Lisa Nichols

I lived in the apartments at S. Hawthorne for 2 years. I loved the location, as it was easy to bike and walk to downtown and the university. If called about a problem (and I did have to call them several times about various plumbing issues), the maintenance team was there quickly, they were friendly, professional, and got the problem solved, even when that meant replacing a decrepit 25-year old water heater. The buildings are old, but have obviously been maintained as well as possible. The coin-op laundry is a pain (and at night you have to go up and down very poorly lit stairs) but at least it is on site and there were few instances of vying for a machine. The new internet installed in 2014 is amazingly fast. During summer, every other tenant in my building bought a window A/C unit. I just opened all my windows at night, and closed the windows and blinds when the sun came up--this kept the temperature just fine 99.9% of the time. I kept my apartment in good shape, thoroughly cleaned it on move out, and received my whole security deposit back. The people in the office were all friendly, and despite the drawbacks of the old building and coin op laundry, Hill is awesome to rent from, has reasonably-priced rent, and excellent maintenance service. I wish all rental companies were so fair and honest! Based on what I heard from friends about the other multi-property rental companies in Moscow, Hill is your best bet in the area unless you have pets...they are staunchly anti-pet.