8/6/19
Tyranny of the Board
I would not recommend anyone rent an apartment in the Greenbriar unless they enjoy being unduly fined $500 for unreasonable purposes without any repeal process.
During my two years spent living in the Greenbriar my roommates and I were fined a twice for the smell of marijuana. We informed management that it the smell was not coming from our apartment but were told that we were the only renters on that wing of the building and that they would not even consider the possibility that the smell was... coming from a owner's residence. We told the decision to fine us was made by the Board of which only owners are allowed to be on, and we were told that there was no way for us to repeal the decision.
Additionally when I attempted to scheduled a time to move out, I was told that residents are now allowed to move out during the weekends. Like most D.C. residents I work weekdays 9-5 so I asked for an exception to be made. I was once again told it was up to the Board and that they would make no exceptions to what I believe to be an incredibly unreasonable and unfair policy. Additionally was informed that moving out "illegally" would result in another $500 fine.
These are just two of the many examples I can think of in which we, as renters, were treated as second class residents in the building and were subjected to unfair regulations and threatened will financial penalties. Living in the Greenbriar was a never ending headache.
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