Pros:
Easy Walk-Up
Laundry In-Unit
Exposed Brick Walls
Many Outlets
Stainless Steel Appliances
Personal Balcony
Natural Sunlight
Skylights (for second apartment)
High Ceilings
1.5 Bathrooms
Cute, minor details
Open Format Kitchen, Living Room
Wonderful building management (but poor personnel, the building management makes the personnel do their job)
Conveniently near multiple trains
Cons:
Small Rooms
Small, Open Closets
Cheap Hardwood Flooring
Lifted/Cracked Kitchen Tiles
Bathroom needs renovation
Shower's glass sliding doors are loose
Small shower
Bathroom has mold problem
The building has had a water leak in the ceilings and wood beams for months
Water leaks, peeling paint
Horrible Acoustics and Thin Walls
Located above a club and in front of busy boulevard
Police Station nearby, very noisy
Copious Amounts of Dust (despite heavy, consistent cleaning)
Pest Control Never Comes
Garbage cleanup is inconsistent
Very limited personnel that does not respond
Super is negligent, does not respond
Staff/Super will damage the floor or your belongings (left scratches on floor and a lot of paint on my bedding, clothes, etc)
Balcony only accessible through a room
No Heating/Intermittent Heating
Hot Water disappears
Stabbing and Murder downstairs (and a shooting) --> Area is dangerous
Electricity Bill is higher than avg.
Loud neighbors, they also have a dog
Neighbors are loud, smoke excessively
Any smell from downstairs penetrates the floor and enters the apartment
Lease says we cannot take any legal action against landlords
The lease is faulty in multiple places, claims to be furnished but was not
The front door to the building is open and homeless people stay indoors
Lobby used by non-tenants to hotbox, smoke crack (not even this got the Super to install a lock downstairs OR give us the complete set of keys for apartment's bottom lock)
Super ghosts you or lies about coming/fixing things
Little counterspace
Building does not do minor repairs
No live-in super
Packages got stolen
Water pressure sucks
No filter on some of the faucets
Landlords discourage any poor reviews on the apartment
Murphy's Law, I cannot remember what else is wrong, so use this adage as a reference