Ohio Housing

For my Columbus, Ohio assignment, I knew I wanted to live downtown. There is a nearby park around the Columbus River that has a lot of biking and walking trails. Luckily, I was able to find an apartment on Airbnb that was affordable and 5 min walking to the above park.

I let my travel representative from the agency know, and she worked out a deal with the owner to rent out the apartment outside of Airbnb.

The apartment turned out to be really nice and spacious. Unfortunately, it was a bit dirty – the shower and fridge etc. I ended up cleaning it myself. I could have told my agency and had someone come clean it but I definitely needed the shower that day so figured I might as well clean it myself.

The biggest challenge of this housing has been the garage parking. I have to park my car in a cage that moves in the garage electronically due to limited spacing. So before parking, I have to put in a fob to bring my parking spot, get out of my car, open the gate, park, and then close the gate.

 My spot is in a corner so it is very difficult to back out of. I have to plan extra time when leaving my place just to account for having to make several 3 point turns when getting out of the garage.

I initially had a Toyota Camry as my rental but it ended up being too long for my parking spot. I learned the hard way by hitting a pole in the garage twice. I changed my car to a Nissan Sentra. It’s not the funnest to drive but it is much smaller and so far I haven’t hit any poles.

Anyways, the weather has been nice so I like being able to walk to restaurants from my apartment, and being able to get to the park easily for bike rides.

Here are some pictures of my place: