Benton Street Apartments

Some observations from living at Benton Street Apartments in Naperville
Negatives:
*If you confront the owner, he will yell and hang up the phone on you. Not very professional.
*The owner charged $ 30 for a Central Parking District pass that costs $ 5.00 — that is a 500% mark up and he rationalizes this by saying he is charging for his time standing in line.
*It will be weed city both in front and in the yard since the landscapers come one time in July.
*The basement, where the washers and dryers are, is dark, creepy, and dirty (and wet when it rains). One of the machines is broken about 15% percent of the time.
*There is black stuff behind the plaster in the basement.
*I had a shed in the basement and it was lit by one light bulb that did not have a pull cord and had to be turned on by turning the bulb by hand so I could not have the light on for very long or I would burn my hand.
*The area where the sheds are located is dimly lit with wires hanging down.
*The basement door is supposed to be locked at all times but I found that the door didn’t lock about 50% of the time.
*One time I went downstairs to do the laundry and found brown stuff all over the floor and the washers and dryers. I called the owner and he said there was a plumbing problem and asked me to do him a favor and clean it up. I told him, he would need to pay me. It took over an hour to clean it (turns out it was raw sewage) using my cleaning supplies and then he balked at $ 50 since ‘a cleaning service wouldn’t charge that much’. He ended up paying me about $ 30. Don’t agree to do any maintenance… he balks at paying.
*The owner left for a European vacation and did not leave an emergency phone number and I ended up having plumbing problems and had to have a friend come over to fix the toilet since the owner did not return the many calls.
*If after reading this you do decide to rent — take pictures of everything and do NOT make any improvements because when it comes time to return your security deposit, the owner may give you a hard time.
Positive: location