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    The building is immaculate and Dina is as charming and helpful in person as she was on the phone and by email.

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    AMLI Evanston

    AMLI Evanston

    (46 reviews)

    We've lived at Amli for a year and a half and have really loved our home here! The apartments are…read morelarge, bright and have a lot of in unit storage! We really love the green initiative that Amli takes. Our unit is always very nice and warm, we rarely used our heat through winter! The herb garden on the roof top is a really great part of the amenities! The maintenance staff and cleaning crew are friendly and quick to respond to the needs of the unit and building inside and out. The office staff is attentive, kind, and very helpful with any and all issues + they are enjoyable to work with, as they are kind and so friendly! The new Amli manager, Beric, has been wonderful to work with through our end of lease process. He and his staff have been very cooperative and kind, as we navigate moving through a pandemic. We would highly recommend anyone to the Amil homes.

    There are a few positives about AMLI Evanston--such as spacious units that stay warm in winter…read morewithout needing heat, a well-equipped fitness center, and a responsive maintenance team for basic tasks. But unfortunately, none of those outweigh the serious, ongoing issue that made my time here extremely difficult: persistent and unresolved noise disturbances. Sound insulation between units is almost nonexistent. From the unit above, I could regularly hear heavy footsteps that caused subtle floor vibrations, water running in the bathroom, appliances being plugged in, slamming doors, and even washer and dryer cycles. These noises happened frequently and unpredictably--especially in the early morning hours between 6 and 7 AM--often waking me up and making it hard to get back to sleep. I reported this issue consistently over the course of several months. I first brought it up in person and then followed up by email. The management office instructed me to call the emergency line whenever the noise occurred so it could be tracked. I did just that, calling during early morning disturbances as instructed. Later, I was told not to call again until an investigation was completed. After that, weeks went by with no update. Eventually, I was told that no action could be taken because the noise had not been verified during office hours--even though I had explained repeatedly that the disturbances occurred outside those hours. At one point, management even advised me to call the police to knock on my neighbor's door, which I found entirely impractical and unhelpful--especially given the early morning timing. In an effort to help, I stayed up through multiple mornings and recorded audio clips. Capturing the sounds was extremely difficult due to their low pitch and sporadic nature. After submitting the clips and receiving no reply, I followed up again. Only then was I told that I could call the emergency line to request a real-time investigation by on-call maintenance--a step that could have been communicated much earlier. Eventually, a maintenance staff member did visit around 6:30 AM and confirmed that the noise was not mechanical, but came from normal living activity in the unit above--exactly what I had been reporting all along. Even after this in-person confirmation, the management office concluded that the noise was "normal" and not excessive. That was the final response. No solution, no further assistance--despite months of communication, documentation, and repeated disruption to my sleep and daily life. In my eight years of apartment living, I've never experienced noise issues this severe, or such a disorganized and ineffective process for handling them. The lack of soundproofing is obvious--and something anyone could easily test during a short tour of the unit. Side note: If you're hoping to transfer to another unit to escape a noise issue, be aware that AMLI requires six successful rent payments and charges a transfer fee. In my case, the only real choices were to endure months of daily noise or pay a steep lease buy-out fee--which is ultimately what I had to do.

    Evanston Place by AIMCO Property Management

    Evanston Place by AIMCO Property Management

    (47 reviews)

    Another one of my stops with my future sister-in-law as we tried to find her an amazing apt to…read morestudy and party in during her upcoming years at Kellogg. Evanston Place and Park Evanston are both very similar...so much so that I had trouble telling the future sis which one I liked best. This premier apt building has spacious apartments (including spacious studios), newly updated kitchens (granite and cherry wood cabinets...love it!), lots of closet space, a very nice common room equipped with wi-fi, a pool, an adequate gym (although the equipment could use some updating), and laundry machines on every floor! It's very expensive for Evanston- about $1600 for a 1 bedroom. Craziness...my friends pay way less than that for their apartments in downtown Chicago!! The leasing agent, Anna, was very sweet and helpful...and I loved the earrings she was wearing (yep, I'm all about the random facts). If you're looking for a premier apartment in Evanston I suggest checking out both Evanston Place and Park Evanston...if you can shell out the dough either one is a very good choice!

    My husband and I have lived in Evanston Place for about 5 months. I am a graduate student at…read moreNorthwestern and he is a working professional. We love the location, I personally like all of the staff. I continually try to give this place the benefit of the doubt, but it always disappoints me. The rent is way too high to justify the issues we've encountered, so if you can afford other options, please reconsider living here. Some highlights: - Our washer/dryer unit was broken for a whole month before it was fixed. Communication from the building and from maintenance was continually poor. The date for when our machine would be fixed kept getting pushed back, and we had to follow up multiple times to check on what was happening. In the meantime, we had to use the communal laundry room in the hall. Thankfully, management reimbursed us for this expense, but it was aggravating nonetheless because in-unit laundry is very important to us. - One of the elevators in our tower (south) has been broken since the beginning of October. First, management said 2-3 weeks to fix. When I hadn't heard back for a month, I sent a note to the building and they said it would actually be 6-8 weeks. Well, it's been about 10 weeks now -- I finally followed up again and now they're saying "it may be early January". The lack of communication and unreliable messaging from management has made me lose complete trust in them. Meanwhile, having only one working elevator is extremely frustrating. A few weeks ago, that elevator was temporarily broken as well, so we had to walk up and down 8 flights of stairs several times to walk our dog. - The walls are incredibly thin. A Northwestern undergrad lives next to our apartment and has frequent gatherings which are incredibly loud even through the wall. A couple months ago she had a birthday party and we could literally make out every word of them screaming "happy birthday" at midnight through the wall in our bedroom...just so you get the idea. - We didn't realize this before moving in, but the heating and cooling system is designed so you *cannot* use A/C during the winter, or heat during the summer. In late September the building switched over to heating only, which was a disaster when we ran into multiple 70+ degree days in October. Even with the heating off and vents closed in our unit, it was still uncomfortably hot inside and we could not turn on A/C. - The adjacent garage isn't enclosed. I didn't *think* this was a huge issue until today, where we (and many others) woke up to a broken car window and belongings that were rummaged through. Luckily we didn't have anything valuable inside, but we still owe $250 on the broken window since it didn't meet our insurance deductible. I realize this isn't the fault of building management but it's yet another data point that makes me disappointed in the living situation here.

    E2 Apartments

    E2 Apartments

    (36 reviews)

    You may be locked out of your unit at anytime, as the management seems to have trouble tracking…read morewhat keys to turn on or off when folks are moving in or out, which by the way IS ALL THE TIME. Same with cable/internet service. If you are locked out, good luck finding someone to let you in as with near-constant moving, it takes an extra 10 minutes to go up or down the elevator. Plenty of rules cover grilling, the gym, and the pool area (the elevator too but those are not enforced). More than one occasion they have staff waiting to make sure any pool users are 'on a lease'. I assume similar rules govern the hot tub, but it hasn't been open in more than year. The maintenance staff seems incredibly over-worked and under-appreciated. That's probably not all on management (I'd bet most is), but funny enough they have resources to harass people using the pool over the weekend, but not enough resources to get you in a unit you were wrongly locked out of in less than 20 minutes. If you live here long enough, a taco truck may provide you a couple of free tacos for your troubles, but if you're locked out during the time it arrives - NO TACOS FOR YOU!

    We went having made an appointment to look at units. We were told, rudely that they had nothing and…read morewould not show us anything except plans. Not even an offer to show us the facilities. Based upon the reaction this is a zero-service facility, as many of the reviews indicate. Dont! Added 5/31/2023: For reference, the E2 management has written a response (ten days later) to my review which is completely false. As stated before, 1) In our request for an appointment we specifically stated that we were only interested in 3+ BR 2) They only offered to show us plans. 3) There was no offer to show us the model apartment home. 4) There was no offer to show us a vacant 2-bedroom apartment. 5) There was no offer to show us the ameneties. If I could give negative stars I would, consistent with the majority of the other reviews.

    BJB Evanston - apartments - Updated May 2026

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