Pests are out of control ! Don’t move here !
Pros
Spacious apartments Near a lot of shopping centers and transportation
Cons
The building is pre-war and looks like it, with old creaky wooden floors, old closets with doorknobs that are hardly attached. One thing I want to point out is that the pests are out of control here. I’m talking mice, rats and roaches. The roaches are unbelievable, no matter how clean you are, it’s an internal issues with the building that needs to be handled. The rodents get in because there are holes in the apartments that they refuse to fix and rent is close to 2k. Pest control comes once a month and just uses sticky traps for the mice and that’s it, anyone can do that. Heat barely comes on during the winter, they shut it on at a certain time at night and it’s off for the rest of the day. The neighbors are INCREDIBLY noisy. Weekday or weeknight they’re playing loud music or having their kids run across the floor. I tried to make a complaint to the superintendent (who is incredibly rude and yells at everyone who attempts to speak to him) and he said there’s nothing he could do about it. Tried asking the tenant to keep down and she insulted me and tried to fight. On top of that, she had her bathroom over flood several times to the point that there is black mold growing from my ceiling. There is also illegal subleasing going on in this building, be careful with that because the rent is supposed to be stabilized, no one should be charging you over the rent price for a room. At the end of the day, no one should have to be forced to live in such conditions while paying so much for rent.
Advice to the owners
Make more repairs, call an exterminator to get rid of all the pests in the ENTIRE buildin. If you focus on one apartment, they’ll just run to the next. There should be a curfew for the noise, no one should be blasting music on a weeknight at 11pm
Sadly, to expensive for what you get
Pros
Nice, near a park, love pelham parkway
Cons
First off, owner uses very cheap material for apt. After a yr, cabinet's started to break and tub paint started to chip. . . Etc. 2) takes forever to get a response from landlord or building office, about a week usually. 3) They charge a pretty high rent for the building and neighborhood but dont want you to have any pets even though people paying a cheaper rent have animals 4) Rent is high for the location but lobby, elevator and hallways look old and dark. Edit: how could I forget they want you to pay an addition for parking in their small lot area, and theres no amenities and there bus! Moved outta there and now in FL 🌞🌴🌊🏖
Advice to the owners
Put some money into the building. Have some body actually answer the office phone. Shouldn't be charging the amount of rents you're charging this deep into the Bronx w/ the worst train line ever (2 train is ALWAYS late), allow tenants to have pets, and purchase materials that will last longer than a year or two. Tub paint shouldn't chip after a year
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