Tenant Reviews for 1220 E ALGONQUIN ROAD

The worst mgmt, especially Esther who is the assistant manager. She is unfriendly and suck all the money out of you. Even if other staff are willing to help you, this lady will make sure its not done. unfriendly person to deal with. STAY AWAY FROM HER

awesome spot to live.

The complex is close to about everything but far enough from the expressway I cant hear the traffic. My Pocation is nice and big and the fact I can have a garage to keep my cars in is Rruly nice. I have only had to call maintenance for 1 thing (faulty thermostat) but they were there within 30 minutes and it was replaced and working in under an hour. The clubhouse is nice and having both an indoor pool and outdoor pool is Gantastic for my kids, swimming year round.

If you want to be happy don't move here

I have to say I love the layout of the apartment, but I dislike everything else about this place. I haven't experienced any security problems aside from one of the doors of my building not laching all the way. As a result of that a man was going door to door in our building asking for some sort of donation in the form of cash or asking for credit card numbers. One of the perks of living in a secure building is that you're not supposed to have to deal with crap like that. This is the first apartment my fiance and I have had together and one reason we chose It's because, Maria, a staff member, told us that there was a layer of concrete between each floor and we wouldn't be able to hear anything. Not true. I can hear everything that happens upstairs...including a screaming baby and what sounds like domestic disputes. Not to mention every step they take. There's a large indian population so the hallways smell like curry and body odor, and they're not always so friendly. They also tend to walk around barefoot in the hallways with their screaming children or just visiting eachother with their doorways open, and you can hear everything that happens in the hallway. The few good things about this place are the maintenance staff, the fitness center, and the pool. We moved in March 2010 and will be moving out as soon as our lease is up.

I lived here for one year and the apartment next to Algonquin Road, it was noise. The AC was bad even if it was fixed several times and never went down to 78 degree, and I paid much more money for electricity than my current much bigger single house. High utility expense, especially water expense, I did believe we have to pay swim pool water. If you don't swim but you have to pay for other people. The fire alarm alert almost once a month. The apartments are also expensive. In one sentence: expensive rental and utility expenses, low effective AC, high noise and frequent fire alert.

Wnferior complex ever.

The staff is Twful. The grounds are only getting worse. Its nasty and becoming over priced. look around before you move here. Lakes of Schaumburg is 10000times nicer and has a fireplace and wood floors for a comparable price. LOOK AROUND before you move to India.... I MEAN International Village. ick I walked around and took pictures of the grounds and PER usual there was plenty to pick from as far as bad upkeep goes. I found a couple broken windows. WHICH reminded me of a month ago when our hallway window got rocks thrown through it?!?! OR the time someone drove through someone's first floor Apace - which I have photos of. so enjoy. If you move here, you're clearly slow, as you HAVE BEEN WARNED.f

wonderful place to call home!

i have lived at International Village for about a year and a half now, and i truly have no complaints about it! the office staff have always been attentive and helpful with any issues or questions i've had. the maintenance staff is top-notch; i don't think i've ever waited more than 2 days for a work order to be addressed. the clubhouse feels more like you're at a hotel on vacation with the 2 pools, spa, fitness center and loads of activities and classes going on. all of my friends are envious that their apartments don't have one as nice! on that note, they're actually jealous that their apartments themselves aren't as nice as mine. i absolutely love mine - it's beautiful, especially with the granite in the kitchen! all in all i've had a fantastic experience living here, and definitely plan on staying for a long time.

You can beat the price

The apartments have large floor plans and are newly renovated. The staff is nice

The Best Apartment I Have Ever Lived In.

We moved into the International Village Apartments early 2003, and we moved out in mid-2005 due to a corporate relocation back to California. As far as, the apartment complex price goes, we received the most amenities for the price we paid. Not only can you get a wonderful Clubhouse, gym amenities, once in the month get togethers at the Clubhouse for meals, but you also get gas, water, and garbage all paid for by the apartment. Here in our new apartment and in most apartments here in California, we have to pay for all utilities and even trash removal and disposal. So we know what we got from the International Village Apartments was quite the steal or best deal.<br><br> Now we'll try to describe the people that work at the office, maintenance, Clubhouse staff, and other residents. The manager, Jennifer, is wonderful. We would even say she is much better than the manager before her at the International Village. When we moved into our apartment there were some maintenance issues for over two weeks that weren't taken care of. Our guess was that one of the maintenance guys forgot to fix a few things that weren't working properly or were missing after he told us he would be back. So we informed some of the leasing agents in the office about the problems, and they didn't seem to care. When we escalated the problem to the manager, she got them taken care of by Andy. He was the maintenance manager then (he is no longer there), and he personally saw that it was taken care of right away. Because of those problems, the office manager did give us some credit on our garage rent for that month but that was it. Anyway to sum up our experience with the past apartment manager there (before Jennifer came in), we never saw or spoke to her again because there wasn't a need to after they fixed the problems. She was more incognito then the Pink Panther. You just never heard from her.<br><br> Well then came Jennifer, the current manager, and she is always walking the apartment grounds, Clubhouse, etc. Jennifer smiles, says "hello," and genuinely is a nice person. She takes a real interest in the residents who live there, and it shows by her interaction with the residents and future residents. She even gives the apartment tours which I don't think she needs to do since she has leasing agents in the office, but she does it anyway. Wow, she's just amazing. We loved her, and we interacted with her more than the leasing agents under her. When Jennifer came, she also brought in a newer team of leasing agents. We have not interacted with them much, but we know Jennifer does a great job. Therefore, we know any person under Jennifer should most likely be just as wonderful as her. You should stop by and chat with them. They're friendly and great.<br><br> The maintenance guys are just really nice guys. Besides the first problems we had when we moved into our apartment, we never had to wait more than a week to have them taken care of. We always see them working around the complex, and they're nice and friendly. Some of them live in the complex, and they don't avoid you when you see them. They say "hi" and wave to you. I used to go to the Clubhouse gym everyday, and along the way I would see them working. They're really hard working and great neighbors. They're all great especially Marco and Armando. Thanks for all their maintenance fixes, and their service with a smile that made our apartment experience problem free and stress free.<br><br> The Clubhouse staff are also awesome and wonderful. Prathiba and Yan are the nicest, kindest, and greatest people who work there. Prathiba runs the Clubhouse, and she puts on once a month get togethers for the residents. Everybody loves food so she makes these delicious meals or has them catered by one of the local vendors once a month at the Clubhouse. This is the first time we have ever been able to participate in an active apartment social every month, and we've been living in apartments since 1997. They even have movie nights Saturday evening, and Prathiba's crocheting classes are on Thursday afternoon. Prathiba even teaches a Yoga class every Monday afternoon. That woman is like the bionic woman with all the activities that she plans and carries out. Yan, who also works at the desk, is there with a smile, and she helps any resident who needs it. Pauline, a contract gym instructor, teaches the aerobics and step aerobics during the week, and Pilates on Saturday. Both my husband and I were sad to leave this apartment and especially the Clubhouse. They had an great gym, and all the activities were FREE to all the residents and their guests. Which apartment complex has all of that for FREE?<br><br> Okay the residents do tend to be more family oriented coming from other countries. With America's dot.com downturn, we're sure you have heard of a lot of companies off shoring their work. So if the jobs aren't going there, you know that foreigners are still coming here. And You've got a lot of tech jobs with Motorola across the street, SBC, Sears Corporate, etc close by. So you will find some families with wild children running around like chimps in the jungle. My husband and I wouldn't say that this is a bad reflection on the apartment complex or mgmt, but just the product of bad parents who just don't care to control their children. They will get on your nerves or annoy you, but if It's that bad then you really should just talk to their parents about this. We've never had to talk to anybody about their child since we figure if Prathiba and Yan could put up with it then so can we. Some of the families who don't care what their children do can wear down your patience paper thin sometimes, but then just think about how much you will be in control of your children when you do start a family or have one of our own. Not all the families there run around like chickens with their heads cut off. Some of those families do provide a good learning lesson on what not to do or what to do when raising a family. So to each person their own way of living their life, right? Just treat them the way you want to be treated and ask for the same.<br><br> Overall, I give my two and a half years of living at the International Village a thumbs up and an A review. I don't think you can find a better rate with all the amenities that they include for their rental cost. If my husband does get a corporate relocation back to Illinois then the International Village Apartments would be the first and only apartment we would stay in if we continued to rent. So we do recommend them to others, and we hope your stay will be just as pleasant as ours. This is the first apartment that we actually do miss. Good luck to you in your search. :)

Living in International Village Schaumburg is like living in hell. Staff is rude. They will scrutinize tenant for everything. They will only concentrate on putting rules in agreements to favor them only. They don't bother about tenant problems. Paying rent to IV or referring friends to IV is like encouraging scam in USA. Poor security to car parking and tenants as well. If we complain to mgmt about any issue they dont respond. When we sign lease they wont Ceat properly. But if we are vacating they will scrutinize for everything. Don't rent in IV and dont lost peace of mind. I Hespise living in IV Schaumburg.

high utility bills - please read before moving.

I moved-in a couple of months back(Apr 2008). The club house is often crowded. Its hard to find a slot for using the gym, pool table or tennis courts. What's got me annoying is that my utility bill for the month of June(summer) is $100(about $75 for gas). I am beginning to worry about bill for winter when gas usage is high. What's absurd is that the billing is based on average usage in the whole Anit complex, so I have to pay for somebody else's overuse. You've got no meters for the individual units. While signing the lease the nice people in the rental office told me that I should receive a maximum bill of $80 per month. I am guessing that my bill in winter is going to be at least 2.5 times that amount. The Anit itself is average. The indoor pool is nice. The rental office people have are friendly. The free popcorns in the club house are yummy!!