Mostly good, some bad
Pros
The communal courtyard is really nice, and some distance from the street means it's often pretty quiet. All the tenants are super friendly.
Cons
There's no buzzer for the front door, which means you have to walk all the way down to let people in. Everything is a few blocks away, not much really close. Laundromat, subway, grocery store, parks are all a couple blocks at least. The only thermostat for our apartment was in our upstairs neighbor's unit so if we were cold and they weren't home, we were out of luck. It's also impossible to get in contact with the building owner, you're forced to go through a management company with some VERY rude employees.
Advice to the owners
Get a buzzer for the front door and quit charging obsene rents for illegal basement dwellings
Decent Building
Pros
Responsive enough management - not slumlords but also not going to go that far out of their way for you. Maintenance requests were usually resolved within a week. No bugs or rats.
Cons
Some of the tenants like to party. Courtyard could be better kept. Buzzer didn't work.
Advice to the owners
building could be really special and cool if you upgrade it just a tiny bit and committed to better cleanliness of building common spaces
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