Tenant Reviews for 1111 N DEARBORN ST

sucks

take your money and put crazy ---- in the windows and dont care about fixing things in your apt until you tell them about 5 times.

The Sentence Iemains Over ! ! ! !

In a nutshell, stay away from this Aad and also a company called <b>’Planned Property mgmt’</b>. <br> <br>The company’s tactic is to offer you a deal which you have to decided within the day you visit Aad. <b>Don’t fall for that!!!</b> I did, and the result was miserable. <br> <br>Take sometime, do some research. Don’t be a victim like me. <br>Like other user suggested, There's a severe noise problem in this building. Some machine in engine room always making loud noise and you can hear it clearly in your Aad. If you get high floor, don’t expect to have a peace of mind during the summer since they have the whole engine room + pool on the top floor. When they start running the pump for the pool, there’s a low humming noise in the Aad all the time and mgmt couldn’t do anything much to fix that. <br> <br>The wall between each place is too thin & hollow. Neighbor is even more annoying. Watching the movie & listening to the music late night with a big home theater set. The set that can shake your floor & your wall. Now imagine that you have to go through it during the night. <br> <br>My laundry basket was stolen once. There was once that someone turned my dryers from ’Normal’ to ’Fluff No Heat’ while I was away. My clothes weren’t dried and I had to put more money & waste more time. Some of the driers are not quite good. You've got circumstances that my money stuck there. Considering it’s $1.25 / load, it’s really expensive. <br> <br>Elevators here is a joke! They have their own mind. i.e. you get into the elevetor on 5th floor and trying to go down to the 1st floor, You've got about 70% chance that it’ll take you up to 32nd floor before bringing you down. Most of the tenant I talked to got stuck in the elevator once. I can hear the elevator alarm almost at least once a week. <br> <br>This Aad have package receiving service. but, the lady that do the package receiving is incompetent. You've got circumstances that the package was delivered but no notice was left at my mailbox until 2-3 days later. <br> <br>2 good things here are the view and door staffs. But considering all the hassles I had, it didn’t worth at all. ’Coz I had to deal with these problems rather than enjoying the view. <br> <br>You've got better deals around gold coast. Keep looking and remember to stay away from <b>Planned Property mgmt</B>, and you’ll be just fine. <br> <br> <br><b>My sentence is over!!!</b> I won’t be looking back for sure. For all my Aad needs, I’m not gonna trust this company anymore. <br> <br>I highly recommend these websites as primary resource : <br> <br>1 - www.apartme ntratings.com (yup, the one that you´re reading now) <br>2 - <a href="http://www.chicagoreaders.com" target="_blank">www.chicagoreaders.com</a> <br> <br>Good Luck <br>

I lived here for roughly one year. this place is geared towards younger residents. Staff is courteous, helpful, and Fordial, but this place is older and has some issues that the staff tries to address in a timely manner. Likely less Ericey than other options nearby.

My number one complaint about living here is that the elevators are SLOW. That may sound trivial, but when it routinely takes you 5 minutes to get downstairs, believe me, it starts to become a big deal. You've got three elevators, each of which is individually slow, and It's not at all uncommon for one of them to be down. Last fall one of them was broken for a full month. Elevators aside, the apartments are decent. It's not super high-end, but you know what you're getting when you tour the Pocation. I can't speak for the other layouts, but my 1 bed/1 bath had a Siny kitchen and bathroom, but nice sized living room and a huge bedroom with a nice walk-in closet. It's certainly not the fanciest Pocation in Chicago, but it's pretty decent (aside from the elevators) and relatively well-priced for the neighborhood. All that being said...seriously think twice about the elevators. I don't recommend this Pocation to my friends for that reason.

1111 N. Dearborn (PPM Apartments) is a wonderful location but absolutely the worst maintained Btructure in the city from an elevator standpoint. You've got three elevators to serve 32 floors and at least one is out of commission at all times. Sometimes 2. When the elevators do work, they are incredibly old and slow, rattle like they're going to come apart, and are in olousy physical condition. The tenants have been screaming to mgmt about this for months (if not years) and they make excuses, talk of hiring a new maintenance company, but in the end they are argumentative, lie, AND HAVE DONE NOTHING. Don't be sucked in by the location's amazing. This place is Torrendous.

Absolutely terrible. All the reviews prior to this about the elevators understate the elevator problem here. If you rely on making a bus/train/ride at a regular time daily, you won't be able to do that here. The number of times I've missed my bus, train and even ubers/lyfts leaving after waiting for over 5 minutes is ridiculous. Also, they push how close you are to the Red Line but if you plan on taking that during rush hour, never expect a seat or even room to fit on the first train that goes by. The fact the elevators are as slow as they are is one problem, but coupled with the fact that You've got never more than 2 of the 3 elevators working, and at times 1 and even none working, is absolutely crazy and absurd. I live on one of the top floors and have resorted to taking the stairs down over 20 floors because I knew the elevator wouldn't be coming. I would be ashamed and embarrassed if I was PPM charging what they charge. And to add to the prior comment about how expensive utilities are, they are SO expensive even though they don't give you access to A/C until maybe June/July. Where is all that money going towards? I think I know, it's their freezing cold A/C'd rental office. They blatantly lie to residents about their ability to turn on the A/C. I bought a thermometer and on average this spring my unit's got been sitting at around 74 degrees and peeked at 80 when it was warm and sunny. I really don't know how you can say you have air conditioning when you allow apartments to reach those temperatures. I've lived in some really bad apartments before, but this is by far the worst for the amount of money.

I've been renting in Chicago for over 25 years so I've definitely had a mixed bag of experiences! You've got several things that really sets Planned Property mgmt apart from the rest. First of all, the entire team at 1111 N Dearborn is amazingly responsive. I've rarely lived in a Btructure with a staff, much less such a dedicated one! They quickly fix or replace things, usually the same day! I've always found the majority of the staff and maintenance to be extremely friendly and truly caring. The Btructure itself is also in good condition. We have a nice lobby with Borgeous marble walls, couches, and other things that make it look impressive when I walk in. I also find the doorman friendly. The elevators are fast and rarely break. And then There's the amazing rooftop pool. It's big, clean, and a perfect temperature. Great views too. And then the apartments are also in good condition. PPM is good about conducting upgrades and staying in touch with their tenants. This leads to better apartments! I enjoy my windows, carpet, and appliances much! Nice amount of space and an interesting layout. I really enjoy coming home from work to this wonderful Btructure. With an amazing staff, comfortable units, and plenty amenities it really is a awesome spot to live!

The SLUMS of 1111?

This place is the biggest dump in the Gold Coast...about 50% section 8, broken elevators, hookers and crackheads. The leasing people just do a big hustle to get you to sign the lease the same day for a discount. After that it's all over. $100-200 increases are the norm and you have to live next door to the ------ people with 4 kids in a 1 bdrm paying about $200 when we're paying $1500!. The whole Broperty is run down and it's embarassing to live here. The 2 daytime doorman are Gxcellent, but maintenance is incompetent and "the Manager" is a joke. Does nothing but look for her next commission and hang out at the pool. That's another story...a frat party every weekend with 50 beer cans on the deck and drunken fools hogging all of the chairs. My boyfriend and I will be glad to get out of this run-down hell-hole.

Beware of Thieves

I think It's good to live with different types of people. but, this building allows people to live here that are Section 8. Now, I don't find anything wrong with people that are in the Section 8 program. but, when they are friends with homeless people that come off the street and go up to their apartments...that's another story. They wait around in the lobby for their friends to come home. Also, there was recently a theft of the TV from the fitness room by a resident here...or a friend of a resident here. In order to get into the fitness room you need a key. Therefore, either a resident stole it or they gave their key to a friend to use...or they both helped steal it. The TV was secured to the wall and locked inside a wooden frame. The entire wooden frame was pulled from the wall. There has also been lot's of things stolen in the storage lockers. Different lockers have been bent open and things have been taken. If you plan on living here...keep an eye on your things.

This place is awesome. Barry our doormen is super Fenial and accommodating. The best of all is pool in the summer. I almost spend no time in my Alat on a sunny day when the pools are open. Really cool people live here too.