Oak Park Apartments wants to make sure that your furry friends stay safe and healthy throughout the holiday season. With these few simple tips you can ensure that Fido & Fluffy have the best holiday ever! […]
Category: 2017
#GivingTuesday: A Local Success
The kickoff to the holiday season has ever increasingly been about shopping. From Black Friday to Small Business Saturday and ending with Cyber Monday, the rush to get the gift purchasing part of the holidays started soon after Thanksgiving is very real. And that is why the advent of the #GivingTuesday movement couldn’t […]
Local Shopping Earns Big Rewards In DTOP
The holidays are here. They really do kick into gear the minute you close the door on your last Halloween trick or treater these days. But instead of getting all “Grinch-y” about it let’s focus on a very important Oak Park holiday positive. Downtown Oak Park Shopper’s Rewards are back. […]
WINTER IS COMING.
At Oak Park Apartments we believe that a well informed tenant is a happy tenant and now that weather has officially turned cold we wanted to provide our tenants with the Village of Oak Park’s heating rules and regulations along with additional tips for staying toasty. […]
WINTER COATS, HATS & GLOVES FOR KIDS!
OAK PARK APARTMENTS IS COLLECTING NEW & GENTLY USED WINTER COATS, HATS & GLOVES FOR KIDS 2nd ANNUAL COAT DRIVE Donate Coats NOW through DECEMBER 7TH Oak Park Apartments’s 2nd annual coat drive will once again benefit the children of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. We are accepting new and/or gently used children’s coats, hats and gloves; infant […]
Studio Apartment Pros
Bigger is not always better. Oak Park Apartments is seeing the “less is more” trend in the apartment market. Studio apartments have become the most sought after units for some very common sense reasons. The # 1 reason to rent a studio apartment is less space = less cost. The rent is less, the utilities […]
Apartment Fire Prevention Tips – 2017
October 8th, 2017 began Fire Prevention Week here in Illinois. Increasing awareness surrounding how to prevent fires and how to survive a fire happens in October because of the tragedy of the Great Chicago Fire that began on October 8, 1871. Legend has it that a fire broke out after a cow – belonging to […]
Tenant Responsibilities
When you own your own home it is a given that you are responsible for the mortgage, taxes, repairs, maintenance, etc… but when you are a tenant what your responsibilities are can be less clear cut. When you rent an apartment you become responsible for that space because it becomes your home. Of course everyone […]
The 411 on 911’s
Oak Park Apartments provides tenants with a 24/7 emergency contact service in order to report serious situations. But, there are times when a tenant may ask themselves, “Is this truly an emergency?” Here is some simple information and guidelines to help determine when you truly have an emergency situation and what your next steps should be. […]
Top Car Theft Prevention Tips
Oak Park Apartments believes that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure when dealing with crime and by following these few helpful tips you can decrease your chances of being victimized by a car thief. Always lock your door, roll up your windows and employ the alarm system, if you have one. You […]