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Garfield Park


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Caroline Collins

Resident 2013 - 2015

5/21/2015

My sister and I lived in a 2 bedroom unit for 2 years and initially loved it. No one had lived in our unit before us, our floor plan had a huge kitchen, and our unit was on a corner with tons of natural light overlooking the quiet street. My only complaints were the fire alarms, thin walls, lack of amenities, and staff turnover We were ready to sign a 3rd year until I randomly checked out the floor plans page and noticed that every single 2 br unit was going for $300-500 less than what they were asking us to pay next year. When we first signed our lease we picked this floor plan because it was the cheapest. Now, our unit was significantly more expensive and our unit was even on the 2nd floor. The unit above us leased in February for a little over $2500/month -- they asked us to resign at $3095. We tried to negotiate with in house management, and eventually took it to the regional manager Sarah. She was able to bring the rate down $100/month but refused to even meet in the middle. Clearly, retention and current tenants are not a priority here. We didn't end up signing for a 3rd year and our unit was posted back to $2500ish even though we were told the only reason the unit above us went for so much less was it was the time of year. We ended up moving over to The Beacon in a GORGEOUS 2 bed/bath with floor to ceiling windows and a rooftop pool for about the same rate GP was demanding from us. Funny enough, I've run into multiple previous Garfield Park tenants who have all moved over to The Beacon and everyone seemed to experience similar issues (and are MUCH happier at their new place). Kettler was very disappointing and I will not be renting from them in the future -- but they clearly don't care anyways!

    Review 6 out of 15

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