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To those thinking about living here I'm going to put it to you this way: In the past 9 years there have been about 7 residents who have had bed bugs (documented cases). Let's assume each of these individuals had their own apartment. Let's also say this happened in 2006. So for the year of 2006, a grand total of .00304% of all residential units had bed bugs (using 7 units out of a total approximate 2300 units). Now, over a 9 year period, and being very conservative in our numbers, one only has a 0.000968 chance of getting bed bugs in their unit. Parameters used: only one individual per unit with a 30% annual turnover rate and 85% occupancy with 7 confirmed cases of bed bugs. Now, seeing the number above and listening to the attacks on this building it is clear that if you buy into the bed bug hype you should probably also never ride in a car as the chance of being in a car accident is about 5X (*est) more likely - sorry to be morbid.

If you don't buy the above numbers I invite you to prove me wrong - that is, prove the odds are higher of getting bed bugs. Note: I was very conservative in my numbers so the odds should be about twice as high! Also, my apologies for bringing in numbers to this debate but statistics don't lie and human emotion, at times, needs to be taken out of the equation. Mind the pun.

Side note: Not to beat a horse to death, but to the individual that called me/us "lower class idiots": You may wish to rethink that.

To the individual who said something about the "mental and physical anguish of getting bed bugs": I agree I was on vacation once and stayed in room that had them (long before moving to PT) and it was one of the worst experiences of my life - I feel for anybody that got them. I do, however, guarantee if you poll all Chicago residences you have a much higher probability of getting bed bugs in greater Chicago than PT If you just randomly choose an apartment blindly. Again, if people would like to challenge this statement provided data and keep it objective and factual. No more: "That's retarded, no way that's true, etc.. type statements".

I have now lived in the towers for 5 months and so far no issues. I have read several comments about paying to change apartments/raising fees, etc. on move out time - I can't speak on this as I have yet to experience a move/re-signing of the lease and thus will not dismiss anybody??s comments on this since. I very much hope this not to be true.

Lastly: To the individual that wrote: "either someone from the mgmt or a person with no common sense at all!!" Why is it that every time someone writes something good about this place they are accused of being management or 'stupid'? I'm not with the management and have yet to be accused of being stupid. Maybe we should start believing that everyone that writes a negative comment is management of another property trying to get PT??s business? Obviously, I don't assume that but you guys need to start realizing 20 or so negative reviews this year out of 3,500 current residents is a pretty low number of unhappy people.

I in no way mean to put down people that have had, or are having, a bad experience - I honestly feel for you. A home is the one place you should always be comfortable and unfortunately you are not and I would recommend you move out (as several of you have). But, and I say this with the utmost sympathy for all that are miserable here, you are the minority.

Alright, I recently moved out after living at PT for seven years and just had to speak up.

While the bed bug problem did seem to be resolved by the time I moved out, it had grown to epidemic proportions; not the .00304% you state. And yes, while a bedbug infestation has little to do with cleanliness, it only grew to epidemic proportions because the current/past managements refusal to deal with it. And yes, there were several lawsuits which were settled out of court.

Oh, and by the way, PT is nowhere near 85% occupancy, 65% - 70% would be more accurate; and the turnaround would be closer to 50% - 60%. And I also consider these conservative figures on the high end.

Many of the fees charged by management companies are indeed illegal. Management companies prey on the ignorance/complacency of their tenants. And the reason that you don't hear more about this is that if you challenge them they will simply drop the fees to avoid litigation. Also, far too many tenants simply pay these illegal fees to avoid the hassle of taking legal action.

As to whether or not you are with management, I don't know. It does seem odd that you would rent in a building with such bad reviews (and not just here but on other sites) and with a management company with such a bad reputation. Especially, since there are much better deals to be had at other properties. I also know that at least one member of the Waterton management staff does response to reviews on this site. Your response does have the tone of someone affiliated with Waterton.