Where do I begin with such an experience?! When they say 'budget rental' they are not kidding. Ignore all pictures, because they are just a spiced up version of what you kindda get. The apartment building is full of noisy neighbors heard 24 hours a day, a smelly building, dirty garbage-filled stairs, broken elevators, and problem after problem with a lack of customer service. Parking is impossible anywhere within a mile because there are 'tow zones' where a car cannot be in a specific spot from 7:30am to 9:30am and others from 4:30 to 6:30 etc. When we first arrived to the humble building we had to contact the management (or lack of) because the lock box they had given us was the incorrect one. After an hour of standing outside in the cold with sketchy characters walking by and staring at us we got up the million stairs to our 'studio apartment.' Now I went to a state school, and understand dorm life or apartment life, but I can't believe I paid for such a small hodgepodge of a room. I should have splurged and gone for something for vacationers in a big city. We requested a double room, don't be fooled by this because double room means a single bed plus a squeeky fold-out hide-a-bed. Our apt had a beautiful view of....a brick wall. DVD players are most definitely not included! Ya know not all was bad, there was nice flooring in the bathroom. Hot was cold and cold was hot water. Internet is a pain to get set up because no one knows the property password. Customer service was completely up to us to demand (not handed out like they wanted the business). Worst of all, I've heard the chicago fire started somewhere with a cow in a barn with a candle or something like that, but I am willing to bet round 2 begins in this 'studio' because any heat you may obtain from the heater is terrifyingly hot to anything remotely close to it (bed, sheets, curtains). No dish soap. Weird television channels. A bigger pain than worth the money saved.
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