, the other reviewers are correct in that it doesn’t heat up — ever! And until the nightly temps went into the 20’s and below on consecutive days, I had no need for heat, I practically live in a toaster — I’m not blaming anyone for the heat but myself — I just happen to live in an apartment that is very high and gets a lot of sun, so I had my AC running this unseasonably warm winter until Jan, 2016!
I have not consulted maintenance for anything since I moved in, but they were pretty responsive, even after hours. I need some bulbs replaced so I will see how that goes. I guess there is little point in complaining about the cold air blowing in from the heat vents, but I will give it a shot.

They just sold this mess and went lower than 1 star. They are now closed on Sunday so the lobby and all the goodies they show off their great pool room their office space etc are not open when you need to use them, Their maintenance went from bad to so so bad, forget about service after hours unless your apartment is on fire. Log on to their web site for service but they have two page legal documents that you have to accept before you get an account. Do not be fooled by the nice office and lobby — it is wiped cream on top of a trash dump.

I have to agree with the others. It’s an OK place to live if you have no where else to go. But do yourself a favor and keep looking. Utilities are extremely high. Water runs about 75 a month (for 2 people who work all day) and electric runs close to 200/​month. Heating and Cooling system is old and breaks every other week. Maintenance puts a band aid on the problem, but never really fixes the issue. Yearly increase is expensive over 80 per month.

Do not believe any review on apartment websites. They’re ALL fake!!!
Overall, it’s an okay place to stay. But if you can afford a little bit more please do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. Some of us are stuck here but you have an opportunity to avoid a big mistake.
The biggest thing that sucks about this place is parking. Not only is there barely any parking for residents, but there is virtually NO parking for visitors. There is one small area for visitor parking for the whole community and that area is like a mile from some of the buildings. So imagine making your visitors walk so much in the bitter cold. Trust me, when we moved in, we thought we could handle it and it would be a non issue. But now we have to bundle up and drive to the visitors spot everytime someone comes over and it’s very inconvenient.
One night, my elderly parents were visiting and there was no parking at visitors. So we parked in an empty spot around my building thinking we would move the car next morning. But nope. Got towed.
The management is no help. They make empty promises. When we complained and explained the situation to manager, she said we can park in some parking garage few blocks from the community when there’s no spots open.
Then we went in to ask for a parking permit for my parents because they visit a lot. But nope, they didn’t let us do that either.
Run. As far you can. Avoid at all costs. I have made it my part time job that I scare away as many potential renters as possible. I have a huge circle so I have already avoided many many friends from renting here.