Poor maintenance building
Pros
Nothing was good about this building except the location.
Cons
There’s NO management in this building. I guess because half of apts are rent stabilized, so the owners doesn’t give a shit about it. No or Low heat in 24/7, fallen apart and unsanitary conditions in a public area of building.
Advice to the owners
Sell the whole building to whom actually able to take care of it
Avoid at all costs
Pros
Any pros are vastly outweighed by the cons
Cons
Never saw the super and management hardly ever responds. Severe water damage and leaks throughout building. Renovated units are just a facade for a decaying building. The "beautiful" brick walls in the renovated units have water damage behind them, smell like mold in the summers (management denies it, and refused to inspect). Hallways are disgusting - cigarettes on stairs, leaks from ceiling, garbage. Long-term tenants (families, seniors, etc.) that live in unrenovated units (about half the building) all share the public toilets in the hallways (1 per floor, the broker will conveniently ignore these). You get to hear and smell everything. These tenants also treat the building like garbage, they leave their shoes, belongings and food trash in the hallways. They exclusively cook ALL of their meals with the door wide open (you get to hear and smell all of this as well). I have seen rats and large roaches in the hallways, mostly near the garbage on the first floor. On holidays or long weekends, trash builds up to the point that it blocks the first floor hallway. Interior hallway construction began April 2022, was supposed to be done by July 2022. It's now May 2023 and the hallways having been sitting half under construction for almost an entire year. There are gaping holes in the walls filled with garbage (seriously). The intercom system was disconnected and never fixed. The front door to the building is incredibly old and the lock jams if the weather is very hot or very cold. Management company ignored all of these complaints, and did not care that many tenants were being locked out of the building. Overall way too expensive for such low quality living. Landlord & management are scum. Highly recommend not living here.
Advice to the owners
Demolish the building and sell the property.
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