The real deal
Pros
The neighborhood and area is really great !
Cons
The landlord is a slum! The building isn't cleaned regularly. Only when there's a showing. You can't get adequate help. It takes days even months to get something fixed. Hot water is either extremely boiling hot to touch or nonexisting. You'll wake and there will be none. Lately there's been a roach infestation. The garbage area outside is horrible! Rats run rampant at night, trash is left unattended for days. There is no live in super. Someone was just found dead in their apartment last week. Heat comes on when it wants also. There has been break ins and packages were stolen. The cameras do not work, and if they did you couldn't get in contact with anyone to get access. Several tickets and issues have been failed with the city, they have came out several times. The preexisting tenants don't get any help, renovations, or upgrades to their apartments. We watch people move in and out, and these vacant apartments have been vacant for months to years. This is not a angry tenant seeking rev
Advice to the owners
Get a love in super. One that knows how to fix things and take care of the building daily. Someone who cares! Check on your building and its tenants. Keep the building codes, piping, water, heat, up to date.. talk to your tenants
Honestly, not that bad
Pros
We had monthly exterminator visits who would put anti-roach poison in all the cabinets, I had an in-unit combo washer dryer, the stairwells were kept decently clean and requests were tended to within a couple days max. I was also allowed to move in a few days early without any increase in rent. Never had any pest problems and, for the most part, my neighbors were friendly and kept to themselves.
Cons
There were multiple time throughout the year where the water would be freezing cold without explanation - I would text the manager and it would always be resolved within a few hours, but it was so inconvenient and frustrating. As well, they increased my rent by like $1000 at the end of my lease so I had to move out!! It was barely worth the price I was paying for a 1-bedroom at the time ($2150) and definitely wasn't worth what they were going to be asking for (~$3000). If they had kept my rent the same or increased by $100, I would have stayed.
Advice to the owners
These rent hikes are insane!!! Also fix your goddamn boiler!
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