Property management in Gahanna, Ohio

What county is Gahanna in, and which court hears an eviction?

Gahanna is entirely within Franklin County, and an eviction is filed at Franklin County Municipal Court, 375 S. High St., Columbus, where the eviction division sits in Courtroom 11B. That single sentence is worth more than it looks. Several of Gahanna's immediate neighbours are split by county lines. Reynoldsburg to the south lies in Franklin, Licking and Fairfield counties. The Blacklick area to the southeast runs across the Franklin and Licking line. New Albany to the north extends into Licking County. In Gahanna there is nothing to check: one court, one county auditor, one set of court costs.

Ohio Revised Code 1901.02 is what fixes each municipal court to a territory, which is why the answer is never "the nearest courthouse". Before any case is filed, Ohio requires a three-day notice to leave the premises under R.C. 1923.04, with specific statutory language. Wrong wording, wrong service, dismissed case, and you start again about three weeks later with the rent still unpaid.

The hard cost of an eviction here is $273: $123 to Franklin County for the eviction complaint and $150 to the eviction attorney for the filing plus up to two appearances. We charge $199 to run the process, so a typical total is $472 before any setout. If a setout is required, add $80 to the county and $250 to us. The full sequence is on the evictions page.

Who provides utilities in Gahanna, and who pays them?

Gahanna is a City of Columbus water and sewer contract community, so water and sanitary sewer come from the Columbus system under contract. Electricity is distributed by AEP Ohio and natural gas by Columbia Gas of Ohio.

The exposure to understand: Columbus states that the property owner is ultimately responsible for all charges, even where a tenant billing agreement puts the bill in the resident's name. So a resident who leaves owing a water balance can leave that balance attached to your parcel, and you will find out about it at the worst possible moment, usually at closing. We put the accounts in the resident name at lease signing and check them again at move-out, before the deposit is settled.

What does a Gahanna rental earn, and what does management cost?

We are not publishing a Gahanna rent median, and here is the honest reason: our sample of managed units in Gahanna is below the five-unit threshold we set before we will call a number a market median. Publishing one anyway would mean either inventing it or quoting a public rent index and letting you assume it came off our rent roll. Across our whole portfolio the median is $1,708 for a three bedroom and $1,300 for a two bedroom, and the nearest market where we do publish our own figure is Reynoldsburg at $1,567 for a three bedroom. Gahanna generally prices above Reynoldsburg.

Three plans, one variable between them: how much we can spend on a single repair before we stop and ask you. There is no featured plan and no upsell, because the right answer depends on how involved you want to be, not on which one earns us more. A manager charging 10% of collected rent on a $1,708 house takes about $2,052 a year and roughly $854 again at each turn. Our lowest plan is $1,404 a year and the placement is $0.

Percentage figures describe common Columbus market rates. They are not a quote from any named company. Photography is not included in the $0 leasing fee and is billed separately at $250 to $450.