Apartment Hunting

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DeyDurkie5
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Jul 10, 2012 4:36pm
olentangy commons?
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MontyBrunswick
Jul 10, 2012 4:38pm
DeyDurkie5;1222708 wrote:olentangy commons?
They got terribad reviews online. Apparently new management took over recently and they've been halfassing everything.
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Jul 10, 2012 4:46pm
hasbeen;1222707 wrote:Your choice or company's?
Kinda both but there are better opportunities ahead for me there at our corporate office in Bloominington. I have been fighting it for a long time as they have been trying to get me to move up there for years. I finally said I'd do it, looking forward to being closer to my friends in Ohio again though, but I not looking forward to the winters!!
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Jul 10, 2012 4:54pm
dlazz;1222709 wrote:They got terribad reviews online. Apparently new management took over recently and they've been halfassing everything.
I lived there for about 2 and half years. It has it's good and bad. It's ok, for the post college transition, but I wouldn't want to live there again. The places were cheaply constructed, paper thin walls, and you run the chance of being near some loud douchers.

Try Fox & Hound off Henderson Road. There are a few decent complexes up that way....some others off Bethal and Sawmill Rd.
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raiderbuck
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Jul 10, 2012 4:58pm
When I was in CBus, I lived in Westerville. Or rather, right on the line of Westerville and Columbus. My rent was in the $500s. I lived in a one bedroom unit at Hickory Creek on Hickory Creek Lane. My appliances and cabinets were new (they've updated a lot of stuff), it was close to 270 and 71. Only problem is the system that determines their rent price is driving on availability. So, they could advertise a 1 bedroom for $550, but that could mean that there are multiple units left. The price skyrockets once the number of apartments goes down. I HATED that. I remember going in at one price, and literally the same unit only two days later was $80 more per month. The guy literally showed me a chart where the advertised rent price would increase day by day.

On the flip side, I got the unit for about $40 less than advertised because I moved in early. It's a weird system.

Larger cities like Chicago (where I live now) have brokers who will help you find a place. We used one, and we pay $1700 for a two bed room unit in downtown Chicago. I didn't have to deal with the "If you move in on the 1st, it's $xxx, but if you move in on the 15th it'll be $xxx+." F that. My landlord set one price and that was it. Regardless if we moved in one day or the next.

Cliff's notes:
Try Hickory Creek, or try renting from a sole landlord and not a corporation. There's a place right across the street from Hickory Creek, but I can't think of the name. It's a Crawford Community I believe?
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MontyBrunswick
Jul 10, 2012 6:24pm
raiderbuck;1222725 wrote: I lived in a one bedroom unit at Hickory Creek on Hickory Creek Lane. My appliances and cabinets were new (they've updated a lot of stuff), it was close to 270 and 71.
They actually emailed me back today. Arranging a showing there sometime later this week, hopefully.
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Crimson streak
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Jul 10, 2012 9:39pm
I pay 800 here on Hershey for a 2 bedroom it blows.
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derek bomar
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Jul 10, 2012 10:10pm
I used to rent for about 11hundy, got smart and bought this year.
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Jul 10, 2012 10:33pm
fab, you gonna be in Chicago? What part of Illinois?
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Jul 10, 2012 10:35pm
dlazz;1222701 wrote:Is it the one I posted the other day? I saw him pull out on Reynoldsburg-New Albany Rd
Nah, that one you posted is owned by Bugatti. It was in town for a few car shows and a detailing
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Jul 10, 2012 11:51pm
SportsAndLady;1222989 wrote:fab, you gonna be in Chicago? What part of Illinois?

Be in Bloomington/Normal about 2hrs out
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sportchampps
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Jul 11, 2012 2:21am
I would check out renting a condo I. The new Albany area a lot of the time you can find some good dealsThe problem with blacklick is e somiloans taking over the area. It is true most are in the Kennedy road area but, they are killing the schools. The schools have had to go out and hire special teachers to teach on Saturday's bc they refuse to let their kids be taught by women and non somiloans. They are also using the police and fire departments to much due to religious rituals like female circumcisions being performed in their homes.
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Jul 11, 2012 6:23am
Belly will be in Chicago this weekend helping my daughter move into another apartment w/ roommates in Lakeview Area (cheaper rent bigger space)
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Jul 11, 2012 8:31am
Belly35;1223154 wrote:Belly will be in Chicago this weekend helping my daughter move into another apartment w/ roommates in Lakeview Area (cheaper rent bigger space)
What part of Lakeview is she moving to again? I know you've told me this before
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Jul 11, 2012 8:31am
Fab1b;1223100 wrote:Be in Bloomington/Normal about 2hrs out
Hit me up if you're ever in Chi Town!
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Jul 11, 2012 9:10am
SportsAndLady;1223215 wrote:What part of Lakeview is she moving to again? I know you've told me this before
She moving from W Melrose / N Broadway area to W Roscoe / N Lakeshore Drive (about 300 yard up from the N Llakeshore on W Roscoe.

Not too far and a easy around the block move.

We moved her about 4 months ago (her old roommate was transfereed to China and she had to move out because of the high rent) it was short notice so she settled in a small apartment alone, hated that.

She found another architect who needed a roommate they hit it off so everything worked out.

We will be moving her on Friday all day with hope to finish on Saturday morning the little stuff.
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Jul 11, 2012 11:15am
I live in a shack in a swamp. Its paid off. :)
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Jul 11, 2012 11:21am
SportsAndLady;1223217 wrote:Hit me up if you're ever in Chi Town!

A place the lady and I plan on frequenting often! We plan on early August 2013 to pack up and head back north.
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raiderbuck
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Jul 11, 2012 4:48pm
Figures...

I type my post and then the next day my landlord says she'll renew the lease for another $200 a month. WTF?
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Jul 11, 2012 8:21pm
ccrunner609;1222484 wrote:thats why when I was 19 I bought a house.

renting is a waste of money
Maybe some day you can afford an air conditioner.
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Jul 11, 2012 10:29pm
raiderbuck;1223678 wrote:Figures...

I type my post and then the next day my landlord says she'll renew the lease for another $200 a month. WTF?


What part of Chicago do you live in?
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Jul 11, 2012 10:34pm
Belly35;1223258 wrote:She moving from W Melrose / N Broadway area to W Roscoe / N Lakeshore Drive (about 300 yard up from the N Llakeshore on W Roscoe.

Not too far and a easy around the block move.

We moved her about 4 months ago (her old roommate was transfereed to China and she had to move out because of the high rent) it was short notice so she settled in a small apartment alone, hated that.

She found another architect who needed a roommate they hit it off so everything worked out.

We will be moving her on Friday all day with hope to finish on Saturday morning the little stuff.
Nice, I live on Roscoe as well. Roscoe and Southport..couple blocks from your daughter. Small world.
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Jul 11, 2012 10:47pm
SportsAndLady;1223875 wrote:Nice, I live on Roscoe as well. Roscoe and Southport..couple blocks from your daughter. Small world.
Gorock99 live on Brier and raiderbuck ?????

That right you moved in with a friend not to long ago ... how you like chicago?

You play tennis ? Daughter looking to play more tennis this summer ..getting back into the game .. she played D1 in college
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Jul 11, 2012 10:50pm
Belly35;1223884 wrote:Gorock99 live on Brier and raiderbuck ?????

That right you moved in with a friend not to long ago ... how you like chicago?

You play tennis ? Daughter looking to play more tennis this summer ..getting back into the game .. she played D1 in college
I'm an awful tennis player belly...that'd be embarrassing. And I love Chicago.
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Jul 12, 2012 8:32am
SportsAndLady;1223887 wrote:I'm an awful tennis player belly...that'd be embarrassing. And I love Chicago.
She will be lookin for a co- Basketball team to paly on this winter .... she great passer, defence and college three point range 39%