Very decent building and cute courtyard
Pros
Clean, nice lobby, storage for bikes or strollers and a charming courtyard. Recently replaced washers and dryers.
Cons
Laundry room was often busy and had to wait for machine sometimes or go weird hours. People left their old crap in the storage area and made a mess of it. I heard people had rats or roach problems (never did thankfully) but also heard management took care of it.
Advice to the owners
Treat people like humans. Be kinder and more understanding to those who always pay on time, never cause issues and keep things clean and respect the property. Often tenants don’t feel like humans. Make exceptions sometimes (see: tenants are humans). But also be more strict with those who make a mess and don’t respect the property or nope policies (I.e. aggressive pets)
Poor management, building needs maintenance
Pros
- Spacious apartments - Building has laundry on the second floor - Other tenants are younger people/families, apartments facing the back have no street noise - Good neighborhood, easy access to subways - Recently implemented online rent payments
Cons
- Laundry always breaking, very old, only 2 machines - Management does not respond to anything, when they do they are rude - Second bedroom does not have a real window to the outdoors, no A/C access or heating - Brown stains on walls when it rains, heard from other tenants about mold problems as well - "No pets" even though original StreetEasy listing said pets allowed - Really weak water pressure - Previous live-in super was timely and responsive, new super not so much - Can get noise from the outdoor patio space attached to another building
Advice to the owners
Reply to emails, do some repairs, find some way to provide heat/air conditioning to second bedrooms!!
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