Tenant Reviews for 5527-39 N. KENMORE

I just moved in August 2007. I'm in nice, big studio. The windows are great, and the laundry room is very nice. The neighborhood is quite nice and incredibly close to the lake and the redline. There are regular visits from the exterminator, but I've never seen any pests. The bathroom and kitchen are small but certainly nice enough for such relatively low rent. There seems to be a problem keeping doors and gates in working order.

Several of the entryways- 5535 and 5535 1/2 N. Kenmore, specifically - have had ALL mail delivery suspended by the Uptown Post Office, due to the carrier being unable to gain entry without buzzing individual tenants. The carrier recently left a "delivery suspended" notice (USPS form I507) taped on both entrys. One tenant has rented a post office box at the Uptown Post office to ensure receipt of mail. see: http://psforms.lettercarriernetwork.info/1507.pdf xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Very poorly maintained - common areas are filthy dirty, there is an ongoing roach problem (although an exterminator comes monthly) and at least one of the maintainance crew regularly enters apartments illegally. Also, some apartments were recently infested with bedbugs. Common area doors and the front gates are often broken and standing ajar, and one neighbor told me she found used condomm wrappers tossed into her storage locker, as well as empty Snapple juice bottles, which one of the crew can often be seen drinking. When it rains or snow melts, basement areas flood, including storage locker areas. AVOID. You can find MUCH better for the price. Also, see reviews of other Krenger buildings on this website - not providing heat seems to be a common complaint. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Krenger Realty is also not very evolved: "--- couple charge Krenger Realty with bias" Chicago Free Press, April 26, 2006, p. 5 A --- couple is alleging a violation of Chicago's human rights ordinance after a Lakeview real estate company told them their income could be considered together only if they filed a joint federal tax return. The Internal Revenue Service doesn't allow --- couples to file joint returns. The couple--------------------------------------------wanted to lease an apartment from Krenger Real Estate and together had more than enough income to meet Krenger's requirements. But ------------- is a student and didn't meet Krenger's threshold of having a monthly income at least three times the amount of the apartment's rent. Had English been applying to rent the apartment as a single or if the couple were married, that wouldn't be a problem--Krenger allows married couples filing joint returns to have their income considered together, and English's income alone exceeds Krenger's requirements. ------------- and English allege Krenger's requirement is discrimination based on sexual orientation, since the company is using a standard it knows --- couples cannot meet. "A business can choose fairness," ------------- said. Krenger agent ------------- said, "Sexual orientation doesn't have anything to do with it." ------- said the company is concerned that one member of a couple could move out and leave the other person with a lease burden he couldn't meet. "We're a for-profit company and we have a lot of exposure," she said. ------- said she empathizes with --- couples who can't meet the requirement but said, "They need to take that up with our government officials." Agents with other real estate companies said Krenger's requirement isn't the rule, especially for companies that lease apartments in heavily --- North Side neighborhoods such as Lakeview and Edgewater. "That's just not something we'd even consider requiring," said one --- real estate agent.