544 West Melrose

📍 544 W Melrose, Chicago, IL 60657

📋 Property Overview

A home in Lake View East, Chicago, Illinois with 1 bd, 1 ba. Interior space is 595 sq ft. Monthly rent ranges $1,780-$1,795. Features in the home include range, ceiling fan, bathtub and air conditioning. Shared amenities include E-payments, parking, package receiving and smoke-free community. Pets are allowed (cats). Parking is available: parking. Leases run 12 months. Availability: Available now. The Walk Score here is 95, meaning most errands can be done on foot. Transit Score is 82. That is 23% below the local median of $2,300.

🚶 Getting Around

• Walk Score95/100

  Walker's Paradise

• Transit Score82/100

  Excellent Transit

💵 Costs & Lease

Lease length

12 months

Units available

2 units

Amounts are as published by the source and may change. Confirm before applying.

📐 Floor Plan Details

• STUD/1BAStudio · 1 ba · 300 sq ftNone available right now
• 1-BR/1BA1 bd · 1 ba · 525 sq ft$1,7802 units available

🧾 Move-in Costs & Lease

Move-in fee

$300 - $400

Lease length

12 months

Lease options

12 Months *Please contact leasing office for other lease terms

Available

Available now

Application fee

$60 per applicant, paid to RivoRent

Property amounts are as published by the source and may change. Confirm before applying. The application fee is RivoRent's own and is the same on every listing.

🛡️ Renters Insurance — Estimated Cost

Based on what Illinois renters actually paid: NAIC industry data for 2023 (average HO-4 premium, 686,697 policy-years), adjusted to July 2026 with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tenants' insurance index. It is a market average, not a price for this building and not a price for you.

Your own price depends most on your credit-based insurance score, your claims history and which carrier you choose. In published Ohio figures the same coverage ranges from $127 a year at excellent credit to $933 at poor credit. We do not ask for any of that, so we cannot narrow this for you.

✅ Who Qualifies

Must have 3x the rent in total household income (before taxes)

🐾 Pets

Pets

Allowed

Types

Cats

One-time pet fee

$25

Limit

2 pets

✨ Features & Details

• Pet Friendly
• On-site laundry
• Dishwasher
• Cats allowed
• 24hr maintenance
• Parking
• Recently renovated
• Refrigerator
• Air conditioning
• Bathtub
• Ceiling fan
• Oven
• Range
• Smoke-free units
• Stainless steel
• Elevator
• Bike storage
• CC payments
• E-payments
• Green community
• Internet access
• Lobby
• Online portal
• Package receiving
• Smoke-free community
• 595 sq ft
• 615 sq ft

📊 Property Facts

Walk Score

95 · Walker's Paradise

Transit Score

82 · Excellent Transit

🚗 Parking

• Parking

🎓 Nearby Schools

• Nettelhorst Elementary School · PK-86/10 · 0.1 mi
• Inter-American Elementary Magnet School · PK-86/10 · 0.6 mi
• Hawthorne Elementary Scholastic Academy · K-88/10 · 0.7 mi
• Agassiz Elementary School · PK-85/10 · 0.8 mi
• Alcott College Prep · PK-85/10 · 0.8 mi
• Greeley Elementary School · PK-86/10 · 0.9 mi
• Walt Disney Magnet School · PK-88/10 · 1.1 mi
• Lincoln Elementary School · K-88/10 · 1.2 mi
• Blaine Elementary School · PK-86/10 · 1.3 mi
• Brennemann Elementary School · PK-87/10 · 1.3 mi

🏡 Floor Plans