Apartment Review for Worthington Terrace (Baker Rental) - Columbus, OH

The townhomes are about $550/month, the price can't be beat. Great location, right at corner of Broadmeadows & High St., 1 mile north of Morse Rd. There is plenty of parking; onsite laundry. No pets, but some tenants do sneak cats in (unless they've started allowing cats since I moved in). I have lived here longer than anyone else as of this writing (6yrs.); turnover is fairly high. In 6yrs. I have not had any problem with crime though there is white trash housing next door and welfare housing down the street (have probably seen maybe 2 or 3 cars in my lot broken into in that time but not much more). Most of the townhome tenants are young singles or young couples; some elderly (rare) and some foreigners. Noise level is quiet enough to be acceptable; loud enough to not feel like a bloody nursing home. Other than the occasional party, neighbors rarely make alot of noise on a daily basis (some with children will have their kids racing up & down the stairs all day, but kids are like that). Because of high turnover, one year you could have college brats partying all the time, the next year you'll have a young family with one or two under 10yrs kids, the next year, you could sling a dead cat through here and not hit a soul. So, it is very hard to accurately gauge the noise level. Management definitely needs to take better care of their tenants, though; however, the price might help to make up for that, depending on what your standards are. I've had minor problems continue for years before being fixed (some still haven't been), and alot of fixes are quick fixes and don't look very professional. You really have to keep on them. I'll be leaving soon, but because I've outgrown the place moreso than any other reason. The poor service might make you want to leave, but the price would keep you there. One recent example of poor service: they tore up the pool and instead of putting in more parking for the convenience of the people who lived behind the pool, they planted some grass and some corny gardenrama thing -- all the plants died, they haven't replanted, nor did they lower rent for taking out the pool.