Wow, it must be great to live there
Pros
It is an easy commute for me. Everything you need is a short walk away, and can also be delivered quickly. They do a great job of keeping the garbage room organized and it doesn’t smell as bad as you would think. All the smoke detectors work well and we don’t have problems with package theft. There are always people around so it is very safe.
Cons
Being on St Marks Place is loud and annoying with a lot of people hanging out until 2-3 in the morning so street-facing apts are much louder. The halls don’t get swept and mopped more than once a week. The intercom system is OLD, can’t hear people half the time and there’s no camera.
Advice to the owners
Put in a new intercom system so we can see who is buzzing.
HORRIBLE property manager, great super
Pros
Building is at a great location and the super is very responsive to your needs. He manages cleanliness well. The units are spacious. The neighbors are generally very nice.
Cons
The building manager is one of the most incompetent people I have ever met. He has absolutely 0 empathy or customer service skills and is incredibly rude whenever you talk to him. On top of that he is 100% ineffective at his job. The elevator in the building has been broken for 15 months and he originally estimated 6-8 months to repair. He rarely communicates and when he does it’s always vague and wrong. Additionally when we moved in we were told the scaffolding would be coming down within 6 months and it took 12. The floors / ceilings are thin so we can hear our upstairs neighbors constantly. We had a leak from upstairs in our bathroom that meant it was unusable and the property manager gave us the tiniest rent concession even though we had to pay to replace items and stay in a hotel.
Advice to the owners
Find a new property manager, stop being stingy
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