Suburban Apartments

Lived here 3 years. New management which took over Feb 2015 is part of an investment firm out of the Philippines. MCJ Investments is the name. After this take over, the quality of living here went down. Broken amenities (pools, doors), family un-​friendly (loud parties, smell of drugs everywhere, unsafe roadways), automotive break-​ins, dog poo everywhere, graffiti. This apartment complex is not part of DeKalb City, so if you ever have issues, you must go to the County Police. If you pay on time and do not give them any problems, you are left alone with the bugs you will inevitably have in your apartment. Does not matter how well you clean, you will NOT get your security deposit back. I highly suggest looking elsewhere for living if you are able to afford it. Just remember, you get what you pay for; please have better respect for yourself and fork over another $ 50/​month to live in a more favorable complex.

I lived in these apartments for two years within my time at NIU. I had an older apartment because I took over a lease from a friend. The workers are great here and have gotten to know us well over the years. I was very pleased with the services when things broke. they didnt take any of the security deposit with the minor wear and tear we put on apartment. They even allow dogs if you register it and pay an additional security. Very good times at these apartments.

not bad. decent apt and staff. nice pools. they just have to clean the pools regularly… lots of goose poop in the bottom of the pool! im not swimming again till its cleaned

I lived in Suburban apartments for 2 years throughout my time at NIU and am very glad I did. Suburban is one of the fairest apartment complexes in the DeKalb area. After two years, they respected how we maintained our apartment and verbally said they appreciated that we attempted to clean thoroughly before our final walk through. From this, me and my roommate were able to get our full security deposit back! Very pleased overall as we left.

It’s okay to live here, but there is a reason why they are the cheapest place in town. The management is awful and will rarely respond to fix a problem. For the price, you do get a decent size place. Yet it is old, the walls are thin, and frat row a block away.
If we could afford more than the $ 530 a month we would not be here. If you can afford more, stay elsewhere.

My husband and I lived in these apartments for a couple years when we were first married. We were very happy with our apartment. Balconies are nice and large. We only had to call maintenance once and they were prompt. I know some of the other apartments were not as nice, but as long as you see it before renting it, you should be pleased. Would recommend getting an apt. building all the way on the west end because it’s next to a corn field and is pretty peaceful. Would recommend.