Category: Apartments, rentals

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Tales from the rental front: kissing your security deposit goodbye

Tales from the rental front: kissing your security deposit goodbye

Most renters roll a security deposit from one apartment to the next, and most don't expect to lose more than a few bucks for a scratched floor or wall [...]

Sleeping in U-haul a solid option for renters switching Chicago apartments

"I guess I don't really understand," I said to my current landlord. "I'm supposed to be out of this apartment by midnight on April 30 but not move int [...]

Horizon Realty Group threatens to arrest me

This morning I visited 525 W. Oakdale, Chicago, the building where my kids' mom died last week, to check for mail and to check the Medical Examiner's [...]

How do you evict a no-good roommate?

A few folks on craigslist have been debating the best way to evict freeloading roommates in forums here and here. One person thinks his booted roommat [...]
The highs and lows of renting in Lincoln Park

The highs and lows of renting in Lincoln Park

If Lincoln Park seems to have it all in terms of proximity to the lake and downtown, loads of cool shops and restaurants, and even a free zoo, it also [...]

Horizon Realty Group – as bad as it gets

Check out the reviews of Horizon's management of 525 West Oakdale, in Lake View for starters. They don't even begin to hint at how bad the management [...]
Chicago rent barometer: apartments for under $600

Chicago rent barometer: apartments for under $600

What exactly can $600 rent you these days? For those willing to put their bed and table in the same room and live in a studio, the choice of neighbo [...]

What are parking spaces worth to Chicago tenants?

Comparing rent costs can be a confusing process. The rent for one friend's apartment includes heat, the rent for another's includes parking but not he [...]

Looking for a great one-bedroom in Andersonville? Good luck.

There was something liberating, but also terrifying, about telling my landlord that I wouldn't be renewing my lease this spring. It meant there would [...]
Life aboard The Grand Central in Lincoln Park

Life aboard The Grand Central in Lincoln Park

Living above a bar takes some getting used to, with all that music blaring, and the people in line outside being loud and obnoxious. But what's it l [...]
And you thought you were throwing money away on rent

And you thought you were throwing money away on rent

Why rent rather than buy? For lots of us the answer is that we can't afford to buy, but at the high end of the rental market there are plenty of peopl [...]
New Target, ALDI opening at Wilson Yard in Uptown

New Target, ALDI opening at Wilson Yard in Uptown

Holsten Real Estate Development has broken ground on Wilson Yard, a five-acre mixed-use project in Uptown that was discussed, debated, derided and d [...]
Chicago renters can still find open spaces

Chicago renters can still find open spaces

A friend visiting Chicago from out of town has been commenting on how "open" Chicago is compared to New York. As expensive as we might think it is and [...]
Chicago rent barometer: Printer's Row for around $1,200

Chicago rent barometer: Printer's Row for around $1,200

Today Yo infiltrates Printer's Row, a sub-neighborhood of the South Loop, to see what rentals are available. At the Regal, located at 651 S Wells St, [...]
Renting above Chicago bars: unit open at The Vu

Renting above Chicago bars: unit open at The Vu

For hardcore club-goers in the rental market, an apartment is available above Deja Vu in Lincoln Park. It's an attractive Victorian building, with t [...]
Renting above a Chicago restaurant: deliciously good or unsavory?

Renting above a Chicago restaurant: deliciously good or unsavory?

Yo recently noticed a few "For Rent" signs for apartments located above restaurants on Clark Street, like P.S. Bangkok, above. Living in an apartme [...]
Rental barometer: Chicago apartments for $2,000 to $2,300

Rental barometer: Chicago apartments for $2,000 to $2,300

What can you get for rents around $2,000 in the city? A three-bedroom at 825 W Wolfram St in Lake View, shown below, rents for $2,000. A three-bedroo [...]

If Dante ran a Chicago apartment service…

YoChicagoan Joel Hoglund consulted an apartment finder service when he and a friend were in search of a two-bedroom for less than $1,000. They hoped t [...]

Down the garden path: Lock windows or come home to a break-in

After reading an earlier item about first-floor / garden apartment living, Cynthia M. shared some advice with us: "I have lived mostly in first-floor [...]

First-floor rentals can be worse than the garden apartment

We've railed on the problems that can plague garden apartments, but Beth and Frank tell us they're more nervous about security as they move from a gar [...]
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