Chicago Club House Studio

This is a historic building that was once a hotel. The rest of the street was also hotels (including some very large ones), parking lots, and the park. But recently the parking structure nearby was knocked down and a mid-rise luxury condo went up. It's nice, and very pricey, and it made it clear that this little hovel's days are numbered. I suspect the property owners will hold on to this place until the right deal comes along, and that will be the end of it.

The location is great, the view is great, the apartment is fine, but there is a lot of noise from the el train and from a crazy neighbor.

This place is like a slice of the Old South Loop, an old building with 1920s-charm. It's near to Buddy Guy's Legends and to massive parks, and even closer to every train line anyone could want. And the management is really great. It's hard to say anything bad about it.

The studios themselves are decent and everything is new and the building itself is clean. Just only management are untrustworthy. The website says the studios are $750, I get here to see it they say $850, then the day I go to pay the move in fee they say its $875. Then the fridge was broken which I wouldn't know until I tried to use it and they never reimburse me to fix THEIR fridge.

Also, when I wrote them a check to move in, I paid the whole first month and they kept saying "its not clear, its not clear" I call my bank and it had. but they still lied. I ended up calling their financial people and had them fax me a letter that it actually cleared TWO weeks ago. Then not even coming up with an excuse they said they would not refund me the two weeks because they were holding the apartment and also they increased my rent because when I leave they have to advertise the apartment. Which they do through craigslist so it was an excuse to get more money.

I had no choice to live there because I literally had no where else to go, or anywhere else to live and I already gave them money when they started screwing me over so I lived here.. Even when they screwed me another $135 with the fridge.

So it wouldn't hurt to live else where, you are not missing anything here, and you could for sure get a place bigger and with more features (this has none) for $875.