Andco Management, Ltd.

I lived with Andco for 3 years at an apartment on Lincoln in North Center. Over the course of the 3 years service declined dramatically. The common areas of the building were disgusting and poorly cared for, if at all. At the end of my stay, I noticed multiple cockroaches in the basement. When I contacted maintenance, their solution was to send an engineer over with a spray bottle to "treat" the hallways. After I decided to not sign my lease for a fourth year, I searched for their current listing online, only to find that they had entered my apartment without my permission and took photographs to post for the apartment listing. I moved out of this building two months ago and was just sent an invoice for $425 to clean my empty one bedroom apartment. Nothing was left in the apartment,

Andco Management isn't the WORST property management company in the city, but they're certainly not the best. I lived in the 734 Aldine Ave apartment block for 3 years and the unit itself was nice-ish. They very clearly didn't clean the unit before I moved in (walls were very scuffed, floor was dirty, bathroom needed scrubbing). Upon reporting it, they did send someone out to half-heartedly clean the unit. The maintenance is very responsive (most requests were handled in 24 hours) and friendly. That being said, if it wasn't something they could fix very quickly, it wasn't getting done (for reference, I had a broken security system and the buzzer did not work for 3 years despite multiple requests to fix them). The maintenance team also doesn't REALLY believe anything is actually broken, no

I am reading the negative reviews and to me, a lot of them sound like isolated issues or "crybaby" people that want to hassle a good company for isolated incidents. I've lived in the city for 15 years, rented apartments from Cagan, Peak (twice), The Enterprise Companies, Haderlein & Son, Lakeview Associates, and Andco. I would say AndCo was easily the best. They have nicer buildings, they maintain my building like clockwork, and the maintenance response time for issues inside my apartment is ALWAYS fast. I would generally ignore the negative reviews, as they seem overly dramatic. This is an easy company to recommend in the city.

This has by far been the worst apartment and property management I have ever had the displeasure of renting from. I would advise anyone against renting from 2464 N. Geneva Terrace as well as Andco properties. My maintenance requests have been ignored for 10+ months. My alarm hasn’t worked and that was one of their selling points. I feel unsafe and also lied to. I got a noise complaint about my dog the week I moved in. The property management threatened a 10 day notice after the 2nd noise complaint. I work from home and my dog was never left for more than 2-3 hours and he never barked when I was home. I have cameras in my apartment to prove this. My dog was raised in an apartment from a puppy and never received a noise complaint from the other places I’ve lived. I’d be more understanding if

They will charge you the most insane move out fees regardless of the condition you leave your apartment. They charged me $25 per lightbulb, $400 for a cleaning fee on a spotless apartment, and another $200 for a couch that we tried to throw out (charged me for two pieces of furniture because it was a sectional). I would never recommend this company to anyone looking to rent in the Chicago area. Read their insane fees before signing, god forbid you do.