Pros:
Management is well-managed. Compare with a lot of corporate owned apartments who constantly change managements, and filled with people who don’t care about your problems once you sign the lease, Chimney Hill is more like a “small local business” type of management style. I may not have fancy phone key fobs or skyline lounge but I care more if my toilet is getting fixed.
Maintenence - called them couple times always come up really fast. They have people clean up the trash room regularly as... well.
Location - walkable to Main Street and train station. Planet fitness is 4min drive. All those cafe/ restaurant options on Ridge Ave.
Of course, free parking and reasonable price with spacious rooms and natural sunlight with big windows.

Cons:
Walls are thin (depends on if you care. Most of my neighbors are quiet and respectful. )
The building is a little old (but I’ve never seen mice/ roaches).
Make sure to ship your valuable item to the front desk and don’t leave valuable items in your car. Manayunk has been a target for thieves so always be careful.

Overall would recommend Read More

You can hear every word of every conversation, its as if your neighbors are in your apartment. the previous reviews about thin walls are not an exaggeration. Thin walls also means poor insulation so you have to blast the heat in the winter and blast the ac in the summer.

This apartment complex is truly what nightmares are made of. The walls, as mentioned in other comments are thin. But I don’t think anyone was prepared for how thin they really are.

You will hear every single, word, sound, phone call, TV show, moan, grown, dropped item, toilet flush, clanking of pots and pants, every single noise you can imagine, you will hear. At all hours of the day. The residents here do not care about the rules and will continue to be loud at all hours of the night, despite... quiet hours.

There is not an inkling of privacy in this entire place. It’s degrading to know your neighbors hear you speaking every conversation you have. You will at any point of the day hear private conversations and intimate sounds from your neighbors and even with white noise you will still hear every single thing.

The materials in this apartment are made with the cheapest layer of dry wall, laminate counter tops which peel and crack, and their selling point is the original hardwood floor will is covered with sticking out nails, cracks, holes, divids, and stains.

The double door entrance is constantly being left open resulting in number of packages being stolen and random people being able to access the building. The doors are very faulty, cheap, and there’s truly no point of a fob because when it’s cold enough you can pull it open alone.

Lastly, the security of the place is an absolute joke. There claims to be 24/7 security, but what that really means is a lackluster man sitting in a room facing a brick wall with his back to the parking lot. What kind of security office does not have monitors to watch the parking lot?

The low cost of rent in comparison to other places in the neighborhood is enough to make you consider this place, but it is an awful discussion giving the living conditions are so poor and no matter how many times you complain and express frustration, nothing gets resolved. Read More

Filthy. Noise is a huge issue as well but if you are a clean person this is not the place for you. They charge you a big cleaning fee but clean nothing. Layers of dust on cabinets, greasy stove, hair, and urine in bathroom etc. Lastly and most importantly….ROACHES. They claim they’re water bugs. I don’t think water bugs have antennas. Spent tons on money and time just cleaning out apt before I could move in. Then proceeded to find roaches and spent even more money on repellents and other home... remedies to keep them out. Also paranoid I’m gonna wake up next to one. Stay far away from this place. Read More

I’ve lived here for almost a year and have had consecutive horrible maintenance issues very recently, after I already renewed my lease. Up until two months ago I liked living here, despite the thin walls and noise traveling through the floors/ceilings, I got used to that. My thermostat broke constantly and needed new batteries and maintenance insisted it was fine, but then my air conditioner broke and it was not fixed for over a week. At one point it was 84 degrees in my apartment. The unit... hadn’t been updated since 1996. Maintenance staff was rude, inconsiderate, and offensive. Poor communication from leasing office. And now the elevator in one building has been broken for 9 days, forcing all tenants of one building to walk on the fire escape to come and go into their apartments. Leasing office takes no accountability into fixing the matter and claims it is out of their hands/all up to the elevator company and has no estimate on when it will ever be fixed. No consideration for inconveniencing tenants or tenants with disabilities/visitors with disabilities. And they are raising rent even after all of these issues. Fire exit staircase smells horrible like fumes or mold. Read More