Tenant Reviews for 640 W WRIGHTWOOD AVE

Basically you get what you pay for. This place has got to have the cheapest rent in Lincoln Park but I certainly would rather have paid more to live in a better building. Management and ownership DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU (the tenant). If an inspector were to really go through this building, I'm sure it would be shut down. You have to ask at least 7 times to get anything fixed. They lie to you to temporarily shut you up. The wife Gloria has the worst attitude and shittiest customer service I probably have ever experienced anywhere in my life. Even to potential tenants! I wont go into details but had several major maintenance nightmares. Had the main hot water pipe burst beneath my floor twice and a toilet two floors above me got clogged (because of the terrible plumbing in the building) and got home to find a gigantic hole in my ceiling with water flowing out of it. Every major fix, they lied about when it would be done and left my apartment a mess. And they showed no sympathy or remorse what so ever. Oh and of course the roaches. In the spring/early summer, probably killed around 50 of them. And who knows how many wandered around at night with the lights out. My apartment never got above 69 degrees in the winter because the heat rarely turns on. In conclusion... DO NOT LIVE HERE!!

<br>I have lived in this building for close to 5 years now and somehow I've stuck it out. For the location you can't beat the price, yet at times I can't believe I'm still here. The local nickname for the maintenance guy is "Useless." Esample: After asking for 6 months to have my place painted I finally did it myself. Same story with carpet cleaning. Even to ask for a plumbers wrench to fix my leaking sink on my own has been an ongoing process for countless weeks. My neighbor has been asking to have his toilette fixed for 7 months. The windows are ancient and drafty and the heat rarely comes on in the winter. So if you don't mind sleeping in sweats, inslde a sleeping bag, under a comforter then it's the place for you! They recently put new windows in the units in the front of the building to make it look upkept, but don't be fooled. They only do repairs when water pipes bust, or the elevator goes out. <br><br>Oh, I can't forget to mention how the back door doesn't close all the time, and people have been in my building "soliciting"; probably off to see what people have in their apartments so they can rob them a week later.<br><br><br><br>