Dirty but cheap
Pros
It’s quiet, under the radar, great sublet/first apartment to transfer to something else.
Cons
Can never contact the landlord with issues, kids smoke in the entryway everyday, and it’s dirty
Advice to the owners
Be more attentive
Unbelievably bad management
Pros
Nice natural light, decent-sized bedrooms and bathrooms
Cons
Many, many issues with management throughout the 3 years we lived in this building. They were unresponsive and when we DID get ahold of them, uncooperative. We lived on the top floor and in our last year, had issues with leaky ceilings during rainfall. We notified management and it took them months to acknowledge these issues, finally telling us that they sent people to fix it on the roof. During this time, part of the ceiling on the top floor by the elevator fell off and stayed on the floor for a few weeks. Several months later (and 2 months before we already planned to move, as our lease was ending), a small hole in the ceiling opened up in one of the bedrooms, where the leak had supposedly already been fixed. We put in multiple maintenance requests, and eventually after receiving no word from anyone with the building, we gave up. It's their problem now. Additionally, the kids in the neighborhood hotbox the vestibule almost every day and people on the block will party at all hours during the summer - until 5 AM many mornings and set off fireworks. Not nice if you're trying to get a good night's sleep. We also had mice for the first two summers.
Advice to the owners
Do your damn job??????
