Rents Downtown

[emathias]

Originally Posted by Bill1555

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One of my other gripes, though, is that the apartment ads rarely tells you which direction the view faces. View is a big factor in which apartment I'll pick. Would be helpful to know in advance rather than to have to call or actually visit the place to find out.

In large buildings chances are they have multiple available apartments with varying views, and better views have higher rents.

[Sandr01]

Do rental apartments have the "Right to quiet enjoyment" as part of the lease or is it only for condos?

[SubconsciousMe]

Originally Posted by Sandr01

Do rental apartments have the "Right to quiet enjoyment" as part of the lease or is it only for condos?

That piece is actually in the Chicago Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance
http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Illinois/chicago_il/title5housingandeconomicdevelopment/chapter5-12residentiallandlordsandtenant?f=templates$fn=def ault.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:chicago_il

5-12-040 Tenant responsibilities.
(g) Conduct himself and require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises.

[ChicagoMeO]

Originally Posted by Bill1555

Some of the places I'm looking at have pretty high move-in fees too, but apparently that actually includes someone moving your stuff for you into the building. Could easily do it myself, but if someone unloads the truck for the move-in, it makes it a little more palatable.


One of my other gripes, though, is that the apartment ads rarely tells you which direction the view faces. View is a big factor in which apartment I'll pick. Would be helpful to know in advance rather than to have to call or actually visit the place to find out.

Ask the leasing people about that when you inquire about the apartment. And try to see it in advance before you sign the lease. Apartment buildings might advertise online and only show 5-8 available apartments, but there really are 30 - 40 available. They just do not list every single one. Tell them you feel view is most important - they do want to know what is most important to you so that they can whittle their availables down to a few for you to look at.

[Sandr01]

Originally Posted by SubconsciousMe

That piece is actually in the Chicago Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance
http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Illinois/chicago_il/title5housingandeconomicdevelopment/chapter5-12residentiallandlordsandtenant?f=templates$fn=def ault.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:chicago_il

5-12-040 Tenant responsibilities.
(g) Conduct himself and require other persons on the premises with his consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises.

Ok that's good, thought that was unique to my landlord lease. I read many reviews that say paper thin walls on apt buildings/unresponsive management etc and they suffer through it all, why not use this clause and break the lease and possibly get $ back for damages/expenses related to this inconvenience through attorney?