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4423 N. Sheridan


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angryinuptown

Resident 2016 - 2019

2/3/2019

First off, in case you don't bother reading all of this: DO NOT MOVE IN HERE! When I first moved in in 2016, my studio was $763 (w/ included). A year later, the same unit is $824 (w/ utilities). I begrudgingly agree to a 2 year lease in an effort to lock in my rate and fast forward to 2019, they are now asking $1044 (w/ utilities). Keep in mind this is the same tiny studio with drafty single paned windows that are quite literally rotting, falling apart, jamming and freezing shut and are not on the radar for upgrade. I've been asking since 2017. The radiators are all or nothing and if the building manager isn't here (which is often), you could be spending days without heat in the dead of winter. I have. When they are working, again, you have to do some trade-offs with the windows to balance the temperature and you already know what a nightmare they are. I am a clean and tidy person, but that hasn't stopped the roaches and mice from getting in. This place is infested. I've been fortunate enough to not have bed bugs, but I've heard horror stories from other tenants who have had them recently. The lighting fixtures in the walls not only make it difficult to decorate or have shelving, but the knobs broke almost immediately and according to the maintenance people, cannot be repaired and will not be replaced. The garbage in the alley is constantly overflowing and you can usually see litter and garbage bags throughout the hallways, stairwells and other common areas. People are always drinking, smoking and shouting in the stairwell at night. Children are allowed to play soccer in the hallways and hang out on the fire escapes unsupervised. The hallways stink of cigarette smoke and you will invade your living space. This building has 10 floors with roughly 200 apartments and there are 3 washers and 3 dryers (usually in some state of disrepair) that the building manager (who lives in the suburbs) hogs to do her and her son's laundry, while the tenants have to resort to going to the laundromat. On top of that, she ignores calls and text messages about simple things that she is responsible for and you're left waiting days for a reply, despite the advertisement of 24 hour maintenance. There are two elevators. A passenger and a (barely larger) "freight" and one or both are almost always broken down for days at a time. I've carried my bike, groceries, etc up and down the narrow, trash strewn steps several flights at all hours because of this horrible neglect. What's worse is there are people with mobility issues on the higher floors who I assume are just completely screwed for days when this happens. The front entrance door has been smashed in or hanging off the hinges more times than I can count. A lot of times the locks are busted or removed by thieves, too. You can count on a solicitor posing as a ComEd employee at your door every couple of weeks and screaming meth heads at the end of your hallways a few times a month at 3am. Random people are often sleeping in entrances, hallways and other common areas. Might as well give them a key! Rear entrance is often obstructed by accumulated garbage and miscellaneous debris. Mail is constantly being stolen to the point where I have anything over $20 shipped elsewhere. The building manager's office continues to get fancy new upgrades, they've slapped a little paint on the common areas here and there and I've noticed a couple signs go up, but neither the units or overall quality of life in this building have gone up at all over the past three years and just because some luxury apartments have sprung up in the area does not justify this kind of outrageous rent increase. But don't listen to me. If you're looking to flex your money to prove to no one that you can afford to pay more for less. Be my guest. I should have taken the fact that the realtor doesn't even have a website, uses a P.O. box, has no obvious contact other than the negligent building manager as a red flag that this place is a complete joke. I'm serious. You can do better. DO NOT MOVE IN TO THIS DUMP!!!!

    Review 3 out of 34

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