Oak Park Apartments knows that a well informed tenant is a happy tenant! So, we would like to give you a little fyi on how the heating systems work now that the weather has started to turn cooler. First off Oak Park Apartments is required by the Village of Oak Park to maintain certain building temperatures between September […]
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The Best Way To Keep Your Apartment Warm
We are well into fall with November just around the corner and hey, we are no fools – we know what comes next – the cold. So why are we being downright cruel by reminding everyone of the inevitable frigid temps when the weather is still pleasant and mild? Because now is the time to […]
An Apartment Laundry Revolution
Smart phone apps are making it easier and more convenient for consumers to purchase, have fun and take care of business in every aspect of our daily lives. And, as part of a desire to constantly maintain and improve our properties for tenants Oak Park Apartments regularly asks “what can we do better?”. So, with […]
Tips To Keep Your Apartment Cool
As temperatures climb Oak Park Apartments would like to recommend some simple tips to help keep your apartment and you as cool as possible. If you do not have a window air conditioning unit here are some helpful suggestions: Close the blinds on any and all windows that face south, east and west. If you can, invest […]
Oak Park’s Farmers Market 2016
Bright and early every Saturday morning from mid-May to the end of October local farmers begin setting up their wares at the Pilgrim Church parking lot on Lake Street and Elmwood Avenue before 7am to meet the produce demands of those who flock to Oak Park’s 41 year old farmers market. Farmers from Illinois, Wisconsin, […]
Perk Up Your Porches!
Oak Park is getting some brief glimpses of spring. Now is the time to spruce up your back porch to make it that great outdoor space to help you enjoy the good weather (once it gets here!) Many of Oak Park’s vintage apartments come with back porches. Those back porches are covered nooks that, with […]
Apartment Gardening – 101
Oak Park Apartments is feeling spring in the air. The warm temperatures and budding trees are giving us the gardening itch. Yes, we know that this is the midwest and next week could bring back a cold northernly chill but the weather we are experiencing has us a bit more optimistic that warm weather will be […]
Outdoor Living
Winters are long here in the midwest. Sometimes our springs feel more like winters too! That’s why, when the weather finally blesses us with warm temps and gentle breezes, you want to be able to spend those days enjoying the outdoors. So, if you live in apartment that has a back porch, now is the […]
Renting Your First Apartment
You have your first job out of college and are moving out of your parents house and/or college housing. You are looking to rent your first apartment – a definite rite of passage, but renting an apartment is different when you are not in a college setting and living on mom & dad’s dime. Apartment […]
Oak Park’s Earth Fest 2016
Oak Park Apartments believes in living a green lifestyle which can be a challenge when operating properties that were built at the turn of the century: but by adding insulation and upgrading windows to decrease heat loss, replacing old toilets with low-flow models to save water and by using CFL bulbs in all common spaces to […]