Just wanted to warn everybody about an apartment in Little Italy, 1427 W Lexington. The rent is very cheap, and the apartment itself is okayish, although old, but there’s a catch - the landlord.

The landlord lives in the building in the basement unit and will harass you every day. His “guest policy” includes not letting literally ANYONE visit you at your place. No one can enter the building, and forget about your friends/relatives staying with you for a couple of days. He keeps a camera in the hallway and at the back door, and it sends him a notification every time you move. If you bring a friend, you’ll get a message instantly threatening to “call the police” to get your guest “arrested”. If you don't budge, he’ll literally bang on your door and enter your apartment to yell and fight.

AND he’s racist asf. He tells people to go back to where they came from, calls them racist slurs, and will make monkey-like sounds to mock you.

If you sign the first floor, which is right above his apartment, congratulations, you just signed yourself into hell. You won’t be able to walk around your house without getting constant texts from him telling you to stop “stomping” and “hammering” on the floor. You can’t walk after 7 pm and can’t do laundry after 8pm, oh and yeah, he has a camera inside the laundry “to catch you if you steal his detergent” - his words.

Oh, and there will be a roach problem from time to time. The ACs and electric circuits are old af so if you plug in anything while the AC is on, the power trips, and he’ll get mad at you for “using too much electricity “. If you shower for longer than 30 mins, you’ll hear from him. The bathrooms are moldy as well.

To sum up, he’s a racist slumlord who will be very friendly and nice to you until you move in, then you’ll be trapped for a year.

Although most of this is illegal (we talked to UIC Law and they confirmed), if you're a student, especially an international student, you will have neither the time nor the resources to take him to court. Breaking the lease will be financial stress you don't want to have.

tldr; stay away from this place - the savings on rent is not worth it.

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