Lake Meadows Apartments
501 e 33rd st
Chicago, IL 60616
Review Date: 9/22/2006
Review: I came to visit and apply for the apartments on around July 17th. I talked with a leasing agent and explained to him i was moving to chicago for school and I dont have a job lined up yet. I had brought a person with me to cosign just in case I needed one. My leasing agent told me its fine about the job situation and to just use my current income i have from my job back at home. I also gave him my loan information to use as a source of income. A week later he calls me and says “Do you have a job lined up in Chicago yet” I told him no and that i mentioned that to him already. He then goes on to say that i would need some sort of income otherwise i cant get the apt. I respond “well u knew that from the beginning why didnt you tell me this” I then ask him was loan information considered. he says ” Loan information what loan information did u give that too me” I’m like yes. He like so you will be attending school. I’m like YES. He then says no that won’t work still you would need to have a job.lSo then i inquire about a cosigner since he dont mention it. He agrees that would work and we go from there. No to go into too many details we basically go back and forth for an entire month because he would forget to tell me paper I needed to have in and he would forget things I told him and would call me to ask the same repetitive questions over and over. I finally send an email to management asking why this processs is taking over a month and why is the leasing agent so remedial. The next day I am approve. The day of move in I get to my apartment after signing the lease and the bathroom wall is falling apartment. I asked to me moved to another apartment. Every apartment I was shown had a problem with it. One the entire living room wall was falling apart, one the front door wouldn’t open. I finally just settle for an apartment. I feel out a inspection sheet listing things wrong with the apartment. 3 weeks later still none of the things are fixed. I also find out that only one jack works in the apartment. The other you would have to pay the phone company to get it working. For me that was an incovienience considering I had my computer hooked up in the living room but had to run my phone cord to the bedroom . I tried to contact the building manager to find out if their was a way they could switch and make the living room jack work instead. I left her messages for two weeks straight, finally when I get in touch with her I say to her “I been trying to contact you for two weeks now” she rudely replies “concerning what” she doesnt seem to care that for the last two weeks i’ve been leaving her messages. I simply say “nevermind it doesnt matter” I ask her if someone can come fix the things wrong with my apartment because i have been here for three weeks now. She claims I am schedule for someone to come out on Friday, which was two days away. Of course Frideay comes and no one comes out…There is so much i can say about this place. There management and leasing office is so rude, uncaring and unprofessional. They charge entirely too much to treat tenants in such a way…
Review Date: 7/15/2005
Review: I moved in as my friends had been living there… The management of the building needs to be trained…
One of the roommates left. I replaced him. I want my name to appear on the lease. It has been 60 days. I keep telling that one of the roommates left. I paid 50 bucks to be on the lease. However, the lease hasn’t changed. I have been calling the management office for 30 days. Here is a typical conversation.
Someone over there: Hi, Thank you for calling Lake Meadows. How can I help you? – I want to talk with Tina (Our Agent) Tina is not working today. – Can I leave a voice message? Sure After 20 seconds,
Hi Tina, This is …. I want to be added to the list. Here is the apartment number… Could you call me back at ….
I called them 5 times. No response…
If you are going to live here, you should tolerate an employee cleaning the sideways at 8 am… The machine makes so much noise that you will never sleep after 8am any more.
There is plenty of parking space. The maintanence people are very friendly.
However, the people in management office don’t understand English. Here is another conversation:
-My roommates told me that they got 50 bucks application fee back. Why don’t I get it back?
Agent: It is our policy to charge 50 dollar.
- It was also policy when they signed the lease a year ago. However, they got it back.
Agent: She becomes angry. I am telling you it is our policy. What do you want me to do?
-Let me talk with manager
Agent: She is very busy. She can’t talk with you…
What she simply says:is that: Your friends signed the lease. You will do too. You are locked in. You have to pay 50… We want it…
If I found someone to sublet my room, I will leave this place. I haven’t seen so rude people in my life.
Review Date: 1/5/2005
Review: I lived at Lake Meadows one year. After I moved, they made me wait longer than the 30 days for security deposit accounting and the 45 days for return of the deposit. I retained a law firm and they are collecting statuatory penalties of twice the amount of the deposit.
Don’t let Lake Meadows push you around!
Review Date: 11/4/2004
Review: I lived here a year. It is a convenient location with many apartments overlooking Lake Michigan. There is no air conditioning. There is hardly a minute that goes by without a car alarm blaring on end. Management is usually pleasant, but can be disorganized. They will basically clobber you if you are an hour past due on the rent. Security deposit is the highest in the city, but five weeks after moving out, I haven’t received my refund or an accounting for it. I think you’re better off in the suburbs and commuting in.
Review Date: 1/21/2004
Review: At first I was concerned because the buildings look like housing projects on the outside. But now I love it. There are no noise problems, you would think that 10 apartments to a floor that that would be a concern. Everyone mainly keeps to themselves. There is a small shopping center thats very convient and lots of public trnsportation. They redo every apartment with new appliances, carpet and paint before you move in and there is laundry in the building. I only had to call management once. The guy I spoke to was a little rude, but my problem was fixed in ledd than 12 hours. This is great for my first apartment.
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