161 Melrose LLC

Management Company

156 Properties

1297 Units

All Properties of 161 Melrose LLC (156)

Building Ratings

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Owner Responsiveness
Neighbors
Garbage Management

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

great Brooklyn Starter Place
Former Tenant
Pros:
cheap rent for good location
Cons:
electric bill was $500 a (c) openigloo month due to the AC (c) openigloo and a faulty system Way too (c) openigloo small for 4 people
Good Place, Greedy Management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Amazing location and building. Best (c) openigloo apartment I’ve lived in
Cons:
They raised the rent $500 (c) openigloo despite me already paying over (c) openigloo market
Love the apartment, management isn't great
Former Tenant
Pros:
Affordable, modern-ish apartments. Overall great apartment (c) openigloo and love the location.
Cons:
Isn't particularly clean or well (c) openigloo maintained. When there's an issue, (c) openigloo it takes while to get (c) openigloo fixed. Sometimes it take a (c) openigloo couple of tickets to get (c) openigloo an issue addressed. There haven't (c) openigloo been many issues so for (c) openigloo me it's been fine, but (c) openigloo I hope that nothing comes (c) openigloo up that requires management. I (c) openigloo just want to not have (c) openigloo to deal with them.
Poor management and maintenance
Former Tenant
Pros:
Newer building, washer and dryer (c) openigloo in unit
Cons:
Flooding issues, maintenance extremely slow (c) openigloo to respond.
Advice to owner:
Improve maintenance request responsiveness
1 BR Tenant from 2023 to 2024
Former Tenant
Pros:
Convenient location. Decent rent price (c) openigloo for the area.
Cons:
Building is not well kept, (c) openigloo cannot get in contact with (c) openigloo the actual landlord, 4 digit (c) openigloo code to enter building instead (c) openigloo of key so neighborhood kids (c) openigloo hang in the building smoking (c) openigloo drinking leaving trash and they (c) openigloo do not live in the (c) openigloo building, residents leave trash bags (c) openigloo in hallway for days, public (c) openigloo areas do not get cleaned (c) openigloo often enough, shower water pressure (c) openigloo is hit or miss
Advice to owner:
Take the trespassing situation seriously you have many upset tenants
landlords are greedy.
Former Tenant
Pros:
located in a very nice (c) openigloo and easy to access neighborhood. (c) openigloo 5 mins from M train (c) openigloo and 15 mins to the (c) openigloo L. apartment was clean and (c) openigloo very basic.
Cons:
landlord's raised rent for no (c) openigloo reason and when my roommate (c) openigloo moved out a day late (c) openigloo (lease ended midnight the night (c) openigloo before and my roommate left (c) openigloo 10am the next day.) the (c) openigloo landlord's took out $300 from (c) openigloo our security deposit and never (c) openigloo gave a good reason why. (c) openigloo they kept rephrasing that they (c) openigloo had to pay the next (c) openigloo tenant's movers but when asked (c) openigloo to see receipts and further (c) openigloo proof of why specifically they (c) openigloo were taking $300 out. felt (c) openigloo they were taking the money (c) openigloo out for no good reason.
Advice to owner:
give us back our $300.
Prime location, interesting layout, worst management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location, large closet, interesting layout
Cons:
Unresponsive building manager to service (c) openigloo requests and when you lock (c) openigloo yourself out they won't help (c) openigloo you. The manager refused to (c) openigloo pick up calls. No hot (c) openigloo water for almost 2 weeks
Advice to owner:
Get a live-in superintendent or respond to tenant request!!
It’s alright but overpriced
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great sunlight and location
Cons:
The management is not that (c) openigloo easy to contact
Good apartment, not for long-term personally
Former Tenant
Pros:
Very responsive super, most problems (c) openigloo were solved within 2 days. (c) openigloo Super had a team of (c) openigloo workers which was incredibly helpful. (c) openigloo Location is perfect.
Cons:
Neighbors on first floor had (c) openigloo so many dogs that the (c) openigloo first floor always stunk of (c) openigloo dog. Also the mail area (c) openigloo gets messy.
Advice to owner:
Establish a system for forwarding mail and start restricting pet owners 😷
Good place to live overall
Former Tenant
Pros:
Felt clean, had privacy
Cons:
Some noise issues, management not (c) openigloo always responsive, expensive