What it actually costs beyond the rent number
The quoted “total monthly price” already folds in mandatory recurring fees, but the one-time and situational charges are easy to miss until move-in day.
| Fee | Amount | When charged | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application fee | $25 | At application | Mandatory |
| Security deposit (refundable) | $500 | Move-in | Mandatory |
| Community amenity fee | $275 | Move-in | Mandatory |
| Utility new-account fee | $15 | Move-in | Mandatory |
| Utility final-bill fee | $15 | Move-out | Mandatory |
| Utility billing admin fee | $5.50/mo | Monthly | Mandatory |
| Pet rent | $50/mo per pet, 2-pet max | Monthly | Situational |
| Assigned parking | $100 to $200/mo | Monthly | Optional |
| Tandem parking | $225/mo | Monthly | Optional |
| Storage space | $40 to $150/mo | Monthly | Optional |
| Late payment fee | 5% of base rent | Per occurrence | Situational |
| Lease buy-out | 100% of base rent | Per occurrence | Situational |
| Reletting fee (early termination) | 100% of base rent | Per occurrence | Situational |
Source: Apartments.com’s fee schedule, community-supplied. The two occurrence fees worth flagging before signing: breaking the lease early carries both a 100% lease buy-out and a separate 100% reletting fee, and insufficient move-out notice adds a 200% charge on top. None of that shows up in the advertised rent figure.
What income you need to qualify
Two different qualifying conventions are in circulation for this property, and they produce different numbers for the same unit. Apartments.com applies the standard 30%-of-gross-income guideline: for the $1,605 studio, that works out to roughly $64,200 in annual income, per its built-in affordability note. ApartmentList lists the requirement for the property as 3x the rent in gross household income, which for the same unit comes to $57,780. The gap is $6,420 a year, driven by the underlying math: 30%-of-gross implies 40 times the monthly rent in annual income, while 3x-rent implies 36 times. If the property’s leasing office quotes the 3x figure at application, that’s the one that governs; verify directly rather than assuming the stricter number applies.
How much income do I need to qualify for a studio at The Henri?Using the 3x-rent rule the property states, roughly $57,780 in annual gross household income clears the $1,605 studio. Using the more conservative 30%-of-gross benchmark, budget closer to $64,200.
Floor plans and what’s open right now
| Plan | Beds/Baths | Sq ft | Total monthly price | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | Studio / 1 | 343 | $1,605 to $1,685 | Now / Jul 1 |
| S3 | Studio / 1 | 478 | $1,781 | Now |
| S2 | Studio / 1 | 477 | $1,806 | Now |
| S5 | Studio / 1 | 522 | $2,068 | Now |
| E6 | 1 bd / 1 | 638 | $1,959 to $2,013 | Now |
| E9 | 1 bd / 1 | 648 | $1,985 | Jun 27 |
| A16D | 1 bd / 1 | 868 | $2,120 | Now |
| B11D | 2 bd / 3 | 1,661 | $5,371 | Now |
Source: Apartments.com, pulled from a live per-unit feed. This snapshot moves fast: the same source shows 34 additional plans currently marked unavailable, meaning today’s open units are a small slice of the building’s 272 total. Confirm a specific unit’s status the same day you plan to tour rather than relying on a cached listing.
The pet policy, read before you book a tour
The Henri allows up to two pets per apartment, cats or dogs, with a 70 lb weight limit and $50 monthly pet rent per animal, according to the property’s pet policy page. Breed restrictions apply; the current restricted list isn’t published on the marketing site and needs a direct call to the leasing office before you commit to a tour with a specific dog. Skipping that call is the single most common way pet owners waste a scheduled visit here.
Are there breed restrictions for dogs at The Henri?Yes. The official policy caps pets at two per unit with a 70 lb weight limit and names specific restricted breeds that aren’t listed publicly; confirm your dog’s breed and weight with the leasing office at (240) 363-1449 before scheduling a tour.
Walking, biking, and the Metro
Two different scoring vendors disagree meaningfully on this address, and the gap is large enough to change a decision.
The White Flint Metro station sits roughly 0.5 miles away, a 9-minute walk, on the Red Line.
Why do the walk score and bike score look different on different listing sites?They come from two separate companies, Walk Score Company and Local Logic, that weight road, transit, and amenity data differently for the same address; neither figure is wrong, they’re measuring the same street grid with different formulas.
The assigned schools
| School | Grades | GreatSchools rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxmanor Elementary | PK to 5 | 9/10 | 0.7 mi |
| Tilden Middle School | 6 to 8 | 8/10 | 0.9 mi |
| Walter Johnson High | 9 to 12 | 9/10 | 1.9 mi |
Source: GreatSchools.org directly for Tilden’s current rating, cross-checked against Zillow and Apartments.com, both of which independently show the same 8/10 for Tilden.
What renters actually report
Three independent samples give three different pictures. Apartments.com shows 3.9 out of 5 across 112 reviews, with a real distribution: 46 five-star, 34 four-star, 15 three-star, 5 two-star, 12 one-star. ApartmentRatings gives the property a B+ epIQ rating across 134 reviews, a comparable middling-to-good score from an even larger sample.
Not the building on Rockville Pike
A separate, unrelated property also uses the name “Henri Apartments” and sits on Rockville Pike rather than at 11870 Grand Park Ave. It has different management, a different contact number, (301) 881-4888, and a single Yelp review describing cheap construction and maintenance delays. Confirm the Grand Park Ave address and the (240) 363-1449 leasing line before booking a tour.
Is this the same building as the “Henri Apartments” reviewed on Yelp with complaints about cheap construction?No. That review refers to a separate property on Rockville Pike with its own management and phone number, not The Henri at Pike & Rose at 11870 Grand Park Ave.
A decade-old building next to two-year-old neighbors
The Henri was built in 2016 as a 272-unit, 12-story LEED-certified tower, according to its CoStar-verified property record on Apartments.com. That makes it roughly a decade old against the newest wave of North Bethesda construction. Two miles north at the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro station, Ravel & Royale at Strathmore Square, a 220-unit twin development, opened in July 2024, according to Bisnow’s commercial real estate coverage. A 2016 building means finishes, HVAC systems, and elevator hardware a full product generation behind a 2024 build; it also means an established resident base and a fixed 272-unit scale rather than a still-leasing-up newer tower. Neither is automatically better.
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