A:  After you see an apartment, all your questions are answered, and you decide the apartment and Ardmore Winthrop Properties is just what you’re looking for, ask for an application. 

A:  A completed, verified application and a check for the first month’s rent will hold the apartment. 

A: Before moving in, renters are required to sign a standard City of Chicago lease agreement and pay the first month’s rent, plus a security deposit equivalent to one month’s rent.  This is a standard requirement of nearly all rental properties in Chicago.  The security deposit is returned to renters upon completion of lease, after inspection determines the apartment is in the same condition as when rented, assuming “normal wear and tear”.

A:  A standard lease runs for twelve months.  We prefer the standard one year lease, however we do make exceptions on occasion for individuals with shorter or longer work or school commitments.

A:  There is a fee of twenty five dollars with the application.  The application verification process includes credit and criminal checks, landlord and employment/school verification. 

A:  Private parking is available at all of our properties.  Charge for parking spaces varies by building and by outside or garage space.  Parking spaces are assigned and entry to garages is by garage door remote controls.

A:  The majority of our properties include heat, cooking gas, and water in the rent.

A:  Yes.  Cats are allowed in all buildings,  and see details on the individual buildings for the dog policy. 

A:  All apartments are cable ready, some buildings with  with your choice of two different cable providers.

A:  All of our properties are conveniently located near “L” (Red Line) stations, as well as numerous bus lines.

A:  Chicago’s two major grocery chains operate enormous stores within four blocks of our properties.  The Jewel and the Dominick’s each have a bank and bakery inside and in one a “Starbucks.”

A:  The office for the properties arranges with the drivers of the major shipping firms (FedEx, DHL, UPS, USPS) to leave packages at the building office.

A:  www.edgewatercc.org  (Edgewater Community Council)
     www.edgewater.org     (Edgewater Chamber of Commerce)

A:  Each of our buildings has a bright, clean laundry with multiple coin operated washers and dryers.

A:  Yes. In fact, maintenance will help you install it in the summer and take it out in the fall.