Founders

"I love it here! Not only is there an amazing coffee shop and bar downstairs with the most down to earth baristas and bartenders, the gym is very nice and the security at this place is comforting. We are staying here while going to OSU and it is just a great location. Every company has their struggles at first, but everyone who works here has been very nice and professional."

"I’ve really enjoyed living in Founders. I’ve lived here for a year and a half— the maintenance is very prompt, and the management/office answers emails and questions within 24 hours. The building is clean and welcoming in the public spaces!"

"The staff at founders and thrive companies as an enterprise has been very helpful, professional, and reasonable in all dealings while I have been a resident. I highly recommend this property to anyone looking in the Columbus area. Location unbeatable and amenities are all complete."

"Pros: The location is amazing. It’s a great part of town to live in with easy access to some of the best parts of Columbus. Cons: The parking is expensive, and they’ve increased rates in the time that I’ve lived here. The rate you get when you sign your lease is not fixed, they can increase it at any time. There have also been issues with break ins, the garage is not secure, as they want to make a buck off of visitors coming for short term parking. They’ve recently hired patrol cars to increase security. They had promised a gym/coffee shop to be ready by around December 2022, but is showing no signs of being completed anytime soon about 4 months later. The fire alarms are constantly going off. I don’t know what’s causing it but it is annoying. To rent the community room for an evening, Founders requires a $500 deposit, only $250 of which is returned after the event. This is quite high compared to other communities around Columbus, and indicates an overall problem with Thrive in that they nickel and dime you at every opportunity. The apartments are nice, but are obviously cheaply built. This isn’t an issue for people who plan to live here for a year or two while it’s new, but I’m sure it will be a dump in 10 years. Overall, it’s potentially worth dealing with the negatives for the location, but not somewhere most people would want to live for longer than a year or two."

"Not amazing by any means for how much you pay. Only redeeming quality is the very helpful and kind staff that have to deal with the poor quality of the ownership. 1. Car has been towed by management team because I parked in the wrong spot when I live here 2. Consistent raising of parking rates using a third party app that offers only email support, much rather be assigned a spot number on move in day and pay with the rent 3. Infrequent internet outages that have never been explain 4. Cheap flooring causing you to NEED a chair mat or else risk damaging it 5. The AC in the units is of poor quality, consistently breaks and just stops working. Just had the very nice guy who helps me a lot fix it and sadly the fix did not hold! 6. The trash collector service they hyped up during the tour is not that great they grab your bags no boxes and not to mention the dumpsters in the parking garage are an actual landfill 7. They put suicide prevention locks on the windows so you can only open them slightly and this may be a mute point to complain about but there is a balcony right next to the windows that I can just jump off of when I get my rent every month for how poor the quality of life is here compared to the rent I pay 8. They praise the security on the tour but multiple cars / apartments have been broken into while I've lived here so its not amazing The staff that work here are amazing and great people but the quality control here is very poor. Poor higher management I'm assuming I'll be moving when my lease ends."