Meridian At Ballston Common

I lived in this building for 3.5 years and loved it! It’s an amazing location being only half a block from the Ballston metro and surrounded by restaurants, bars, and coffee places. It’s also next to the Ballston Mall which has restaurants and a movie theater. The location is incredibly convenient in the middle of winter, when you don’t want to go far.
The pros are:
–great location
–clean and well kept
–friendly staff
–concierge is there most of the day/​night and it’s convenient to pick up packages at all hours
–allows cats (no dogs) at a reasonable monthly rate & pet deposit
–rent is NOT raised a ton upon renewal and the management is willing to negotiate
–generally quiet building/​surroundings
–farmers market directly downstairs in the little park on Thursday evenings in the summer
–Maintenence is great and the response time is within 24hrs for non-​emergencies and sooner for more pressing issues
The downsides are:
–it’s a little expensive (but you can get decent move-​in specials)
–does not have updated appliances
–parking is expensive and the garage can be a little tight
–visitor parking is $ 10/​day (pricey)
–expensive/​difficult to get additional keys/​fobs
–once in a while you’ll hear [drunk] neighbors in the hallway late night but that’s probably to be expected with the young demographic in the building

Really a great place to live. Knocked off 1 star for not updating/​renovating the units. Building is clean and nice, staff is friendly and attentive, maintenance is superb, parking is just fine considering its Arlington, price is about right if you get specials, gym and pool are nice.
A bit noisy on the Taylor and Wilson side due to street noise and fire station up the road. Not too bad though.
Parking is fine. Lived there for two years with a nice car and never ever had a problem. Park within the lines and you’ll be fine. There a few «single» spots you can nab and lower levels aren’t very crowded. $ 75 for first spot, $ 150 for second.
Even if this is more expensive then renting a condo or lower tier place, the added convenience of after hours package pickup and speedy maintenance is worth it.
We received our entire deposit back, surprisingly.
The sunroom is worthless unless you cram a poor soul in there. That soul better leave the room after 9am because whatever temperature it is outside, that room is the same temp (freezing at night in winter, boiling in the day all year) even with the HVAC vent on (thermostat is not in that room, its in the family room).

Just signed the lease for August 2015. The staff all seem very friendly and helpful. They were very patient and accommodating throughout the process from start to finish, especially Zevar. Zevar seemed like a nice, helpful lady. Looking forward to our stay here. Will post another update once we move in.

Very clean, well maintained building. Commensurately very expensive.
Street noise and AC/​ventilation noise is relatively high on East side.
Most parking spots in the basement parking are very narrow. Although access to building is by FOB and there is a concierge, my bike was stolen from the locked biking storage area in the basement and management acknowledged that another bike was stolen from the same place a week before I reported mine.

By far the best building I lived in. Everyone is so professional, helpful and kind. You feel like staying at a five star hotel. The location is awesome, facilities, people. Feel safe and love coming to my new home!

The Meridian at Ballston Commons’ apartments is a great place to live and there are many reasons for this:
1. The apartments are convenient to the Metro Orange line just ½ blocks away.
2. The building is also convenient to walk to many restaurants, bars, grocery stores and other merchants including the Ballston Commons mall with Macy’s right across the street.
3. The building is kept very clean on a daily basis, has a concierge at the front desk to handle all incoming packages and visitors and all the maintenance requests we’ve made for our apartment over the 4 ½ years living here have been handled quickly and with high quality.
4. It’s nice to have a park right next to the building.
5. The fitness center and pool are well maintained and very adequate for the size of the building.
6. The staff is very friendly and helpful and really works hard to keep everything running smoothly as well as show appreciation for residents with parties for holidays or resident appreciation week once per year.
7. Since I moved in the lights in the halls have been replaced, all common areas have been repainted, new marble has been installed by the elevators on all floors and the upstairs club room has been completely refurnished; it’s beautiful.
I can enthusiastically endorse and recommend the Meridian at Ballston apartments based on living here over four years and getting similar reviews from other residents I talk with.

Apartments and the building itself are a bit dated, but fine, and James the concierge guy is awesome. Here are the issues…
It’s sooo noisy! The building is located right next to an assisted living high rise, so if your apartment faces north or west, expect to hear about 6 – 10 extremely loud blaring fire trucks per week. Sometimes more… If it faces east, you only have to deal with noisy buses all the time which I can actually get used to. Get an east facing apt if you can.
The club room upstairs is nice, but you can only bring a couple non-​residents up there at a time unless you rent it by the hour for $$$$$, so what’s the point.
My car got towed from the downstairs lot while I was on vacation, (bill was $ 400+) because my parking pass fell off the rear view mirror, so they towed me rather than looking up my car’s info which they had on file.
I hate giving bad reviews, and renting here might actually be affordable by Arlington standards, but trust me, look elsewhere.

Having lived here previously for over 2 years and just recently switched places, i have had a chance to see this place go through a lot of different staff and changes! this place is pricey, yes, but it is right across from the metro and a lot of restaurants/​bars. Ballston in general has had a lot of development going on so I can only see this place renovating more and getting even better. The upstairs club room has been renovated to a gorgeous layout and although it would be great if the pool was bigger, i can’t complain since it is a rooftop pool! I would definitely stay here again if I were to move back to Arlington and of course, miss my favorite concierge guy, James!!!

A nice building, great location, decent amenities, nice units (though small). VERY EXPENSIVE. I would not live here again because the price is not worth the location. Mostly quiet, nice people. Wonderful rooftop pool, although very small. James at the front desk was wonderful, maybe sometimes TOO helpful running errands for some residents in the building while on the job.
Huge deposits, which are not returned. The office staff was also not very helpful upon move out. My roommates stayed and I moved to a new building, and I was unable to get any of my deposit back because I was «no longer on the lease». Although the building was aware that our lease was ending and that I personally would not be renewing. I had a fast one pulled upon me and the office was less than helpful. They told me to take it up with my roommates, who obviously had tried to scam me on purpose. Even if the traditional move out procedure was completed, I cannot imagine them returning any of the one month’s rent we put down for a deposit.

I lived in this apartment complex for a year in 2007. I hadn’t found Unilocal yet, or I would have written earlier. I absolutely love this apartment complex, the only reason I left was because I could find a room mate quick enough to get a two bedroom.
It is a bit on the expensive side but they have an awesome pool, updated gym, 24 hour concierge, the only thing they don’t have which its been a couple of years was a business center, which my current apartment has.
I felt like I lived in a hotel, it was always clean and in a great location, close to metro and everything at the mall and surrounding area.