Tenant Reviews for 1400 N LAKE SHORE DR

I have lived in the building since 2001. Yes, the last couple of years have been difficult while the construction was going on but it is over now. And everything that they did improved the building. The fitness center is better than what I've seen in any other building. The roof deck was awesome this summer. The halls have all been remodeled. I have better controll over the heat in my unit. I just moved into a unit that has been redone and I love it. It is still cheaper to live here than any other building in the Gold Coast.

I rented with a roomate in this building last year (September 2005 - October 2006) and had nothing but problems. When we signed our rental lease in July, we did not know that the following year it would be a condo conversion, so all of the rennovations, construction etc were unexpected - but at first it seemed worth it because our rent was so cheap (two bed, two bath for $1650/month - and we had a corner unit that overlooked the lake). Well, as time went on we saw the lack of organization and craziness that goes on in the building. It really peaked after about 6 months of living there, when a water line broke and flooded apartments on multiple floors (including ours). They had to bring in industrial sized fans to air everything out, and it left the floors buckled. The fans were really huge and loud (not to mention it blows everything everywhere) and after a week the manager/owner of the building came to our room to check on the flood damage. Well, we didn't have the fans on and he was quite upset with us! I can understand they want things to air out/not mold but we are also stuck with paying a much higher electricity bill as a result of having to keep the fans on, and not to mention they are so loud and bulky (having 3 in our apartment). Well, a month or two went by and ANOTHER water line broke - this time, luckily, it did not affect our apartment. I also had an incident with one of the employees at the front desk after living there a few months - I had ordered 30 lbs of rock (for my fish tank) and came down to pick up them up. They arrived in a cardboard box, and I tried to pick up the box and the bottom fell through since it was so heavy. Well I picked up the two bags of rock and left the cardboard box at the front desk since I couldn't carry it in addition to the rocks (a guy was there at the front desk but was on the phone). I went to my apartment and I received an angry phone call - the guy at the front desk called my cell phone and told me he was not my personal garbage man and I would have to come down and get the box and dispose of it myself! Are you serious?! I came down to pick up the box and he gave me quite a "talking to" about how I didn't respect him and that I was selfish - I was so shocked, not to mention there were other people in the lobby hearing all of this. I was upset not only by what he said, but that we had always been on friendly terms (I would frequently bring him candy, say hi etc). Talk about rude! Luckily we moved out in fall of 2006. Our manager told us we could stay if we wanted (our unit hadn't been sold) but it would be $2300/month now!!! So we left, and about a month later I was reading in the RedEye that there was a fire in the basement at 1400 Lakeshore. Boy was I glad we moved! Not to mention if we hadn't our cats would have died of smoke inhilation from the fire.