The Ponds of Naperville

Yes, as with all apt complexes there will be the occasional problem. However, the Ponds has undergone a major management overhaul and they seem to be improving at all levels. The pool is wonderful and you can walk right in, fitness room is kept up and the grounds are well-​maintained so we can just enjoy. I have lived here for six years and have seen the difference. I was thinking of moving out a couple of years ago but am glad I decided to stay. Love the improvements!
Sharon C.

I don’t see how readers can take anything that Deborah C writes about the Ponds management and its residents at face value. When you start a review with ” Within a few months span our building became 90% section 8.” basically your telling people I have major problems with diversity in my neighborhood. Look, I’ve lived at the Ponds since August 2008, and in general I can say that the Ponds management makes a genuine effort to keep the housing and amenities including pool, clubhouse, and grounds maintained. Have I seen an increase in diversity of skin tones and SES, Socio Enconomic Status, in the buildings. Yes. Children and adults living in this complex are generally upstanding good souls. Are their individuals who cause challenges for all residents? of course. Is that any different from single family and multiple family dwellings in any neighborhood? No. Deborah C. may very well had some maintenance and neighbor issues that are legitimate, but then again when your views are filtered through race and class biases, then I think that says more about the writer than the residents of the Ponds. As for police patrolling Naperville, I see them making there presence known all around Naperville and not just the Ponds. That’s called police protection, but one’s beliefs and values color what you see. I’ve lived here for 6 years, and I agree with Rick K.‘s estimation of the Ponds «It’s quiet and peaceful and has very helpful and friendly staff.»

How about zero stars… this place is gross, and disgusting.

I’m sure there used to be more than one review of this place… This place is complete trash. My husband and I rented a two bedroom and broke our lease early. Within a few months span our building became 90% section 8. Our neighbors pot smoking was stinking up our entire apartment. Tammy concluded that it couldn’t possibly be pot but my potpourri that was causing the smell… Meanwhile the entire building reeked of it. Our lovely neighbors also seemed to be running a day care center out of their home. There were at least 10 kids running in and out all day long. While we were there someone destroyed all of the gym equipment. Our neighbors constantly parked in our reserved spot. Management suggested that I make a sign and put it on the car parked in our spot… Yes that was very effective… This place is garbage and the management is a joke. Another tenant had bed bugs. They were told they must have been the ones to bring it there. We felt so bad for the tenants as they broke their lease as well and had to throw out all of their furniture. Our idiot neighbors above us clogged their toilet and we came home to a flood. Tammy’s crew ended up just painting the ceiling and never fixed the disgusting problem. One lovely Friday we came home to no heat in the middle of the winter. When we finally got a hold of someone we were told the furnace broke and we wouldn’t have heat until Monday… We were shocked that we didn’t receive a phone call regarding this as It was 40 degrees in our apartment. There are cops constantly patrolling this complex. The only good thing about the place was the actual apartment layout.

The Ponds of Naperville is a great community with a pool, fitness center and really large courtyard for kids to play and to walk pets. It’s quiet and peaceful and has very helpful and friendly staff.