Update: The cement barrier was actually the project itself. So as of 4/12, the issue has been resolved, more or less. I want to add that Community Association Manager Kathleen Markland has been very helpful in finally getting this issue resolved. It was communicated that Associa recently underwent new management which was partly why there was such a long delay. Other factors included waiting for the ideal weather temperature to do the project, the priority of projects Associa needed to address, etc. I suggested to Kathleen in the future to communicate all this to clients like myself. If you look at my prior updates to this review, there was a consistent lack of communication and follow-up at Associa that I hope going forward is finally resolved. read more

Associa Chicagoland - Cement barrier made around stoop. - Property Management Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

They are hard to reach. Also unresponsive and ineffective. Individual managers don't seem to be available.

It has been 6 months since I contacted the association about having water leaking into my living room. They haven't fixed the roof yet. Preston Payton is the community manager and he has to be the most incompetent person I have ever had to deal with. I have been told that he will call me back 50 times in the period of 6 months that i have been calling. Today I filed claim with Statefarm, they advised to hire somebody to fix the roof. Having Associa Chicagoland as association is one of the worst thing that have happened to me. I would never buy a property managed by them again. read more

My husband and I live on a property that is managed by Associa. We've put in several requests via phone, the app (town square), and email since 6/25/2025 and have not received any correspondence to when the issue will be addressed and fixed. It has now been over 2 weeks and there is damage to our property due to the neglect of the matter. This is my first time experiencing an association that does not provide the contact info to the community manager. My previous condo handled everything quick and prompt. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Associa.. Update 7/11/2025. Re: Associa Corporate's automated comment via Yelp - reference any of the 20 emails sent out by Alexandra Afryl. After numerous phone calls, emails, request sent via town square app.. this was addressed on 7/12/2025. read more

Update: customer service is still a joke! The only response I got was for someone to tell me it was being worked on and I would hear about it as soon as there was any progress Terrible customer service! Carol Marcou rarely responds to calls or emails or messages in the app, and if she does all you gets are lies, the runaround, or just flat out told to solve the problem yourself! Dues keep going up, but service keeps getting worse! Can't wait to get the copy and paste response from Associa Chicagoland. read more

They are terrible with communication....absolutely terrible. Landscaping is a nightmare. We have been a resident for almost 20 years and it gets Worse every year. read more

I called 4 times because I needed to know if they sent 3 men here or not for the painting cycle cuz I got up and found 3 men sitting in my backyard and on my front deck. I was going to call the police if you did not authorize them to come here and I said it was urgent. I was told the manager would call me once she was off the phone. it is now going on 3 hours and I still have not gotten a call back. this management company stinks. nobody knows anything and theyt have to email the manager or director. no phone number??????? before they took over we would call the trails and get an answer to our question immediately/. now we have to wait 24-48 hours????? beware of this company. if there was 0 stars that's what you would have gotten read more

Difficult to deal with reps who speak marginal english, do not have access to the details regarding your account and forward your request to another person due to their limited knowledge. Not an effective business model. read more

This company is grossly irresponsible. if you have a problem and require to speak with a human, it's impossible. If you leave a written message with your contact information, they don't respond. If you call, you will wait. I waited for 1.5 hours and finally hung up. They fined me with a vague description and I can never get through to them. It's extremely unprofessional. Next step is BBB complaint!! read more

I have lived in my condo for 6 years, having gone through several management companies over the years, one being worse than the other. Associa Chicagoland does not reply back to emails or call you back. The gutters have been leaking so bad since I've lived here, if you're standing on the stoop and it's raining, it's like your standing behind a waterfall. Now in the winter, we have had terrible ice cycles hanging from the gutters all around the porch area and very thick ice on the ground right below the step, I've complained about this, nothing ever gets done. I have neighbors that live across the hall that back into the garage, they leave their car running in the morning to warm it up and the exhaust fumes are coming into the bldg., I've complained about this before, nobody reply's or does anything about it! This is very serious and can be hazardous! They don't care! I thought there were no utility vans allowed to park in the driveways overnight, I've complained that one of the upstairs neighbors, (new tenants) are parking a huge utility van, in the first driveway, it goes from the garage door all the way to the street, I even took a photo and sent it to Associa, guess what, no reply! Our carpets in the hallway are filthy, no one ever comes to clean them, it's a disgrace! I feel like I'm living in the ghetto! If you're considering moving to Lexington Green, I'd think twice about it, with this management company. I've not seen one good review on here for them, all ones, if there was a zero option, I'm sure everyone would check zero. Their reply to these complaints on Yelp is, "Send us an email and we'll take care of your complaint". Who are they kidding, that will never happen!! read more

Associa Stinks. They raised prices on our townhomes and were extremely hard to reach for any issues. They did very little (bare minimum) and avoided work. When we were being handed off to another management company, they avoided my requests for half a month until the new company took over even though it was their poor work that caused the issue in the first place. read more

When I reported a water leak from my upstairs neighbor's toilet , I was totally ignored. I called, emailed & sent a message via the app. Never once in 3.4 MONTHS did they respond. I finally got a hold of a board member who asked that it be fixed within 48 hrs, I month went by and still nothing. I had to reach out so many times. The owner of the condo claimed he couldn't afford to repair it so his solution was not to use the toilet, instead he would use a diaper. A grown man said this. Disturbing to say the least. Last I heard they took his word that he fixed it. He was ASKED, did you fix it, he said yes and it was the end. They ignore a water leak complaint but someone else complained about their locker being used and they quickly put up signs in every nook and cranny in the building about vacating the locker or else... Is it possible that priority depends on who is reporting the issue and not the actual situation??? Terrible customer service. Why would you ignore a water leak complaint, for months??!! And I still have to deal with a slum lord that won't repare my ceiling. Had they responded quickly like a water leak should be addressed, I wouldn't have so much damage, it would've been minimal. Renee C. & customer service dept could do better, much better. So dissatisfied in their service. read more

Terrible company! They don't respond, I asked them four or five times if someone come and look at my lawn.That is full of weeds. No, response, no one came out.And I have tons of weeds.I don't know what we're paying all this money for. Then, I submitted an architectural form to get a border approved for my landscaping.And they wanted a plat of survey. Do they do they know what a plaid a survey is? Apply the surveys when you're putting a building on the property.I wasn't putting any building . It took three or four weeks to get it approved.They said they'd mail need the approval.I had to call back a couple weeks later.Cuz I never got it. They don't respond it is horrible. I would give them a 0 for their rating.. read more

Accounting for payments is inaccurate and deceptive. Every request takes a 48-72 hour review before acted upon ! Unacceptable. During a week with temperatures in 100s air conditioning in common areas did not exist. In springtime air in common areas and units during the daytime soar into 80s because temperatures at night are in the 50s. Wasteful! But what is worse is the inaccurate and deceptive accounting practices. Be aware very aware! read more

Worst association I have ever interacted with. Has made my family contemplate moving after only owning our home for 2 years. We had sewage from a HOA owned pipe backup into the wall of my husbands home office (he works from home). This was in September of 2022, the pipe was not repaired until November of 2022. It is now February of 2023 and we are still missing an entire wall and our backyard is torn to pieces. But don't worry, if you leave your garage door open too long, you will have a fine within 24 hours. read more

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Have called 5 times2 live chats and had one call back but nothing to resolve issue boiler- heater on full blast from 11-8 all night in JUNE

Worst of the Worst. Associa has been my building's manager for years. Across the board, they are unresponsive, uncommunicative and unaccountable. They make mistake after mistake, they fail to respond to complaints about their mistakes, they fail to take responsibility for their mistakes, they are sloppy, and worst of all, after all that, they are rude. There are WAY too many examples to list here. Associa deserves negative stars (Yelp doesn't allow zero stars or negative stars). STAY AWAY read more

Terrible never answer phones double charge records all wrong can never get resolved living nightmare

Should be able to give a zero. Am now in court due to their non responsiveness to 16 letters n two years. I have resorted to making my payments using tracking with USPS. In doing so, I have proof that checks are not always picked up when they are available at the post office. Also, there are delays in posting the payment from when the check was picked up at the post office. In one case, over 1. month passed from when they picked up the check to when the payment was posted.and check cashed. I have been charged for violations that the required resident info sheet and proof of Insurance was not received. I have mailed proof that both requirements were faxed on time. I have sent in proof and asked for a credit of the violation charge. I get NO RESPONSE. Hoping that the judge can rule against Associa Chicagoland when I present all the documentation I have. Their accounting is terrible. They have lost checks as well as replacement checks for these lost checks. Maybe getting an investigative team from a TV station would be the way to go at this point to investigate them. Thanks for the invite to email you. However if 16+ letters to your office in Schaumburg NEVER interested anyone to respond, what makes you think that my emailing will. I will not give out my email. The office has my phone number. Please have them call me if they wish to resolve this prior to Thursday. Otherwise I will be in court with ALL 400 + pages of documentation to show what a scam operation this is. This is for Associa Chicagoland-office in Schaumburg Il read more

Terrible management company. They do not call back or respond at all to questions or requests. My over 30 year with them is awful. Not once have they done anything for me and I pay fee on time always. Do NOT hire Associa Chicagoland as your management company! read more

I live in Naperville and my HOA hired Associa Chicagoland to manage my subdivision. I have had problem after problem with this company. I have been locked out of my online account for over a year. I have tried to contact Associa Chicagoland through the square app and no one has contacted me back. I also tried calling and leaving messages no call back. I have to mail my HOA payments to them each month money order in a certificated mail envelope requesting their signature when delivered. I cannot even get my password to log onto to zoom board meetings, cannot vote on changes made in my subdivision. I request financial records so I know where my money is going, I was denied paperwork. I also requested names and phone numbers for our board members no response. My only option now is to do a civil lawsuit because I have been having more problems. The most unprofessional useless management company I know. read more

I live in the Castleford/Hearthstone Community in Hoffman Estates. On March 16, I contacted Customer Service to report that an animal had made a very large hole in the home directly next to me. A maintenance person was sent out the next day and reported that Critter Control should be called. NOTHING has been done for over 10 days. I contacted the President of the Board of Directors and he sent a note that basically said nothing and it appears that he refuses to escalate this and Customer Service has not responded when I asked when Critter Control will be out. Since this butts up to my home, I do not wish to have squirrels living in my attic. The person that lives at this home is a renter and goes out of the country frequently for work. He has been gone for several weeks and when I ask if the homeowner has been contacted I get no response. Does anyone at Associa do their job? This is just negligence by both the Board of Directors and Associa. And, the best answer came from upper management at Associa. They stated that they were directed to not speak with the homeowners. Do we not pay them???? read more

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Our Siding was replaced 5 years ago and ever since then every time it rains I have water coming through my patio door. They try to blame on the windows that have installed 12 years ago. where is the logic ? siding 2019 water coming in 8/22, 9/22, 4/23, and once again today. Worse customer service, zero responsibility, always the homeowner at fault. ZERO stars if I could read more

Associa Chicagoland - Property Management Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

I strongly urge anyone looking to purchase a home managed by associa to speak with neighbors about the board members and those who manage the community. I cannot believe the lack of professionalism I have experienced over the last few weeks regarding a violation dispute. Not only was I NOT able to actually speak directly with a board member or the community manager, but I was also subject to snarky email responses and inconsistent information. I recently purchased a townhome and was issued a violation notice by the board for the dents in the garage door. I provided pictures from my inspection showing that these dents were created by the previous owner who was storing a large boat in the garage. I asked why this violation was not enforced before I took ownership. I was simply told it must have happened after the inspection they completed LAST summer. So you are telling me the HOA inspects one time a year? They had to know this unit was being listed for sale and chose not to ensure all violations were taken of/ there weren't any violations? Now, fast forward from November 2024 to present, I am stuck with a $2,500 bill to replace the door OR ELSE the HOA will assess a fine for $100 per day. I shared in my dispute that the former owner acknowledged in the sales contract that they were not under any violation(s). The HOA told me it was my responsibility to ensure this. How could I have possibly known the dents in the door were a violation if the previous owner is able to sell the property?! After providing pictures and explaining how this would cause a significant financial hardship for me, I was told they will work with me on the door and will not assess the daily $100 fine. However, in their most recent email I was told I have 30 days to comply. Like I mentioned, I have no idea who these demands are coming from as I have only been able to send and receive emails through a customer support representative acting as an intermediary. I included my phone number and email in my dispute and all I have gotten are choppy email responses that barely address any of my questions or concerns-the main one being why was this not enforced upon the previous owner? How were they able to go an entire year with dents on their door without receiving a violation? The HOA had to have seen this as the decks to all units were recently repaired prior to my ownership Something is just not adding up about this entire situation. I was also told that it sounds like I am trying to shift blame- which I cannot even believe was said to me. I wish I could share the kinds of responses coming from these people who I have no names for. I am warning you now, beware of associa. read more

My Service Requests were promptly handled by property manager Brigette who offered follow-up assistance. She coordinated her technicians to meet at a convenient time for me. Her efforts are greatly appreciated. read more

Horrible company. They do not answer questions. Lie to homeowners, and then when you ask why you aren't getting your questions answered they tell you they are doing the best they can. They take over a week to respond to emails. Over 2 days to respond to phone calls and then they don't answer the questions you asked. Whatever their company is paid is a waste of money. Do not hire unless you want homeowners frustrated beyond belief with no answers. And in other reviews they tell you to email them. The same email you've already not been responded to. read more

I recently moved into an Associa managed community and have had nothing but difficulty with them. 1) It was difficult to get the HOA documents prior to the sale, that should have been my first red flag. 2) When the HOA documents were finally sent over, there was no mention of 2 planned assessment increases. It's hard to say for certain why due to Associa's lack of transparency. I have yet to get an answer as to why the assessment is increasing in July and again in January. 3) Calls and emails are routinely ignored. It typically takes quite a bit of follow up to get a response. I just moved into this community in May and already have had such a horrible experience with this HOA. I've lived in 3 different HOA communities in Illinois and have never had issues. As others have said, Associa comes across as very shady with poor customer service and no transparency. If I had known about these 2 increases I would never have bought here. read more

The community I live at is managed by Associa Chicagoland. The property manager is rarely on the property. I have seen her one time this entire year. During major projects she is not present. In addition, Associa Chicagoland uses a lot of companies that they know and use for other properties. It is rare that we have local companies performing services in our community and many have high customer service satisfaction ratings but are not chosen for jobs. Last winter, during blizzard like conditions, the snow removal company failed to successfully plow the streets, sidewalks, and entry way. The grounds and roads were unwalkable for well over a week, and almost undriveable. The issue is, when concerns about this were brought to the property manager and Associa Chicagoland, nothing was resolved. Associa continues using this snow removal company for many of their other properties. There are better performing snow removal companies that are local and the property manager failed to research other options and/or inform community members with solutions for how the snow removal will better be handled. This is one example of many things that go unresolved due to the property manager not being present on the property. When I raised concerns, the property manager would tell me that she manages 4 other properties. First, that is not my issue. Second, if she has too much on her plate, we should be assigned a new property manager who cares about our community. read more

Worst property management company ever. HOA thinks they're wonderful. Grass was a foot high in front of my until last week. Fees keep going up and services keep getting reduced. They prey on uninformed HOA boards. Haven't seen our property manager, Anne Goebel walking the property in four years and I was working from home all day during that time. Supposed to walk it every two weeks. Either does drive-bys or is a ninja I guess. Almost $250 a month to cut the grass like a bunch of hacks. That's about it and we have no pool, no community center so where is the money going??? This organization couldn't run a tenement. Oh wait, I guess that's what we are! 88 units being managed by one of the largest residential property managers in the nation. Makes absolutely no sense and it shows. read more

I've lived at 1221 N Dearborn (the Towers Condominium) for 3 years, and there's a common theme here with all of these negative reviews: the property management is rude, unhelpful, and overall sketchy. They will find reasons to fine you for no reason, and good luck trying to get a hold of them in the first place. Have a complaint? They will find a reason to blame you rather than help you in a professional manner (isn't that supposed to be their job?). There has been a new property manager every year that I've lived here.... That says something. And somehow they get worse than the previous. After reading the reviews that owners deal with, I'm not even surprised and I honestly feel bad for them as I have also witnessed and experienced the same but thankfully don't own here. Oh and the pool? Hasn't been open the entire 3 years I've lived here. They'll have rare random board meetings about it to make it seem like they're doing something about it but they don't want to pay for the repair. Overall I've learned a valuable lesson in living here, and it's to read reviews of the property management company (Associa Chicagoland) in addition to the building itself before considering to move or buy here, which both have horrid reviews and reflects on their reputation. read more

the WORST property management we have ever dealt with. The fees keep increasing and their work keeps getting worse. we have called, emailed, put in work orders for our driveway that keeps flooding into our garage and they don't do anything. It has been over 2 months now and all they do is close the order. DO NOT GO WITH THEM. unless you want to throw money out. read more

Associa hired a vendor to clean dryer vents in my condo development. They did such a poor job in my unit, that it resulted in an almost $200 charge to repair and could have caused a building fire. Associa selected the vendor and then took no responsibility for the damages. In fact, they didn't inform the vendor for over 30 days so they wouldn't cover the fee, Associa told me that the charge was not preapproved and therefore they won't reimburse. They are a terrible management company. They don't return phone calls and consistently disregard their customers. read more

It has been over two months I started chasing after this so called "association" to lease a parking spot right in front of my house. They used to just repeat the same answer that "there is no spot left." CLEARLY, none of them have any idea what they're talking about because the guest parking areas in my town are almost EMPTY EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. So, I asked for the total number of spots they give out to lease for the whole town (since it just does not make sense to me that there's not spot left.) and they just chose to IGNORE me and my family and not even get back to me anymore. It is just ridiculous calling the towing company EVERY SINGLE NIGHT to not get my car towed away from my OWN home. My family has wasted hundreds of dollars because "our association" does not want anything to do with us nor care about us just because THEY wouldn't let us pay THEM for a parking spot. I cannot believe EVERYONE I've spoken to just told me "Like we told you before, here's no more spots left. Do whatever you have to do, figure it out on your own. There's no more spots left. No more spots. No more spots. There's nothing we can do. Go." So, long story short, this association does not care about anyone and does not care to help or solve anything going on in town. They just basically told us we have to call the towing company every single day until we move out of here. LET US GIVE YOU GUYS MONEY FOR A PARKING SPOT. How simple is that. Why do these guys even exist? I see that they leave comments on these reviews to email them so they can "resolve" the issue, but I wonder if they ever really get back to them because they never replied back to me and my dad's email that we sent OVER A MONTH AGO. read more

Where to start? This review is long, long overdue! After living in the Batavia location ran by associa for 5-7 years and deerpsth crossing having switching associations has had 5 different associations in 20 years! This association is the worse! So, we don't care what the positive reviews are because associa for the deeroath crossing is a piece of work! Here we go. As the 3rd person living in these townhouses the associations went through numerous hands and last to come to ruin everything here comes associa! The board members are something else to deal with, that's another topic. Their landscaping company and one in the same their snow removal company is pathetic, lazy, disrespectful and caused substantial damage to an expensive car owned by us. Refused to pay for the damages when their contracted lawn guys shit mulch, gravel, various debris into car, associa refused repeatedly to give the insurance information until are personal high end insurance got involved and they were made to pay let's talk about $3400.00 to a expensive car parked on the driveway being the easement past the sidewalk! Why they need a riding lawnmower in a small area and why the blacktop driveway not properly maintained either broken gravel and rocks including the association refusing repeatedly to repair, but hey if you're on the board their homes well not o boy their homes outside no problem! The garage door panels were damaged by their contracted service we had to pay to replace and funny the guy that came told us that even board members garage doors were replaced and the board members asked how this happened and when they were told they still left the same trash servicing our driveways, sidewalks, lawn! They knew and did nothing to replace the contracted trash! Let's see the lawn they left that barren had to get attorney involved. Fees for a non commercial van repeatedly then they changed it to ladders yet couldn't just say remove the ladders kept feeing, harassing, walking around with their clipboards, oh the car that was damaged was parked in the easement again that sidewalk to the street is city property yet these people are fining for the third vehicle in the driveway which they don't own that property none of us do it's the city property that had to be maintained! They literally took money that they had zero right to! The fines for anything they could do totaled over 750.00$ which they never reinbursed! We finally sold this townhouse and come to find out they even harassed the new homeowner! Glad we got out! Shame, shame shame! Oh and the association dues went from 125.00 then went to 220.00 a month. For what? They did zero landscaping, we did it, they rarely maintained the yard, mowing yeah, leaves half rear ended, snow removal and salt what a joke. But they were superb on running their mouths especially their manger Hailey and their president of association Scott, charging excess for whatever they could and when we paid for extension of concrete they even misapplied that money to existing false fees! The value for what you pay is not worth it! Not worth any of what we were put through! Don't miss them, don't miss the trashy gossiping few neighbors that reported to the association Hailey and Scott! Disrespectful to veterans to the hilt and to people that were quiet and 3rd owners of the townhouse's originally built! Big, big joke that they are! Good luck to the new homeowner! read more

Associa Chicagoland just took over our older association and the transition has been an utter disaster. Overly complicated process. Multiple letters in the mail to communicate the change with very little detail on how to login to new portal (under different URL - TownSq), more complication. Each envelope included 4-5 sheets of paper with no clear way to register. Clearly wasteful. I don't know if to engage Associa or TownSq after 2 months of transition to make an association payment. Working with support that whole time and they have my wrong e-mail address in one system, but the right one for community messages. Someone at Associa needs to experience their transition process so they can see how bad it is. read more

They are more interested in lining their pockets than they are servicing the properties. I just got hit with a $100 fine because they requested a long list of forms for my tenants and a check, of course, and I happened to forget one of the many items that they requested. They could have called or emailed me when they noticed that it was missing, but they waited until my deadline, and assessed the $100 fine. They received everything, except one thing. COVID 19, sky high unemployment, riots, you think they care about any of that? You think they have the decency to reach out to me for the missing information before assessing a large fine. Nope. read more

HORRIBLE company. NO responses. NEVER answer phones or emails. NO sense of urgency about anything. We have lived here a little over a year and are considering moving already. read more

This property management firm is a joke. We lived in one of their properties in Bartlet, IL. Sent them an email after a new neighbor moved next door and opened up a home business that generated increased traffic and reduced parking. They replied back that it would be taken care of. Well, a year later and still nothing was done, even though it clearly was a violation of the bylaws, Luckily, we were able to sell our property and get the hell out of there and move into a non-HOA sub. Will never move into a HOA property again. read more

If you have the option to avoid moving into a neighborhood that is managed by them, do so at all costs. HOA fees have gone up year after year and yet we get decreased services. For example, even though I have paid more every year, I now have to salt my own driveway in the winter. Although they do very little, if you have any issues with your place, they are quick to write a violation and ask for money. If zero stars was possible that would be my rating. read more

There is a lack of communication between the manager David and the homeowners. Askus is no better. When an emergency repair is needed, there is no response. The computer system is only programmed for condos. i do not live in a condo, therefore our financial reports are always incorrect. This has been brought to the attention of the management company Associa Chicagoland as well as our HOA. Still no action. read more