This building is literally falling apart
Pros
Like my apt layout, hallways were cleaned weekly, super major problems were fixed by management if you bug them.
Cons
Had cockroaches, took over a month of emails to get management to send over professional pest control and not just some guy. 6 months later, they've come back because they were in the ceiling and there's a crack where they drop onto my bed. Most emails never get responded to. Walls are super super thin. Front door breaks every few months to lock you in the building. A neighbors ceiling literally collapsed and wasn't fixed for a few days. My shower was apparently flooding the downstairs apartment and management told them it was because we hadn't been using a shower curtain, which was clearly false. One of my walls "sheds" from water damage and I don't even care about fixing that because it's by far not the worst problem.
Advice to the owners
Your monthly exterminators should actually spray the apartments instead of walking in and out. Fix problems instead of lying about them.
Dangerous and Disturbing
Pros
Good neighbors and relatively quiet building
Cons
This is the worst building I have ever lived in after 5 years in New York. It is pest-infested and probably structurally unsound. For months, the gas was shut off for the entire building. We had to hound the property owners to reduce our rent as was our legal right. They thought giving us a single camping burner made up for not having a working stove and oven. Our apartment was infested with cockroaches, and even several visits from the exterminator did not fix the problem. The biggest red flag was when a neighbor’s ceiling CAVED IN. All his bedroom belongings were ruined, and the only reason he didn’t end up in the hospital when the ceiling crashed down was because he was in the living room. Our landlord did nothing to check the safety and security of the other apartments in our building, and I felt very unsafe.
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