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Take advantage of our Amazing End-of-Summer Specials! There's plenty of room in our big building basements and large individual storage lockers for your bicycle (which you can use in all of the beautiful nearby parks in summer & fall!)! All of our well-kept, family-owned-and-managed apartment buildings are also close to Metra & "El" (elevated) train lines for easy commutes to work (or school) downtown, Cubs games at Wrigley Field and Ravinia concerts up north!
Free Rent/Low Security Deposit Offers Through September 15!
One Month Free Rent and just a Half-Month Security Deposit for all of our available Chicago apartments through September 15 for August, September and October move-ins! Also--No security deposit required for our Belle Plaine Manor apartments in beautiful Irving Park! (Note: These specials are only for brand new tenants who sign a one-year lease.)
Use our many new walk-through videos to pre-view our beautiful, well-kept apartments!
How to View Apartments
Call us today to set up an apartment-viewing appointment (773) 381-0150 (or toll-free: 888-381-0150). Apply for our apartments online (and use Paypal to pay your application fee)!
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We have beautiful family-owned and maintained buildings in several popular north-side neighborhoods.
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Use our new "Live Chat" feature (top-left of this page) to get info right away or set up viewing appointments & view our many new walk-through videos!
Video Walkthroughs
We're gradually adding walk-through videos to our website! Click on this video walkthroughs link to see a walk-through video of our beautiful Waveland Place 2-bedroom apartment! We also now have video walk-throughs for apartments in our Winnemac Manor, Ainslie-At-The-Park, Winona Crossing, Foster-On-The-Park, Tudors on Hermitage, Wolcott Place, Belle Plaine Manor, Fargo Arms, Wolcott Arms North, Damen Court, Waveland Place, Wolcott Arms South and Eastwood-Lincoln Place buildings (you can also view short summertime courtyard/building videos on the main information pages for our Eastwood Square, Belle Plaine Manor and Eastwood-Lincoln Place buildings).
El Stops Back in Business
The Damen Avenue, Irving Park, Montrose and Kedzie "El" stops on the Brown Line train line have now all re-opened after many months of remodeling! (Hurrah!)
We're Flower and Eco-Friendly
Each May, we plant beautiful flowers around each of our buildings (for tenants to enjoy through spring, summer and fall) and we've "gone extra green" this year with organic lawn fertilizer for all of our Chicago building lawns! We've also just switched over to "single-stream" recycling containers (which are picked up by special Recycling trucks each week) at all of our Chicago buildings, which will complement our front and back hallway light photocell timers, energy-efficient boilers and hot water tanks, thermopane window installations, reflective roof coatings and the energy-saving front and back hallway (and apartment kitchen) fluorescent light fixtures we've been using for several years now!
About 1st Chicago Apartment Rentals
Find beautiful, exceptionally well-maintained, family-owned-and-managed Chicago apartments for rent. See a current listing of available apartments for rent or search for apartments by neighborhood or price, using the search tool on the left.
Studio, 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom and garden apartments are available in the North Side Chicago neighborhoods of Wrigleyville, Lakeview, Ravenswood, Lincoln Square, Bowmanville, Irving Park and West Rogers Park/Indian Boundary Park.
Large rooms, high ceilings, hardwood floors, gorgeous vestibules and stunning architectural detail can all be found in our lovingly maintained Chicago apartments.
The Schirm Firm-1st Chicago Apartment Rentals is a family business that has owned and managed just its own apartment buildings on Chicago's north side since 1940. Our success is attributed to our "hands on" approach and dedication to customer service.
We personally handle all facets of building management with expert knowledge developed from years of daily contact with tenants and trades people.
Our family helps you find the "right" apartment to suit your needs and facilitates all aspects of the application process, from the initial introduction to lease signing and move-in details. Tenant satisfaction is our goal!
We look forward to working with you and welcoming you into our family as tenants "under the umbrella"!
(Please note that although we do allow up to two cats in our Chicago apartments, dogs are not permitted, except as medically necessary for disabled persons, under law.)
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