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Jim Von Albade

Head Officer

2 Properties

490 Units

Evictions: 2
Litigation History: No
Review Summary for Jim Von Albade
Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on openigloo.
Recent tenant reviews highlight JIM VON ALBADE's buildings as a mix of experiences. While some residents appreciate the quiet, clean surroundings with friendly staff, others express frustration with poor communication, unpredictable hot water, and management issues. Renters value well-maintained amenities like gyms and doormen but criticize rental rate increases and challenging leasing offices. The buildings seem to have responsive staff but may benefit from improved communication and addressing maintenance concerns promptly. Overall, it's suggested to expect a range of experiences in terms of management quality in these buildings.
Open Violations
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 6 months ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
Less than 0.01 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
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Non-hazardous
1
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
Feb 15, 2019: section 329, m/d law and dept. rules and regs. provide a completed certificate of inspection visits in a proper frame at or near mailboxes, bottom edge of frame between 48-62 inches above floor proper frame missing at public hall, 1st story
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Hazardous
3
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
Feb 15, 2019: section 27-2005 adm code repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color north wall in the kitchen located at apt 216, 2nd story, 5th apartment from north at east
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Immediately hazardous
0
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Missing information/filings
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class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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All Properties Associated with Jim Von Albade
All Upper West Side
140 Riverside Boulevard, Manhattan, NY 10069
354 Units 26 Floors
4(9)
West Village
600 Washington Street, Manhattan, NY 10014
136 Units 6 Floors
4.7(7)

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Renter Recommendations

--% of renters recommend this building

--% of renters approve of this owner

Rents and Deposits

-- of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.

Reviews (16)

1 month ago
Under construction, unpredictable hot water and heat
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location, across from Riverside park, most of staff is friendly.
Cons:
Horrible management. We often don’t have hot water. After speaking to neighbors, it has been like this for years and the building has become poorly maintained under A&E management. Hallways and common spaces are not climate controlled anymore. The building is renovating a lot of apartments so it’s noisy, messy, and unpredictable. Recently, heat hasn’t been working and you never know if there are elevator outages. In a building this size, it creates crazy traffic. The management never communicates. They respond to emails maybe 10% of the time and don’t notify us when things like a fire happen… yes I said FIRE.
4 months ago
Communication Would Go A Long Way
Former Tenant
Pros:
Building staff are friendly.
Cons:
Management agent is unresponsive. Very poor communication from MA with respect to ANY issue (elevator outages, heat/hot water issue, construction updates)
Advice to owner:
Respond and communicate. Would go a long way to improving their reputation.
Over 1 year ago
Very nice place to live
Former Tenant
Pros:
Quiet civilized no bugs big apartments quiet neighborhood.
Cons:
It’s expensive and also far from the train and no bodega nearby
Over 1 year ago
Scummy management and drugged out neighbors
Former Tenant
Pros:
Supers, building attendants, doorman
Cons:
Scummy management that tries to nickel and dime you. Neighbors who smoke weed all hours of the day.
Advice to owner:
Be more responsive, be nicer to your tenants.
Over 1 year ago
Great doorman building in WV
Former Tenant
Pros:
Doormen and porters are so friendly and helpful!!
Cons:
Rent increases were more than I hoped :(
Advice to owner:
None
Over 2 years ago
Post Covid-deal moveout
Former Tenant
Pros:
Incredible location and doorman
Cons:
Raised my rent 1,700 post pandemic for a studio
Over 2 years ago
Ok building with challenging management
Former Tenant
Pros:
Doorman staff is friendly. They are the only redeemable thing worth noting
Gym in building
Cons:
Unit has not been updated in nearly 10 years which was relayed to me at signing. Zero negotiation on lease terms. Increase at 35% a month.
Lacks amenities for monthly rent rate.
You have to sign up for their bill management system with additional fees every month for water sewage garbage heat and hot water. This is in addition to electric. You are also required to sign up for their partners insurance agreement.
Advice to owner:
The people who rent from you are people too
Has instances where things were broken and not readily fixed or addressed with an accusatory tone.
Over 2 years ago
Terrible rate increases
Former Tenant
Pros:
Clean and nice concierge
Cons:
Absolutely terrible leasing team. Increased my rent like crazy
Over 2 years ago
Wonderful building staff and well maintained apartments
Former Tenant
Pros:
Building staff
Prompt help if issues arise
Well maintained units
Cons:
Try to nickel and dime when moving out by charging for very normal wear and tear
Over 2 years ago
Great location, professional staff & clean
Former Tenant
Pros:
Quiet residential feel but very close to the water and interesting places to eat, In unit laundry on every even floor, great desk staff
Cons:
Nothing really, I guess I wish it were more affordable!
Advice to owner:
Nothing in particular.
Over 2 years ago
140 Riverside (Trump place)
Former Tenant
Pros:
Nice upper west side location on the Hudson
Cons:
Difficult leasing office
Advice to owner:
Fix issues
Over 3 years ago
Nice WV Building
Former Tenant
Pros:
Doormen, porters and concierge are so friendly and helpful.
Cons:
Have had an issue with loud, immature, partying neighbors. Front desk was always quick to address it (until it happens again two days later).

No outdoor space !!
Over 3 years ago
well maintained doorman building along the Hudson
Former Tenant
Pros:
staff was very nice, building was clean, gym was extensive and had a range of equipment, shuttle to 72nd street subway, good suite of amenities
Cons:
occasionally packages would get misplaced, unit would get extremely cold in winter and extremely hot in summer (it had a ton of window exposure). I bet the % of people who renew would be higher if the units were insulated better.
Advice to owner:
continue to maintain quality relative to other nearby portfolio properties
Over 3 years ago
Do NOT move here!!!! Heed my warning!
Former Tenant
Pros:
Great staff and concierge.
Cons:
Management and leasing is AWFUL! They will scam you with their leasing “special” and then totally screw you on renewal. They don’t care about you and will NOT work with you. Residents are moving out in droves and they will lie and tell you that occupancies are high. Many apartments have been unoccupied as of November. As of today there are 19 listed apartments and I just saw 3 people move out this weekend, which doesn’t include me at the end of this month OR my neighbor, who is also leaving. They bank on people being too lazy to negotiate and/or move. Read reviews on Yelp. They all back up what I’m saying. Oh, and I’ve also heard racist comments from them. Just awful awful awful.
Advice to owner:
Clean out your management and fix your company. Your reputation is one of the absolute worst. One of my patients and I got into a conversation about buildings the other night. Without prompting, she said “between Rudin and Equity, I honestly couldn’t tell you which one was worse. You couldn’t pay me to live in one of those buildings.”
Over 3 years ago
Very responsive staff
Former Tenant
Pros:
The staff is very responsive to our needs and always support helpful. Everything is nice and just works. It's expensive but you get what you are paying for.
Cons:
The apartment doesn't come with curtains, which I still think is a bit weird but maybe normal in high end buildings.
Over 3 years ago
Top notch building, great staff, clean. Lacking amenities.
Former Tenant
Pros:
This building is one of the nicer places I’ve seen especially in the west village. Living here is peaceful. Very little outside noise, good location close to the river, front desk staff is awesome and super friendly, especially James (but they are all great). I’ve almost never needed to call maintenance but the one time I did, they were at my apartment within the hour for a non-emergency request. The building itself is super clean, the elevators always work, and moving in is easy. Neighbors are friendly. Rarely hear noise between walls - the construction of these units is solid.
Cons:
Other than the small gym, there aren’t any other amenities. For the price point of this building you would expect at least a rooftop. I haven’t seen units other than mine, but some are newly renovated and some aren’t. I can imagine that the units facing the courtyard get boring after a while, I would recommend trying to get a unit that overlooks the street. In general there is nothing wrong with the building, management is great, but it would be nice if a little more was included at the current rent.
Advice to owner:
Keep doing what you’re doing. Great experience so far. You probably don’t have the power to do this, but selfishly I would love a communal outdoor space.