Mariemont Woods Apartments

Well stay away! The manager and the owner here scam you. I had to move out and break my lease because of an opportunity in LA. At first Mona looked cooperative and nice and she said I was a really nice tenant and never complained, she is sad that I am living… due to the fact that I had to pay the rent till end of the lease I decided to help to find a tenant. I found 2 potential tenants, sent them to Mona, and Mona said they wanted other apartments!!! I got back to them they said Mona told them my apartment is not available anymore!!! You know why? cause she had empty apartments she was too lazy to find tenants for and she was stealing applicants from me, after all, I had to pay the rent till end of the lease. After consulting with my lawyer, and contacting the landlord, they backed off, and rent it out to the applicant I sent. I pass the fact that Mona was so insulting and rude during the whole process she sent me insulting emails.
I returned the apartment very clean and nice, the maintenance men thanked me, and told me this was the cleanest apartment has been ever returned to them that even Mona sent me an email and thanked me for that. But they said I lost my deposit cause I broke the lease, again I consulted with my lawyer and he said I could sue them. Unfortunately I didn’t have time to stay in Cincinnati and go to court for that.
Additional issues I had there:
Although you get a big apartment for the price you pay, but maintenance is a big issue here. They simply put you on a list and god knows when they will take care of it. You have to constantly call and send them emails to get it done. Other issues: dirty stair ways (Mona says there is someone to take care of it, but the girl never cleans it right), and most of parking spots here are under trees; oh god I hadn’t had this experience before, birds s*** all over your car, and you basically won’t have a clean car. I pass the fact that there is absolutely no isolation between walls here, I knew the exact schedule of the neighbor on top of my apartment, every morning he woke me up by jumping out of his bed over my head!!! I mean I lived in other complexes before and I never had this issue! My advice, save your money and time.

The apartments themselves are very large and spacious. Things inside are very well maintained and the appliances are newer. Big kitchens, a separate laundry room in each place and central air conditioning. Plenty of parking. Very quiet and a good price for what you get. Management tries hard and seems honest but needs reminders to stay on top of things but if you send them an email, things get done. There are also deer that like to come and graze in between the buildings which is fun to watch out your window.

My wife and I lived here for about 1.5 years. The property manager is a sweet older lady who loves her cats. The landlord is better than most but is slow to stay on his contractors to get things done. He likes to promise things will get done but they don’t really happen. Case and point we were told our patio would be tore our and replaces and it was never touched. Also it should be known that if you are white and have a problem with a resident that is black due to there lack of respect for quiet you are our of luck until their lease runs out because there is no backbone in telling them that once they have three complaints against them they have to leave never is up held. The property is very well maintained and it is a seemingly quiet area. It has a creek that runs through the back with many trees so it really does not feel like you are living in Cincinnati. The neighborhood around you is very quiet. The people are pretty cool and there are many people with dogs but it seems that cats run the place but I never once saw any rodents like mice or rats so they are good exterminators. The rent is fair for it being a two bedroom apartment. We have a little dog and he did great. We lived on the bottom floor so it was easy to get out and enjoy the back yard. The landlord and property manager are easy to talk to but you need to stick to your guns with the landlord. He tends to try and talk down to you when you are explaining to him what is wrong or when something is not working and makes you think that it is all in your head. We dealt with this with our water heater when it died and our furnace when it got really cold. He tends to have an answer for everything if it is not the right one. If you would asking if I recommend this place for living I would honestly say yes but just take heed to what I explained in the previous. Hope this helps.