Apartment Ratings | Chestnut Hall Ratings and Reviews

Chestnut Hall: Recent Changes (Recommending!)

2009-12-22T04:58:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: There have been many recent changes at Chestnut Hall and it is my hope that we can continue to provide a level of customer service that our residents deserve. We are strongly committed to making your experience at our community a positive one. If you have any outstanding issues, please ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: if you have a physical disability, look eleswhere! (Not Recommending)

2009-07-05T16:04:34-06:00

From brendel57: I am in my 5os and traveled from Kentucky to leave here because of the location. Little did I know that even though I have a medical disability and even had complete total hip replacement, I am still not aloud to park in the apt. Parking lot and was rudely ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: not recommded (Not Recommending)

2009-06-14T19:38:48-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This place is pricy, but it's not worth it. My wall is damaged by the pipe, they said they would fix it 6 months ago, but never came back. I already wrote many requests, but they dont care. Now I have mice in my room, wrote a request 2 wks ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: firealarms (Not Recommending)

2009-02-27T11:53:58-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The alarms went off again this morning at 4 am- 3rd time in a row this week.We are told to go downstairs when the fire alarms go off but I just bought myself earplugs- helps me sleep through the noise. I can no longer bear going up 10 floors (stairs) ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: please read these negative reviews in case you ever decide to live here (Not Recommending)

2009-02-08T11:11:24-06:00

From sosadoharenter: All the negative reviews on this website are absolutely true. I even thought about hiring a lawyer to get out of my lease but alas, I am graduating and leaving in two months so I guess it is too much of a hassle for me. BUT SAVE YOURSELF before they ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Chestnut Hell, Part 2 (Not Recommending)

2008-12-09T15:07:19-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This apartment sucks! The previous comments are completely true. The front desk person at night is awful and annoying as hell. I don't want a 24 hour front desk person, I want a prox or code system on the outside of the building so I don't have to interact with ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Extremely rude front desk lady at night (Not Recommending)

2008-11-25T08:11:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Aside from this apartment being extremely old and crappy, the woman at the front desk from the afternoon to late at night is the biggest jackass in the world. She has so much attitude it is ridiculous. Everytime you walk into the apartment she demands to see your keys (which ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: OH THE HORROR! (Not Recommending)

2008-10-23T08:23:09-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living in Chestnut Hell for almost a year now and let me tell you couple of things about it.1- Awful management: they are usually clueless, don't seem to care much about the building and the residents. My guess is that they are as unhappy as the residents ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: not too bad, not too good (Recommending!)

2008-10-19T18:48:21-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have been living in this apt. for almost three years, so trust my opinion. I will begin with positive aspects:-there is almost no noise at all, at least where I am living. maybe it's because there are plenty of grad students and internationals. the only exception are the late ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Heating system sucks (Not Recommending)

2008-10-24T13:57:15-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Although pretty much everything in this building is craptastic, I would just like to highlight their high tech heating strategy. Basically they heat your room up to about 90 degrees, turn off the heat, and let it cool down to about 60 degrees (and the cycle continues). It is pathetic ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: THE WORST PLACE TO LIVE IN UNIVERSITY CITY!!!! (Not Recommending)

2008-07-21T21:20:20-06:00

From -Anonymous-: if you want to live in a door man building just to say you have one and pay $1000 for a small/ depressing studio, feel free to live here. maintenance is awful- nothing gets repaired or 'entered into the system' unless you directly talk to the manager. problem is, the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Could have been better, but definitely not that bad. (Not Recommending)

2008-06-12T13:46:57-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I lived at Chestnut Hall for 3.5 years (January 2004-May 2007) and it was Ok. The building is definitely old, but they fixed it up a bit while I was there. I honestly never had a problem with management, although I do believe some of the horror stories (I wouldn't ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Don't ever live here! (Not Recommending)

2008-05-13T01:01:15-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I moved in to Chestnut Hall last August...had heard some bad things about it, but I thought the location was good and the rent was ok...how bad could it be, right??? BIG MISTAKE. Living here has been the worst experience of my life! No joke. The management here is SO ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Absolutely horrible, WORST of the worst! (Not Recommending)

2008-05-02T18:45:10-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This building has three factors that combine to make it one of the worst places you can live as a student in Philly. 1. The building itself is falling apart. I had to call maintenance 15-20 times this year for my bathroom alone. The toilet leaked onto the floor, the ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Worst renting experience ever (Not Recommending)

2007-10-26T20:29:42-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived in a several different style apt buildings, but this was the absolute worst. There is no respect or communication between the management (mysterious, hiding behind the desk, will pretend they're not there, will ignore the most respectful calls and emails) and the abused renters. Granted, sometimes the renters ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Worst Management Ever, Over priced (Not Recommending)

2007-09-19T15:50:53-06:00

From dltnswk: The management here at Chestnut Hall is the Worst that I've ever experienced. They are rude and incompetent. Also, they started to charge electiricity this year, and I pay around $1000 for a small studio room. It's highly over priced. I'm thinking of moving out next year.ps: I have seen ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: 1 or 2 Bad Apples (Recommending!)

2007-05-24T09:21:51-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I am a resident at Chestnut Hall and I am moving out. I looked on this site to find an apartment near my new job and was appalled by the reviews that are posted. I spent 3 years at Chestnut Hall and had only 2 problems with maintenance that were ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Bad Rap by Bad Residents (Recommending!)

2007-05-23T21:32:04-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I have lived in Chestnut Hall for 2 years. Yes, I was very upset over the rental increase and the transferring to another unit. But I love the building and the proximity to my school(Drexel). Management is pretty good and I know that they have always been available to me ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Extremely rude and inefficient management staff (Not Recommending)

2007-05-18T15:17:14-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Not only does management personnel treat you in a hostile manner whenever you interact with them, they will find every opportunity to fine you or insult you. They are a team that doesn't perform their duties as paid by your rent, but a group of scheming people on a power ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: awful management (Not Recommending)

2007-05-16T02:29:01-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The management team is awful to deal with. They obviously don't think residents are customers. The front desk person has quite consistently told me to wait for at least an hour to talk to the staff at the office. I don't understand why they can not make appointments with residents. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: The good, bad and ugly (Not Recommending)

2007-05-01T23:11:45-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Why not start with the good...
Location: This place is very close to Penn's campus and University City. A block or two from Septa, bus stops in front of building.
Mail: Mail is efficient and all packages are held at the front desk. It's good cuz you don't have to ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: WORST PLACE EVER!!!!!! (Not Recommending)

2007-04-10T13:39:08-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Do yourself a favor, and DON'T LIVE HERE. Its the worst apartment building experience i have ever had in my life. For one, the management, is composed of a bunch of ridiculous, malicious, greedy people who are basically there to give you a hard time, collect your money, and threaten ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: (Not Recommending)

2007-02-27T09:01:51-06:00

From RobertF: Hi!

I am contacting the Penn legal counsel trying to solve a ridiculous issue I
have with Chestnut Hall management. I do need more tenants to contact the
legal people at Penn to address the management regarding certain issues.
Hence, they can take actions accordingly. If you know anyone who has been
unfairly treated by ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: This is the worst apartment building i have ever lived in. (Not Recommending)

2006-11-07T15:27:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Do yourself a favor and DO NOT move here. This place is the biggest scam - ridiculous prices, management is unreasonable stupid/arrogant/mean, constant renovations, constant construction workers roaming the halls, awful fumes and odors, unrenovated facilities, no thermoregulation in the apartment, its just SO bad. I wish I never had ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: hideous (Not Recommending)

2006-08-07T04:45:47-06:00

From -Anonymous-: the police went about my floor asking questions because some girl was assaulted?! so much for security! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Terrible: rescind my previous positive review (Not Recommending)

2007-03-15T16:27:05-06:00

From kmjcyu: I wrote a positive review earlier, but after living here longer with the new management, i have a new opinion. They have raised prices to a ridiculous amount and no longer cover utilities. The management is extremely unfriendly, and regularly threats residents with "legal" action over small things. I was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: absolutely horrific (Not Recommending)

2006-06-21T15:06:37-06:00

From -Anonymous-: This building is awful. Management and staff are inconsiderate. There are roaches and mice everywhere. DO NOT MOVE HERE! ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Chestnut Hell, It Is. (Not Recommending)

2006-06-08T11:18:54-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Oh where do I startﾀﾦ

Let me start with the good about this building. Martha at the front desk is a great lady. She is friendly and she takes care of things very well. Maintenance staffs do their job well, given that their workload is astronomical.

The best feature of the building ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Awful, awful, awful. (Not Recommending)

2006-05-05T18:37:22-06:00

From -Anonymous-: 1. Fire alarms. All hours. No warning. Never any fire. But if there is one, we can all be sure that we'll all burn, because once you're a veteran of a couple months, all you do is bury your head under the pillow. Also, they are the loudest and most ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: seriously, don't move here (Not Recommending)

2005-11-20T23:16:09-06:00

From -Anonymous-: My stay here has been horrible. I'm just waiting for my lease to end so I can leave and never come back.

Reasons why:
1) Management is horrible and treats tenants like children. Oh, and there's that little forced relocation issue mentioned in other reviews.
2) Apartments themselves are in bad condition. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Problems & More Problems (Not Recommending)

2005-10-13T16:08:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Building management offers compensation for volunteers moving out during
construction
By Olivia Doherty October 04, 2005

When Candice Carpenter signed her lease to live in Chestnut Hall, she
envisioned her future home as a 10th-floor corner apartment with a view of
the city. Instead, she was relocated to the fourth floor with a view of ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: The extremely negative reviews are not exaggerations (Not Recommending)

2005-09-30T19:21:55-06:00

From -Anonymous-: They are true. New management has forced relocation upon residents on certain floors, and will force relocation to all floors eventually. For the sake of your sanity, please never stay here, unless you like to move twice in two months. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Never, ever move here (Not Recommending)

2005-09-25T10:15:28-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The old management was bad, the new management is even worse. The new management is kindly asking the residents to move twice in two months (during the school year) to do unnecessary renovations. We were not told about this until two weeks before they wanted us out. The manager Kathy ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Forced Relocation?! (Not Recommending)

2005-09-19T13:12:20-06:00

From Chestnut05: Chestnut Hall Management is in the process of forcefully relocating ALL residents who have valid leases so that they can begin renovations to the upper floors of the building (and work downwards over the next months); it appears that many of these residents are already seeking legal counsel.

Don't move ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: dont get cheated on your security deposit (Not Recommending)

2005-08-06T22:30:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: first of all, i want to make it clear that management took of 40 dollars or so from my security deposit each of two years i lived there (i rented two apartments since im a student for 9 months each). i think they know people will not complain since they ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: hopefully new management will be good... (Not Recommending)

2005-07-13T15:13:49-06:00

From taipeileviathan: i've rented in nyc and la, so i'm writing this review looking in retrospect at my college years at chestnut hall. here are the pluses:

building was alright, all utilities (water, electric, gas, and trash) paid was great, 3 laundry rooms per floor is great, ms. martha definitely a plus...

now for ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Chestnut Hall is like living in HELL (Not Recommending)

2005-07-11T14:30:23-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Brandi Wexler, the blonde women in the rental office is satan herself. I have never met such a horrible person in my entire life. If I could nominate a person for the "Worst Person in the World" award I would nominate her. She is not in anyway friendly, helpful, couretous, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Worst apartment experience ever (Not Recommending)

2005-05-20T14:29:41-06:00

From -Anonymous-: It smelled and the management was the worst I had ever dealt with. I even had to break my lease to get out of there ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Nonononononono (Not Recommending)

2005-05-06T19:47:56-06:00

From -Anonymous-: I've lived here for 3 years. The first year was okay with the UCA management. Then it changed to Campus Apartment management. The guy named Woodrow treats tenants like kids. He lies, treatens, and yells. He sends you a letter that he would sue you when your rent is late, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: recommend conditionally (Recommending!)

2005-01-04T19:06:46-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Chestnut Hall is a pretty crappy place, but I still recommend it for lack of better alternatives.

I lived there for a year. Here's my view of its pros and cons:

Pro #1: Location
Chestnut Hall is almost on campus. Unless you need to go to class at DRL, you can easily walk ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Not worth it. Management lied all the time. (Not Recommending)

2004-12-13T14:57:59-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Do not move to Chestnut Hall if you do not like dealing with dishonest management. The manager, Woodrow Schaffer(?) lied to me personally and to friends on several occasions. I had called Woody (as he likes to be called) about a particular problem and he said he would take care ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: not recommended (Not Recommending)

2004-09-29T14:55:33-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Generally, this was a fine place to live. There was front desk security, they held packages at the desk for a decent amount of time, emergency maintenance was quick, and there weren't that many pests (on the 7th floor).

That said, I still wouldn't recommend it - Firstly, the rent was ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Very bad management (Not Recommending)

2004-06-25T00:00:00-06:00

From chestnuthell: Management is bad. But Rent is very expensive. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Do you want to live in hell, then take this place (Not Recommending)

2004-04-07T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: The manager treats tenants as a slave.
Nothing is worth your rent. You better find other place.
Chestnut hall is like hell.
... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: One of the nicer apartments you can find in Univ. City (Recommending!)

2004-03-22T00:00:00-06:00

From univcity: I rented a small studios in the apartment and I think it´s pretty good for the price. Good maintainence (usually respond within a day). The apartment complex is quite clean and is just renovated. Very convinient. Downside is that I get a really poor inside view (but that´s why it´s ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: TERRIBLE (Not Recommending)

2004-01-02T00:00:00-06:00

From tetrax: We stayed in this place for quite some time, mostly out of unfortunate necessity. NOTE, originally CH was under MUCH, MUCH better management. This has since changed.

First, the noise. We lived on the 39th street side. The noise emanating from the street was constant. 3 bars, a major arterial street, ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: CHESTNUT HELL (Not Recommending)

2003-08-25T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: IT IS ***NOT*** BETTER THAN LIVING IN THE HIGH RISE, YOU DON´T KNOW ANYTHING HAVING SUBLETTED

AS SOON AS YOU SIGN THE VACATION NOTICE THEY WILL HARASS YOU AND HARASS YOU AND HARASS YOU, B/C THEY DON´T CARE ABOUT YOU ONCE THEY FIND OUT THEY CAN´T SUCK ANYMORE $ OUT OF ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: Great for Penn students! (Recommending!)

2003-07-03T00:00:00-06:00

From ellisbell@juno.com: I only subletted for one summer, but its worth the money compared to living in the High Rises. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: management treats tenants badly (Not Recommending)

2003-05-19T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: this WAS a great place to live until "campus apartments" took over. treatment of tenants by management is inexcusable. ... [click to read full apartment review]

Chestnut Hall: OK overall (Recommending!)

2003-02-26T00:00:00-06:00

From -Anonymous-: Chestnut Hall honestly is not that bad...however it´s not that great either. Since it mostly houses college kids, it´s no surprise that it can get noisy from time to time. There are occasionally roaches and mice but I have to admit that maintenance has been great. They have always responded ... [click to read full apartment review]