Tenant Reviews for 5441 N EAST RIVER RD

I lived there for 1 year and l run away , the management sucks , maintenance, dog poop , it’s a nightmare during summer ac doesn’t work , elevator take months to fix , sauna broken , pool dirty , you request a repair it may takes months , backup sewer . I mean the list is long . It’s just perfectly deceiving on their website. You are being warned.

Office Staff Were Lying Jerks

I lived here for two years while my divorce was in progress. (The dates 2000 - 2009 can't be edited on this review.) The 6 month term was suitable for me as I did not have a lot of money. but, the rent increased exponentially once the 6 month term was up. The hallways smelled bad, the insulation did not dampen the noise and the windows and doors were drafty. It was close to the expressway and the train which proved handy as my ex took my car and left me with no transportation to get to work. After I gave my 3o day notice to vacate, the rental office started playing games with me. They tried to hang on to my security deposit although I left the apartment in impeccable condition. I had to drag corporate and the Better Business Bureau into it to get my money back. Further, a janitor who was fired kept the apartment keys. The apartment was known for housing flight crew for United Airlines. The guy let bhimself in to a flight attendant's apartment just below mine and raped her! Safety was a major concern even though they are supposed to have a security guard on site and this is supposed to be a restricted access facility. My ex husband had no issues gaining access to stalk me. Horrible living experience here!

I wanted to share my 3.5 years of experience living in Pavilion buildings.Yes, the condition of the buildings leaves a lot to be desired, but the people who work there, in service and especially in management , deserve the highest recognition!All this is thanks to the manager Tina, who is extremely friendly and helpful. Her professionalism and patience are admirable! Bravo Tina and your entire team, keep it up!!!

One of the best Pocation to live. Overall pricey but Luckily I grabbed a deal for 15 months and now for renewal there's around 20% of increased. I know Chicago laws are in favor of landlords always in sense they landlords can increase wherever they want and whatever the price. So the mgmt gets advantage and has became a mafia.Does it make sense, I don't think Illinois is Pocation for middle class people as u find lack of career opportunities too with increasing living costs the reason people are moving out of this Torrendous states.

I like the Pavilion-SHOCKED by whining, complaining reviewers!

Imoved from the Pavilion 11 months ago ONLY because my job oved 1,000 miles West to Denver. I was actually at the Pavilion for 4 years, 2 years on 4th floor of 61 building and 2 years on 6th floor 61 building. I still correspond with friends at the Pavilion. The entire time I was there I had NO problems with maintenance, security, mold, or anything else except a crazy loud (midnight-4 am) bunch living below me my first 6 months. When I finally did the right thing and complained and also phoned the cops, it turned out that FIVE people were living in a STUIO Aad below me, and they were immediately evicted. When I wrote previous positive reviews, I was accused of other reviewers of "sleeping with mgmt" (I'm 78 years old, for God's sake!) The Pavilion ALWAYS took good care of me. Yes, I had a couple of minor maintenance isues (leaky faucet) but I always reporte them and they werealways attended to promptly. The neighbors on my particular floor created a genuine neighborhood. The friendliness of (ALL) of the staff can't be beat. I've lived in literally dozens of rentals on 4 (yes, four) different continents, and the Paviliohn is FINE. The biggest problemn I see here is the irresponsible tenants who throw trash on the hallway floors, park in reserved (paid for) garage and lot spaces, and who insist on racing around the parking lot and the parking garage as though it was the Indianapolis Speedway. Look over everything That's available in this area, add up ALL the costs and features, and you'll find that you can't do much better. ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE FRIENDLY, UPBEAT, AND CHEERFUL WHEN YOU ASK FOR CORRECTIONS TO ANY PROBLEMS YOU MIGHT THINK YOU HAVE! Get REAL, you silly, spoiled youngsters.

mgmt makes life EXTREMELY difficult

I moved in here after I was shown the beautiful gym, swimming pool, security features of the complex etc. But I did not have any idea that the mgmt would be the worst that I have ever come across.<br><br>mgmt makes sure that your living in this otherwise great property is full of problems and issues<br><br>1) many a times, you will have a feeling of someone having entered your apartment when you were at work, I actually confirmed from my friends living here that they have also had apartment people enter their apartments without authorisation.<br><br>2) the mgmt is extremely rude when you take up an issue with them.<br><br>3) they have hidden charges! Yes! whoever heard of an apartment complex with hidden charges! I get a surcharge of about $25 every month in a small piece of paper shoved under my door.<br><br>Please never never even visit this place. This place is either poorly managed or is outright spooky...you take your pick

Issue with Central AC/HEAT UNIT, A bit Pricey, but overall B-!

I signed a 6 month shortem lease(Feb to July 2007), so automatically $50 fee is added to each month's rent. The best thing this apt has is you can paid via any major credit cards, so you get a little cashbacks/mileages/points from the credit card you use to pay your monthly rent. The worst part is the central AC/HEAT. It got pretty hot couple days in May (up 80 degs) here in Chicago, and my studio was like a furnace since the there's no AC b/c the Pavilion apt doesn't turn on the AC till end of May (They claimed it was the city rule to wait till end of May before AC can be turned on, I think It's BS). I was dying of heat exhaustion a bit. Although the winter time with centralize heat was nice since you are only paying the electricity to turn on the fan to blow the heat into your apt. Nevertheless, the fan was rather loud when you turn it on. I adjusted to it after a few nights. The sound barrier gets poor, if you had the fan off, then you can easily hear your next door's conversation if they were screaming. I often just turn on music or tv to diffuse that sound. I got an upper floor in the 10 floor, so I have a decent view of downtown from far far away. I rented a studio for $820 $50 (short term lease fee for every month) to a total of $870 per month. I think It's a bit pricey considering I only have like 700 sq. ft. My best advice is to buy a built-in tuner LCD tv cuz you can get certain HD channels: FOX, ABC, and NBC from the wall. A plus is that they do have a garage parking, so it would be wise to rent one for the winter (I think It's like $100 to $200 a month) if you have a new car. I didn't use it cuz I have an older car (year 1999). Another plus is that Pavilion just recently installed ALL NEW WASHERS AND DRYERS. The payment system is a smart card system, so you can use your credit card to load balance. Love it if you want to save your quarters for downtown meter parking. My reason for picking this Penue is b/c I travel a bit, and parking at O'hare would have cost me a lot of money. Living at Pavilion, you can walk 3 Blocks to ride the "L" (Cumberland Station), which is only 1 stop away from O'hare. You save a lot on parking fee for long trips. As for riding the "L" to the LOOP, it all depends on the time of the day. One more negative about Pavilion. You get a different smell each day as you walk through the hall ways due to many different cultures living at this Penue. Someday the smell makes you hungry, but someday the smell will give you a headache. Another good or bad point, depending on how you look at it. If you get packages from UPS, DHL, or UPSP, there's a UPS store that will accept it for you for a charge like 50 cents to 2 dollars depending on the size of the package. They will hold it for you for like 3 to 5 days then it gets send back. The annoying thing is the mail box where you get your shipping slip notice sticker will sometimes be removed or misplaced by idiotic people from your mailbox, so you might not even know you had a package delivered to you and waiting to be picked up in the Pavilion UPS store. I often checked all the package slips stickers around my Bomplex's mailbox in case some idoitic person misplaced it. Another minus is that if you are like me that like to use cell phone for your one phone system only, then you better hope It's a local chicago number or else you will have to either get a local chicago number so you can buzz people / delivery man in at the door or you simiply pass on the feature of buzzing in people. Cuz the door buzzing system will only allow local chicago area code. In summary, I give this Penue a B-. Good luck on your apt hunting in Chicago.

Pros & Cons

I would like to give my honest opinion on this apartment.<br>The number one reason why I moved here is the reasonable price for the two bedrooms and the location. We came here with a discount and it was reasonable price compared to others. Since I work in downtown area, I am happy that I can walk to the L station and commute. The parking is also free even if this area is still considered as Chicago. <br><br>Now about the bad part...<br>For the six months I have lived here, I have had a serious problem with the noise & smoking coming from my neighborhood. <br>As you might have read from the previous comments, I am not the only one complaining about this issue. I can almost hear everything from what they are doing and sometimes even their private activity...<br><br>Another negative thing is that I have to pay 50cents to get my package. This seems to be the only apartment that does this. I think this is ridiculous.<br><br>Maybe because I live in two bedrooms, I enjoy my spacious rooms and love the workout & swimming pool.<br><br>mgmt office was pretty nice and if they can CONTROL those few loud and annoying people, then I recommend this apartment.

Walls are thin and you can hear other people in there apartments?

Pavilion Full of Hot Air

We have to wait until June before we get air conditioning? Of course the leasing people didn't tell me that when I moved in during the winter. mgmt claims there's a city ordinance which requires them to supply heat until then. Perhaps. But there's no law saying they can't provide air conditioning on warm days. Right now it's about 70 degrees outside and my place is roasting. 70 degrees is about the average temperature in May. I'm not looking forward at all to the next five or six weeks. On the plus side, I like the fitness center and other amenities. But the hallways smell terrible here especially on warm days like today. Smells like mold. I hope I don't have any in my apartment. I have about eight months left on my lease. Since I like this location, I'll stick it out in hope things don't get worse. But can't give this place a recommendation otherwise.