Ramshaw Real Estate is a property management business in Champaign, IL. We manage apartments, single family homes, townhomes, and condos throughout the Champaign - Urbana Illinois area making it easy to find your next home! Ramshaw Real Estate is proud to celebrate 25 years of property management in Champaign - Urbana, IL including the University of Illinois (UIUC).
Starting as a 40-apartment management operation in 1983, we have developed into a well known and respected full-service leader in the local Champaign real estate market. Our property management team believes strongly in service, which is why you'll never have trouble contacting us for lockouts or maintenance requests.
Starting as a 40-apartment management operation in 1983, we have developed into a well known and respected full-service leader in the local Champaign real estate market. Our property management team believes strongly in service, which is why you'll never have trouble contacting us for lockouts or maintenance requests.
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With 30 years of experience in property management, development, and brokerage, Ramshaw Real Estate is a trusted leader in Central Illinois real estate. Managing 1,500 residential units both on and off the University of Illinois campus and over 600,000 square feet of office and retail space, Ramshaw Real Estate offers local expertise and a highly-trained, responsive property management team.
I think some of these college town apartment services can get a bad rap. Ramshaw has been an excellent landlord, really friendly, timely with their help, timely with maintenance. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you a lot with your team for the care you took on my son throughout the whole year.
Ramshaw Real Estate is proud to manage over 1,500 apartments for rent throughout Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy. Below is an overview of our portfolio of managed properties. Our experienced team of leasing agents is ready to help you find an apartment for rent - call our office at 217-359-6400 or submit a contact form through our website today!
In a world where online financial predators seem more and more common, we understand if you have reservations about entering your bank account information online. But fear not! Your property information will be automatically inputted and submitted with the request. Please confirm that your contact information is accurate in the event a member of our Maintenance Team needs to reach you.
In an effort to help make your move out process go smoothly and to maximize your deposit return, please follow the guidelines enclosed. Deposit returns will be sent within 30 days of your lease expiration. If you do not provide a forwarding address when you return your keys, your deposit will be sent to the last known address.
Reviews (26)
Ahamefula Blessed Peters
Dec 06, 2021
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Natalia F.
Jul 15, 2021
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I have been leasing from this company for the past 5 years - mostly because I do not like to move and the convenience of the location outweighs the annoyance of them starting to contact me in January about renewing my lease that ends in August - as well as sending consistent notices about the showings that do not take place 90% of the time. This year I decided not to renew the lease.
What happened today was appalling though: I was working from home as I heard a knock and a key starting to turn in my door. I asked "How can I help you" to get an answer that there is a showing, and I should
What happened today was appalling though: I was working from home as I heard a knock and a key starting to turn in my door. I asked "How can I help you" to get an answer that there is a showing, and I should
Blue H.
May 04, 2021
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Edgar Hryhorysak
Apr 06, 2021
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Knowingly leased an apartment to me with a roach infestation (german and oriental roaches). I’m allergic, been miserable for six months, no results. This building is the most expensive I’ve ever lived at in… town and it’s pretty at first glance but with closer inspection it’s a dump. Parking is terrible, building is dirty and unmaintained, and the structure itself is falling apart. Once you sign Ramshaw will cease to care about you or the property.
18/30 people don’t recommend them... yet they have 5 stars. Doesn’t add up.
18/30 people don’t recommend them... yet they have 5 stars. Doesn’t add up.
Michael Reynolds
Apr 06, 2021
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I was recently sent a survey request to my personal email Ramshaw Real Estate has record of after a completion of a work order, instead of responding to email, I thought I would leave all my surveys responses on their review pages.
To begin, I should give a quick back story. I have been a tenant in my current unit for (3) years. I took possession… of unit as a sublet and tenant prior was in unit for (2) years. It wasn’t until I was at home more due to COVID that I started noticing a lot of issues that needed immediate and not so immediate attention. At the time I placed a work order
To begin, I should give a quick back story. I have been a tenant in my current unit for (3) years. I took possession… of unit as a sublet and tenant prior was in unit for (2) years. It wasn’t until I was at home more due to COVID that I started noticing a lot of issues that needed immediate and not so immediate attention. At the time I placed a work order
Eduardo Chagas
Aug 21, 2020
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I just moved in to my new apartment two weeks ago and the apartment was absolutely filthy. There was hair in the cabinet drawers, the blinds where all dusty and spiderwebs all over the place. The carpet was "… cleaned" and it seemed fine until the shampoo smell went away 3 days latter, and now it has a filthy smell. I sent a feedback to then requesting the carpet to be replaced and they said all they can do is to clean the carpet again (why clean a carpet that was already "cleaned" a week ago???).
It is frustrating that we need to deal with that in the middle of a pandemic. We work hard
It is frustrating that we need to deal with that in the middle of a pandemic. We work hard
Victor Riveros
Jul 28, 2020
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Jill Burlingame
Feb 19, 2020
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Carla Watts Ounkham
Dec 20, 2019
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Andrea Gc
Dec 20, 2019
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Tammy Little
Nov 15, 2019
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Paula B.
Aug 31, 2019
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Ramshaw - slum lords all dressed up! Don't, don't, don't get in bed with these people. They are professional pimps.
I only lived in my unit for six months (thank the Heavens, a sublet). I cleaned my apartment twice to avoid any drama with these people, as the tone of them was not good from Day 1. They still hit me for paint and cleaning to the tune of $300 from my security deposit.
I am almost 60 years of age and a homeowner for the past 25 years. I'm a very fair person. I expected to pay for a blind, the end.
Will I file a dispute - no - for what? Why would a pimp refund
I only lived in my unit for six months (thank the Heavens, a sublet). I cleaned my apartment twice to avoid any drama with these people, as the tone of them was not good from Day 1. They still hit me for paint and cleaning to the tune of $300 from my security deposit.
I am almost 60 years of age and a homeowner for the past 25 years. I'm a very fair person. I expected to pay for a blind, the end.
Will I file a dispute - no - for what? Why would a pimp refund
Shubhra K.
Sep 18, 2018
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If you are thinking about renting from this company, "DONT". They are going to deduct 500$ from you when you move out in the name of property damage. They expect there will be no wears and tears even if you live at the apartment for 3 years!!!! Don't expect to get any return from the security deposit. I would suggest don't give them this money, rather give it to some charity.
Jeanette M.
Aug 31, 2017
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S. M.
Aug 31, 2017
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J. W.
Aug 30, 2017
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If I could rate zero stars, I would. Ramshaw is one of the worst companies I have ever had the misfortune of doing business with. They are completely unprofessional in their communication, and lack any sort of personal touch whatsoever. They purchased a property that we were happily renting from another company, made some very minor "improvements" (I'm being very generous when I say this) to the outside of the building, and used that as justification for raising our rent by $100 per month. Nothing was done to the inside of the unit in the way of improvements. In addition, we were
Kaitlyn C.
Sep 06, 2016
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Very unprofessional staff. Takes multiple days for them to contact you back about any problem you may be having with your apartment. Make sure you have copies of your lease and get anything in writing that you can. Please save yourself time as well as money and not lease with these individuals. Giving them one star is too generous. The only good thing that I may add is that their maintenance workers are efficient.
Clinton W.
Sep 01, 2016
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I had to have the apartment professional cleaned when I moved in (it was filthy) and again when I moved out (per the lease) and they still did not return the deposit in full. They charged us for cleaning, even though we cleaned it. They charged us for problems with the dishwasher, that they probably caused on one of the several maintenance visits from the damn thing not working properly. And so on.
I offered to walk through the apartment when I moved out a few weeks before the end of the lease, so that we could be made aware of any problems and fix them. They refused. Now I know why - they
I offered to walk through the apartment when I moved out a few weeks before the end of the lease, so that we could be made aware of any problems and fix them. They refused. Now I know why - they
Sarah P.
Jun 28, 2016
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Honestly, Ramshaw is just so unorganized and unprofessional.
Be sure to keep a hard copy record of all of your payments (apartment and parking), as well as a list of all of your maintenance requests throughout the year.
Simply horrible at keeping track of your balance throughout the entire year.
They charged us our rent twice in the same rent a few times, could be bad for overdraft fees.
We always seemed to have an outstanding balance even though all four tenants paid our monthly rent. They never knew how to answer our complaints. Never sent updates on our balances via email, it was just a surprise
Be sure to keep a hard copy record of all of your payments (apartment and parking), as well as a list of all of your maintenance requests throughout the year.
Simply horrible at keeping track of your balance throughout the entire year.
They charged us our rent twice in the same rent a few times, could be bad for overdraft fees.
We always seemed to have an outstanding balance even though all four tenants paid our monthly rent. They never knew how to answer our complaints. Never sent updates on our balances via email, it was just a surprise
Katie R.
Jun 12, 2016
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I have lived at the Castle on Locust location (1007 S Locust) for three years. I was very happy with the previous landlord who was always very responsive with any questions or problems. Unfortunately, Ramshaw took over management of the building this fall. Since then I've had horrible internet quality, various billing issues, unannounced showings of my apartment, and now an unaddressed maintenance issue.
Yesterday morning (a Saturday), my roommate and I came home after a month out of town to find that our AC would not function. We called the after-hours answering service and were told twice
Yesterday morning (a Saturday), my roommate and I came home after a month out of town to find that our AC would not function. We called the after-hours answering service and were told twice
Emma K.
Apr 18, 2016
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I wish I could give them zero stars. This is the WORST realty company!
They refused to clean the carpets or any other part of the apartment when we first moved in. We never caused any damage to the property. Things seemed to fall apart on their own shortly after we moved in. They do not fix anything within a reasonable amount of time, no matter how serious. Several times a year, the heat and air conditioning stop working. They waited weeks to come and fix the heat in the winter and just as long to come fix the air conditioner in the summer, leaving us freezing / overheated, even when the temperature
They refused to clean the carpets or any other part of the apartment when we first moved in. We never caused any damage to the property. Things seemed to fall apart on their own shortly after we moved in. They do not fix anything within a reasonable amount of time, no matter how serious. Several times a year, the heat and air conditioning stop working. They waited weeks to come and fix the heat in the winter and just as long to come fix the air conditioner in the summer, leaving us freezing / overheated, even when the temperature
Neha P.
Oct 01, 2015
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My experience with Ramshaw is really bad. The appliances int he house were old and under-maintained and hence my electricity bill always came twice of what people around were paying. You can forget about the deposit, you're not going to get anything back. We were charged for things like toilet being blocked and apparently had to be broken open (300$?!), but it was infact in perfect condition when we handed the apartment back. They take advantage of the fact that once you move out, if you're no longer in the city, you can't come back to disprove their ridiculous claims.
I would avoid
I would avoid
Ian O.
Sep 18, 2015
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One star is too generous for this company. I'd live in a box before I'd rent from them again. Unless they are your last option because not a single other leasing company in town has a place, never, ever, ever use them.
And if you do, get everything in writing ahead of time, especially when it comes to move-in/move-out issues. Take pictures of the entire place before you move your things in. They give you little room on their own intake form, so be prepared to include a Word document or something and bring it in by hand and document who you give it to----note the most minor of issues
And if you do, get everything in writing ahead of time, especially when it comes to move-in/move-out issues. Take pictures of the entire place before you move your things in. They give you little room on their own intake form, so be prepared to include a Word document or something and bring it in by hand and document who you give it to----note the most minor of issues
Charles G.
Feb 06, 2015
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V. K.
Sep 03, 2014
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They built and managed the condo complex where I unfortunately bought a unit. They left us broke, with maintenance issues, and monies unaccounted for. I wish I had remembered before I bought that this is the company we rented an apartment from on campus for our daughter in the early 2000s that hadn't been cleaned when we got there. It was a Saturday & no one would answer our call so we spent 8 hours cleaning it. Then they wanted to keep the damage deposit when she moved out.
Do not recommend in any way/
Do not recommend in any way/
K. B.
Dec 15, 2011
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Have you ever heard the maxim "if it ain't broke don't fix it?" This real estate company has not. If they feel the slightest need to investigate your apartment for repairs, you can be sure they will be pounding on your door at 8 am, completely unannounced. And if you are not there? Your place will be trampled with muddy shoes.
