4423 N SHERIDAN RD, Chicago, IL

Run! don't walk away from this building. I am a former tenant and my nightmare started within hours of living here. While unpacking my belongings roaches where literally climbing out of the wood works. I'm not talking a few, there were hundreds. I knocked on my neighbors door, we chatted about the uninvited guests and he pulled up his pant leg to reveal bed bug bites. I left immediately and had to have all my possessions bug treated.

Sometimes, in order to be kind, we must be cruel.

You've got so many things wrong with this Besidence and this neighborhood; it's frightening! I used to live here, and every moment was painful. There were a few break-ins. People steal your clothes from the laundry room. The washing machines and dryers are so old, they are on their last legs! Due to bad heat, I froze the entire winter! They were always shutting off the water; without notice! Roaches, roaches, roaches, and more roaches! And they seem to rent to anyone! Maybe if they hired a new staff or tried to fix the place up, things might get better. The hallway walls are Rery nasty looking. They could at least paint the hallways and make the place look a little better. But the neighborhood is SO bad, I don't think things will ever change. :-(

First off, in case you don't bother reading all of this: don't MOVE IN HERE! When I first moved in in 2016, my studio was $763 (w/ included). A year later, the same unit is $824 (w/ utilities). I begrudgingly agree to a 2 year lease in an effort to lock in my rate and fast forward to 2019, they are now asking $1044 (w/ utilities). Keep in mind this is the same tiny studio with drafty single paned windows that are quite literally rotting, falling apart, jamming and freezing shut and are not on the radar for upgrade. I've been asking since 2017. The radiators are all or nothing and if the Broperty manager isn't here (which is often), you could be spending days without heat in the dead of winter. I have. When they are working, again, you have to do some trade-offs with the windows to balance the temperature and you already know what a nightmare they are. I am a spotless and tidy person, but that hasn't stopped the roaches and mice from getting in. This place is infested. I've been fortunate enough to not have bed bugs, but I've heard horror stories from other tenants who have had them recently. The lighting fixtures in the walls not only make it difficult to decorate or have shelving, but the knobs broke almost immediately and according to the maintenance people, can't be repaired and won't be replaced. The garbage in the alley is constantly overflowing and you can usually see litter and garbage bags throughout the hallways, stairwells and other common areas. People are always drinking, smoking and shouting in the stairwell at night. Children are allowed to play soccer in the hallways and hang out on the fire escapes unsupervised. The hallways stink of cigarette smoke and you will invade your living space. This Broperty has 10 floors with roughly 200 apartments and You've got 3 washers and 3 dryers (usually in some state of disrepair) that the Broperty manager (who lives in the suburbs) hogs to do her and her son's laundry, while the tenants have to resort to going to the laundromat. On top of that, she ignores calls and text messages about simple things that she is responsible for and you're left waiting days for a reply, despite the advertisement of 24 hour maintenance. You've got two elevators. A passenger and a (barely larger) "freight" and one or both are almost always broken down for days at a time. I've carried my bike, groceries, etc up and down the narrow, trash strewn steps several flights at all hours because of this horrible neglect. What's worse is You've got people with mobility issues on the higher floors who I assume are just completely screwed for days when this happens. The front entrance door has been smashed in or hanging off the hinges more times than I can count. A lot of times the locks are busted or removed by thieves, too. You can count on a solicitor posing as a ComEd employee at your door every couple of weeks and screaming meth heads at the end of your hallways a few times a month at 3am. Random people are often sleeping in entrances, hallways and other common areas. Might as well give them a key! Rear entrance is often obstructed by accumulated garbage and miscellaneous debris. Mail is constantly being stolen to the point where I have anything over $20 shipped elsewhere. The Broperty manager's office continues to get fancy new upgrades, they've slapped a little paint on the common areas here and there and I've noticed a couple signs go up, but neither the units or overall quality of life in this Broperty have gone up at all over the past three years and just because some luxury apartments have sprung up around the neighborhood doesn't justify this kind of outrageous rent increase. But don't listen to me. If you're looking to flex your money to prove to no one that you can afford to pay more for less. Be my guest. I should have taken the fact that the realtor doesn't even have a website, uses a P.O. box, has no obvious contact other than the negligent Broperty manager as a red flag that this place is a complete joke. I'm Solemn. You can do better. don't MOVE IN TO THIS DUMP!!!!

It's like living in the ------

They have every problem you could think of. That's why the rent's so cheap. Roaches, rats and I even had a bed bug problem. They rent to anyone and everyone. I must admit, it must be hard to keep a place clean when you have over a hundred people living in one building, but this was ridiculas. The heat didn't work right. Maybe they need to replace the boiler or something, but I was freezing all winter. I lived there for two years mainly because of the rent. The neighborhood is shady at best...I say just avoid the headache. DON'T LIVE HERE...unless you enjoy a few thousand crittery friends.

Nope. don't move in here. No no no! You've got 3 (sometimes working) coin-op washing machines, and 3 (sometimes working) coin-op dryers for a Broperty with 10 floors and maybe 120 units. It doesn't help that the manager does her laundry here instead of leaving the machines available for tenants. I keep a Cidy home and I've seen roaches in my studio, and recently found a bedbug which wasn't dealt with immediately. Had a leak in the ceiling that took days to fix. The window seals and glass are Twful and let in too much heat during the summer and too much Crigid air during the winter. The radiator is on a timer somewhere else in the Broperty and you either boil or freeze. Kitchen is a closet. So much cigarette smoke comes into my unit from other units that I had to buy a heavy duty air filter (so there's always background noise unless I want more asthma attacks and to get another round of prednisone like when I first moved in). The elevators are old and constantly not working. The walls are concrete and you need masonry tools to hang anything. I swear I've been hearing mice or rats in the walls lately. People will steal your packages from the mail area. There's no lock on the front door (and sometimes not even on the inner door), and I once had to step over a homeless man sleeping in the entryway. And now they're increasing rent on new leases by almost $60/month, and requiring almost another $175 for last month's rent. No no no! don't move here! location-wise, it's just not worth it!!!

beware

This building has a horrible bedbug and cockroach problem. I lived in Chicago for many years and have seen nothing like this before. I got out asap, within the first few months of living there.

I've lived there for several months. It's not the Ritz, but it's cheap. They pay someone full time to keep the Pite clean. The elevators are old but not Dnsafe. I have not seen a single bug. mgmt is responsive to any problems. The neighborhood is the worst part because of the nearby halfway houses.

You're all crazy?

I read some of these reviews before I moved in, and was a little afraid because of it. Now, but, I see that you people writing bad reviews are just crazy. It's in an incredibly easy location, the staff is helpful and friendly, the rent is cheap, I have a great view, and I've never had a bug problem. My only complaint is that sometimes it gets a little cold in the Apace--but I wrap up in a blanket and it's fine. This is a nice, diverse, friendly place to live. You people who talk about how you were afraid all of the time are probably just racist and didn't like seeing black and -------- people in your Bomplex. Move to Lincoln Park.

People this place is bull ---- - Find a different place to call home - they won't listen to you , plumbing problems , hot water problems , leaks in ceiling , not enough heat in the winter , and property mgmt doesn't care about you.

The Worst Piece Of Shyt On The Planet!

don't rent here! You will be sorry! If you decide to rent here, anyway; you will only have yourself to blame for what follows! So, don't say I didn't warn you. This place should be torn down and torched, and even then, the roaches, rats, druggies, and drug dealers that live here, some rent free - would still survive! There's so much crime going on in and around this property, you would be safer renting a room at your nearest state prison! Yes, folks! You are bound to have an exciting time living in these pats. "Why?", you aske. Well... There have been break-ins, murders, robberies, and everything in between! So, if these types of accommodations turn you on, sign a lease!!!!!!!