Svigos Asset Management Apartments

Pros: Lovely, spacious, clean apartment, was move-​in ready. Building Manager, Frank, so helpful with any questions/​concerns. Maintenance promptly arrived when I was told they would, and very friendly.
Cons: None ;)
So happy with our Home & Svigos Management!

We just signed our 3^rd lease here. Thanks to Frank, Nick and the maintenance crew. They are great. In the past year they have gutted and redone our bathroom, got all new kitchen appliances, and come out immediately for any maintenance requests. You guys are awesome! Thank you!!!

I have never had a worse experience with a management company.
I lived at 652 Buckingham Place. The apartment was decently priced and in a nice neighborhood, but that is where the positives end.
1. Laundry in building= 1 washer and 1 dryer for TWO buildings – I am guessing between 12 and 16 units. It also was not free and rather expensive. You might as well not put it in the description.
2. Maintenance did not exist. You could put a maintenance request and it did not matter – no one even came to the apartment ever.
3. No here is the big kicker… the management did NOT do a walkthrough with me when I moved in. The place is old. Really old, and was disgusting. It was painted weird colors and smelled. That smell never went away even after several deep cleanings. I had to clean up and even through away stuff from the previous tenants. A year later, I move out as they raised the price of the apartment $ 150 a month (oh, and charge 100/​dog a month… I was moving in with my significant other who had two dogs).
Then, during move out, I perfectly cleaned the place. Yes, I moved out late on the 15^th, but I was never given a time I needed to be out and the new tenants did not need to be in that day.
I get an invoice a week later saying that I owe $ 950 dollars in damages. 900 was for not repainting the apartment, even though I was specifically told by Frank that I did not have to repaint several times – plus it was painted when I moved in. The rest of the money was for cleaning. They sent me pictures of a bathtub that was clearly stepped in by workers – and a sink that was being used for over a week by messy workers, then had the nerve to say that I owed for cleaning. They did not do a walkthrough with me at the end of my time there. I INSIST you INSIST that.
Suddenly, Frank is out of town and they can’t, you know, text Frank to confirm what he told me. I am waiting to hear back still. I am so worried I will have to pay for things that I did not do.
NEVER RENT FROM THEM. They will find ways to rip you off.

We’ve rented from Svigos for 2.5 years. Overall our experience has been pretty good. It’s a nice building that’s met our needs. Maintenance of the property has room for improvement. The lawn is overgrown and infested with weeds, and it’s typically a day or two before snow gets removed. The front gate and front door both had broken locks I requested 2 or 3 times to be fixed, with no response. This is a major safety hazard, and honestly made me sleep a little less sound — especially after finding two random loiterers in our building (well, one was on our back porch — because the back gate also has issues). This has been a security issue for at least a year, maybe more. No bueno. But to their credit, they eventually fixed the problem. What a joy to go home now to new locks! Truly, my anxiety level has decreased.
Also to their benefit, we recently asked them to repaint a room for us and they graciously obliged (just said we had to buy the paint). We were pleasantly surprised that it only took them a couple of weeks to fulfill this work order. Even more pleased that their painters were in and out in one day and did a flawless job. The room looks great. Awhile back we had work done on our washer and drier. The service professionals were courteous and worked quickly. The main issue is with daily upkeep of the building.
Bottom line, we’re renters in Chicago. So, I guess my expectations are low. Would I take care of my own home better than they care for their property? 100 times over, yes. If I was a business owner, would I respond quicker and more thoroughly to maintenance requests? Definitely. But we’ve never been without heat, hot water, or had our valuables stolen. So, I’m happy enough. A–

I lived in the Svigos apartments for two years. This was my first apartment on my own and I found it through apartment finders on Belmont Ave.
As others I can confirm that there were no window screens, at the end there was no water so I had to take showers at my gym and one night had to sleep in my coat because there was no heat. There was no laundry in the building so I had to either bring my laundry to parents house as in good old days or go to Bubbleland. There was no security in the building anyone could just wonder in and here is an example.
One night I was doing dishes in the kitchen and I heard snoring. For a split second I thought that it was my significant other who fell asleep but I look at him and he is sitting in the other room. Yet I hear definite snoring I was quite confused then so I followed the noise which lead me to look through the peeping hole in the door and what I see? a street bum sleeping in the hallway right by my door. There were many similar problems like this. At night pimps and prostitutes set on the stoop of the front door drinking 40s., fighting and yelling at each other.
The Svigos apartment was a one of a kind learning experience that I never want to repeat.

I rented from Svigos Oct. ’05-​July ’06 in their building at 650 W. Buckingham. I was in a pinch for an apartment and only had one day to find a place to live.
The location was great… right in Boystown/​Lakeview, close to the lake, near the CTA. That’s about it for positives.
I lived on the first floor and could literally see through the wood floors into the basement!!. Heat? Hmm… I lived in several layers of clothing over the winter. I even covered my windows with plastic myself and it was still freezing. They required 2 months rent deposit. In the «rapist» basement, as I called it, there was one washer and one dryer for 16 apartments.
This place is a dump and the managment sucks. Stay away.

I lived in 650 W. Buckingham for nine months. I had only one day to find an apt when I moved to Chicago in October ’05. They insisted on two months security deposit and a nine month lease. Thank god for the short lease. I lived on the first floor which wasn’t too bad. The laundry in the basement was scary. You had to walk downstairs and to the back on the building. They were no lights. It had only 1 washer and 1 dry for TWO BUIDLINGS! WTF? I only did laundry during the day b/​c I did not feel safe.
I was also told that I could store some of my empty boxes in the basement. Well the crazy maintenence guy, Alex, threw them out without asking?!? I could also see into the basement through the cracks in my wood floors. Heat? Nonexistant. I had to plastic all my windows and wear sweats with a blanket to stay warm.
After my nine months was up, I was up and out of that place.

I live in their building now and this is one of the WORST management companies I’ve ever seen. I’m sure 20 years ago this was a nice building, but since they’ve literally done nothing ever to maintain it, it’s horrible. The location is great, right in between Halsted and Broadway, but seriously, you can get a lot better for your money. DO NOT rent from them!!!

I lived in this building for one year. The apartment was cute and nicely maintained, though the water pressure was poor and the windows drafty. It’s an old, charming building, so this is OK. However, I found the management company to be quite hostile and mercenary. I was a quiet, clean tenant who paid on time every month. But their communications with me verged on threatening — not sure what kind of customer service philosophy goes into this.