Good building, bad management
Pros
Great location, nicely renovated
Cons
No laundry in building, management is unresponsive unless they want money from you, management agents are incompetent (for example, they post the Super's phone number in the hallway, but made a typo so that it was the wrong number)
Advice to the owners
Hire a better property management company
My "Not So Nice" Review of Westminster City Living
Pros
It's a nice old building with an old ceiling and nice new appliances. Also, the patio is nice too. The management at times feels very professional and organized.
Cons
I need re-painting done and the microwave replaced. After paying them $600 for both, they took three or four months to replace it. After not getting responses to my messages, I started going to the management office every morning until finally they got it done. They gave me an old used microwave that was filthy on the inside. Also, It took management approx. 2 months to fix the boiler in the middle of winter. It also took them months to pay the con ed bill for the main building, so the hallway power almost got shut off. When I got locked out, I was charged $100 by my super to be let back in. If I had gone to management, it would have been $150.
Advice to the owners
This was not ok service for $2700 a month, even with concessions. Now that the rent for my apt is going up to $3450, the next tenant will expect better and more promptly service for that price. If I turn out to be wrong, then rich people were just dumber with money than I thought. :)
