Centennial Properties NY

washer and dryer dishwasher

property management never gets back to you maintenance requests are never delt with no hot water for more than a few minutes and only in the mornings washing machine is molding no storage you can hear everything in the hallways expensive for what it is

get back to tenants about maintenance

- super was responsive and easy to get a hold of - hallways kept clean

- rent increased 40% every year - management was never helpful - took over a month to get my deposit back

Treat your tenants like human beings

Exterminator comes monthly to spray Fairly quick to get everywhere in city Reasonably priced

Building management is extremely unresponsive. The property manager will fix what he can - but when it comes to something like a cabinet door, yeah that will stay broken all year. Packages are often stolen, you hear all your neighbors. We have found 2 dead roaches and one live one in the bathroom in 1 year and dealt with a mouse problem (not horrible for nyc but not great.) Also don’t take the trash to the basement at night or the roaches will attack. Also the street recently converted a mothers shelter to more of a mental facility so the amount of crime and homeless issues have increased in the past year.

The location is amazing

Cold water all the time, heat is often off, ceiling fell down in the lobby

I loved the location, the exposed brick, and the newer appliances and nice shower.

However, get used to all your packages being stolen and the homeless people on the block. It's a blast Friday-Sunday but during the week it can wear on you. Great apartment for your early 20s, but some cons.

Please install a video camera in the building!!! So many stolen packages.

good lighting in bedroom

- Trash lives in the middle of the building - Holes and cracks throughout the entire apartment - Constant roach issues in bathroom and kitchen as well as throughout the building - Laundry room is tiny, and constant bugs

Spend the money to update and renovate your apartments and take the time to improve the rodent/ trash situation

Very pretty interior, renovated, good lighting.

SO MANY MICE!! Management did little to help the EXTREME rodent problem for about 3 months, then I paid for an exterminator myself. Packages are constantly stolen with nothing being done by management.

Fix the rodent issue.

Nice and responsive super. Good location. Modern touches. New cleaning guy is doing a great job.

Packages CONSTANTLY stolen. Building manager impossible to get a response from (although she does like to complain about tenants in blasts via the rent portal) Neighbors noisy and inconsiderate to others who aren’t students. Homeless like to camp in doorway of building. Garbage disposal area slightly terrifying.

Get a building manager who will actually do their job. Figure out a more secure system for mail. Fix up the garbage pit.

The design of the entry and staircase is nicer than a lot of walk ups, The location is prime, Located on a quiet block with good shops and places to eat, Super is very helpful and responsive.

Virtual doorman goes down quite a bit, Stairs are extremely steep and dangerous because they are marble. They mop them daily but leave them very wet and slippery as there’s no traction pads on the stairs, It’s miserable going up or down with a suitcase/packages but that’s any walk up, There’s always rats out front of the building at night but again it’s nyc..

Good location in the East village

Little to no heat in the winter. Was constantly below the legal temp and management did nothing. Rats are infested in the trash area. Cockroaches during the summer. Neighbors in the building have had issues with mice. Have raised the rent 1.6k from when I first moved in 2 years ago.

location location location

When i moved in the this semi-lux (has appliances and is newly renovated) with a covid lease in dec 2020 i thought id hit the jackpot. wrong. I didnt have heat, in Dec. they provided space heaters- and that has been the case since. NO HEAT. But thats not even the worst part- not even close. Obviously my coned bill was insane- maybe $300-$700 for a 450 sq ft apt- it took them over 6 months to work out any concession with me. This company will SCREW YOU- look them up, Centennial. It gets worse. Weve lost water and power several times, no f's given by management. In August the gas was shut off. We havent had stoves/ovens since. Yesterday they finally finished the putting in new electric stoves which they had to put HUGE holes all over the walls to wire. I cant even imagine what utilities are going to cost now. The super is fantastic but he works for a company that doesnt give him the ability to do much. Oh and there has been no recourse on rent for MONTHS without the ability to cook. Nothing. because they 'dropped off hot plates'. I love this area but this building will push you to your breaking point. ALSO the neighbors steal all your packages. ive been in NY 15 years and ive seen a lot of shitty buildings this one is the worst of the worst- just comes in pretty packaging. DONT BE FOOLED. Last, they raised rent 91% this year and ive been here 2 years.

Literally fix anything!! and offer a concession for the rent you completely fucked us on for having no way to make hot food.

- Good layout, spacious - In unit Washer & Dryer - Dishwasher - Convenient location

- Poor property management (ie. The building had issues with heat for two months in the winter, issues with hot water, rodent issues - management was not proactive or helpful in responding)

Be accommodating to your tenants, speak to them with respect and be proactive in fixing issues.

Clean hallway Dishwasher and Laundry in unit Exposed Brick Nice neighborhood

Appliances Break Noisy from the restaurant Unresponsive

Respond more when someone calls or texts or emails

lots of fun, great spot to be post-college. Our apartment has a lot of great light. The roof is a blast and a great way to meet people

PACKAGE STEALING! Leaks and repairs take a while; we had a cockroach infestation at one point and ended up having to take care of it ourselves. Our fridge and living space was super small. Super loud from street noise and with everyone being young it's not possible to have a quiet night on the weekend, but I don't know anyone living here who has a problem with that. Elevator often broken after weekends

Get a better workflow in place for bugs and trash and PACKAGE STEALING

The location was PERFECT, laundry in unit, management responded pretty quickly when in need of assistance

if you live on the 2nd floor you will be able to hear people on the street, even if they are whispering. the coffee shop downstairs has a bar that plays music super loud, no central AC, very expensive for the size

soundproof windows, lower the price (an apartment that size really should not be more than 3.5k)

Nice area close to bars

Bed bugs infestation

Location, balcony, and washer/dryer in unit

A couple mice encounters, noisy

Garbage outside needed to be tended to more

Decent appliances, super convenient location

Super doesn’t do shit and isn’t very responsive. Packages get stolen all the fk time. There’s a nightclub right below the building so good luck falling asleep On weekends past midnight

Extremely clean building, friendly staff. Very responsive to maintenance requests. Lived here for 2.5 years and have loved it.

The trash area is pretty nasty despite the buildings best efforts to keep it clean. No one wants to go down the nasty stairs. Packages are constantly getting stolen. There is now a package room but the delivery people barely use it.

Apartment was recently renovated.

Management was absolutely terrible. Were not responsive. We didn’t have heat for a long time and they didn’t really provide any support even though we shouldn’t have had to pay.

Take care of your tenants.

Nice renovations Great super Only 2 units per floor Video intercom Washer/dryer

Rats in outdoor garbage area at night so I can only take out garbage during day light Management company is HORRIBLE Repairs take forever if they have to hire a specialist They will harass to show your apartment the last 3 months of your lease Small bugs come in from balcony door Next to a park and fire department so it can get noisy No cameras in lobby, packages are often stolen

Showing an apartment someone lives in 3 months before they move out is egregious. I can understand a month before, but not 3. The apartment is for rent not sale. Also threatening my security deposit if I don’t show my apartment is illegal.

Convenient location Clean Duplex w roof access

No elevator / doorman Messy package retrieval small common area Ok light

Keep trash area clean

Location is amazing. Close to everything. Good neighbors. Noise between apartments isn’t bad. Heat works well!

There have been some iffy scenarios, upon asking management they make up some response as to how it happened versus actually looking into it.

The rooms are big. They fixed the elevator finally.

Roach problem, neighbors were dirty, management was irresponsive.

Good location building is refurbished nicely

Heat was broken for months and they lied and said they fixed when they didn’t, wasn’t until I boycotted paying rent that they came to fix that and everything else in my apartment that was broken. Hot water and water pressure constantly off, also terrible response times from them. Roaches were a problem easily, exterminator came once a month but not at consistent times so we missed him often. Dead mice left in the lobby, heard my neighbors screaming about mice and rats in their apartment but never had a problem myself. Also neighborhood on north side of the building complained about noise from the bar below us every night, but I never personally had this issue as I wasn’t directly above it. Never received security back from them either but at this point I’m just happy to be out of there.

Incredible neighborhood Private outdoor spaces (roof, patios) High ceilings

Old building means: - bad heat - AC units - a decent amount of pests with little done about it

Be more responsive to building issues/more proactive

Beautiful apartments with exposed brick and in-unit washer dryers. Can't beat location.

Management is completely unresponsive. Hot water and water pressure is terrible despite multiple complaints.

Super clean, nice, party apt, roof top is sick. Great spot for post college apartment

BED BUGS! BED BUGS! THROUGH THE WALLS. Wrap that mattress up buddy cuz they’re comin

If an apartment has bed bugs and people are literally covered in bites… MAYBE you should help them out!

Washer/dryer in unit and a dishwasher

There's a mouse infestation in the courtyard that they aren't doing anything about- it's not even habitable on the lower floors. The rear building doesn't have real heat. They give you the "opportunity" for heat by having electricity and providing wall mounted space heaters. The winter month heat bills cost $300-$400-$500-$400-$300 from November to March. And that's with the apartment still being cold!

Install real heat in the building and make a real effort to solve the mouse problem.

Close to grocery stores, restaurants, and subway lines. Overall safe neighborhood. Amazing live-in supers who are responsive and always willing to help.

There was an on-going cockroach problem coming into the building and the units. The stove would constantly break and management would take a long time to respond to our messages to try and fix the issue. The neighbors downstairs were loud and would watch tv early in the morning with the volume up. The heat would also be on really high; our windows were open during the winter. No exhaust in the kitchen so our apartment would smoke up and have the fire alarm go off often.

Add vents to the kitchen and bathroom. Address tenant issues quickly.

The trash is taken out regularly and the stairs and hallways are well maintained and clean.

The place is invested with mice. Apparently there’s nothing they can do about it. If they put poison in the walls the dead bodies will pile and the place will start to smell. The radiator makes the loudest clicking sound that shakes the whole apartment and will cause you to wake up most nights in the winter. I think it’s due to trapped air in the pipes. The sounds is concerning and it sounds like the pipe will burst

Please fix the rodent issue and the pipes

I liked the location

If I could give this company a negative rating, I absolutely would. The service was sub-par at best, and they are horrible at communicating. But to top it off - in dealing with a terrible person in bookkeeping, he told me over the phone that I'm a difficult woman and that I must be single because a man would never deal with a woman like me. And then he hung up on me. I originally thought he was strategically avoiding answering my questions, but it's clear now that ignorance was the bigger factor here.

While everyone at your property management company seems to be miserable, it's no excuse to treat the tenants like garbage. Being "too busy" to respond unless they need something from the tenant or ignoring people because they made a mistake is unacceptable.

-responsive and friendly super - elevator - virtual doorman - rooftop - clean in lobby

-trash often overflows in garbage room so sometimes there are rats but unsure what else management can do about this with the number of tenants in the building - a few cockroach sightings in my apartment but pretty typical for the neighborhood and being on the second floor -packages often stolen (again, less of a management issue but for new people moving in to be aware)

Super is great

Upstairs neighbors are horrible and can hear everything

None

Nice building, well maintained.

First floor apartment - do not live there. Right next to a terrible Kava bar that has people loudly outside all night. Tons of cigarette and marijuana smoke. You can hear everything at all hours of the day. Not worth the huge price tag, even for a duplex.

Reduce the prices.

Good location to the L and Trader Joe's

Packages get stolen, then never respond to maintance requests. They installed a package room and hoard packages in there and won't give anyone access

Literally do better

It’s in a very convenient area

Horrible management - looks great when you tour but as soon as you move in, everything breaks and it takes them weeks to get things fixed. We didn’t have a working toilet/tub for over 3 week

There is a reason why tenants don’t stay and it’s sad because I would’ve been more than happy to renew our lease if there just would’ve been better management.

Close to Trader Joe’s and train

*DID NOT RETURN MY SECURITY DEPOSIT AS THE CHECK BOUNCED* Landlord is useless, doesn’t respond. You can be left for weeks/months with something broken in your apartment Packages constantly stolen. You can’t leave anything in the lobby for as little as an hour They increased rent by 40% after covid

Stop being tramps

amazing live in super, pest control is monthly and decent, in unit washer and dryers, balconies in certain units, clean hallways, good location

Tenants received multiple letters that the management was in default of their mortgage and didn’t explain to the tenants what that meant for them, extreme rent increases at renewal, people go door to door to protest landlord and ask for tenant support as landlord has been in prison for tenant related offenses and finance issues, when it rains the roof leaks

Respect tenants, fix roofing issues

The apartment I had was cute and affordable just because of vivid though, they immediately hiked it 1k at renewal

Packages stolen regularly Property management is trash Heat didn’t start until December and it was on like once a week

Customer service

Replaced appliances no questions asked

Lots of packages stolen

Nothing at all.

Unresponsive property managers, losing hot water consistently with no urgency to follow up. Just the worst management ever. Never rent from them

Maybe respond to tenants who are paying your lease

Cheap, great live-in super, great location, clean hallways, mailboxes, etc.

Bad garbage management leads to a ton of mice running around the back alley and the front of the building.

Better system for trash management

Close to the bank and a few bars

Too Close to the bridge People frequently urinate in the stairwell the elevator breaks down frequently tenant smoke in the building management refuses to do anything about the odor sometimes you can hear loud music being played gives me real flashbacks of the projects

Response when you get a phone call and don’t send them in circles with a game of I’m gunna transfer you to the wrong Extension On purpose and keep doing it

Good location. Big windows with lots of light.

Terrible management company. Impossible to contact and if you do get a hold of them, they hang up on you. Broken appliances for months before being fixed. Stolen packages daily with nothing being done to even attempt to address the problem.

Listen to tenants and be available to contact. Be even a little bit responsive.

Building is near 9th ave

The management company- specifically Annabelle Santiago, does not return calls for repairs. The literally ignore you until it’s absolutely required to answer. The worst management company.

Back patios and balconies are great

Mice and roaches in building

Great location, spacious apartment

Building was old and had some issues as a result

Units are renovated/maintained, with relatively new fixtures and appliances. Bathroom is spacious, with a good shower. In-unit w/d is nice, though they are SMALL and the dryer isn’t the best.

UPDATE 2023: look up Steve Croman and Centennial Properties before signing ANYTHING. This company is embroiled in law suits. Tenants have been sending their rent to a law firm since August 2022 because the company is engaged in illegal business practices. The super scams new tenants out of $130 by uninstalling padlocks prior to move-in (leaving an open hole in the front door), then insisting that new tenants pay cash under the table to have a “new” padlock installed (he reinstalls the one he removed between tenants). Definitely not paying for space, as the bedroom is cramped and there isn’t much counter space in the kitchen(ette) area. Also, in-unit w/d sounds nice in theory, but the washer is super small, and the dryer is either so hot it shrinks everything, or so mild that it doesn’t fully dry. Also the super is only responsive when you submit a ticket through the property management site. Don’t let him bully you into working with him directly, he is shady as noted above, plus pretends to be responsive then never actually solves issues (unless there’s documentation with the property management company).

Tell the super to stop trying to cut property management out of tenant interactions. He routinely bullies tenants into working with him directly, and it’s not great.

Location was convenient.

Centennial Property Management refuses to return our security deposits. We were assured these would be returned and they have delayed this process for 3 months.

Give your tenants who have paid on time and upheld the cleanliness their security deposit back. Your communication is off.

Incredible location in Chelsea

he apartment cleaned before move in, there is no heating (only electric heaters which lead to a $500+ /mo electric bill in the winter), the super is very friendly but vastly under resourced.

Get real heaters!

Great location, stairs leading to units are cute

Would be nice if it had an elevator but this is NYC

The spot was well located and our super was incredibly responsive and easy to work with.

Extremely overpriced for what you get and the building management company will never negotiate. There were so many rats in our yard and on the streets that we couldn’t use our outdoor space - neighboring buildings would put out poison and the creatures would come to our yard to die. We also had a lot of roaches for a newly renovated apartment. In the winter, the heat - which is provided by long water pipes in specific rooms - is mediocre at best and we spent a ton on extra blankets and heaters in the winter. In addition, the property management company was and remains a nightmare to work with. While the super and admins are fantastic, management was difficult to work with and inflexible. Read your lease in full with these guys!!

Decently clean in the hallways

Property management everything breaks

Great super in building

Basement level units

Location, the super is awesome, clean, (some) good neighbors

Landlord is not responsive,, lots of people move every year so some disruptions. Too many college kids. Water pressure is not good, super warm in the wintertime

Be more responsive to inquiries

The neighborhood is nice, East 5th street is a quiet street.

Mice, Roches, dust from ongoing construction, bad management. Cheap cabinets and materials used for construction. Heat is terrible during the winter, the heat is on and off, only 30% to 50% of the time is on.

Better communication, be responsible for the noise, dust, pest, and notice your tenet ahead.

Location. Package room. Location, location...

We had a leaking roof (multiple times), for weeks before any shotty repairs were done. They will not respond to any of your requests, especially when you’re trying to leave and an application needs a landlord referral. Constant construction for adding cheap “nice looking” features so they can jack up prices. Do not rent in any buildings this company owns.

They’re too far gone and need to go out of business. Just Google Steve Croman

Cool roof. Good location.

Do not move here!!! We have had almost ten mice and dozens of roaches and management hasn’t done anything more than send an exterminator who did nothing but give us glue traps and leave. We have also had a leak in our ceiling for months that still has not been fixed all the way and still leaks every single time it rains. Also, they advertised a washer/dryer that doesn’t work and they haven’t fixed. It’s even smaller than the pictures and way way overpriced for a five flight walk up. Do not move here!

Hire better exterminators or stop renting apartments.

There are non this place sucks

Everything. The owner was in prison for money laundering. The building blows your phone up and breaks into your apt while you’re in the shower cuz you are not even a month late on rent. The super never responds back in a timely manner and once I got locked out of my apt at night and he was on the train headed home to NJ and refused to come back to let me in my apt so I had to call a friend to ninja jump into my apt from the fire escape to unlock my door. I was waiting outside for 5hrs cuz the super was acting like he was on his way or was sending someone to me but wasn’t. There’s also a HUGE group of people that party almost every night on the stoop for hours until early morning and non of them live in the building or even on the block (they are nice but very loud and leave the stoop covered in trash, food and fluids there’s a guy that comes in the morning now to clean it but wasn’t always like that) the water pressure sucks and in the winter you never get hot water in the shower but bathroom and kitchen sink you do so it’s not the water heater. In the summer you never get any cold water in the shower but you do in the bathroom and kitchen sink. Rent is crazy high and you still pay gas water and utility bills. When I moved in the kitchen light was broken and to this day (2yrs later - yea stupidly signed a 2yr lease) it still isn’t fixed. I have to wait months on end before getting something as simple as my bathroom sink fixed, dishwasher is always breaking, a light fell out of the ceiling and still 2 months later no one’s come to fix it. 

Get the issues fixed in the apt units. Figure out what’s going on with the hot water. And most of all have a heart and work with your tenants on decreasing rent. We are going through a global pandemic that’s affected every human in the world and has caused a lot of heartache and financial struggles. 

Love the location, my apartment has a unique layout

Things always go wrong with my apartment and the building. Management truly could care less. The owner is an actual slumlord and went to prison for harassing rent controlled tenants.

This feels futile with someone who cares as little as you do

Great location, generally clean, shareable roof top, pet friendly

Very overpriced, water gets very cold, dryer doesn’t work well, packages get stolen, slow response from Managment

Lower rent and respond faster to tenants. Do something about the packages constantly getting stolen.

The super is extremely hardworking and nice. Washer dryer in unit. Tiny balcony.

Uhh, let’s see. 1. Landlord’s a criminal (google Steven Croman) 2. mouse 3. The floor is tilted in 2 inches differences 4. found a bunch of stinky junk behind my fridge with a carcass of a dead mouse FOR 2 YEARS 5. broken mirror (never fixed) 6. extremely low shower pressure 7. never had hot water in the faucet 8. No one in the management would respond to fixing the broken intercom, so the entire building couldn’t receive packages for 3 weeks 9. Management tried to force accumulated “late fees” that NEVER HAPPENED (we had documents that proved they are FALSE CLAIMS. 10. 250~ sq ft apt THE. WORST.

How about trying to be a human being?

Good location, washer dryer in unit

Didn’t have working gas for over a year

Poor communication from property manager level

Not much, there was a roof I guess?

Heating requirements are satisfied with space heaters that you pay for. $600 con ed bills are the norm in the winter. 9300 / Steven Croman landlord just got out of rikers.

Don’t be so criminally bad that you’re sent to prison ..?