I Hope You Brought a Sweater (And A/C)
Pros
Large sized units Rent Stabilized Quiet (relative to the area)
Cons
Gets very hot in summer (no central air) and the way the unit is laid out one A/C in the living room does not get the job done Cold in the winter (currently 4 degrees under the legal minimum) Drafty windows, even after winterizing them No ceiling light in the living room Incompetent Super Unresponsive Management Next to a building with poor garbage management, so a colony of rats has emerged No Washer/Dryer in building
Advice to the owners
Properly heat your units, and get a coherent and responsive super.
Severely infested with roaches
Pros
Good location, great super, huge apartments
Cons
ROACHES EVERYWHERE: hallways, elevator and inside your apartment, no matter how many measures you take. The walls are also super thin: you can hear your neighbor sneeze.
Advice to the owners
Invest more in getting rid of the roaches (e.g., cleaning garbage disposals, fixing leaks) and do better quality renovations (the kitchen in my apartment was new-ish/updated, but they didn't fix the basic things like holes under the sink and behind cabinets).
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