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H

Howard Balaban

Head Officer·2 buildings·36 units
2.9

3 reviews

Highlights

4
Evictions
1
Litigation cases

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Reviews

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

Cute studio, bad management company

Pros

Very quiet, apartments are all pretty well sunlit, spacious apartments,

Cons

Super was very non responsive and argumentative, cockroach and mice sightings (monthly extermination visits have helped), GPG management is horrible and disorganized 0/10 would not recommend, insanely high re-signing rent prices (25% increase first year, 27% increase second year) walk up building, no dishwasher or laundry in building, hallways were rarely cleaned, delivery access problems,

Advice to the owners

Be more responsive and transparent with your tenants, take better maintenance of the building itself, have a more organized office

Former tenant·Over 2 years ago

Run away from this building

Pros

It is in Manhattan

Cons

There was a very serious mouse problem in the building and the Super did nothing about it. There was always garbage overflowing in the hallways and I think the common areas (hallways, front entrance) were mopped two times in the year I lived there.

Advice to the owners

Clean up the building and fire the super.

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Rent-stabilized

327 East 83 Street

Yorkville

947 1 Avenue
Rent-stabilized

947 1 Avenue

2.9(3)

Turtle Bay

Building ratings

Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

-

Neighbors

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Noise levels

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Owner responsiveness

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Cleanliness

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Trash management

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Pest control

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Water pressure

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Heat

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Neighbors

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Noise levels

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Owner responsiveness

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Rents and deposits

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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 average0.02Violations 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

0Class A
Non-hazardous

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

1Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

H

Howard Balaban

Head Officer·2 buildings·36 units
2.9

3 reviews

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