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Optimum Equity Llc

Corporate Owner·1 building·24 units
2.5

5 reviews

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5
Litigation cases

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Reviews

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

Unresponsive Management-BED BUGS TWICE 2021-2022

Pros

Spacious bedrooms, kind live-in super and area for garbage responsive for pest control

Cons

-bed bugs twice- fumigated then the bed bugs came back -roaches everywhere even with pest control coming EVERY WEEK -my boyfriend fell through the stairs and the company said "sorry" then took 4 weeks to replace the step -water would get turned off without notice -new management take over and no-one let the tenets know -package thief!!! group of drug addicts would find their way in and steal everything

Advice to the owners

COMMUNICATE

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

My Worst NYC Unit Ever

Pros

- very close to C/1 trains - supermarkets, discount stores, restaurants nearby - library nearby

Cons

- courtyard is filthy (garbage and dead pigeons decomposing for the entire lease) - most mice and cockroaches I have ever had in an apartment - building management took 3 months to respond to a domestic violence concern - absolutely freezing in the winter, you will need alternative heat - master bedroom has one outlet, very few outlets, you will need extension cords everywhere - the outlets will blow due to the excessive extension cords and management took over a week to resolve that - lights have been stuck in the on position - everything will break - worst apartment I’ve ever lived in out of 5 NYC living situations

Advice to the owners

Find a field of work that you are capable in? You need more responsive management and cleaner buildings.

Buildings associated with OPTIMUM EQUITY LLC

  • 526 West 161 Street
    Rent-stabilized

    526 West 161 Street

    2.5(5)

    Washington Heights

526 West 161 Street
Rent-stabilized

526 West 161 Street

2.5(5)

Washington Heights

Building ratings

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Owner responsiveness

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Cleanliness

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Trash management

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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 worse than the city average.

Owner average1.04Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
6Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

15Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

4Class A
Non-hazardous

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

0Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

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Optimum Equity Llc

Corporate Owner·1 building·24 units
2.5

5 reviews

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