Looks like a quiet apartment, but actually very noisy. You can hear your neighbors even when they talk very softly. Don't be surprise if you hear tenants fighting or banging on someone's door due to loud radio or tv. It's because no sound insulation in the bulding so can hear your neighbor when they talk or play their music and tv. The floorings makes a lot of screeching sounds, so it's your tough luck if there's an inconsiderate tenant above you or you get yelled at by the tenant below you. The building is old, so it stinks in the hallway and cabinets are all musty smell. Price is reasonable but management/maintenance is too slow to response when there's a problem with fixtures/laundry unit or heat or a problem with other tenant.
The only thing recommendable is the price, but as the saying goes, you get what you paid for.

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From: MoxyMox	Date: 01/29/2009
Thank you for this because I see it posted in the ChicagoReader all of the time and wondered about the condition. I live at 6347 N Magnolia (no name) and the apartment is EXACTLY the same as the ChaToine. Oh and my building is also rat infested.

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