My experience at “Mold” at Hyattsville:
I am terminating my lease early due to ongoing health, safety, sanitation, security, maintenance, and management concerns that were never adequately addressed during my residency.
Many of the issues I experienced were not minor inconveniences. They were hazardous conditions that affected the health, safety, and well-being of residents and their families.
Throughout my residency, I dealt with repeated air conditioning failures, water damage concerns, possible mold concerns, pest issues involving mice, rats, and roaches, broken amenities despite residents paying amenity fees, sanitation issues throughout the property, and ongoing security concerns.
One of the most disturbing incidents involved human waste being left in the parking garage behind resident vehicles for more than a day before it was cleaned. No resident should have to walk through or park near human waste in a residential community. This was a serious health and sanitation hazard and should have been addressed immediately.
Security was another major concern. Residents pay for a secured building and secured parking garage, yet homeless individuals were frequently sleeping inside the building and in the garage. The stairwell door located in the garage remained unlocked for the entire duration of my residency, allowing unrestricted access. In addition, building doors that were supposed to remain secured often did not lock properly.
As a resident paying for a controlled-access building and garage, it was unacceptable to continuously encounter unauthorized individuals inside the property while basic security measures were not being maintained. These conditions created legitimate safety concerns for residents, especially families with children.
My biggest concern, however, was the conduct and professionalism of management.
When my son was only seven days old, our air conditioning stopped working during the summer. I sat in the leasing office holding my newborn baby while explaining the situation. He was wearing only a short-sleeved onesie because of the extreme heat and was struggling to take his bottles. Despite this, I was told that having no air conditioning was not considered an emergency.
As a mother of a newborn infant, I found that response shocking, dismissive, and completely lacking in compassion.
After that interaction, I lost confidence in management's willingness to address legitimate resident concerns. Rather than focusing on the unresolved maintenance and habitability issues, I was later asked to come to the office after hours under the impression that the conversation involved my lease. Instead, the discussion focused on why I was not communicating directly with the property manager.
When I explained that I did not find her approachable or personable based on our previous interactions, the conversation became hostile. During that meeting, I was threatened with a lease violation if I ever brought my "ass" back into the leasing office again. Those were the words used by the property manager.
To be spoken about in that manner after repeatedly raising concerns regarding health, safety, security, sanitation, and habitability was completely unprofessional and unacceptable.
What is most disappointing is that management appeared more concerned with who residents spoke to than addressing the actual issues being reported. Residents should not have to fight for basic maintenance, security, sanitation, and professional treatment.
I am sharing this review in the hope that ownership and corporate leadership take a serious look at the management practices, maintenance response procedures, security failures, sanitation standards, pest control efforts, and overall treatment of residents at this property.
Residents deserve safe living conditions, responsive management, and respectful communication. Unfortunately, that was not my experience here, and I cannot recommend this community to prospective renters.
RA
Robert Allen-Williams
May 27, 2026
We initially had a great experience working with Tanae, who was kind, professional, and helpful throughout the beginning of the leasing process. Unfortunately, once management responsibilities appeared to shift to Charmaine, the entire experience went downhill very quickly.
The first major red flag was being given incorrect information regarding the base rent price. For people relocating from out of state, accurate pricing information is extremely important, and starting the process with incorrect numbers immediately caused concern.
Communication afterward was honestly terrible. Almost every question we asked was met with “I’ll get back to you,” yet we rarely ever received a callback or follow-up unless we repeatedly contacted the office ourselves. We even called trying to get simple information needed to set up mail forwarding for our move, and somehow even that could not be handled properly.
The most frustrating part was our repeated attempts to speak with the Community Manager. We called several times requesting to speak with management, yet she was conveniently “unavailable” every single time and never returned our calls. As potential renters moving from another state, that level of inaccessibility and lack of communication was extremely concerning.
Our final interaction completely solidified our decision not to move forward. Instead of acknowledging the ongoing communication issues, we were spoken to as though we were confused, despite our concerns and questions remaining consistent from the very beginning. There was also a very obvious attitude during the call after it became known that we had reached out to someone else regarding our concerns.
Overall, this was a very disappointing experience. A leasing office should be organized, communicative, and professional, especially when dealing with prospective residents making a major out-of-state move. Unfortunately, that was not our experience here at all.