This is my first time living in Chicago, but I am THOROUGHLY disappointed with the Algonquin. I sincerely wish I had lived across the street at Twin Towers.
FIRST - the management NEVER gets back to you, they are hardly ever available (never answer their phones, never are at the office, etc.) and won't call you back. They care very little about the upkeep or maintenance of the grounds or apartment units. I have almost broken my neck several times on the ice on the sidewalks because they do not scrape them in the winter. The parking is expensive but also very awkward/difficult (but I guess that's Chicago).
Our heat does not work if it's under 20 degrees outside (which is a lot of the winter in Chicago)... the management simply told us "the boilers are at max capacity" - so it was 55 degrees in our apartment for days. We had to buy space heaters, which increased our electric bill!

The rent is not worth it. Our apartment is next to the stairs so it is ALWAYS noisy. Our fuses always blow because of the poor electrical arrangements in the unit - so we have to buy fuses all the time. Management does not care. The laundry facilities SUCK -- most of the time at least 2 dryers aren't working and even when they are they barely get your clothes clean - and only 4 washers and dryers per 15 floor building. No fitness center, NO NO NO security at all... no cameras, etc. The back door to the building is constantly sticking and the lock won't budge so you have to walk around to the front.

AWFUL!! I cannot wait to move out of this place ASAP.... maybe the renovated apartments are a little nicer inside, but the management is SO poor - and there's no excuse!!!! Do not live here!

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 03/08/2008
The problem with the fuses already happened with another apartment in this building as well. If a fuse is blowing is because you have a short circuit in your connections, and that is a SAFETY HAZARD against every resident in the building. Failure from the management to attend such problem can be seen as RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT. The other apartment that had this problem, had it solved when she reported to the management that there was a "burning smell" in the air after the fuses blow away. When they solved the problem, the technicians informed that it was a "fire hazard threat". You might be under one of those as well. Also, you SHOULD NOT buy the fuses! that is the landlord's responsibility, not yours! if you are doing so, contact an attorney ASAP and see if you can deduct them from the rent demand an inspection from the City! If you do have that problem, contact the city ASAP! If the problem is recurrent, we might end up having a fire here because of the lack of professionalism from MAC Management Properties.

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