Ravenswood

Megan Donovan _{on Google}

Aug 26th, 2021

My family and I moved in to Ravenswood this past May. The hardwood floors were brand new, which was nice. However, after we moved ourselves in and finally went to sleep, we woke up to dead roaches in the dining room and hallwaywe believe our cat may have killed them. We had JUST moved in. I have a deep-seeded, primal fear of roaches, so we slept with all of the lights on for the first two weeks of living there! The maintenance did have a pest control company come right out and spray the next day, which was appreciated. But the roaches just keep coming back! My husband and I have had to take matters into our own handsusing boric acid and spraying our own roach killer that we bought ourselves. We keep the apartment clean and we dont leave food out, and these roaches are the American cockroach variety and typically infest due to conditions in a boiler room (which apparently is no longer in use since there is central heat and air) or other moisture/plumbing problems. Now, we know this is an older building and these things happen from time to time. But there clearly isnt enough being done, here. We do live on the bottom floor, so perhaps were seeing more in our unit and hallway than the other tenants, but I also know that were not alone in our complaints. We have children, one of whom has severe allergies and asthmaconditions that cockroach infestations definitely exacerbate. There are also giant roaches that have totally taken over the laundry room, which is where tenant storage is for our building. Word to the wise: dont store anything in those storage units unless youd like to have roach-infested Christmas decorations!
Pros: awesome a/c, ceiling fans in every room, new floors, responsive maintenance, friendly neighbors, good neighborhood, pets allowed.