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Maximo Cruz

Site Manager·1 building·40 units
2.8

5 reviews

Highlights

1
Evictions
12
Litigation cases

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Recent reviews of buildings managed by Maximo Cruz indicate a mixed tenant experience. Tenants appreciate the convenience of the neighborhood and friendly neighbors, but consistently raise concerns about cleanliness, pest issues, and noisy environments. Garbage management and water pressure receive moderate ratings, while pest control and heating sometimes fall short. A recurrent complaint centers on the building superintendent's behavior, described as unprofessional and sometimes harassing, prompting calls for replacement. Owner responsiveness is often seen as slow, impacting tenant satisfaction. Despite some positive aspects like reasonable rent and kind staff, management improvements in building upkeep, pest control, and staff conduct are strongly advised to enhance tenant living conditions.

Reviews

Former tenant·3 minutes ago

The super is ashole

Pros

The neighborhoods, everything is really close

Cons

Is dirty, and the super is bad

Advice to the owners

To change the super

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

Loud and dirty building, but kind staff and good price!

Pros

Very reasonable rent! Kind and helpful staff.

Cons

Incredibly loud building music always coming from right outside doorway. Trash littering stairways and people smoking in lobby and stairwells. Loud people in hallways as well.

Advice to the owners

Clean up and update the stairwells and crack down on smoking.

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Rent-stabilized

170 Vermilyea Avenue

2.8(5)

Inwood

Building ratings

Cleanliness

-

Trash management

-

Pest control

-

Water pressure

-

Heat

-

Neighbors

-

Noise levels

-

Owner responsiveness

-

Cleanliness

-

Trash management

-

Pest control

-

Water pressure

-

Heat

-

Neighbors

-

Noise levels

-

Owner responsiveness

-

Rents and deposits

-

Renters received their security deposits back

-

Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 5 days ago

Average violations per unit for this owner or associate is worse than the city average.

Owner average0.82Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
10Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

21Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

2Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

0Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

M

Maximo Cruz

Site Manager·1 building·40 units
2.8

5 reviews

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