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	The Ridge At Taylor Station 321 Directory Drive Columbus,  Oh 43213 614-861-6136 Rating Recommend:    No Overall Rating:  1.0 Security:  3.0 Parking:  5.0 Appearance:  5.0 Management:  2.0 Maintenance:  2.0 Unit Condition:   3.0 Noise:  3.0		Review Title:  Go Elsewhere Reviewer:  Anonymous   Review Date:  11/7/04      Rate This Apartment     When I first moved to this small community, the place was wonderful. The owners were in the Cleveland area and the onsite manager (who is very friendly and a great manager) was allowed to run things as she saw fit. She and the maintenance staff lived onsite and were quite friendly. The place had a real community feel to it. Many of the tenants were also long-term; this place even had a waiting list and didn't even have to advertise in any of the rental guides! I also loved my apartment, which has lots of windows and a neat layout, and the location is great. Rents were low, and I have two cats and didn't have to pay a deposit for either of them and nothing was added to my rent, either. Then, the Cleveland owners had to sell the place, and a local--and completely incompetent-- management company took over. They canned one of the maintenance men. The onsite manager and the other maintenance person now live offsite. They micromanage; the onsite manager has been reduced to doing paperwork; she has no authority any more. We can't even drop off our rent checks to her at the onsite office; we have to drive to the northwest side of town (from the far east side) to drop it off at the corporate office.I don't want to mail my payment, because if they don't get it by the 5th of the month, they charge $25 late fee--even if the payment is postmarked the 25th. Worst of all, one of the units (each has 24 apts.) burnt almost completely down this spring and a 25 year old woman died in the fire. There have been several other fires here as well. The management company couldn't wait to start rebuilding. Since then, they've had arson inspectors coming around questioning the tenants and being quite rude. Nearly everyone who lived here when I moved in is gone now, and this place now rents to anyone. Also, once the new company took over, I've not gotten a lease from them except right at first; I had to badger them about it and it was three months late! Since that time, they've never given me another lease and that was nearly 3 years ago. I plan to move ASAP.

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