Knoxville Rental Reviews: What 89 Renters Actually Say

Rate My Rental holds 89 reviews across 36 Knoxville rental properties. 50 of them include written comments. Reading all 50, one thing separates Knoxville from every other city on the site: renters here are not mostly rating buildings. They're rating the person they pay rent to. What Knoxville renters write about Counting how often each theme appears across the 50 written reviews: | Topic | Reviews mentioning it | Share | |---|---:|---:| | Location or walkability | 13 | 27% | | Landlord or management | 12 | 24% | | Rent or value | 12 | 24% | | Space or layout | 11 | 22% | | Building condition | 8 | 16% | | Social scene or noise | 8 | 16% | | Safety or security | 4 | 8% | | Parking | 3 | 6% | | Heating or cooling | 2 | 4% | | Laundry | 2 | 4% | Rent and value appear in nearly a quarter of Knoxville reviews. For comparison, in our Athens data that figure is 8%. Knoxville renters talk about money, and they talk about the landlord who sets it — usually in the same sentence. The best-reviewed places are ordinary houses with responsive landlords Knoxville's highest-rated rentals are not the newest or best-equipped. They're old student houses where someone picks up the phone. 2218 Laurel Avenue rates 4.8 on management, and all three of its written reviews say the same thing: Hedge is awesome! Landlords are very responsive and help when needed. It is a great house that my friends and I have truly enjoyed. Landlord is very responsive and always willing to help. Hedge is a gre…