Gardenview Flats

Please do not move here. Management is terrible. We called code enforcement because of a clogged and broken toilet and shower, two ceiling leaks that needed patching, and other issues. Only one ceiling leak was patched, and it was a rough, unpainted patch job. The other leak was never touched. A drawer came loose and instead of fixing it properly, they just screwed it into the wood. During the winter storm last year our water heater burst. It took them eight days to work on it, and only after we called code enforcement again. They just rigged it up and left patchy drywall behind. There is so much mold in the walls that it is probably why we are always sick. After we called code enforcement, they sent us an eviction notice. We were able to work that out, but then they started adding late fee after late fee to our rent. We fell over $4,000 behind because of it. Even after paying large amounts to catch up, including all those late fees, they are still taking us to court to evict us after living here for over 6 years. Barb is not a nice person. She just stands around smoking all day, drives on the walking path, and yells at people. Maintenance has very little skill and just patches over their own bad work. They never sand down their drywall patches and never paint them. When they "fixed" our toilet, they got feces all over the walls, door, and shower and left it splattered everywhere. The AC unit only cools the living room and is barely working. Our plugged-in electronics, like our fan, keep slowing down because of bad wiring. Overall you would be better off anywhere else. Even the pictures on the website are misleading. The on-site laundry, the workout area, and the hangout area are all misrepresented. I have only been in the hangout area once three managers, they do not let anyone in there. Please do not move here. It is an awful place to rent. Shorter version - for Google Reviews Do NOT move here. Management is awful. We had a busted toilet/shower, two ceiling leaks, and a water heater that burst in the winter storm. They took 8 days to fix the heater after we called code enforcement and left rough, unpainted drywall patches. A loose drawer was just screwed into the wood. There is mold in the walls and we are constantly sick. After we called code enforcement, they tried to evict us. We resolved it but they added late fee after late fee, putting us over $4,000 behind, and are now trying to evict us anyway after 6+ years here. Maintenance does sloppy work and left feces splattered on our walls, door, and shower after fixing the toilet. The AC barely cools the living room and the wiring is so bad our fans slow down. The photos online are misleading. The laundry, gym, and clubhouse are not as advertised. Save your money and rent somewhere else. Update I just looked at the pictures on the website and they are all fake AI generated look really close at them I think there’s only one real one, the picture of the outside of one of the apartments on the bottom

When people read the docket for my 2026 eviction, the story looks simple: “nonpayment of rent.” There is no mention of a reentry program that cycled me from jail to a cot to a short‑term room, then discharged me into a lease with no savings, unstable work, and a deadline I could never realistically meet. On paper, it’s framed as a personal failure to pay; in real life, it was the predictable outcome of a gap every actor in the system can see but no one is required to fix. In November 2022, I had already survived the full script once: an arson charge later reduced, jail, an eviction that wiped out my home and possessions, and release into homelessness. I didn’t just lose keys; I lost a regulated brain and the sense that tomorrow was safe. By the time I entered reentry again, I was already carrying that cycle in my nervous system. The program that took me in promised structure and a pathway. What it delivered was a narrow ledge: a bed that could be taken, a timeline that didn’t match real hiring practices, and no plan for how I was supposed to build income and savings before rent came due in my own name again. When that bill hit in 2026 and I didn’t have it, the system wrote my shortfall down as if the problem were me. On the record, my 2026 case is quiet. No new criminal charge, no dramatic incident—just “eviction for nonpayment of rent,” a label that now follows every housing application and background check. “Nonpayment” functions like a moral verdict. It tells future landlords and employers that I did not meet my obligations, but it does not tell them that I left jail into a program that never built in enough time, income, or cushion for me to meet those obligations at all. When reentry failure is framed this way, the judge, the clerk, the landlord, and the program all step out of view, and the burden silently shifts back onto my name. Off paper, the math looks very different. I was living on $992.94 a month in a city where even modest one‑bedrooms are pegged to “affordable” rent formulas that ignore children, transportation, co‑pays, and the cost of simply remaining reachable. My $265‑plus phone bill was not a luxury; it was how I parented a son with ADHD and a daughter still in school, and how I stayed connected to employers, case managers, and online applications. I earned a Certificate of Qualification for Employment, spent hours preparing for a court that ultimately affirmed I was safe to be trusted—and yet none of that rehabilitation or effort was built into how my eviction was handled. The docket still flattened everything to “nonpayment,” as if the only story that matters is whether I handed over money on the date the program circled on its calendar. If we are serious about reentry and reducing recidivism, we must redesign the points where people are most likely to fall. That means specialized housing dockets for people who become incarcerated mid‑lease, so eviction clocks pause instead of quietly running out. It means income‑stabilization buffers built into reentry timelines—short, guaranteed housing subsidies that reflect real local rents and the true cost of childcare, connectivity, and transportation. It means treating CQEs as the rehabilitation credentials they are, coordinating courts and case managers with actual employment windows and caregiving responsibilities, and requiring an arrears audit before any eviction filing to see if the missed rent stems from program timelines, benefit cliffs, or administrative errors. The same jail → eviction → homelessness script ran on me twice in four years. The only thing that changed was the label. I am writing this not to ask for sympathy, but to correct the record and to press for policies that would have kept my home. In August 2026, when I stand in court and in policy rooms, I intend to bring the full story with me: my receipts, my CQE, my income realities, my parenting obligations, and the fact that what looks like “nonpayment” on paper was, in practice, a managed and predictable failure of design.

DO NOT MOVE HERE!!! This is, without a doubt, the worst and most unsafe place I've ever lived. First, don't be fooled by the advertised rent. You might think you're paying around $900 a month, but once all the extra fees and charges are added, expect to pay closer to $1,200+ The leasing office couldn't clearly explain many of the charges they just expected me to pay them. One time when i asked the lady in the office and she actually said "idk its for the managers" The neighborhood is extremely unsafe. Police and SWAT are in the area daily. During the time I lived here, someone was shot and killed in the backyard area where I regularly walked my dogs. On another occasion, I witnessed a man sitting on his front porch slitting his wrist with a large knife while his dog licked the blood from the ground. It was a disturbing environment to live in. Ive seen the most crazy things living here. If you have pets, be especially cautious. Many residents let their dogs roam off-leash. My dogs were attacked multiple times while we were simply out for walks. One of my dogs ultimately died as a result of one of these attacks. Management did nothing to address the problem. The crime is out of control. I was attacked with a screwdriver while walking my dogs, had my car broken into, and experienced repeated property damage to my car. I had to replace my tires three times in just two months because people intentionally placed beer bottles under parked vehicles. Management's response was essentially that they weren't responsible, and the lease includes language stating they aren't liable for damages. The apartment also has a serious pest problem!! Pest control came to my unit more than five times, yet the infestation never went away. After this i couldn't take it anymore and left this apartment. They are now making me pay $4000 to leave this lease when they are clearly in the wrong. I would strongly discourage anyone with children, pets, or concerns about personal safety from moving here. My experience was extremely stressful, and I would never recommend this apartment complex to anyone. DO NOT MOVE HEREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! I have so many more stories on the awful things ive been through here, this is just a few examples. Take your money literally anywhere else this was not worth it!

This place sucks, I still have no bedroom door even though I've live hear 8 months !!! These pests constantly come through my vents !!! Drains constantly stop up !!! I'm paying over $ 900 actually almost a grand a month for a one bedroom place!!!

I know one thing if they don’t get a grip and take care of the mice problems in these apartments they are going to have HUD and the City of Columbus to deal with. Or people are speaking up during this upcoming inspection they will have going on! Work orders isn’t doing a thing. These places have mice so bad my relative that rents from them can’t even sleep in their own bed for all the mice droppings and urine not to mention crazy amount of water bugs. They don’t know how to trim bushes either, they have them growing so big they lookin like trees.