I lived here for a year, and I will say, I should have read more reviews for this place. I thought paying such a high rent would mean I'd be living in a beautiful, nice, safe community... well all seems well until you notice all the Section 8 stuff mentioned in other reviews around the internet sounds correct (especially around the church). So, here is my dreadfully long, honest experience with Marquette broken up into sections for reader convenience.
PROS: I'll start with the good stuff:
Pretty nice location, right off 55 and Weber Road. I could walk to a Jewel for groceries if I wanted to.
Laundry machines in my unit (they were very noisy, but laundry equipment nonetheless.)
Patio (which I never used.)
Apartments "look" pretty (but beware)
TENANTS: This part is about an encounter with ignorant tenants allowed into the community: The neighbors upstairs I've called the police on 3-4 times because their surround sound will go all night playing rap otherwise (Highpoint does not seem to address noise complaints). After all the calls I've made to Romeoville Police Department, I've given up and I go see the neighbors personally to tell them to silence their noise, sometimes having to do so at 2am. They are severely lacking in intelligence... I almost always have to remind them that they are living in an apartment and they should be considerate when sharing walls with others. Wannabe gang bangers hang out in the parking lot. Just a note on the parking lot, the chances of getting a parking spot in front of your building are a joke, so I hope you like walking. Also, after closer inspection, this community seems a little ghetto... how can the tenants that live here possibly afford their rent... something is off about this place (Section 8 anyone?)
APARTMENT: A one bedroom is the size of a small studio apartment; they say the apartments come with drive-in closets...please, this whole apartment is small enough to BE the drive-in closet. With how small the apartment is, I'm thrown off by the oversized bathroom door... and it makes for an awkward time when you go to close it; be prepared to hug the bathtub. The walls are soo thin I can hear everything that goes on above me (yep I can even hear the guy upstairs peeing). If I wanted to, I suppose I could write out the daily activities of the tenants above me in detail that's how poorly soundproofed these apartments are; I guess the few people that choose to extend their lease are okay with that... The apartments have a poorly constructed feel to them. Meaning, the cost to build them must have been very low ... the place is drafty and hard to keep cool in summer and warm in the winter (which is probably why they make me pay all utilities ... they know they haven't properly insulated the buildings and they make me pay the price with high energy bills). Aside from the walls being improperly insulated, the kitchen countertops are pealing up, the appliances are mediocre at best; everything has an "IKEA" feel to it (aka cheap, but hey!, everything "looks" nice). Well, you can polish this turd of an apartment, but it's still a piece of shit.
PET POLICY: This place claims that it is "extremely pet friendly," but that statement is completely misleading in the use of the word "extremely"! After I was told it would only be an $88 nonrefundable charge in lieu of a $500 deposit by one office lady; later Janice "smiles" and tells us we were told wrong by a "new office girl" (this is the second time we have been screwed over because the person "was new" and it's completely unforgiving; new people should be shadowing the experienced employees, because these mistakes are costing me large amounts of money) and explained that we have to pay a nonrefundable pet fee of $350 after we had already gone ahead with the pet adoption process. Also, this $350 fee I was told is "not a cleaning fee, but it exists to deter everyone from owning a pet." So, I get the impression that they do not want people to own pets. Things start to reek of scam when you charge someone a $350 nonrefundable fee AND $500/$88 for having a small, well mannered, potty trained, fixed CAT roaming your apartment... I would gladly pay to replace any damages caused by my cat, but who wants to pay when no damages exist???
BOTTOM LINE:
-Incompetent/rude office women
-Misleading (that may mostly due to incompetent AND inexperienced office staff)
-Poorly designed and poorly soundproofed apartment
-Overly priced considering all the drawbacks
If you can deal with all the above, you'll be very happy, enjoy!
For people looking for a apartment without all the problems I discovered the hard way over the past year: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME (time is money, especially here)! I'll be damned it I ever let any of my friends, family, or Yelp Buddies lease through Marquette! read more