163 East 87 Street,

Manhattan, NY 10128

My studio apartment was cute. Recently redone kitchen and bathroom. Dishwasher.

THERE WERE RATS IN MY APARTMENT. There was a hole behind my radiator (which was impossible to get to without taking the radiator out) and rats (or potentially mice) were coming up into my apartment through that hole. I had at least 4 rodents over the course of 1.5 months. I immediately let the super know after the first sighting, he looked, placed two sticky traps meant for COCKROACHES and then left. He was reluctant to call an exterminator to deal with it because it was too much work. I had a hard time finding information on how to call the leasing agents. The super came once more, found the hole behind the radiator and said he would call a guy to deal with it. In the 2 more months I lived in that apartment he never did. I was forced to take measures into my own hands which was deeply upsetting. I believe this all stemmed from the fact that the trash area is just in the downstairs lobbyish place where its pretty easy for rodents to get in (i once saw like 6 mice in the trash). Super gross (and sometimes it would smell). Also, this is one of the old buildings where they just turn on the heat in the whole building for the whole of winter and its SO HOT and theres no way to turn it off or down. I kept my window open through the entire NYC WINTER just to try to mitigate the situation. One cockroach.

TAKE VERMIN INFESTATIONS SERIOUSLY

Great location. Nice neighbors.

I was living on a ground-floor apt. Since trash bins for the whole building were located in front of my doors, there was a bug problem - despite they moved trash outside the building every day. Apt was overheated in the winter with limited control (so my window was constantly opened and the air was dry). Apt was rent-controlled but not particularly cheap (currently $2,050 for a studio).