Apartment Review for Water's Edge Apartments - Columbus, OH

I have lived in a 2 bedroom/2 bath Ranch home in Water's Edge Apartments for a little over 1.5 years (August 2005 through March 2007). Today I dropped off my keys as I bought a house. It was a sad to leave Water's Edge. I have truly enjoyed my stay. The staff has always bee helpful and quick to respond to my questions or maintenance needs. The grounds are always kept looking wonderfully. My ranch home was my haven away from the world. It was quite, spacious and a blessing since it has an attached garage and washer/dryer in the unit. My Ranch is on a corner and has a beautiful bank of evergreens around it which gave me a lot of privacy. Also, it is very close to downtown which is great!

I never had a problem with crime, parking, maintenance, the front office or my neighbors. In fact, I became friends with many of my neighbors, which is unusual for apartment living.

I needed to break my lease a month early since I closed on my house and the office staff worked very hard to get my ranch rented by the end of March so I wouldn't have to pay for April AND a house payment. That was very nice of them, thanks guys!

The only concern I have had (AND IT'S A MINOR CONCERN), is the back gate entrance. Almost every weekend since last summer the wooden gate has been broken down by a large black Ford F-250. My unit is right across from the gate entrance and I would watch him break it down many times over the last nine months. I even went so far as to follow this truck in the complex after he broke the gate down. It turns out he is a resident or lives with a resident. During the summer, I did report this to the front office. I do not know what happened, but he still knocks down the gate. Personally I think he does this for fun because I have seen him use his gate clicker to open the gate as well.

The response of the management has been to add a security bar to keep people from driving around the gate, which is good. They also replace the gate on Monday, which is made out of a wood 2x4. Perhaps a STEEL gate would help deter the truck from plowing it down almost every Friday.

That said, I can say the apartment complex IS safe. I have never had an issue with vandals, theft of unauthorized people in the complex. The back gate is out of the way and unless you live there, you don't even know it exists. And the truth is, that if someone wants to break into your place, they will break in. SO the fact that the back gate is up or down doesn't really matter.

In addition, they keep the front Main gate is great working order which is excellent. Also, my unit has a security system which works perfectly. I know because when I first moved in, I forgot my code and the alarm went off and I got a call from the police asking if I was ok! So to me, a great security system is worth it's weight in gold and that is exactly what I had in my ranch.

So overall, living in Water's Edge was a wonderful experience and I will continue to recommend it to anyone who is looking for a great place to live.