Many Chicago apartment renters put their search for a new apartment into higher gear during the warmer months. Even though leases are constantly renewing and expiring throughout the year in Chicago, renters find it preferable to move when the weather’s more cooperative. Spring and fall undoubtedly contain more of those meteorological Goldilocks days that are not-too-hot, not-too-cold. All the same, brave renters have even been known to enthusiastically move during the depths of Chicago’s subzero winters once that newly found ideal apartment is available.

Renters want to live in well-maintained apartments and landlords want to keep renters happy -- otherwise they may struggle to fill vacancies, a chronic concern and the bane of every landlord’s existence. Keeping the apartment in good shape isn’t just a matter of convenience and curb appeal; it’s a matter of safety for anyone who’s going to live in the rental unit and it affects the landlord’s bottom line.