Eden at Bexley Crossing — Attraction in Columbus

I HIGHLY recommend finding somewhere else to live. Eden at Bexley Crossing is run by the biggest slumlords around. My fiancé and I were recently given a 3 day notice to vacate (not even 30 day, though they claim otherwise-- nowhere on the 30 day letter they gave us did it say 30 days to VACATE). We were forced to call off work to move everything in a very short amount of time, and the first day we had to pack, they had our water shut off for most of the day, meaning we couldn't do dishes or laundry in preparation.

My fiancé left a bad review for them on Google a couple of months ago and they started harassing us immediately afterwards, meaning that they were retaliating against him. They entered our apartment with no 24 hour notice to do a "general inspection," less than a week after his review was posted. They also had maintenance come in at least once a week, often with no or limited notice. In his review, my fiancé mentioned that our apartment had black mold and mice, and despite maintenance coming in 5 or 6 times over the course of a month, we continued to see evidence of mice (and saw the live mouse). They also "fixed" the black mold by shoddily gluing plastic over our shower (missing much of the mold present in that room in the process). We were not informed that maintenance would be doing anything like that, and they moved our personal belongings, some to the floor.

Among the issues we experienced were:

1. ancient kitchen cabinetry falling apart (the support beam for our silverware drawer broke)
2. a dishwasher that was installed incorrectly and would fall forward when the door was opened (before I moved in, my fiancé requested that it be fixed multiple times only for them to say that maintenance said it was installed correctly-- they finally fixed it after his review)
3. Roaches and other bugs coming out of drains
4. mice
5. black mold in both bathrooms and the basement (I've been sick for the past four months with symptoms that match mold exposure)
6. cracked foundation
7. bowing floorboards
8. a leaky basement (several things we were storing were damaged beyond saving by water and/or black mold)
9. lack of privacy on the back patio (children go back there often and destroy personal belongings)
10. zero security (my fiancé put up a security camera which was promptly taken down, the security lights in our area weren't even connected, and they made no changes after half of the cars, including mine, were broken into-- though when returning our key, he noticed that the leasing office is well-lit and has plenty of security cameras)
11. prior to me moving in, my fiancé saw 3 drive by shootings-- I know that on one occasions someone was shot in the leg
12. while this apartment complex likes to pretend that they're in Bexley, it's a Columbus address, and although there is a Bexley police station two blocks away, they won't respond to calls for that area.
13. Some neighbors told us that one of their basement stairs broke a few weeks ago while they were walking downstairs with their baby.
14. The same neighbors reported feeling ill after having the heat turned on, multiple times
15. The apartment complex took out nearly all of the trees (destroying and discarding personal property in the process)
16. We couldn't use the parking lot for weeks at a time due to badly scheduled maintenance work-- given zero notice and a car my fiancé owned was towed
17. Rent has raised twice in the past year-- almost $1000/month, up from $600/month my fiancé paid when he moved in
18. crumbling exterior-- -the gutter above our patio fell, ripping the nails out of the side of the building -patio is cracked and has saplings growing -we could see daylight all around our closed front door
19. They locked our garden hose after we used it 4 times, with no explanation-- neighbors can still use theirs

After moving out, my fiancé continued receiving emails demanding rent payment even though we moved out early in the month and had in fact paid and received a receipt from the apartment complex.

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I lived at Barclay Square from June 2012 until July 2017 and I have to say, it was a great experience. I would probably still living there if I did not have to move to Cincinnati for work, so I think it is only fair that I write a review for those who are currently looking

Before moving here, I was looking for a townhome with an affordable montly rent in a safe neighborhood. I read the reviews I could find online and many of them were negative talking about this complex not being safe and noisy. I came and visited twice. I have to confess I was very skeptical about this community. I drove around it a good 5 random times just to confirm the rumors and reviews I was seeing online, but I did not see anything. So I took my chances and moved in.

This was probably the best decision in my years of renting apartments. 8 mins from downtown, 10 mins from OSU campus, 7 mins from the airport, and 15 mins from Easton Town Center (with me driving). I have to let you know, it is not that easy to get approved here, and they have strict rules, but when it comes to you dealing with issues, Carrie (so hot), Melissa, and just before I left Meghan were always on top of it. Most of the time within 24 business hours, my issues were getting resolved. If not, maintenance would leave a note to update on the situation and what the next step would be to get it fixed. It's a very helpful team always nice, listening to complaints and there almost everytime they are needed.

For example, This one girl once moved into the unit next door to mine with her mother and her children. Every night it was either fighting, screaming, or partying. She violated so many rules and received multipe complaint about her. The police had to coe several times to her apartment for noise complaints. At multiple occasions she hosted guests with their dogs in this community that does not allow any dog on the property (otherwise I would have had a dog too. I love Dogs). Everytime I would go try to ask her to ease with noice, she was rather violent. She lasted 3 months before been asked to vacate the premise which was a relief for many of us.

I should mention the windows in the apartments are old, therefore not energy efficient so are some of the appliances. However they have relaced all the electric bulbs with neon bulb which are mre energy efficient.

If you are still hesitating, well do not anymore. Move in and enjoy your stay in this quiet , not-in-your-business community. I still stop by the leasing office whenever I come to Columbus and am in the Bexley area to say "hi" to Carrie.

If I were to return to Columbus, I already know where...

BEES BEES EVERYWHERE. Every summer you can count on this place having a HUGE bee problem; potentially DEADLY for anyone with an allergy. A ridiculous amount of giant carpenter bees have burrowed their way into the walls of many of these apartments, to the extent that it's impossible not to take immediate notice of them. They have huge hives inside the roof-areas just above the doorways to most of these apartments. They're so LOUD and numerous that if you stand on one of these doorsteps, you can hear what sounds like scratching and squirming.... but no- it's not a wild animal trapped within your walls, it's just HELLLA bees! In the morning, you can forget about being able to take your time locking or unlocking your door, because if you aren't quick enough you WILL get stung multiple times. The bees have taken over. Everyone who lives here says the same thing. At night they tap and scratch loudly against the windows. Little children can be seen RUNNING IN FEAR as they exit their homes every day to avoid getting swarmed by this problematic infestation. The main office is aware of the problem, but all they do is occasionally send a guy out to spray some repellent towards the doorways. And y'know what that accomplishes? SEVERELY pissing the bees off for about 2 hours... And then they simply go back to digging into your walls. Something needs to be done about this; it's getting worse and worse each summer. I've spoken to a couple of neighbors who say the bees have gotten all the way into their homes and caused big problems. Other than that, this place is okay, considering how cheap it is at least. But anyone with a bee allergy or phobia or general dislike may want to steer clear. Considering how rapidly endangered bees are becoming it'd be a shame to have to kill all of them I guess, I dunno if there's some kind of "bee-saving" hippie group out there that could simply "save"/relocate these bees instead of killing them or something- but if not, they have got to GO. Tear this rotting wood out already, destroy the hives and fix...