129 Menahan Street,

Brooklyn, NY 11221

Nice backyard, pretty well maintained building. Maintenance requests are generally answered and resolved pretty quickly. Neighbors are relatively quiet. Trash is managed. Well insulated apartment with solid heat/AC.

Location can be noisy, a lot of parties across the street and very loud music. Frequent ceiling debris falling in the stairwell from old leaks. Neighbors sometimes smoke inside stairwell and leave ashes/cigarette butts. Airbnb on the first floor can be annoying with incoming travelers throwing parties. Upstairs neighbor toilet overflows at least once a month and leaks into my unit.

I do have some concerns over the leaks in the unit and in the building, but overall I enjoy the space and feel like it is kept up/hallways are cleaned regularly.

-Aesthetically pleasing design and decor, homey vibe, nice light fixtures, didn’t just feel like I was living in a grey box
-LOVELY backyard, well maintained (by the tenants)
-Cleaned regularly in common areas
-Good location

-Building falling into major disrepair, flooding in basement, rodents in the walls, leaks in upper floor ceilings
-Landlord took our entire deposit without saying anything to us, never sent an itemised receipt
-Landlord claimed they were going to paint and clean before move in, it never happened
-Would often take at least 24 hours for emergency repairs to get done
-Could be unbearably cold in the winter in parts of the apartment
-Dryer in building broken for months on end, washer never really got anything clean
-The street could be extremely loud at times
-Disgusting bathrooms that no amount of cleaning could fully fix

Please care about the building and your tenants, it will make everyone’s life, including your own, better.