53 Ten Eyck Street,

Brooklyn, NY 11206

Has a live in handyman

In oct 2020, there was gas leak in the basement of my building and the landlord had shut off the gas. I found out without even a call, just when I arrived to the building and the landlord responded with “gas is off”. When I asked what was going to be done, all he suggested was to order delivery for the time being. After that, I had only been able to cook off a portable/camp cooktop including gas cans, which my landlord supplied me with.

They had been working on it downstairs mostly, until a few weeks later I had come home to my living room wall partially torn down, debri on the ground, all my furniture moved, and no one to be found. I had no notice or any awareness of this being done to my home during the day when I had gone to my office.

When I finally confronted my landlord, all he did was apologize and say if it wasn’t my living room, it would have been my kitchen. I understand the construction and need to fix everything, but there is so much wrong on how this was handled. I was forced to leave my home and stay somewhere else for the next few days because of all the fumes and construction.

It took up to four months of screaming matches with my landlord and his “person” to keep me updated on the progress. Lies after lies, they kept saying it would only take a week, then a month, then a few months. I even had to call the NYC dept and gas company who told me they heard nothing from my landlord. Which only confirmed my suspicions that things were being done “under the table”. Even my neighbor had vented to me about his refusal to communicate and notify tenants. What also bothered me was that there was family living upstairs who had no gas the whole time too..I couldn’t imagine what they had to do to cook for their kids during this time.

Safe to say after the months of no gas, destruction of property with no notice, and disregard of communication, I would NOT recommend renting under this landlord. Additionally no discount was applied to rent during this time, even when I was told there would be compensation.

Communicate with your tenants.