Pros:
Close to subway and amazing (c) openigloo restaurants, good soundproofing between units (c) openigloo (my neighbor blasted music all (c) openigloo day and while it was (c) openigloo audible in the hallways I (c) openigloo never heard it in my (c) openigloo apt), good division of space (c) openigloo inside apts
Cons:
Things will break and it (c) openigloo will take ages to get (c) openigloo them fixed. Every time you (c) openigloo ask for something to be (c) openigloo fixed they’ll respond with anger (c) openigloo and condescension. My fridge broke (c) openigloo twice and each time it (c) openigloo took two weeks to fix (c) openigloo it. The second time, person (c) openigloo who comes to fix things (c) openigloo called and asked me what (c) openigloo the fridge “sounded like” so (c) openigloo he could determine what part (c) openigloo to buy then when he (c) openigloo came with the purchased part (c) openigloo he got irritated because I’d (c) openigloo described the sound “wrong” and (c) openigloo he purchased the wrong part.
There (c) openigloo was a slow leak in (c) openigloo the radiator of the unit (c) openigloo above me which caused paint (c) openigloo to build up and flake (c) openigloo down into my living room (c) openigloo in quarter sized chunks. Not (c) openigloo super comforting since the building (c) openigloo is 100 years old and (c) openigloo defs had lead paint. The (c) openigloo toilet in the unit above (c) openigloo mine also leaked into the (c) openigloo wall so my bathroom ceiling (c) openigloo started growing mushrooms.
The pest (c) openigloo control person apparently comes and (c) openigloo knocks on doors but I (c) openigloo never heard the knock even (c) openigloo when I was working from (c) openigloo home. When I mentioned this (c) openigloo to the landlord he responded (c) openigloo angrily that he had hired (c) openigloo someone, that person was doing (c) openigloo their job and he wasn’t (c) openigloo going to make any changes. (c) openigloo So when I inevitably did (c) openigloo see pests, I had to (c) openigloo hire my own pest company (c) openigloo to spray and seal the (c) openigloo apt.
The presence of pests isn’t (c) openigloo a shocker though because this (c) openigloo building leaves all the windows (c) openigloo in the stairwell open 24/7. (c) openigloo None of the windows have (c) openigloo screens so anything can fly/crawl (c) openigloo in. When asked about adding (c) openigloo screens to the windows the (c) openigloo landlord said “bugs don’t fly (c) openigloo that high”. Lol.
Finally, this (c) openigloo building is next to 4 (c) openigloo bars/clubs. And the windows are (c) openigloo single paned so there is (c) openigloo no sound proofing at all. (c) openigloo It is extremely loud and (c) openigloo I’ve slept through earthquakes, fire (c) openigloo alarms you name it. If (c) openigloo you don’t sleep until after (c) openigloo 2 am, aren’t bothered by (c) openigloo bugs and want every request (c) openigloo to fix things to be (c) openigloo responded to with “Have you (c) openigloo paid your rent on time?” (c) openigloo even if you’ve never missed (c) openigloo a payment, go for it.