Chantecleer Lakes
1550 Raymond Dr, Naperville, IL 60563
630-357-1632  save favorite
AVERAGE RATING
recommended by:
60%

overall rating:
3.0
3.2
3.18 Parking:
3.2
3.2 Maintenance:
3.0
2.96 Construction:
3.3
3.3 Noise:
3.5
3.46 Grounds:
3.3
3.34 Safety:
3.1
3.09 Office Staff:
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Beware poor ROI - cheap remodel & construction harassment

From: -Anonymous-
Date posted: 5/8/2006
Years at this apartment: 1998 - 2006
User Response is available. 1 response
 
Chantecleer Lakes (aka Equity Residential, Bordeaux Properties, Equity Management, or which ever name is being used this month) is undergoing rennovation as the apts are being sold as condos. BEWARE. The construction work is being done by Budimex and has been horrendous, unsafe, and gastly. It's not that the workmen don't work very hard, but there is no adherence to OSHA safety guidelines (no safety gear while jackhammering, working on gas lines, electrical, etc). The materials being used in the remodeling are CHEAP -- particle board with cheap laminate for kitchen counters for example. The AC furnace thermostat combinations installed in March still don't quite work together (the thermostats stop functioning suddenly). Workmen go from porch to porch at 7 am breaking up the concrete regardless of where residents are living, sleeping, or what items they might have on their porches (care is not taken when moving items). Apt units are not locked when workmen are done, sometimes for many days on end. None of the Budimex workmen are necessarily rude - it appears however they are not familiar with common professional American practices (not union' not certified'). When the windows and sliding doors where replaced, the caulking and complete insulation was not done for a month, allowing the new windows/doors to settle out of level.
Given the chronic sewer line flooding problems (2-3 times per year), mold problems throughout the walls (internal to the walls) and now the lack of quality remodeling, these units seem hardly a good purchase. Buyer beware.

Recommended: NO
Overall Rating
1 out of 5
Parking:
3 of 5
Maintenance:
1 of 5
Construction: 1 of 5
Noise:
1 of 5
Grounds: 1 of 5
Safety: 2 of 5
Office Staff:
2 of 5
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User Responses

From: dogitnow Date: 09/09/2006
You sound like someone who can not afford to buy, budimex does not even work there, they were on site for cleanup of vacant units. Nice try.
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