HERE Champaign, champaign-il

DO NOT LIVE HERE! My move-in experience was not as I expected to be considering the price and being labeled as "premium" and "luxury". EVEYTHING WAS DIRTY including the fridge, stove, bathroom, bedroom and walls. I demand NOT to be charged for pre-existing conditions, damages and mold. I have over 50+ photos worth of documentation for my Move-In inspection. I can't attach all of them due to the images size limit. I previously contacted them and they said they hired cleaning services during move-in, but didn't include hiring cleaning services in their "HERE Champaign Move-In Guide Refresher" email. They ONLY included hiring professional moving services on Friday and Saturday and I moved in on Sunday. I also paid a $100 fee for re-decoration when I signed my lease. Moving forward, I expect clearer communication and not being bombarded with renewing emails and calls. This is unacceptable and embarrassing for the company’s image. Cleaning before moving in is the landlord's responsibility. Also everything is made out of cheap quality material and is NOT MEANT to last long including the toilet seat, the microwave, the fridge (doesn’t have a water or ice dispenser), the shower, the sinks etc… This is the reason people report having high cost of damage fees by the end of their lease agreement and effective by natural disasters. Update: due to the fact that this building is fully occupied,leased and on green street nearby all the bars there’s going to be people knocking at your door at night so make sure your door is locked at ALL TIMES.

ILLINI BEWARE!!! living HERE (get it? 😂) was a complete CORNELL SPECIAL!!!!! i had to start doing OF on the side of my big 4 consulting job to pay for all the fines after i moved out. $30 for a gym bracelet???? where are they getting these numbers from???? everything in my unit and this entire apartment was made out of fragile material that broke and was NEVER fixed. hot tub???? i mean there technically was a hot tub…but it worked 2 WEEKS out of the ENTIRE academic year…the owner of HERE is laughing in west quad while his residents are getting SCAMMED!!! my closet broke after i hung up all my drip and swag… HERE buys cheap furniture that breaks easily and charges you DOUBLE what they paid to fix it. i took a rocket back to my crib one night because i told her there was a bowling alley only to find out that the entire 4th “amenities” floor was flooded. shorty was blue balled and therefore blue balled me #gutterball i told her to come through next week when it would supposedly be fixed but the week turned into a MONTH!!!! of course the HERE didnt compensate the residents whatsoever and all we got were emails basically saying “sorry pal unlucky.” shorty ended up ghosting me for a guy that lived at HUB because his amenities actually work… now my roster of full of time warp tuesday dusters that stay until the lights come on that don’t care that i live on the bouse (bottom house) of green street. you will have a better experience living in grainger and showering at CIF than living in this establishment… all of these 5 star reviews are fake…they have events like getting a free energy drink if you leave a positive review… but I of course turned it down…AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!!!

The Hot Tub did not work for 90 percent of the year, and everytime they said it would be ready soon it wasn't. Charged 30 dollars at move out for not including a 25 cent gym wristband in the key packet... soulless cash grab that exploits college students [edit] I would like to add that there were many more issues with this apartment. The trash chute cannot take cardboard so every unit i've seen starts to build up tons of cardboard, the only trash cans for it are in the garage, a weekly cardboard collection or a trash cans on every floor would go miles to help, but despite complaints for many residents nothing was done about it. After releasing in the summer the move in crew got paint splatter in many places of the apartment, and downgraded our couch with no warning. The A/C is incredibly loud, and there were multiple issues of windows not being able to close all the way. The walls are extremely thin! The price for how small the rooms are is ridiculous, since the amenities don't offset it as they are somehow always broken. The elevator in the beginning of the semester takes 10+ minutes. For how recently built the apartment is the toilets and stove repeatedly broke, and after a storm a weird brown splatter appeared on the top windows, after calling maintenance there was nothing done about it. ALSO the 4th floor flooded leaving tenants without most amenities for a month, which there was no compensation for, as well as any help since the printer became unavailable. The only thing management does is say sorry for the inconvenience, despite major issues. There was a "shower upgrade" plan recently that ran significantly behind schedule and ended up with workers coming into the unit every single day for 5 minutes at a time, I was attempting to empty the bathroom area for the renovation but HERE sent an email saying an exact date/time of renovation would be sent and it never was... Both of the deadlines for my floor sent to me were not met. This example just goes to show the inefficiency of HERE Management. Many of the positive reviews on here are incentivized by earning community rewards points for leaving a review. There are plenty of better apartments for the price on campus, I would not recommend HERE.

HERE is an amazing property! Has such amazing amenities and features. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming with a great social environment. I love how much it feels like home here! So much do just right outside my door!

Well-designed community living. Impressive amenities, friendly, helpful staff, and amazing, central location. Top option for a student looking for academic, social, and work life balance.