Sonsrena Apartments

A good friend of mine lived in Sonsrena and I considered moving into a neighboring building. She raved about how it was so cheap for a two bedroom: $ 575. I went to check it out.
Arriving at the leasing office, a middle-​aged woman was too apathetic to show me apartment, so she tossed me the key and said, «Bring it back when you’re done.» I wandered around the property until I found the building in the rear of the lot.
It was a bright spring day and the apartment was dark. No direct sunlight coming in through any of the windows. The view out the main window in the living room was about 10 feet away from a hillside embankment. No trees, just dirt and a view of some homeowners’ backyards.
But wait… it gets better.
There was an iron-​shaped burn in the middle of the living room carpet. There was also a bag of food left in the refrigerator from a previous tenant.
If this was the effort they put into showing an apartment, I couldn’t imagine how they treat residents when they need a repair. Needless to say I didn’t move here.
After a few months, my good friend had a change of heart. Maintenance requests went ignored, the pool was out of commission during the summer, and the parking situation was atrocious. There were not enough spots and upon returning home after 6:00pm, she would have to park on a steep, shady hillside nowhere near her apartment. The parking lot itself was littered with 12-​inch deep pot holes. My friend ended up moving at the end of her lease.
Sonsrena may have a Fort Thomas address, but it’s at the edge of city limits in a low-​income area bordering Highland Heights.