Apartment Ratings | Lake Meadows Ratings and Reviews

Lake Meadows: Keep looking (Not Recommending)

2009-10-24T22:17:39-06:00

From SuckeredintoLM: This place is a fcuking joke. Their ads say you can "live like an accountant and party like a rockstar" and I'm here to tell you that is bulllshit. First of all, although it doesn't cost $1500 for a 1 br unit here like it does for a downtown or ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Bedbugs!!!!!!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2009-10-10T14:44:22-06:00

From angelo8766: Several apartments on our floor as well as a few other floors in the building have become infested with bedbugs. This is due to the increasing numbers of international students from India and China moving in and bringing bedbugs with them. The exterminators came to my apartment twice, but that ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Better think twice before you move to LM (Not Recommending)

2009-10-08T22:11:10-06:00

From -Anonymous-: If you just want a place to crash, it's ok. But honestly I'm very disappointed and like so many others here, I will not be renewing my lease. When you move in, you get an apartment that is freshly painted (won't look anything like the pics in their ads though), ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Filthy Lobby Rug, Filthy Hallway Carpet and Dirty, Ugly Elevators at Lake GHETTOS (Not Recommending)

2009-09-24T19:29:52-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Unless you want to come home every night to see the dirty Lake Meadows lobby rug that looks like it has never been cleaned at Lake Ghettos, aka Lake Meadows, then don't move here. And when you come through the door to the elevators, you will be greeted by the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: 2 Words - No AC!! (Not Recommending)

2009-08-08T22:31:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: That's right, it's 2009, 90 degrees outside, and the apartments here do not have air conditioning. This is something they don't mention when they show you the air conditioned model apartment, which has window AC units. Your only option is to buy window units yourself and pay them to install ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: I don't know how to do (Recommending!)

2009-06-19T23:55:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I got it from apartmentguide.com, the first look, a 50 years old building it doesn't look like 50 years old design. a large green zone and parking place, and after a nice agent show me the model, the great lake view totally rob my heart. they don't have A/C, but ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: I've been here 9 months... (Recommending!)

2009-05-29T21:27:38-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Unlike all the other people on this site, I love Lake Meadows. Before I moved in I read the reviews and I would have NEVER moved into this apartment based on the reviews I saw. Luckily for me, I have two friends who have stayed in the mid rise buildings ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: I DO NOT FEEL HOME IN LAKE MEADOWS (Not Recommending)

2009-04-07T10:13:19-06:00

From lovelyjiae@gmail.com: I ve been in lake meadows in the 501 E. 32nd building for about 3 months. I have been getting hard time with the heating utility and wind draft through poor window. Lake meadows said that they provide free heating and gas to all residents. But I spend MORE money ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Awful. (Not Recommending)

2009-01-14T12:36:18-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've been in lake meadows in the 533 E. 33rd building for 3 months. For over a month now, the automatic front entry door has been broken. Management didn't even bother to place a notice up about it being out of order or when it will be repaired. Because it's ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Lived here for 7years----Can't wait to move out (Not Recommending)

2008-12-29T10:14:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Over the years they've increased the rent and they haven't provided better service. The area is unsafe. I can't tell you how many times my car was broken into at their parking lot, which is suppose to have a 24hr security office. The only good thing about living here is ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: I LIVE HERE AND (Recommending!)

2008-10-18T07:19:28-06:00

From -Anonymous-: NO!! I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 8 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED A ROACH ANYWHERE IN MY APARTMENT. I CAN ADMIT,,THEY HAVE HAD A FEW RUNS OF QUESTIONABLE PEOPLE AROUND THE COMPLEX AND I ALWAYS MADE A POINT OF DRAWING ATTENTION TO WHAT I SAW. I DONT LIKE THE ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: not a happening place (Not Recommending)

2008-08-12T17:11:02-06:00

From jenanddebbie: this should give you a better idea:http://www.youtube.com/v/ZkEHcIm-Jzg ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Not going to rent here (Not Recommending)

2008-08-12T09:26:39-06:00

From IronFist: I saw an add in "Apartments For Rent" (the free magazine) in the August 8 - August 21, 2008 issue that made this place sound like it was a cool, nice place in the South Loop.But after reading reviews here and seeing almost unanimously BAD reviews, I am not going ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Don't move into the 533 E. 33rd building!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-08-07T20:31:26-06:00

From -Anonymous-: 10 buildings in this apartment complex, and this one is the worse. I made the mistake of moving here and was so glad when my year lease was finally over. My experience:--Building was ALWAYS DIRTY. There were 3 extremely lazy janitorial staff, who never did anything. Dirty carpet in the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: a very rundown shell of what it used to be (Not Recommending)

2008-08-02T16:20:36-06:00

From dr_feelgood: I moved out last year because of how bad it got. I lived in LM from college through my medical residency and loved it my first few years there. That changed a few years back when the LM management got very lax in their screening process and began to let ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Roach Motel !! (Not Recommending)

2008-07-21T20:40:39-06:00

From emmygirl83: I was passing by this place in route to the south loop from hyde park when I saw a big open house sign and decided to check it out. The leasing agent was really friendly and immediately took me in a little golf cart to the 533 E. 33rd building ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: look elsewhere (Not Recommending)

2008-06-21T16:09:52-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The pictures and description they put online fool you into thinking this is a cool place to live but it's not. The only CTA routes to downtown are by bus (red and green lines are about a mile west), and there are SO many issues with the buses here (either ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Completely Hellish! (Not Recommending)

2008-06-07T22:17:39-06:00

From abby21chi: I moved here in March and have had nothing but problems. The windows leak when it rains (they are a single pane of glass with peeled caulking on the outside, original to the building), there continues to be a roach problem, and now there are some new neighbors that are ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Lake Meadows Apartments will be demolished in the next couple of years - Don't Move Here. (Not Recommending)

2008-02-26T14:39:43-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This apartment complex was built in the 1950's and is extremely outdated, so the owner, Draper and Kramer, will be tearing it down very soon. You can read all about it in the Crain's Chicago Business articles: go to http://chicagobusiness.com and type lake meadows into the search box, or do ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: If being close to downtown is what you're looking for, this is the place to move. (Not Recommending)

2007-10-29T09:19:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The apartments in Lake Meadows are completely overrated. For starters, the apartments are the size of a closet. The carpet and blinds are both cheap and stain easily. There is always a plumbing issue and the ventilation is terrible. The walls are paper-thin so you are able to hear your ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: there are better places around for less (Not Recommending)

2006-09-20T19:40:03-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Check Craigslist.com for apartments in Bridgeport instead.

---The Good---
Maintenence requests are always taken care of within a few days.
Grounds are really nice--good place to chill out, and there's the beach nearby.

---The Bad---
Getting the lease application through took about 10 times as long as it should have. Every time we'd get everything ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Do Not Rent!!! (Not Recommending)

2006-03-20T16:47:25-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The walls are paper thin, and you can hear just about everything that your next door neighbor is saying and doing. After my first few days in my new apartment, I was disgusted to hear the things I heard from my next door neighbor(if you know what I mean). I ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: My first place... (Recommending!)

2005-10-30T00:55:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Living at Lake Meadows was a pleasant experience for me, especially since it was my first apartment on my own. Close to my job, shopping, and the lake. Only left when I purchased my home... ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: I have lived there for 4 years and...... (Recommending!)

2004-10-20T17:05:29-06:00

From wayneaug13: I have to be honest and say that in the 4 years I have been there I really have had only 2 problems, water damage from an overflowing toilet in the apartment above me and the ocassional smoke detector and closet door going off track. I read some of the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: A nice place to live (Recommending!)

2004-05-27T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have comfortably lived here for over twenty years and while the apartment units are small and closet space is tight (compared to other highrise apartments throughout the city), my experiences living here have positively outweighed the negatives; especially after reading the ratings and reviews of other apartments throughout the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: I was happy here (Recommending!)

2004-03-28T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at Lake Meadows while going through my residency at local hospitals. I moved from out of state, and chose the property because it had free parking, reasonable rents and a convenient location for the rotations I would be doing.

I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of the grounds ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Not the best place to live (Not Recommending)

2004-03-16T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: It initially looks like this would be a nice place to live, but don´t let that fool you. These buildings are old...paint and plaster falling down in apartments. Thin walls..tiny bathrooms. The lake view, on-site cleaners, nearby grocery/video store and Walgreen´s are the best thing going for these apts.

The management ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: STILL NO SECURITY DEPOSIT RETURN No Air Conditioning (Not Recommending)

2004-02-21T00:00:00-06:00

From mensabrite@aol.com: Received the security deposit VERY LATE! Engaged attorney & am collecting the statuatory penalty of twice amount of deposit..50 days after move out and STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED MY SECURITY DEPOSIT! After 35 days, I did receive a notice that a $25 deduction was being made from my $1153 for ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: I Like It (Recommending!)

2004-01-21T00:00:00-06:00

From 1stapartment: After a long search for my first apartment, I chose Lake Meadows. I am a full time college student and I work full time. I have a car but parking is very expensive downtown. Public transportation is ample so I leave my cr at home (free parking) and take the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: A GREAT AREA AND PLACE TO LIVE (Recommending!)

2003-10-21T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I just wanted to express my feelings about LAKE MEADOWS. I have been with them since 1972 and I have always felt safe, secure, and very welcomed here. I recieve a long-time resident incentive that is excellent. I have lots of friends here and the convienence of a shopping center ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: A Big "Bullet" Was Dodged (Not Recommending)

2003-07-24T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Me and my husband had just moved to the Chicago Area and were really looking forward to finding a great place to live. Never mind that fact that finding a place to live is nearly impossible seeing that there is so many to places to chose from but the cost ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: Iffy at best (Recommending!)

2003-06-20T00:00:00-06:00

From bluedemon79: I´m moving out in August, so...

What´s good: the 3 and 4 bus lines run into downtown and stop nearby; building engineer is a nice guy (my building anyway); office can receive packages for you; large bedrooms; closed-circuit TV (can watch the Lobby Channel); Jewel, Walgreens and Blockbuster nearby; security goes ... [click to read full apartment review]

Lake Meadows: nice campus, nice price for proximity to downtown, area and management are BIG turn offs though (Not Recommending)

2002-01-14T00:00:00-06:00

From whats_my_username@hotmail.com: The Good:
near the lake
near Lake Shore Drive and Dan Ryan
very near shopping center
lots of open lawn space
very near basketball and tennis courts
free parking

The Bad:
building exterior looks like projects
1wk hallway rehab incomplete after 9 MONTHS
management sucks (Draper & Kramer)
shopping center is ... [click to read full apartment review]