Well i'm going to OSU Columbus this spring quarter and I am still searching for a place to stay. I usually use the OSU Off-Campus housing search to look for places to live, but I still don't know if its a good area to live or not. Does anyone know of the nice areas around campus to live? Are there any new high rise apt. buildings or new apt. buildings in general to live in? Any help with finding the right area around campus to live would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

-Ray

North campus (north of Lane) is generally regarded as a "nice place to live" and walk to campus.  Don't do east (too many parties) and don't do south (too many robberies and drunks) unless you want to do Dennison Place (which is a bit more pricey).

 

So start looking north of Lane Avenue and you'll be just fine.

Thanks man, I really appreciate it! Can you tell me what you think of this place?

 

http://offcampus.osu.edu/property_details.asp?PropertyID=8325&type=lease

 

It seems to be really nice and already furnished which is a plus. It says its located in the Northeast area.

33 Frambes is a tan to white-ish colored apartment building whose front door is about 50 feet from High Street.  The location is incredible in terms of living close to campus, and the outside of the building is in decent shape (I walked past this place roughly 1000 times last year when I lived on Frambes).  I've never been inside, but it had better be nice for $520/month, although it is furnished which obviously is a part of the higher rent.

 

An important consideration for this apartment is the proximity to fun/drunks.  Directly across the street is a bar called Out-R-Inn, which has $1 mug nights on Sundays and Mondays that are highly attended.  Lots of potential fun, lots of guaranteed noise.  Additionally, this puts you next door to a food/takeout beer place called PJ's, whose tagline is appropriately "Home of the Drunks."  It's a popular place to go and get food when you aren't quite in your right mind at 2:45am.  You'll be steps away from a UDF which gives you a place to get snacks, food, beer, ice cream, etc...basically a 7/11.  You've got a number of other bars and restaurant options withing stumbling distance given that you're basically living on High Street.

 

As with most things, this comes down to what you want.

 

Positives:

 

You'll be right in the heart of it all, you'll have all the amenities you need very close by, you'll be about as close to campus as you can be, it's already furnished, covered parking is available.

 

Negatives:

 

You'll be right in the heart of it all, even at 2 in the morning on a Monday night.  $520 a month is on the pricey end of Campus rents.  It's an apartment building rather than a house or Duplex, or whatever which means if you have an unfortunate neighbor he might be harder to ignore.

 

My Advice:  Check the place out, and if it looks like a great apartment and $520/month is affordable for you, it's a strong contender.  If it is an average apartment, keep looking since you can find plenty of good living options for $450 and under.  Bonus points if you can check the scene out at midnight on a Sunday or Monday to see if the level of commotion is a plus or a minus to you.  If this unit has a window that faces south to Woodruff instead of north to Frambes (the front-door side of the building), the noise is likely a non-issue.

 

Feel free to send me a PM, I'd be more than happy to check this or any other place out with you to help give you some entrenched OSU perspective.

Also, if you haven't already, join Facebook with your osu.edu email account and browse the "Marketplace" for sublets.  The OSU OCSS website is worthwhile, but you should actively use Facebook and Craiglist as well.  Your best bet in my opinion is to find a sublet that lasts through August, and when you get here start looking for a place to move into for September.  You should be able to find all kinds of options for subletting from now through the end of the summer, and probably at great prices.

33 Frambes is a tan to white-ish colored apartment building whose front door is about 50 feet from High Street. The location is incredible in terms of living close to campus, and the outside of the building is in decent shape (I walked past this place roughly 1000 times last year when I lived on Frambes). I've never been inside, but it had better be nice for $520/month, although it is furnished which obviously is a part of the higher rent.

 

An important consideration for this apartment is the proximity to fun/drunks. Directly across the street is a bar called Out-R-Inn, which has $1 mug nights on Sundays and Mondays that are highly attended. Lots of potential fun, lots of guaranteed noise. Additionally, this puts you next door to a food/takeout beer place called PJ's, whose tagline is appropriately "Home of the Drunks." It's a popular place to go and get food when you aren't quite in your right mind at 2:45am. You'll be steps away from a UDF which gives you a place to get snacks, food, beer, ice cream, etc...basically a 7/11. You've got a number of other bars and restaurant options withing stumbling distance given that you're basically living on High Street.

 

As with most things, this comes down to what you want.

 

Positives:

 

You'll be right in the heart of it all, you'll have all the amenities you need very close by, you'll be about as close to campus as you can be, it's already furnished, covered parking is available.

 

Negatives:

 

You'll be right in the heart of it all, even at 2 in the morning on a Monday night. $520 a month is on the pricey end of Campus rents. It's an apartment building rather than a house or Duplex, or whatever which means if you have an unfortunate neighbor he might be harder to ignore.

 

My Advice: Check the place out, and if it looks like a great apartment and $520/month is affordable for you, it's a strong contender. If it is an average apartment, keep looking since you can find plenty of good living options for $450 and under. Bonus points if you can check the scene out at midnight on a Sunday or Monday to see if the level of commotion is a plus or a minus to you. If this unit has a window that faces south to Woodruff instead of north to Frambes (the front-door side of the building), the noise is likely a non-issue.

 

Feel free to send me a PM, I'd be more than happy to check this or any other place out with you to help give you some entrenched OSU perspective.

 

 

 

Wow. Thanks for this information man, this is the kind of information I can only get from someone who knows the area. $520 is definitely affordable and being fully furnished would be great since I really don't have money to blow on furniture. Being close to campus is a major plus since i'd rather not have to travel far. Being close to the action is great and gives me an opportunity to meet new people which I really want to do since I know no one from Ohio. Thanks again for the information, I really appreciate it!

 

-Ray

I lived at 250 W. Norwich, a Pella apartment and it is still one of my favorite places I ever lived (and I have moved around A LOT).  I would recomend any property that borders the park down there.  In my old age I forget the name of the park, tuttle? maybe. 

Anywho, it is nice and quiet most of the year, and crazy fun for game days.

I always really liked frambes, especially between waldeck and indianola.  The homes sit up on a bluff and they are all high quality single family, with no ugly, tpyical college apartment buildings that litter streets like e. norwich.  The homes on indianola across from frambes here are gorgeous and close or along the iuka ravine.