XL Apartments, Good Building
Pros
XL king sized pre-war apartments, not chopped up into tiny boxes, private yard for building, 24 hour door person, dog friendly, friendly neighbor-community for those who participate, beautiful Ditmas Park, free bike storage in basement, laundry room inside building, building well built with windows in every room, heat is good, new boiler went in 2021-2022
Cons
Our apartment is ok no bugs or rodents, but others have issues with roaches. Sound carries between floors, we have very heavy walkers and running children above us. Sound also echos in the terrazzo floored common hallways, but this can be lessened by not yelling and stopping your dog from barking :) Our bathroom could use an update but it’s spacious. Because the building is so well made, a lot of the doors slam closed loudly from air pressure, but you just have to be courteous and not let your door slam. Our landlord is the main owner in the building and it’s very hard to get in touch with them, but thankfully we tend to fix things ourselves like upgrading our kitchen faucet ourselves to a better one that we liked.
Advice to the owners
Communicate with your tenants, so everything doesn’t fall on the Super.
Building falling apart
Pros
Location location location
Cons
Sewage leaks, un responsive maintenance, crazy neighbors
Advice to the owners
New HOA
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