Nothing terrible to say
Pros
I forget his name (Elias?), but the man hired to keep clean works SO hard. Sometimes neighbors make the refuse room a little messy (and if management posted clearer guidelines for recycling and large item disposal, that would help), but this guy is ON it. The AC/heating units are nice, light is night, gym had a brief black mold problem (i know, gross), but it was addressed and it's really nice to have that in-building. Rarely a huge wait for washers/dryers. Elevator!
Cons
Washers/dryers can be finnicky. I've had mice 3x and they have called an exterminator, but I had to really badger them, and I do think that if they made clearer guidelines about food/trash disposal, there might be less of a problem (then again, it's NYC.) Also we were all getting charged for each other's electricity for awhile -- a huge mess that was never really acknowledged
Advice to the owners
Manage the recycling room better, and maybe be slightly quicker to respond to complaints.
Some corners were cut
Pros
New and modern
Cons
- There were clearly corners cut in construction. Little things, like the door of a cabinet breaking the first time we used it. Or the fact that the shelf above the oven has a hole sawed into it because they didn't factor in ventilation when building the cabinetry- so it's just a non-functional shelf that takes up visual space but can't hold any items. - The toilets are square, and extremely uncomfortable - The gym is nice, but it's next to the garbage room and often smells like garbage because of that... - When I moved in they claimed they'd be adding in outdoor furniture to the roof, and that was a lie, they never added furniture - Sometimes things take way too long to be fixed. Someone dropped a large glass jar of pasta sauce in the lobby once and the huge mess was sitting there for like, several days. Or, the alarm at the front door will be constantly beeping for days on end - I have NO clue why, but my bedroom has an issue where it somehow blocks all cell phone service. I literally can't make phone calls in my bedroom without connecting to WiFi. It's insanely frustrating and I had to buy a device for $250 from Verizon to try to extend the signal and it barely works. - The glass half-sized shower covers aren't sufficient enough to stop water from getting on the floor.