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The Homestead Group

User Reviews of The Homestead Group

Yelp.com Review - by steve s.

1.0 of 5 stars. I had an appt with them at 9:30, coming from out of state which they knew. I was on the train and at 9:10 they call and say they are moving my appt to 10, they over scheduled and someone had to get…
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike S.

1.0 of 5 stars. They have some rude jerkoffs working here. They'll give you no notice at all in showing the place even if they have notice themselves and if you're not thrilled they start going nuts about how they…
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Angela K.

1.0 of 5 stars. After waiting outside the place I was supposed to meet the agent for more than 10 minutes, I called him and he told me he was a few minutes away. After I had been waiting a total of 30 minutes, he…
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by adele n.

2.0 of 5 stars. I've found two apartments through Homestead in the past five years. The first one was great -- a good deal, good neighborhood, good landlord. The second experience was not so hot. A Homestead…
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Cheri C.

1.0 of 5 stars. I agree with the others saying don't waste your time with these guys. My little story started yesterday when I was suppose to meet for an appointment at 5pm. Even leaving early from work to make it…
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Ryan B.

2.0 of 5 stars. Despite the mixed Yelp reviews, my girlfriend and I went to this place because they had advertised so many apartments that looked so good in the Reader and on Craigslist. We had pretty specific…
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by S C.

1.0 of 5 stars. RUN LIKE H*LL! I will chalk this up to my own stupidity. When I moved back in 03 I gave this guys a chance because the had an office on the west side and I wanted to live in Wicker / Ukie Village…
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by J. T.

4.0 of 5 stars. Last fall, we worked with Jeremy at HG, searching for an apartment/condo. While we eventually did not rent through HG (primarily because of our over-sized furniture), we wanted to give a Yelp…
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by David H.

1.0 of 5 stars. Had much better luck on my own searching Craigs List for ads NOT written by apartment rental agencies. These agencies are forced to mark up their apartments so the landlord will "make back" what he's…
yelp.com - user review - 04/24/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Johnny M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I went out with a Homestead Group agent and found my apartment last weekend. I saw 5 apartments and decided I liked the 2nd one I saw. When I got back to the office I applied for the apartment and…
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by larry h.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love this rental agency.I couldnt find any places that interested me and would allow my dog. Homestead Group came to my rescue. The place i got is great and there team of staff were warm, caring…
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Cassandra J.

1.0 of 5 stars. I joined just to write a review of this horrible company. Looked at a few apartments with them. The first agent I went out with showed me 4 crappy apartments in my price range and one awesome…
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Tom P.

1.0 of 5 stars. Had an appointment to see an apartment at 1:00, we would meet the agent there. After waiting 10 minutes, the agent called to say they'd be another 5 to 10 minutes late. After waiting another 15…
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Katarina X.

1.0 of 5 stars. Once upon a time Boyfriend and I were looking for a place, in the winter (a.k.a. the DEAD of apartment hunting season: Who here wants to move a sofa in snow? Anyone? Anyone? Point taken.) Agent showed…
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by blake d.

5.0 of 5 stars. The Homestead Group is Chicago's Premier Apartment Renting Solution. This is true for a number of reasons. The be fair one must consider the apartment renting business from both sides of the coin. On…
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Julie P.

4.0 of 5 stars. Had a recent good experience with this company. A friend and I were looking for an apartment, and we ended up signing on the first one our agent Sean showed us. It had just been listed the night…
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Alexis K.

2.0 of 5 stars. Unimpressed. As I work towards moving to Chicago from Boston, they a) have not called me back after discussing my info with me and b) today when I called, it was like I had never called. The person I…
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chiara F.

5.0 of 5 stars. Before I say anything, I'm including an excerpt from The Homestead Group's website: "Our landlords are carefully selected and must first meet rigorous standards of quality before their properties…
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jackie R.

1.0 of 5 stars. Ugh, I shudder at the memory of working with these people. More like "not" working with these people... We made an appointment to meet an agent here and were 10 minutes late because apparently the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Lisa N.

1.0 of 5 stars. I called to set up an appt to check out 3 apartments. He asked me some questions... how many bdrms, pets, price range... the usual. He then proceeded to put me on hold and returned saying excuse me…
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin V.

4.0 of 5 stars. My husband and I worked with Michael. He was very nice and very patient. We had a lot of ideas of what we wanted and were initially unwilling to compromise. Michael worked with us on several occasions…
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Angel S.

1.0 of 5 stars. I lived in San Diego for about a year and when I came back to Chicago, I went to the Homestead Group to help me find an apartment. I had just flown in for the weekend, so I needed a one stop shop.…
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Leigh K.

4.0 of 5 stars. What? Why has no one yelped this location yet? I loved working with the Homestead Group. I saw a listing that looked good on Craigslist that sounded perfect for what Zachary and I were looking for,…
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric W.

5.0 of 5 stars. I'd already tried Chicago Apartment Finders to locate a new place to live and was disappointed (in the places shown, not the service, see the review). I was sort of expecting more disappointment…
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Amy R.

4.0 of 5 stars. 5 stars for helping us find an apartment in under 2 hours. Minus 1 star for unexplained financial charges after the fact. My roommate and I have dealt with a few apartment finders over the past few…
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by keith k.

4.0 of 5 stars. these cats and really help you out with finding a nice place to rent or buy and most everybody there seemed nice.
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2005
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