The Grindstone at Columbia, columbia-mo

I've really enjoyed living at this complex the past two years. The property manager, Kayla, is wonderful. She is incredibly responsive, helpful, and genuinely cares about the residents. The office staff is always friendly and willing to help, which makes a huge difference. Maintenance is fast and reliable whenever something comes up, and the property is well-kept. I also appreciate how quiet the community is and how fair the pricing is compared to other complexes in Columbia. I would highly recommend living here to anyone looking for a quiet community with a responsive and caring property management team!

Lived here for almost 3 years and honestly it’s been a really good experience overall. Management is super nice and maintenance requests usually get done the same day or pretty quick. The apartments are really spacious compared to a lot of places in Columbia, quiet community, good ventilation, and the location is close to pretty much everything. Staff at the front office are always friendly too. Only small issue for me was being on the ground floor - sometimes bugs and a little noise from upstairs, but that’s kinda expected tbh. Other than that, great place to live.

I lived in this apartment complex for three years and encountered several issues during that time, however, the biggest issue occurred after I moved out so I’ll start there. My roommate and I spent a weekend cleaning the apartment the best we could before handing in our keys. We knew there were some minor damages and were expecting a small fine upon move out, however, neither of us were expecting the over $1000 bill that we got. A couple of the pictures they sent in our move-out statement were of walls that showed no damage and yet they were charging us over $200 for paint. They also charged my roommate quite a large sum for carpet replacement and they charged me quite a bit for carpet cleaning. We sent a dispute of charges email on August 9th asking about the walls and requesting proof that the carpet actually cost as much as they were charging. A couple weeks went by with no response so we resent our email on August 24th and again on September 2nd. I also got in contact with the office on August 28th and was told that they were still in the process of looking over dispute emails. Then on October 10th we got an email saying our bill was going to be sent to collections in 11 days even though they had yet to respond to our dispute emails. We then resent our dispute for the 4th time and got in contact with the office for the 2nd time and finally got a response on October 13th. They basically just brushed all of our concerns off telling us that the pictures of the wall were for drywall damage not paint which is not what they said in their original statement, and again there was no damage shown in the picture. They also did not provide proof of the carpet costs. However, at this point we both wanted to be done with them so we decided to pay without disputing further. When we went to pay we found that they had disabled our resident portals so we could no longer pay online. Once again we got in contact with the office and were told that the only way to pay our bill was by money order or check. At this point I had already moved 4 hours away from Columbia so the only way for me to get a check to them was by mailing it. I explained this to them and asked how long I had to get my bill paid. They could not give me a straight answer to this questions just kept saying that I needed to pay as soon as possible or they would send it to collections. So to reiterate they took 2 months to reply to our dispute email then took away the only convenient way to pay and are now threatening to send my bill to collections if I don’t pay “as soon as possible”. This experience alone is enough for me to never recommend living at grindstone as it highlights how poor the management team is at communicating and how they will try to take advantage of college students.

Such a great place to live! I've dealt with a lot of apartment complex's & truly this is the best one by far. They genuinely cared about my roommate & I, they were always accommodating and were very quick and communicative about maintaince issues! I definitely recommend the Grindstone!

I stayed here my last semester of college after being at The Den and Brookside downtown. For anyone looking for a quieter spot close to downtown and not a hefty uber price back from the bar for their last couple semesters, this is definitely the place to go. The staff is nice and remembers you if you go in and talk with them. They have lots of amenities: free bus rides to school, free coffee in clubhouse, a gym to run or lift weights, and a printer to print out all of your assignments! (I was a mechanical engineering major so this saved me a lot!) I stayed in a 3 bedroom apartment and had my own bathroom, shower and space to do whatever I wanted. Yes, it’s not downtown. Yes, it is not the most extravagant place you could stay at. But for the price? It is a very VERY underrated spot in Columbia for some student housing!