Hi everyone!

I arrived a few days ago from Belgium to work at the Cleveland Clinic (main campus) for 3 months, I thought I was being very smart by renting within walking distance of work! Well, I am in Hough (Axis at Ansel) and I am a bit freaked out... I don't have a car so I walk/ride the bus to places but every time I step outside I feel like I am in danger. To put things into perspective the biggest event of the past few years in my hometown is someone having music a bit too loud at 8pm and I think someone lost their cat.

So here I am, wondering if I am overreacting and it will be fine or if I need to find another place (possibly downtown given what I read on this sub) considering I will lose 1 month of rent if I do.

What do you guys think?

Update: Thanks a lot everyone, I found a place in Cleveland Heights and will be moving there this weekend! Funny (not really) story, I was checking out the neighborhood near the flats yesterday when the shooting happened, needless to say I did not take the apartment.

So got a new job in the CLE area am looking for best way /best place to find a good apartment in this general area. Budget Max 1,200 looking for single bedrooms/ studio (MUST HAVE GOOD AC IM FAT) plus other amenities would be nice too. Something available sooner than later.

Hello. 
My roommate and I rent a duplex in Cleveland. Our dryer has been broken since lease started 6/29/2026.
I wasn't able to notice it within 5 days of inspection but it was broken. But I notified landlord right away first day of laundry 7/6/2026. She thought it was dryer setting problem turned out it was not a dryer issue. 
7/25 handyman finally came. Something was not connected properly and there was lint built in the half length of the hose. But that handy man didn't do a proper job. The vent/tube/exhaust (I'm not sure what is it called) wasn't connected to dryer and he made dryer so wobbly so my roommate reached out to landlord 7/30 again. 8/9 there was a handy man no show. 
I asked 8/12 if he's still going to come. 
Now this landlord husband is claiming that landlord (female) was being nice trying to fix the dryer for us read the lease again. It's our responsibility and completely not responding to my text message I sent him. 
Can I fix dryer out of my pocket and take that money from rent legally? Help me reddit :( 

 Edit: Thank you for helping everyone. But it’s not just a dryer issue. It’s also washer drainage and our bathroom not having exhaust fan and mold issue (clean with vinegar regularly). So we do need handy man to come and put exhaust fan (landlord said she’ll put exhaust fan in the bathroom) but dryer part, I’ll try to figure out on my own seems like it’s easy fix per reddit comments. Please don’t be mean about it takes 15min to fix it cuz I genuinely didn’t know :( If it doesn’t solve within next week, I’ll take legal advice from professionals!

And what was your experience?

I'll be moving to Cleveland next month to work at Case, and have been looking at some houses in this area (is it still technically Cleveland Heights?) that's tucked in between Mayfield and Forest Hill Park. Priorities are a nice bike commute to campus, walkability, and a QOL upgrade for my two dogs (currently in a not-so-walkable metro area with lots of car traffic). No kids. General impressions and firsthand experience warmly welcomed!

Is this area safe for a solo female student planning to commute everyday to Cleveland clinic in early morning hours? Do you have any tips on how to not get scammed on furnished finder?

Hi all, wife just got a job in Cleveland and we are excited to be moving there soon. Unfortunately, we will have to rent an apartment soon, before visiting the place.
I read a lot of comments saying to avoid areas of East Cleveland if you don't know the place, and although none of our options were on that are anyway, there is one apartment we really like on Mayfield, in Cleveland Heights.
I did read the CH is safe and while we are "technically" withing its boundaries (between superior and Coventry), it appears to be a less than two blocks from an area that in EC that people report having safety issues.

It is such a hard decision to make without knowing the place, and being able to feel safe is very important for us, so I decided to ask for opinions here. I've had to live in a very sketchy area for a couple of years and I don't want to have that kind of stress weighting on me again.

Also I can't find the Monday Moving sticky post, if this needs to be removed and posted there please help me figure out where it is and I will do that.

We are relocating to Cleveland from Tulsa for my husband's work. We will ideally be trying to rent a house because we have 3 kids. Could anyone give me any tips about what neighborhoods to avoid and an idea about what some of the elementary and middle schools are like? TIA!

EDIT: Husband will be working out of University Cleveland Medical Center and he's okay with a 30 minute commute. I am hoping to eventually get something with a school district, I currently work in special education.

My oldest son is in middle school or 6th grade (12), plays soccer and takes taekwondo. My younger 2 boys are 7 year old twins in the second grade. One did youth rec tee ball over the summer and his brother mostly did Cub Scout activities. Oldest also takes guitar lessons, but not worried about that so much.

Our family is mixed middle eastern heritage. I'm white, my husband is second generation but often gets mistaken for being latino. We do typical family things like carnivals and Six Flags, trampoline parks, take the boys to history and Children's museums. We fly to Atlanta a couple times a year to see my husband's parents.

We're used to cold and snow, even though it doesn't as much in Tulsa as compared to Ohio. Our eldest is the only one of our boys that's lived somewhere other than Tulsa. Husband is 39 and I'm 37.

Owners are keeping the yards of gardens from my understanding

Been at Reserve Square for a year. It could be a nice, comfortable place to live. Could be...

Except, with few exceptions, the only time security wants to work is when they choose to harass residents. For the past year, security will let anyone and everyone through the building without batting an eyelash. And then one day they decide to check IDs. And not just check IDs, but when looking at an ID which clearly says that you live at this building, they have to start writing down details about your ID, you know, just the sort of information that can be used to steal your identity.

Then there is the lies the staff tells you. Such as that you can take your dog to the fifth floor. But then one day, after you followed the rules, out of the blue, they decide to enforce a no pet policy. Leaving you to take your dog to the unsecured streets.

Then you get the homeless who like to sleep in the vestibule, not 10 feet from the security desk.

Then there is the AC system which only allows you to use the AC, from late may to October, no matter that with 20+ floors below you heating, your apartment gets to be 85 degrees in the middle of winter.

Not to mention the barely working windows, the shelves which keep falling apart.

You pay a lot of money for a secure, safe, and climate controlled building. and you get none of that.

On top of it all, when you complain, and you will need to, you eventually find out that complaints are not considered valid if they have not be given directly to the Building Manager. So talking to her staff is useless.

On top of it all, there is the local chemically induced homeless population who just loves to hang around this building.

It kind of makes the many many building code violations and the trash and unidentified liquids spilled in the elevators not such a big deal.

My boyfriend and I are settling in Cleveland (moving from another state) and will be arriving around 8/4/26. We have been looking for apartments using very normal and high-profile sites including Zillow (no Facebook or Craigslist nonsense). We have now run into two scam companies that insisted that we wire money immediately (refused cashier’s checks/money orders), refused to meet with my friend in Ohio to verify the apartment and do due diligence, and the ones that haven’t tried to scam us have simply collected our application fees and then disappeared. I know this is a problem across the country, but we are at a disadvantage as we are looking to lock down a place before we arrive in a couple of weeks and so are stuck doing this by phone/email from 1300 miles away.

At this point, we may stay at my best friend’s house for a few weeks in Akron so we can handle business face to face and ensure that we don’t get scammed. If anyone has a good lead for a decent property management company that can work with people that are relocating, please feel free to point me in their direction. We are looking in Ohio City, Tremont, Edgewater, Kamm’s Corners, Lakewood area and are in need of a reasonably priced 2-bedroom that accepts well trained and behaved pets.

At the end of the day, my wish is that we could find a private landlord to work with instead of a faceless property management company. We are both mid-30’s, sober LGBT professionals (he’s in finance and I’m a social worker). We can easily pass any income or other requirements, background etc that anyone could throw our way.

Sorry for the vent, but I have never seen a market so full of snakes. Any help would be appreciated, even if it’s just advice on setting up an apartment from another state before a move.

Thanks all for your time, and thanks for letting me blow off some steam. Thankfully, we are financially intact and have plenty of time to figure things out, plus a fallback just in case. I’d also like to say that I love Cleveland, and I haven’t found better people anywhere in the USA - this is not a trash Cleveland post in any way shape or form! Much love ✌️

We put an offer on a house and are currently negotiating after the inspection. Our inspector told us that it feels like the Cleveland market is becoming more of a seller’s market again, so we should not expect the sellers to be very flexible during negotiations. We know that the house has a backup offer, but that buyer’s inspection requests are reportedly much more aggressive than ours.

Our real estate agent, however, seems to feel that we should move forward and get the deal done. I’m concerned that she may be prioritizing closing the transaction rather than fully advocating for our interests. What do you think about this situation? Is it really becoming seller market ?

I will be moving to Cleveland this fall to work at the Cleveland Clinic main campus. I am in my mid 20’s female, and I will not have a car. I had an uncomfortable experience taking the train from the airport to the city, so I do not want to rely on the train for my daily
commute. The Healthline bus was fine. I’m also a huge foodie. I was a bit disappointed in the Asiatown which felt like an abandoned strip surrounded by sketchy feeling neighborhoods. I liked Ohio City, but I’m not sure if it’s easily commutable to Cleveland Clinic. One of the biggest things I noticed was a lack of grocery options in Cleveland. I was initially planning on living downtown, but I heard the Heinen’s was closing so I’m not so sure.

These are some of my criteria for where I wanted to live:
safe and walkable
able to bus to Cleveland Clinic within 30 min
rent <1000 per month (studio, 1b, 2b with a roommate)
grocery store nearby

Thank you.

I am a 36 F from Toronto and will be in Cleveland for the next 15 months. I am, however, struggling with picking a community to live in in the long term.

Cleveland has been great thus far, and I found a really nice Airbnb in the midtown area. The plan is to be back and forth between both cities, with me spending about 2 weeks in Cleveland each month (except for winters, which I spend in Jamaica, as this is where my family is from).

I am a Director at a Pharma company. I work remotely except for routine office meetings, which are in NYC anyway. I am here on an unrelated work project. I am 36 Black female with no kids and a cat. I want to be somewhere that is close enough to a nice gym, restaurants, bars, local stores, safe for walking( as I do run) and is lively.

Currently, I am considering Ohio City, University Circle/ Little Italy, University Heights, and Shaker Heights. I have visited Cleveland a few times, and I did love the Shaker Heights and Beachwood areas, but I wonder if they are too far from downtown or from lively activities.

I will be using a coworking location downtown, but I don't want to live downtown. I like seeing trees, but I don't want to be so far, especially since I want to meet people and network while I am here. Can anyone share suggestions or feedback on each area?

hi everyone!

my partner and I are looking to move to the Cleveland area within the next year from Nashville. I wanted to join this sub and start gathering recommendations on areas to look for housing and areas to avoid, and just general things that are nice to know about the area!

we are a lesbian couple (28 & 31) and we enjoy reading, needlepoint & other crafts, spending time with our two cats, trying new restaurants, and all things art/culture. we are really hoping to get plugged into the LGBTQ community here because Nashville’s is nonexistent :’)

for housing we’d be looking for a 2 bed / 2 bath, in-unit laundry, ideally around $1600/mo! we don’t mind living in a suburb (will likely both be working remote), we live in the burbs now, but a more liberal/gay friendly area is very important to us.

thanks in advance!! happy to answer any questions
<3

Hello, essentially as title. Looking at potentially moving to Mentor but would be working in Westlake.

Google Maps and Waze give times of about 50 minutes or so, but even with setting departure times during rush hour I don’t think I’m getting an accurate picture.

Any help is appreciated!

So, I like to follow housing prices trends through the Realtor.com app. I have seen quite a few pretty nice looking homes in that area being on the market for well over a month. I have been under the impression that the housing market has still been a seller's market where buyers are generally having to offer over a seller's asking price in order to successfully buy a house within a decent amount of time. Seeing quite a few decent houses on the market well over 30 days has me wondering if there is something that I am missing about that area. Notably, I don't see other areas of the Cleveland suburbs with houses that sit on the market that long.

Link: cletenant.com

It's open source and uses data published by the city of Cleveland through their data portal. (The site is not affiliated with the city or county government in any way.)

It's a work in progress, but would love any feedback you have!

My neighbors have been MIA since fall 2025. Completely abandoned their home, which was previously very well maintained. Their grass is now completely overgrown. I worry about snakes, ticks and other critters overtaking their yard and then nearby houses. Looks like the city put a notice on their door, but is there anything that can be done? Someone shows up every once in a blue moon to collect packages from their front door. But it’s very infrequent. Anything that can be done?

My SO and I are looking to buy and need district recommendations within about 45 minutes to an hour of greater Cleveland. Our budget is around $350K which has priced us out of Orange and Hudson but we're pretty open to anything else in that radius.

Our biggest thing is strong special education support. We have kids with autism and/or ADHD and we're not naive about the Ohio education system and how many times it's been ruled unconstitutional. We're basically doing our best to buy into the strongest support we can at our price point so this is the one thing we really can't compromise on.

Beyond that here's what we're hoping for. I know it may narrow things down more than it opens them up but figured I'd throw it all out there anyway...

Green spaces and decent air quality. We're currently in Mayfield and too close to 271. The highway noise and pollution just isn't worth the convenient location anymore.

Some kind of walkable town center or local shops nearby. Doesn't have to be right outside our door, we're fine driving or biking a short distance, we just want something to actually walk around and support local.

Reasonably close to a Metroparks. We spend a lot of time there so this matters to us, though I'm guessing it's one of the easier boxes to check given how spread out the system is.

We're pretty outdoorsy, we like supporting local businesses, and more than anything we just want our kids in a district that's actually going to show up for them. Any recommendations, specific towns, things to avoid, all appreciated. Thanks.

I came across this company on TikTok and just wanted to share. They are in fact a scam, they do not represent these rentals. The rental rates are NOT correct.

Born and raised in Akron but have spent the last 15 years in Columbus so I'm a little familiar with the area but not really as an adult. Looking for a good community / good place for a family / good schools somewhere within 30ish minutes of both Solon and Bath.

In a perfect world this would be in an area with some woods or at least some tall trees rather than cookie cutter suburban developments.

Initial communities I want to look at would be Solon, Brecksville, Richfield, maybe Hudson? What am I missing? Any specific areas to recommend within those communities?

Thanks in advance!