221 S 3rd
Pros
It was great to have a live in super and he was helpful in that he always received our packages and helped with maintenance needs. The hallways in the building were regularly cleaned. We never went without heat or hot water. The landlord was not communicative (did not have email) and was really disorganized - one time I ran into him on the stairs of the building and he asked me if I was moving out next month when I had about six months left on my lease.
Cons
The building had a terrible roach problem that was not well managed at all - whenever we went to complain to the super we could see a long list of other units that had already complained about this problem and it remained unaddressed. They would send an exterminator every so often but it wasn't effective. It is an old building with radiators so it was always very hot inside in the winter and the radiators made loud noises. There were a couple times when the hot water stopped working for a few days. The block can be loud at night sometimes especially in the summer, but I did not necessarily feel like this was a negative - it had a nice community feeling.
Nice location, decent building
Pros
Great location, beautiful pre-war unit, in-building super, thick walls
Cons
Excessive street noise/music (so loud the walls shook); came home a number of times to find the super urinating on the sidewalk, fully exposed; roaches and mice; very small rooms
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