Tancor Inc

I lived in the Gunnison building for about 4.5 years. All in all, I thought they did a great job of managing the building. I was always able to get a hold of them for any repairs or issues with the apartment. I mostly communicated with Tim in the office. He was always very professional and got back to me in a timely manner. Jose, who handles the onsite management of the Gunnison building, is wonderful. He was always super nice to me and was quick to fix any issues i had with my unit. I’ve heard so many horror stories about other landlords in Chicago, I really felt like I won the apartment lottery when I lived there.

Great place to live but a total headache trying to get my deposit money returned to me! There is no reason it should take over a month to return my deposit, especially when my old roommates stayed behind and signed a new lease. Due to their lack of prompt return of my deposit I am at risk of being kicked out of my new apartment. Great place to live if you aren’t going to every move again but be prepared to wait the full 45 days to get your deposit money back. While living at the Albany building I would have easily recommended Tancor to people but the move out/​deposit return process has been an epic fail. It has been well over the 45 days LEGALLY allowed to hold a deposit and I am STILL waiting for it to appear… even after having my MOM the co-​signer on my former unit call them; I sure hope they send the interest on my deposit money! Needless to say, the property was great but management office is an epic fail!

We lived for 10 years at Tancor’s property on Broadway and Melrose and there are quite a few good reasons as to why we stayed with Tancor longer then with any previous Landlord.
1^st off the Landlord and her staff are very easy to work with they were understanding and worked with us to solve any concerns we had, they are quick to sort out any issues that we brought to their attention and responsive to our followup questions/​concerns.
2^nd, the location is quite hard to beat in the Lakeview area and the price is very fair for said location and the space we had. Furthermore in the years we lived there the rent increases where both few in number and when they did come they were always fair in price.
Finally you really just can’t beat the Handyman Tony, :) I’ve never met a maintenance man as nice as this gentleman was. He was always willing to help out, prompt, effective and just plain as nice a guy as you can meet in my opinion, it was almost more like a friend stopping over to help fix up somewhat in your apartment.
The only Con’s I can think of in the time we spent under Tancor were related to some of the neighbors we had across the years who were just immature at times and would do things like go out on the fire escapes or leave beer bottles in the stairwell when they partied but folks like that come and go and you can have such neighbors wherever you rent just about.
Overall Tancor is a really solid choice for a Landlord to rent from if your looking in the Lakeview area!
Best of luck in your search.

I lived here for almost 2 years. The neighbors are noisy and the property manager doesn’t deal with it. Tony, the maintenance guy was always very helpful and nice, and he lives there with his family. I had a hard time understanding him, but thats OK he fixed everything fine. Diane, the owner/​manager was a real bitch. She did everything to make my life difficult during the sublet process. She also informed that I had a check that was late, asking me if I put in in the mailbox on the sidewalk out front. Well yes I did. She said «that box isn’t really reliable.» Well why are you making all of your tenants mail the checks to you when the office is right downstairs? thats stupid. She said it was for bookeeping. Um. get quicken and some organization. Altogether, I wouldn’t recommend it. Its over priced for the size, and they are difficult to work with.

Service was adequate. Property manager was pretty rude when you needed to deal with her. Building engineer was very good despite not speaking fluent english. As long as you pay your rent on time you should have no problems, but should you have a problem with the property manager, good luck she’s very crummy to deal with.