Your rent should be sent to Jerome H. Meyer & Co. at the P.O. Box which corresponds to your building. Please refer to the "Welcome to Your New Home" letter you received with your Lease Packet for the correct mailing address.

If parking is offered at your building, please call Rachel Ryterske at 312/944-2700 x200 to check availability. Since many of our buildings are in popular areas where parking is at a premium, there may be a waitlist for parking. Parking spots are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, and current Tenants are given priority over non-residents.

Sorry, but we cannot provide parking for guests at any of the buildings we manage.

City of Chicago parking stickers may be purchased from your neighborhood alderman or any currency exchange. You will need to provide proof of address and your automobile registration in order to receive your sticker. City of Chicago zone parking permits are available through your neighborhood alderman. (You can access your alderman's Web site by going to the Our Properties page, clicking on your building and then clicking on the link found after "Ward:" at the bottom of the page.) You will need to provide the receipt for your City of Chicago parking sticker, and proof of address in order to receive your zone parking permit.

Cats are welcome at all of our buildings, and dogs are allowed at some buildings, subject to weight limits. Please note that all pets must be approved by us in advance, in writing. Please see the Jerome H. Meyer & Co. buildings page for your building, or the building you are considering moving in to, for more information.

Our building insurance does not cover, and we cannot be responsible for: A) damage to any of your personal property in your apartment regardless of the cause, or B) any injuries occurring in your apartment to you or your guests which are caused by your negligence. For this reason, you are required under the Lease to purchase a renter's (personal property and general liability) insurance policy, and we also ask that you provide us with a copy of the policy.

On a historical basis, most rent increases have fallen within a range between 3 and 6 percent, with some more and some less. In setting the rents for your building, we consider many factors, including the expenses of the building, real estate taxes, and market rents for comparable buildings in the area. For this reason, we often do not know what your new rent will be until it is close to the time to renew your Lease. You will be given the new rent for your apartment along with your Lease Extension Agreement approximately 90 days before the end of your Lease.

Provided your account is in good standing, you will be offered a Lease Extension Agreement in duplicate, approximately 90 days before the end of your Lease. At that time, you may renew your Lease by signing the Lease Extension Agreements and returning them to our office.

To add or remove someone from your Lease, your rental payments must be up to date; the new prospective tenant must complete and submit an "Application for Apartment" form along with a non-refundable $50.00 processing fee; your existing lease must be canceled; and a new lease for your apartment must be created bearing the names of the new room mates.  However, if you wish to add a room mate but not add his or her name to the Lease, he or she should fill out an "Occupant Only" application. Please call the Leasing Department for details.

Please notify our Leasing Department at 312/944-2700 if you wish to move to another of our apartments at the end of your Lease. Our Leasing staff will explain what your next steps should be.

First, you must advertise and show your apartment in order to find a replacement Tenant, who must apply for your apartment and be approved by us. Then, provided there are more than four months left on your Lease, you may either: A) assign your Lease to the replacement Tenant at no cost to you; or B) cancel your Lease by paying a Cancellation Fee of $200.00. If there are less than four months left on your Lease, you must cancel your Lease; however, your Cancellation Fee will be waived.

Under both assignment and cancellation, you must find a replacement Tenant for your apartment. Once a replacement Tenant has been found, he or she must apply for your apartment and be approved by us, at which time you may choose one of the following:

ASSIGNMENT

You give the new Tenant (the assignee) your interest in the Lease and he or she agrees to assume your obligations under the Lease, such as paying the rent and not committing damage to the apartment. However, you will remain responsible for the Lease during its term; i.e., if your assignee fails to pay the rent or commits damage to the apartment, you and your assignee are financially responsible for these actions. For this reason, assignment is best if you are confident that the new Tenant will uphold his or her obligations, as would be the case if the new Tenant were a family member or one of your friends. On the other hand, if you wish to simply "wash your hands" of your Lease obligations, assignment is not for you.

CANCELLATION

You will choose a date on which your Lease will expire (the Cancellation Date), and the new Tenant will begin a new 12-month Lease with us on the following day. You remain responsible under your Lease only up to the Cancellation Date. Afterwards, the new Tenant alone is responsible for the apartment. For this reason, most Tenants choose to cancel their Lease rather than assign because it provides a "clean break"; once the new Tenant signs the Lease and pays the first month's rent, the former tenant is no longer financially responsible for the apartment.

If you do not move out of your apartment by the expiration date, you will be in violation of your Lease and considered a holdover Tenant. You will be liable for rent at the rate of 200% of the rent you were paying under your old Lease. In addition, you will be liable to us for any monetary damages we incur by your failure to move out of the apartment by the expiration date.

Your Service Request Box is usually located in the building laundry room; however, please refer to the Welcome Letter you received with your leases for its exact location.

The Service Request Box at your building is checked at least once each business day by your building janitor, usually in the morning. Usually, routine maintenance requests submitted to the Service Request Box can be completed the same day, before you come home from work.

Your Property Manager may be contacted by calling our office at 312/944-2700, or you may write to him or her at 640 North La Salle Street, Chicago, IL 60610. Your specific property manager's name can be found by viewing the information on this website related to your apartment building.

Please call our office number at 312/944-2700, and leave your name and a phone number where you can be contacted. Our office (or answering service after business hours) will contact the janitor for your building, who will call you to agree on a time and place to meet you. At the time your janitor meets you, you should be prepared to show photo identification and pay the lockout fee of $100.00 ($40.00 between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM) directly to the janitor. If you have lost your keys, there is an additional $100.00 charge to change the locks and provide new keys.

We will not allow DirecTV or Dish Network dishes to be installed on the exterior of the building. If you wish to have a DirecTV or Dish Network dish for your apartment, it must be installed inside your apartment by a window in a way that it can receive the satellite signal.