Apartment Review for Whitehall Park Apartments - Columbus, OH

I wish that I could write a glowing review of this apartment complex but unfortunately most of the apartment complexes in this area are on the decline and out of all of them Whitehall Park is among the absolute worst. Whitehall Park is owned by one of the largest apartment management companies in Columbus and you would think that this company would either 1.) Hire effective and competent staff to manage the complex and screen for law abiding, civil, and decent tenants 2.)Update and/or at the very least effectively maintain the complex or 3.)Sell it to avoid any association w/such a dump! There have been incidents of shootings in this complex and every drug offense from cooking crack to selling it! Criminals love Whitehall Park! When I moved into my apartment I would often smell this very offensive odor upon entering my building. When a girlfriend whose boyfriend was a drug dealer told me that the smell was the smell of somone cooking crack! So imagine how pleasant that discovery was after just arriving home with a newborn baby and signing a two year lease. Also imagine leaving for work in the morning to see several of your neighbors returning from the liquor store and headed home with a bottle in a bag at 9:00 in the morning. Besides the crime, they can't seem to keep the rental office staffed with decent and professional people. The current property manager's idea of dealing with the criminal activity in this area is not to deal with it. While his predecessor, not only invited criminals to live in the complex but was not herself a law abiding, ethical individual. If you have seen Whitehall Park in the apartment guides all nice and glossy and shiny, DON'T BE FOOLED! Don't even be fooled by visiting to have them show you a decent looking apartment but not tell you about your neighbors in the complex and in the area. Come to Whitehall Park as a last resort but whatever you do don't allow yourself to be schmoozed into believing that all is well here. My advice keep: if you were looking at Whitehall Park as your next home, keep on looking! I am paying off my lease as soon as possible so that I can get out of here! Trust me, I wouldn't let my dog live here.