Excellent building staff, problems typical of older buildings
Pros
Fantastic super and building staff
Cons
Pest issues persisted despite frequent exterminator visits to the building; difficult to find laundry machines available; occasional pipe leaking issues; substantial rent increases year over year
Advice to the owners
Consider allowing for negotiation of rent increase amount in subsequent lease years
Good Building / typical issues
Pros
Overall I really love living at 5 W 86th. The building was built in the 30’s and has typical issues but overall it’s great. The staff has been here for almost 20 years and the average tennet has lived here so just as long if not longer so there is a sense of community. Some have lived here for over 50+ years.
Cons
We did have a water leak in our ceiling that took several months to fix. The management company is known for being shady and was very unresponsive. They also put up scaffolding without giving us a warning and began exterior renovations without giving us a warning. Weinreb owns another building down the street and they’ve had scaffolding up for over 15 years…
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