Apartment Review for 14 West Elm - Chicago, IL

The management is awful! It is very obvious they dont care about the tenants at all. Sam is very nice at first but after you sign the lease he will insult you outright! He is very rude. He is horribly condescending and no one should have to deal with someone who has that sort of attitude. There have been some very distasteful letters mailed out by the staff regarding some problems with younger tenants.

Package delivery is a nightmare and the office dubs it as "not their problem" because hey dont get paid for it. The door man (He rocks) sorts the packages 5 days a week when he arrives at 6:30 pm. UPS, and FedEx can be delivered directly to your door but with USPS you are out of luck.

The location cannot be beat. The bedroom and living room layouts are very functional. The kitchen is very small and you can barely turn around in it. The appliances are half sized and very old. The bathroom is very very small and the bathtub is short. The moldings, hardwood floors, arched doorways and bay windows add a lot of character.

I have been having problems with my asthma and allergies for the first time in several years. The air circulation in the building is very poor. If someone on the floor lights up a smoke or is cooking, you can smell it. The area is of course loud on weekends, but I dont really mind that.

Parking lots around the building vary from 250-300 and forget about street parking, it is a total nightmare.