Midtown South

The Biltmore at 271 West 47 Street,Manhattan, NY 10036

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464 Units

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Built in 2001

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52 Floors

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3.1(15)
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In the past three years, this building had:
281 complaints
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Open Violations

A violation is issued to a building when a city inspector from NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development validates and confirms a complaint made to 311. The violations listed below are open violations that have yet to be addressed or have not been confirmed as resolved by the city.
This building has a total of 0 violations which is 0 violations per unit for their entire portfolio.
That is better than the city average, which is 0.81 violations per unit.
Non-hazardous
0Class A
Non-Hazardous violations (i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building)
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Hazardous
0Class B
Hazardous violations (i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting)
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Immediately-hazardous
0Class C
Immediately Hazardous (i.e. rodents, inadequate heat or hot water)
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There is no record of violation for class A

Property Owners and Associates

Biltmore Owner LLC
Corporate Owner
3.1(15)

1 Property

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464 Units

Chris Niehaus
Head Officer
3.1(15)

2 Properties

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477 Units

Daniel Hochberg
Head Officer
3.5(40)

10 Properties

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861 Units

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Renter Recommendations

60% of renters recommend this building

60% of renters approve of this owner

Rents and Deposits

95% of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

Reviews

Not a luxury apartment building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Convenient location to work
Cons:
Expensive for the quality you (c) openigloo liv...
Advice to owner:
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Management is a disaster
Former Tenant
Pros:
The layout of the apartments (c) openigloo is n...
Cons:
Management is basically non existent. (c) openi...
Advice to owner:
Forget the stupid community stuff and communica...
Don’t listed to any promises management makes.
Former Tenant
Pros:
I don’t have any pros.
Cons:
The elevators have not functioned (c) openigloo...
Fine midtown studio
Former Tenant
Pros:
Good neighborhood, close to metro (c) openigloo...
Cons:
Management team responsiveness could be (c) ope...
Worst experience ever for a “luxury” building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location, some of the receptionists (c) openigl...
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Worst management and attention ever. (c) openig...
Advice to owner:
Listen to your tenants, stop being arrogant and...
Not worth the price
Former Tenant
Pros:
Some units are remodeled 2 (c) openigloo elevat...
Cons:
1B electric bill - $425/mo, (c) openigloo ameni...
Advice to owner:
The construction rider is fraud and you have be...
Great for a short term rental
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great location. Remodeled units have a (c) ope...
Cons:
Electric bill for a one (c) openigloo bedroom i...
Horrible elevator system
Former Tenant
Pros:
Doormen are nice
Cons:
Routinely waiting 15min+ for the (c) openigloo ...
Apartment itself is good, meh management and elevators
Former Tenant
Pros:
The apartment I had, the (c) openigloo G line s...
Cons:
Elevator keeps breaking down. Sometimes (c) ope...
Great location, newly renovated
Former Tenant
Pros:
Amenities, Reno finishes, location, front (c) o...
Cons:
Elevator slow due to construction (c) openigloo
Better Now Than B4
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great area, newly renovated, nice (c) openigloo...
Cons:
Long wait times for elevators, (c) openigloo lo...
Advice to owner:
The new mgmt is much better than the previous M...
Worst management - Okay apartments
Former Tenant
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Loved the supers and the (c) openigloo desk peo...
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Management was atrocious and complains (c) open...
Worst new management. No one cares. Old owners were so much better
Former Tenant
Pros:
Staff is great. They always (c) openigloo respo...
Cons:
New management is the worst. (c) openigloo They...
Advice to owner:
You are the worst
Poor management
Former Tenant
Pros:
1. Great views of the (c) openigloo Hudson River
Cons:
1. Management is horrible 2. Only (c) openigloo...
Advice to owner:
1. Respond to emails
Poor management
Former Tenant
Pros:
1. Great views of the (c) openigloo Hudson River
Cons:
1. Management doesn’t respond to (c) openigloo ...
Advice to owner:
1. Complete the renovations. They were supposed...