CP Realty – Century 21

It turned out the condo I was renting from CP Realty was nearly foreclosed on. I got a letter from Ravenswood Bank saying they wanted me to pay them the rent directly… later on my landlord made some sort of arrangement with them and I started paying him again.
The whole thing is a shady mess. Do not rent from these people.

Terrible! And, unlike Noah, I do think they could be corrupt!
I BOUGHT my condo (first person in the building) from this company in July of 2007. We had a final walk through list of things that needed to be completed (within a 60 day time frame). Many of these things have NEVER gotten done and here we are, almost three years later.
The back of the building remains unfinished, the handy man is hard to get a hold of and when you can he RARELY shows up, despite you being there waiting for an agreed upon time. My back balcony door leaks whenever it rains, which they have come to fix numerous times but never succeed in doing. If you call, like Lisa L. says, you can NEVER get a hold of the person you need, or the «only one who can make that decision.»
Because of the lack of communication or effort to sell the building, no assocation has been formed. Though, not for lack of desire of the other tenants and myself. We simply can NEVER get a hold of Dan, the guy we need. In October, I decided to refinancy, one thing I needed was verification that I had paid my assessment or verification that no payment had been collected. So, I needed a letter from Dan. I kid you not, I called his cell, the office, wrote emails, for MONTHS, finally (after having to delay my refinance just to get a simple letter) I get one from Dan (in February) saying I was in compliance and that the building would be taking over the association on March 1^st. Um, ok, that was the first I had heard of that, but none the less, thought that would be a very positive thing.
Well, gues what has never happened? Meanwhile, I frequently received mail that the insurance for the building is due (to be paid by eh association, but since we have none, to be paid by the developer). Each time I receive a notice, I email Dan the amount and due date and tell him that he should get the mail changed to his address. He never does. Nor does he even respond to the emails when I send them. So, then I call the insurance company who will not tell me anything because I am not the person on the account. So the ONLY way I know the bill has been paid is when I receive another piece of mail from the insurer.
The entire thing has been a nightmare and we would love, more than anything, to take over the association. Each time I email Dan to tell him I have received something from the insurer I ask for a response and remind him that we are willing and anxious to take over. We have NEVER gotten any response. Awesome.
We are now in the process of getting a lawyer involved. CP Realty– Century 21, has terrible terrible business practices! Would not recommend them to anyone.

I am currently a tenant at one of this Century 21’s buildings… Let me please first discourage anyone from renting from this branch of Century 21… I had no idea how horribly rediculous Property Managers could be.
My boyfriend and I have lived at our current residence since August 2009 and have had several complaints… for which Century 21/​Management has no sense of urgency or care to fix or make their issue.
Here are only a few of the issues we have run into at our building… and the way Century 21 has gone about «resolving the issues».
1. We were told that the units we were being shown were new units, and had never been lived in… When we finally did move in, we found the following… Doors that had been written on in crayon. Grease spots all over the Kitchen Cabinets, a Microwave without a door handle, Chipped porcelain tub, and the list goes on. — Nonetheless we were LIED to. — The doors were cleaned… and we still have no handle.
2. The Condo below us is vacant… and has been since we moved in. When the winter months hit… we realized how cold our floors were… and that was not acceptable b/​c 1. we have a newborn daughter trying to learn to crawl (that now we wont even think to put on the floor without 3 blankets under her) because the floors are ice cold… and of course that affected the temperature we were putting our apartment at. — When contacting Century 21 their response was that we knew there was no one living below us… we should have thought about that.
3. When our heat stopped working due to a filter that needed to be changed… for which we were never told was our responsibility we were put on the back burner… and needed to call the owner of the unit directly… in order for him to agree to reimburse us for stay at a hotel… since temps of 46 – 60 were not acceptable living conditions (esp with a newborn)! They finally got back to us a day later.
4. Today, there is construction going on in the unlived unit below us… and the paint smell is seeping up into our apartment. When calling to complain they told us to open our doors and the smell would go away… or to leave our apartment! ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME.
PLEASE SPARE YOURSELVES… DO NOT RENT FROM THESE PEOPLE… THE UNITS ARE NICE BUT NOT WORTH THE LOUSY INCONSIDERATE CUSTOMERSERVICE YOU WILL RECEIVE. Mind u… i pay $ 1200 a month in rent a month.