Slumlords, but they mostly leave you alone
Pros
Inside the building is very clean and maintained. Management company is pretty quiet except when trying to exploit you for money.
Cons
Garbage is horrible. There are rats everywhere - no one wants to step out there so they just throw trash from the door instead of in a can-- causing an endless cycle. The garbage even blocks the bike parking. Laundry never works. Somehow everything comes with a fee. When I locked myself out by accident on my first week, landlords charged me $100 and made me wait 4 hours in the middle of July to unlock the door. Have a leak? $500 fee. Go on the roof? $500 fee. Don't have two brackets under your AC? $500 fee. However, the worst has been trying to get my security deposit back. It has been two months of blatant violation of the law. Landlords must provide receipts for any part of deposit withheld; they refuse to provide this. They must also return within 14 days; I'm now at 2+ months trying to get it. They simply do not respond to emails or even certified mail, and now I am forced to go through the courts. Most landlords suck, so my best advice to prospective renters is you can go for it, but know your rights and cite them OFTEN.
Landlord owns a ton of buildings and doesn't care about tenants
Pros
The people who live in this building are mostly great neighbors and the neighborhood is so lovely.
Cons
The loveliness of the area and the other tenants is completely overshadowed by how awful the landlord is. They do not care if you have pests, if you have leaks, if you have any kind of issue. They are quick to blame tenants and slow to provide solutions. The building is old and they would rather repaint all the doors and put in new ugly chandeliers than pay for pest control or proper gargbage management so the trash alley is overtaken by rats the size of yorkies.
Advice to the owners
figure your management team out or continue to lose tenants.
