Tenant Reviews for 8503 W CATHERINE AVE

This place is a Hell! !!!!!!!! Management is the worst part in this unpleasant experience. Building is unsafe and in unsanitary living conditions.

Most of the residents are very dis-satisfied with management , HOA / board members (Mario Mikoda ) and building condition. 1, Knife attacks on property , robberies in the buildings but no security staff or cameras on property. 2, - Bed bug infestation. 3,- Terrible building maintenance condition. 4,- Hallways carpets filthy, smelly , never washed and covered with disgusting stains. 5, - Dirty hallways windows. 6,- No air condition in common areas , hallways are unbelievable hot and smelly. 7, - Elevators broken for days. 8 ,- Drug dealers in the buildings and people smoke marijuana in the common areas. 9. - Pool attendant drink alcohol with friends on job. 10.- No response from building management and association after complaints

This is the WORST place I have ever lived in. Dirty as hell, full of cockroaches. Management sucks, my car was towed from my own spot 2 times and I couldn't get my money back. This lady Sui is very unprofessional and has no sense of humanity. I DO NOT RECOMEND IT TO ANYONE. FYI 3 month after I moved in they told me that rent will go up 50$ a month for unknown reason. This is $600 a year. Stay Away from this place

The reason for what to be concern is the health hazards bed bugs, rats, cackoraches, ants, stranger breaking building glass. the carpeting floor if you removed are full of insects and dirty. Safety is a concern, the elevators are always broken, the office lady act as an ice queen she doesn't reveal any way to fix a problem, the people that do maintenance is overwork and have to do quick fixing that causes bathroom, kitchen zincs and everything else a mess. What is really sad is complains don't fix the problem even with the health hazards. The rent is too high for and studio. If the administration work in adressing the issues of health and reduce rent I don't know I am very dissapointed and I can't recommend this place, we have to buy new beds, and I personally was bitting by beds bugs. Sad place not cheap and very untidy.

This place is horrible. Within the past 6 month at least three or four apartments got robbed. There have been bed bugs in every building. Maintenance is horrible and lobby always smells like trash.

WOW This place is full of bad bags and managment dont do anything about it. This is not place where you want to live. We will move out ASAP. Save your time and money and find something better then this. Recently a lot of people "------ style" moved in which doesnt make this place batter to live eather.

custmer service sucks. the allowed pet over 30lbs even tho it says only under 30. the buildings are really old and needs a lot remodling...........

How to know what is the right apartment for you is basically asking yourself how do I know if I'll like this roller-coaster ride? The answer, observations and testimonies may help, but it really comes down to you until you try it. Your first intuition would be is going online and read reviews. You'll be fortunate enough if you can interview former tenants, which is the best method. It's not a great idea to rely too heavily on comments you read. As for my own, you're just going to have to go with your gut instincts and decide for yourself. I'm not surprised by the myriad of bad comments regarding to this apartment, and I can't blame them for existing. Though, using profanities and stating it's a ------ place does not help the situation, nor help customers. My goal isn't to stop potential customers, but, rather offer my humble opinions to anyone thinking about moving in and hopefully give better insights whether or not CC is the right choice for them. There are other apartments, better apartments, around the Cumberland area obviously. I chose CC because it was in my budget. This would also be my first time living on my own permanently, so you can say I was pretty naive and didn't know what to expect and went with the flow. I took whatever I could afford: a small studio. It's okay. Not the prettiest place, but, certainly not the worst, either. It is true: You get what you paid for. PROS: Washer/dryer facility inside the complex, leisure activities of tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool, and an exercise room (both relatively small) with sauna, sun decks, Balley's Fitness Center across the street, walking distances to the Bus and Blue Line train station (90(?) highway), CC offers variety of room types, they will call an exterminator if you have pest problems, heat and water free, convenient mini shopping center around the corner, both Jewel Osco and Dominick's grocery stores are nearby, lack of power outage experiences. This may become nuisance eventually, but it's a good thing to have a fire station across the street. Despite some security issues, they are trying to improve the safety of their tenants by setting up community meetings once awhile to discuss relevant topics, though how many people attend remains a mystery. CONS: Lack of strong sound proof, so you can hear muffled voices from next units, airplane noises can be heard every five minutes (it'll get especially loud if all windows are opened), footsteps from above, if a tenant next door blares music, good luck and pray the duration won't be long. Fire Station performs their emergency tests every few months, CC performs water tests as well, which means water will be turned off for certain hours, CC does not accept FedEx and large packages (you read that right), so you'll have to find alternative ways to receive goods, lack of security for parking lots, minor pest problems, two small hydraulic elevators for each complex (no freight elevators for moving large furniture), so they move very slowly. If you're in a crowded elevator and live on the highest floor, pray you'll never to need to use the washroom right away, especially if one elevator is working while other is shut down, which happened quite often during my residency unfortunately, ridiculous replacement fees, so, guard your unit keys with your life! Lack of empathy from the property manager named Sue. Just watch out for her, but never feel intimidated as she will try to act like a tyranny boss. If you feel insulted by her, threaten you'll complain to her superiors, but better to let her know her behavior is unprofessional and inappropriate. She'll act as if she's too busy and seldomly make eye-contact. Remind her that you're a tenant that is keeping her here. For awhile, I was uncomfortable speaking with her, but eventually had the courage to speak up and she isn't as rude as before, but, still, you get that sense. Overall, there are better apartments out there. CC charges ridiculous price and only wants your money. But, as part of their duties, they are rather efficient with maintenance and will assist help and get the work done at reasonable timing.

Place is convenient to major highway,bus/train line, and ohare. Planes fly overhead constantly. Looks like a hotel.The place has bug problems (whether it's cockroaches,bed bugs).Look inside your kitchen cabinets and you will find brown paste-like substance for the cockroaches.Carpets are filthy dirty.Cabinets are old with peeling paint.Rust in sinks and bathroom cabinets.One elevator of 2 works, which is shared with whole building and inconvenient.Management sucks...rude and acts like you're bothering her.Only parking for 1 vehicle so if you're a couple, good luck. You have to pay for another parking spot. Worst place we rented. Good luck! People are in and out of this place.

the apartment is not maintained. old carpet,old cabinets with roach paste to keep roaches away, bathroom cabinets with peeling paint,only 1 parking spot or you have to pay,1 out of 2 elevators working,rude management,bug problems which is disgusting.would not recomment.we've moving out of this place and sorry we moved here.