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Darwin Lazo

Site Manager·1 building·6 units
3.3

3 reviews

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Tenant reviews for buildings managed by Darwin Lazo reveal a mixed management experience. While some appreciate amenities like laundry, spacious renovated apartments, and well-maintained garbage management, many express frustration with unresponsiveness to maintenance issues, especially heating and water problems. Common areas are often neglected and outdated, contributing to dissatisfaction. Rent increases have been described as excessive and contentious, causing tenant distrust. Pest control and cleanliness vary but generally are moderate to good. Communication and respect for tenant privacy appear inconsistent. Prospective renters should expect good apartment features but be wary of management responsiveness and upkeep challenges in common spaces.

Reviews

Former tenant·10 minutes ago

Cozy with amenities but pricey

Pros

Laundry in basement + free Big furnished basement, back yard, and roof for entertaining Newer appliances Brick interior

Cons

- Common areas not updated or maintained - furniture in them is from buildings previous ownership that left it behind in 2019 and hasn't been touched since. - Property ownership has a loophole to not adhere to annual market rent raises, so they tried to raise our rent $900/month each renewal cycle and we had to fight tooth and nail to get it lowered. In the end, management called saying they were refinancing the building and had to prove to the bank that they were earning at least 4k from each apartment & did a 'one month free' as the only compromise. Ownership is greedy and truly does not care about the tenants, only that they pay astronomical increases each year.

Advice to the owners

Maintain common areas, most furniture is falling apart, laundry machines frequently broken or smoking, roof furniture old and faded. And for the love of god stop raising the rent to prices way beyond market rate and enabling the further gentrification of this neighborhood.

Former tenant·Over 3 years ago

Patoma Management is awful!!

Pros

-shared living space basement and rooftop (but tenants don't clean up after themselves and it is gross a lot of the time) -super is nice

Cons

-Small apt -Management is unresponsive and not reliable -Would work on building without alerting tenants - was taking a shower the water turned off and then brown, to then find out that they were working on the hot water tank bc we had to ask -water would run brown and the water would NOT get hot -entered the apartment without consent -appliances went out (refrigerator), took over a month to fix, and no compensation -charged for normal wear and tear - we left the apt in better condition than we received it -management is rude and unresponsive

Advice to the owners

be responsive and communicate with your tenants. stop scamming people

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Ridgewood

Building ratings

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Renters received their security deposits back

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Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 5 days ago

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

Owner average0.66Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
0Class C
Immediately hazardous

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

0Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

4Class 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

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Darwin Lazo

Site Manager·1 building·6 units
3.3

3 reviews

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