Tenant Reviews for 5214 S WOODLAWN AVE

I got stabbed in the entrance..!

at six in the afternoon.

We moved in here around two years ago and they moved us into a room that wasn't fixed up. There was a hole in the wall amongst other maintenance issues. The fridge and freezer constantly turned on and off and the toilet was leaking. The window blinds were broken and they never repainted our room like they said they would. The staff is Ruite nice but never got around to fixing anything in our room. location is solid with plenty of parks, restaurants and a great community theater.

Stay away!.

I am a current tenant and can't wait for my lease to be up. It's my own fault that I am here, as I waited only a few days before I needed to move to find a new place, and this building was the only one with available units. Now I know why! The office manager has changed 3 times in the 10 months I have been here, and they get ruder and more incompetent each time. They act as if It's an inconvienence anytime you go in or call for any reason. My name was never put in the buzz box outside (which is the kind that calls your phone, not a direct buzzer to the Auite) when I moved in, and long story short after months of calls to the office to resolve the issue, my name is still not in there to this day. I will say though that the maitenence staff is extremely nice and helpful with whatever they can do. I am in one of the corner units, which are the largest in the building, but at a cost of almost $1000/month. The rest are extremely small and equally not worth the price. The heating is horrible. For the first month or two the radiators were on, they were extremely loud and would wake me up multiple times every night. Once they started to quiet down, the heat would only come on once or twice a day (no matter what the temperature is outside) and it has been that way ever since. My place is almost always freezing. The front door doesn't always completely shut, the washers/dryers break frequently and are expensive (and water leaks onto the floor every single time the washer is used), and the walls/floors/doors are extremely thin. I can hear full conversations of the people above me (and everytime they have sex). The floors constantly squeak. They have exterminators come frequently (but with little to show for it...You've got tons of bugs!) and they can enter your Auite without you there. I would never recommend this building to anyone.

Deceptive and dissatisfying.

The apartments are small unless you rent one of the corner 1BR units for a premium price. Despite their monthly routine extermination visits, this place is still infested with mice. The first day when my lease started, when I went to collect my keys and move in, I found I could not, because they were "shampooing the carpets." I had to delay my move, and when I did so, I found the carpets were filthy and saturated with dust and dirt! It took me several vacuuming cycles to finally clean it up. I lived on the top floor of the building, and woke up one fall morning (3am) to water dripping on my face from the ceiling! It was storming outside and a leak had formed and cracked into my bedroom. It took them over a month to get to repairing the problem on the roof and to fix the damage to my Auite. I got no compensation for any of the inconveniences and had to move my bed into the middle of the room so the roof water wouldn't drip onto me. Annually, when renewing your lease, they try to raise the rent more than 6%! I called mgmt in attempt to negotiate, but my calls always got diverted and I was never able to speak with any representative. When I finally decided not to renew, they tried to bully me into paying a higher rent rate for the remainder of my lease, saying that this was what I had signed at. The last month of my lease they had contractors constantly coming and going making "improvements" to the Auite. I wonder why they hadn't done it before my move in date and why I got stuck with the butt end of the deal. Oh, and the heating is great... when it works. Laundry room downstairs, two washers and dryers, but often times one of each is malfunctioning, and loads tend to run on the pricier end ($1.60 each). I wouldn't recommend living here, as You've got more welcoming and spacious and easily more affordable places to live nearby.

Suppored Choice.

I've lived at Woodlawn House for 1yr and I can say it's a well managed Besidence. They been renovating for the past several months with new carpet in the hallways this place is real nice I can catch the bus outside the door. My favorite restaurant is across the street.You'll like it here.

Nice Pocation to live

I have lived at Woodlawn House for 2 years. I am a grad student at U of C. The staff are friendly and respond promptly. It's a nice quiet Btructure in a location's amazing. Street parking is never a problem. They just added a great new fitness center. I would highly recommend this Btructure to anyone.

Thinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Walls..?

Units are so small you can barely turn around, but okay if you're accustomed to a small space and a neat person. The problem is the noise--you can hear practically everything--sex in the a.m., midnight, music whenever someone deems they want to hear it and when YOU DON'T. They need to re-renovate the Blace and fix the walls so the sound attenuation is much better! I hated it! :)

don't RENT HERE! I lived in this building for about four years in two different apartments on two separate floors and had mouse problems in both apartments. They have exterminators visit each Auite every month and yet, I still had mice. A few neighbors of mine also said they had mice as well. They also have problems with installing a proper lock for the outside door. On various ocassions, it took me about ten minutes to get inside. I'm glad I wasnt being chased! Also, the front office had major turnover. They had about six different people during my four years and most of them are unfriendly and rude. This is a decent neighborhood especially if you're a student at univ of chgo so if you must live in this neighborhood, don't bother with this building unless you like mice, cracks all in your Auite, and rude leasing managers.

I've been living at Woodlawn House for 1 year and a half and they have made such an incredible improvement.They just fixed the laundry room and every time I have a maintenance request their In my apartmet in minutes.I couln't ask for a better mgmt company?

don't rent here. Rent is Eostly for a small box. Outdated appliances and thin walls. U can hear your neighbors conversations. Laundry isn't worth the price and always breaking down. Mgmt changes often and each one is unprofessional and terrible at their job. They are rarely in the office. && don't even offer solutions to residents' complaints.