I rent an apartment in Hickory Hills. Everything you read on these internet apartment sites about the terrible cable service for Hickory Hills is true. For instance, the cable went out last Thursday, was out for 24 hours and as of this Tuesday morning only about 3 channels were watchable. This is a problem that has existed for years and has never been resolved. In the era of digital and HDTV this is not acceptable. Also, laundry facilities are very poor. For each apartment building which contains 12 units there are two washers and two dryers. When occupancy is full accessing the laundry facilities is a big challenge. Unfortunately, because of the high use, the machines rarely functioning properly. ISpeed (cable) and Hickory Hills do not seem to want to resolve these issues. With respect to the cable they can't, its a perpetual problem (service by iSpeed is a jerry-rigged system where they basically pirate DirectTV with satellites, and pipe it in to the apartments with a very poor, always requires ""tuning"", cable system. You can get clear lower channels but higher channels go from bad to worse). There are other issues as well, be prepared to drive your garbage around in your car because you will have to drive it to a central dumpster. And lastly don't be duped by the advertised exercise room, its tiny! The lone treadmill is now out of order, been like that for weeks and there are no controls for the temperature or a restroom facility and water leaks in from the outside making the floor wet (mold). God, I can't wait to move. Pick another place!
Pros: Location, for some
Cons: Cable, Laundry facilities, exercise room, garbage, parking
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