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Saddlewood Apartments


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GoCubs24

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6/6/2012

The Pros-Fun pool, good maintenance, good natural lighting, good location. The Cons- Oh the noise. This mainly applies the apartments that face Utica and 71st St. The apartments are poorly insulated and just a few feet from these busy streets. We were woken up at least twice a week in the middle of the night from EMS/Fire/Police sirens and lights traveling down Utica-using this road as an access road. Also, there are two senior facilities on 71st with frequent visits from the EMS. Early in the morning, LP&L service trucks and city trucks roaring down the street. Headlights from all traffic shining in the window. I felt like I didn't get any good sleep for a year. Drafty-the winter before last was bitter with several days in the 20's and teens. We ran our heater all day long and the apt only warmed up to 60 degrees. The front door had a half inch gap at the top and side frame letting in a draft (and dirt). We usually watched tv in sweats, wool socks and two blankets. Same applied for summer with the draft and lack of insulation..the AC ran all the time even though I kept it set on 79 to 80. Also the main unit was in the bathroom above the shower and it rattled extremely loud. The water took a good 5 to 7 minutes to get hot. I felt like I was wasting water all the time. Parking-They charge extra a month for assigned parking. We didn't elect for this. So sometimes, we had to walk far to get to the apartment if we didn't luck out and get the handful of free ones. About twice a month, at night and on the weekends, some guy (a visitor) who didn't want to park far off would just park in the fire lane, blocking 4 cars in(2 of those the free spaces). We got trapped by this guy many times and the tow company could not take the call from the renter but only the office. So we left several messages with the on call after hour apt line and never got a response, and he never got towed. Therefore, we sat in our apt waiting for 1 to 3 hours for this jerk to leave. There are a lot more cumbersome irks about the apt but mostly are due to it's old age. I think they are charging too much for what it is. OLD! These things I listed are something I couldn't really pick up on with just a 5 minute walk through when taking a tour. If I would've known..I would have never moved in and got some sleep somewhere else. And as mentioned in other posts....the office staff friendliness is a hit or miss. We were slapped with a lot of moving out fees too not covered by the deposit-even on things we scrubbed to perfection. Oh well. Now you know.

    Review 14 out of 41

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