223 Sackett Street,

Brooklyn, NY 11231

Great neighborhood, near a grocery store.

Landlord is actually insane and ruined my experience in this building. I often worked my schedule around not running into him. Completely agree with everything the other reviewer said. He yelled and screamed at his family constantly and often investigated my trash and packages. I felt very uncomfortable having people over and he once told a guest of mine that I wasn't home when I was? How would he even know I was home? They have a huge screen in their kitchen that shows all of the buildings cameras ( that's where they had me sign the lease)-- his behavior made it seem as though I was constantly being watched. He commented on when I left, when I came home, what I wore, everything.

I had maximum three people over at a time, and was always so self conscious about making noise-- I often had them stay completely silent when walking up to the apartment because I was so nervous that he would complain and make comments about me having people over. Overall, the apartment is cute but he made the experience horrible.

Despite all this, before my lease was up I repeatedly texted him about resigning and he was incredibly evasive. Finally, a week before my lease was up, he let me know that he couldn't relet the apartment because a family member was pregnant and needed to move in (illegal to give me such short notice). I put up no fuss and left the apartment. I spent the entire day before I left cleaning it, scrubbing it down, etc.

Something about the whole situation felt off, however, and a few weeks later when I went to look the apartment up on StreetEasy, it had been rented barely a week after I left for a large rent increase. He wanted more money than he was legally able to increase my rent, so he kicked me out under the guise of a woman in distress. Literally crazy. When I asked for my security deposit back (he didn't send of his own volition), he sent only about half of it back, claiming I'd left pee on the toilet and the apartment a wreck. Total lie. He knew I didn't have the money to pay for a lawyer, so he scammed me. Terrible person. Avoid at all costs. Creep.

Go to therapy.

Building was clean
Nice neighborhood

The walls are very thin and the landlord angrily screams at his family all day and night. I didn’t feel safe during a disagreement upon moving out and stayed at a friends.

Landlord monitors everyone that comes in and out to the point that I stopped having friends over because they felt uncomfortable.

When leaving the house I often felt leered at.

I was asked on a few occasions the cost of things I owned. I noticed a lot of double standards between myself and other tenants. Overall I felt unwelcome while in my own home.

If you’re collecting rent, than that’s someone else’s home too. Don’t harass or intimidate your tenants and maybe they’ll last longer.