The American dream of home ownership has changed. Renting, rather than buying, is now the norm. Why the shift? Three important reasons: Flexibility. Being able to go where the job offer is with ease is valuable. Expense. Renting is less expensive than owning. Maintenance. Plumbing, heating, lawn care and more are all the landlord’s responsibility. […]
How To Close Your Storm Windows
Closing your storm windows is the most helpful way to make sure your apartment stays warm during extreme cold weather. After many storm window related stories over the years from previous tenants, we realized that many people have little experience with closing storm windows so Oak Park Apartments figured a little DIY training might come in handy as we […]
Holiday Fire Safety Tips
Oak Park Apartments would like to remind tenants of some practical fire prevention tips to follow to ensure your safety during the holiday season: […]
Pet Holiday Safety Tips
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! […]
#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 […]
