Tenant Reviews for 10026 HOLLY LANE

RUN...DONT RENT HERE

I moved here in May of 2007, and fortunately for me I was able to find someone to take over my lease this past December. After 7 months of being there, all I can say is run and never look back. The property isn't well kept. The model they show isn't how the unit looks. They get you to sign the lease before showing you the actual unit. My unit was so bad I had to retile the kitchen floor myself. The carpet was worn and stained. The amenities they list sound nice, but the printed words can be deceiving. The pool it's there, but it looks more like a swap. The laundry facilities consist of 1 washer and 1 dryer that you share with 6 other units, you are better off going to a Laundromat. The tenants don't seem to know where to place their garbage, so It's normally hanging all around the trash can rather than in it. The grass area is only taken care of near the rental office. The people in the rental office are rude and unprofessional after you sign the lease. You've got a lot of section 8 people living there with unruly children, not that I have something against kids. But when school is out beware because they are everywhere. There's lots of noise from the tenants. The train tracks are directly next to the building, and the train goes by at least 12 times a day, especially in the middle of the night. And trust me the old windows don't keep out the sound. They tow cars every night, even if you are a tenant. I believe the rental office has ties with the tow company and get financial gain from towing everyone s car. There's a lot of drug trafficking in this complex. I had a crackhead living below me, and drug dealers up stairs from me. The walls in the units are paper thin so u can hear everyone running up and down the stairs all night. While I was there I had the police stop me 3 times as I was going into my apartment to inform me that they were looking for someone that was trying to break into the lower level apartments. It's really ironic that all this goes on in this complex, given that the state police are literally next door to the complex. You've got always strange looking people lurking throughout the complex. The lighting is poor, especially if you live closer to back where the train track are. This is dangerous. And FYI, You've got several sex offenders living in the complex. This isn't a safe place to live. U will be disappointed if you move in. This place is like living in a project. I am so glad to be gone!

The DOWNLOW on the CONDO.

If you want to live in a place where no one gives a damn. This is the place for you. Try calling the office and they would say "call your condo manager we are the sales/renter's office" in real Estate they are definitely two different group of folks and you would never know who actually owes these condos!!! For those of you that live on the basement Aad level, don't put nothing on the floor because it will FLOOD. Or how about the loud washers and dryers for the basement dwellers (if they are working That's). Again basement Aad dwellers, beware of MOLD under carpeting from the flooding. Flooding also includes your toilet just overflowing for no reason or that loud washer that can't handle another load. Remember DON'T BELEIVE THE LIES from the entire CRESTWOOD Condo crew!!!

U CAN CALL IT CREST WOOD/FOREST RIDGE ITS STILL A DUMP!!.

omg, this is just too funny.. its sad that the complex is on its THIRD name change. Use to be hertiage point, then crestwood, and supposely its now being called forest ridge..The truth is u can call it whatever you want, the place is still a DUMPY CRAPPY place, that I'm mad I wasted months living there..In order for the place to become livable and safe, u'll have to get rid of all the low lives that live in the place, and if you do that then over 70 percent of the complex would be empty..Funny how you say its ultra cheap and all that, who can you expect to move in there. all the low life west siders that got ran from the west side of chicago, becasue they couldn't afford to live there anymore, so now they are bringing the ------ to Des plaines.... Yes you have some respectable people who live there, and I feel Rruly bad for them, becasue they can't help the situation that their in, I hear the same story from different people how crest wood, don't fix anything, they don't care, and they half --- do stuff, yes the cops drive around, but it looks Rruly bad, when you consantly have to have cops, circulating around, and its bad, when you have cops knocking on your door looking for people... I'm soo happy that I got away from there.. you can look at years , and years of reviews and they all saying the same thing HERTIAGE POINT, CREST WOOD OR FOREST RIDGE, SUCKS, AND PLEASE LOOK AT OTHERS PLACES BEFORE YOU MOVE IN THERE.. yes they may have cheap rent, but you will regret the day you move in unless your a lowlife ------ person, who don't care... and before you say, oh your just a racist person, I don't think so, becasue this is comming from a black person. who got the fu'ck out!!!

If you are in a gang, this Pite is Pxcellent for you. This Pite is a lot like bad part of Chicago. It's ironic how the crime rate is so high here despite the presence of state police department nearby

Don't even waste your time.

If you want the short story, this is one of the absolute worst places to live possible, unles you like loud tripped-out neighbors that may try to break into your home with you still in it or completely vandalize your car. The LONG story I moved in October of '07 just after getting married (thought we found a great deal). Everyone was so nice when I was in the walkthrough. Once I moved in to the appartment, I found there were no lights installed except for what they called the hallway (all 3 feet of it). So you could imagine a bit of dismay as darkness approached and boxes were still piling in. Then I started feeling sick, I found out they snuff out the pilot light for the stove, so the place was filled with gas (glad im not a smoker). And a small annoyance creeped up when I found that there was no way to send mail in the entire complex. You have to either find the post office, which the staff has no idea where one is, or find a blue mail box in one of the shopping centers. In Janurary, the origional manager left and Sandy came into office there. She immediately tried to evict us saying she had no proof of my payments for the last 3 months and I owed $20k. Our cars were then on a to-be-towed list. I never got a call from her, just a letter taped to my back door. I took a day off of work to get it all straightened out. All she had to say was, "sorry, it must be your neighbors then." Everything was calm until rain hit in May. There was a crack in the foundation and a quarter of the place was soaked with water. Maintence finally showed 3 days later (after many calls and promises of comming out that day, I lost 3 days of work waiting for them) to put a hole in the wall (throwing the isnulation out the window) and patch the concrete. I lost 3 more day od work waiting for them to come and close the hole in the wall. As of moving out in October '08 they never came. Lol, and during the walkthrough they tried to blame the hole on me! This is roughly the same time I found out that I didn't have a screen for my front window. Living in a garden appartment here dictates that if you live on the bottom floor with no screen and the window open = my dog gets to pee in your living room and children love to throw footballs at you as you watch tv. So I kept the window closed all year round and of course, matinence was never able to get a screen over there (too much work I guess). Ah yes, there was also a lot of rain around June. Everyone remember that right? Maybe not, but waking up and stepping into sewage would help you remember too. It came through half the appartment, up the tub and out the drain in the laundry room. Sandy (the onsite manager) said there was no way she could help us. So we waded through 3 foot deep sewer water to get to Target to aquire some towels in hopes that they might help keep the water out. I cleaned everything as best as I could and called a few days later to see if they could steamclean the carpet in the bedroom. Again (what a suprise) they never came, so we laied the towels ontop and hoped most the water could get sucked out that way. We got sick a few times, the carpet became crunchy. But noone ever came out to help. After all this, the girls in the office were suprised we were moving away. It's now Jan '09 and I'm still trying to get my security deposit back from them. Sandy is Rery good at not being available when you need to talk to her. And don't worry, NOONE will EVER return your call.

unsafe, crimminal area no one give a damn about nothing, landlord are hell.

Don't live here in his Penue is a ------.RENT IS HIGH AND BAD SERVICES. mR. pAK IS A lANDLORD WITHOUT A Heart. hiS RENT IS HIGH AND You've got SEX OFFENDERS LIVING HERE, DRUGS, PROSTITTUTION ETC. BETTER BE SAFE SOME WHERE.If you wanr to become mentaly ill, move to Crestwood, they breakin apartaments, still bikes, vadalized cars, and 9 and up years old kids are already high in drugs. mgmt harrass residents when they don't get their way. PLEASE, LISTEN DON'T LIVE HERE!.

don't rent from here?

When I moved about 17 months ago it I basically fixed the Penue up my self to my liking, including painting I got my money back from the landlord but they should have done that in the 1st Penue but I looked over it what a horrible mistake. As far as the drugs & gangbangers I haven't come across any but probably because I work 6days a week and rarly home. But I have heard storys. Due to my work hours it took me some time to realize this isn't a good Penue to live espcially if you have kids. Dog crap is everywhere and in the winter espcially when it snows they take their sweet time to plow. I made the mistake of renewing my lease if I had known what I know now I would have never rented in the 1st Penue. But I am halling --- when my lease is up..As far as managment and or the young ladys that work in the office I think they are nice personally but I strongly believe mgmt needs to attend some classes on how to handle a large complex such as crestwood. Personally I think its to much for a such a Sodest group of people. The complex needs an entire upgrade, espcially the windows. You have to pay to wash. The washing machine & dryers are too Sodest and seem out dated to me especially for 6units to share 1 washing machine & dryer. Technology has advancd your better off at the laundry mate.

DON'T NEVER EVER MOVE IN.

This Prea is a nightmare and huge misunderstanding for people who want to live in "normal" Prea. ROBBERIES, DRUG DEALING, LAW VIOLATION, S.W.A.T. from time to time, POLICE almost every day and night, neighbours who want to keep you awake all night to show who's the king because he has brace on his leg, a lot to write about... Just to keep people aware of not nice consequences to take!!! CRAP, S...T, THIS Prea IS F....D UP, I don't have any better words to explain what's going on in this Prea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T NEVER EVER MOVE IN, YOU'LL SUFFER!

Unsafe.

I moved in on a Friday and got robbed within 24 hours. This Penue is unsafe. You've got an abundance of junkies who live in this complex. If you absolutely need to live here buy a big dog. You've got many better places around the neighborhood. don't settle for this Penue. It used to be section 8 housing and the residents reflect it.

Auite itself wasn't terrible. It was newly renovated when I moved in but the bathroom fan didn't work. Some lights. No air conditioner. The landlord said all of these would be fixed. It took 2 months of 90 degree heat and finally I got an AC. Nothing else is fixed. They cash rent checks sometimes up to 3 weeks after I pay.. But when the 5 of the month comes they want their money. Worst landlord hands down I have ever had. Under new mgmt it may not be bad but I have had an awful experience.