One Renaissance Place

I have lived here for a year, I couldn’t wait to find a new place with better management. When I first moved here I was given a hard time for having a dog, (a service dog) the residents would freak out at the sight of seeing the dog, management had been very specific no dogs allowed UNLESS a service dog. They also accused my specific dog of pooping in an area not allowed, when it hadn’t been my dog nor do they proof, they made me pay $ 250! After two or three months of living here I started to notice more and more dogs, in the building. Puppies, big dogs and small of all kind live here now. One neighbor I asked who had a dogs asked if she had as hard of a time as I did. She said «no, I own my place, my dog isn’t even a service dog»! So I got treated differently cause I was renting? Oh not to mention there is poop everywhere now! I also recommend searching other places if you have a dog, the elevators are always broke and some of the residents will be rude and not allow you to take the elevator with you dog. If you do they complain. And management isn’t the nicest.
Another thing, they have signs everywhere for no smoking in building, on three occasions I witnessed the management smoking indoors cause it was cold or raining out. And when I complained about my neighbor smoking in her apartment they did nothing about it. My entire apartment smelt like smoke!!!
The assistant property manager is nice though and always saying hi, she is the reason why I didn’t give this place one star.
The doorman, I thought was going to be great for guest and unwanted visitors, but the doors are all broken from electrical storm over a year ago now, anyone can walk right in. Doorman are friendly but useful sometimes.
ELEVATORS HERE SUCK! I lived many stories up and although a stair climb isn’t always terrible, carrying groceries and laundry (it’s on every third floor) can get annoying waiting for the elevator plus they break down ALOT! Took them 2 months to fix one. If you have boxes like from ups or FedEx sent to you they gather them in their office, twice now the wrong unit number has been written on the box and when I ask for the name on the box they said no and then called me the next day saying there was a mix up.
A great thing is if you don’t have animals is that there is plenty to do in the area. Children safe to I believe.
Management could just be friendlier and more useful, also don’t tell one person one thing and give another person a hard time about the same thing. It’s not fair.
I move out in a few days officially and can’t be more excited.

Lived here for 18 months and really didn’t have many problems.
Doorman service is very nice, and there’s always parking in the back if you look hard enough. Safe, quiet building for the most part. Coin laundry is a bit expensive, but no more than any other building.
The only knock I have against the place is that the office staff are sometimes gone for hours at a time during business hours where even the doorman can’t get a hold of them, and that’s bad when they’re charging you money to move out.
Another thing would be that even though it says it in the lease and bylaws, they do NOT recycle. Everything gets thrown out the same way. So if you’re a green individual… take that into account.

I have been a resident for a couple years and I am pleased with the building. The location is nice because it is in its own little neighborhood hidden away from busy streets. It is close to everything. It has a pool for the residents and there is a bike path near by.
The building has on site management that stays on top of things. You can go to the office on weekdays if you have any questions or concerns. There is 24 hour security with someone monitoring the entrance at all times.
Assessment costs are reasonable and cover everything except electricity. There are detached garages that can be purchased or rented.
It is a big building with a wide variety of residents. Inside it is very quiet which is nice. If you are looking for a studio, 1 bedroom, or 2 bedroom condo in the north west suburbs, check out this building.

Great building with a lot of wonderful residents.