It's a mixed bag. The location is really strange, it seems as if they dropped a beautiful apartment complex right in the middle of a very quiet and boring downtown area of Winfield. If you're a commuter, it's pretty spectacular since the train station is steps away. However, if not a commuter, hearing the train daily would get quite old.
The pricing on the apartments is lower than most in the area but what they don't tell you, is the (heated) garage is $200 extra per month! That is a
...dealbreaker, as I currently don't pay extra for a garage and if I did, I wouldn't pay that much. They do have outdoor parking as well, but in Chicago winters? No thanks.
I politely declined to pursue renting an apartment here to their leasing agent, only to receive another message from someone else, asking when I want to come in for a tour. I thought ok, maybe she didn't know I just told someone else I wasn't interested... so I sent a copy of that decline email to her. Minutes later, the response was "let me know when you'd like a tour of our community!" What? Am I talking to a robot?
I think there's pros and cons to this place, but their leasing agents are not one of the pros. Also, if you don't like or own dogs, the pet policy is too loose for an apartment of this size and location. 100 lb. weight limit, 2 pets per apartment is just too much for me. I work remote, so thinking about barking dogs and trains all day is not a good fit for me. It's a shame, because the apartments are really top notch and the community looked to be pretty nice.
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