AVOID DSA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AT ALL COSTS!!!!
Pros
The only good thing about this building is the location and the apartments are decently sized.
Cons
Oh boy... Where do I begin? Nothing ever gets fixed in this building. The lobby looks like a forlorn hospice where joy goes to die. God forbid anything in your apartment or the building breaks because it is literally MISSION IMPOSSIBLE to get the super to fix anything. He will tell you he is coming to fix the issue on a specific time and day and shows up whenever he wants without prior notice... that's if he shows up at all. The buzzer downstairs NEVER WORKS and there's always a homeless man sleeping by the lobby door. You also better never have ANY questions for the landlord Arik... He's super nice to your face when you're signing for the place and then later when you call politely with a question and he will greet you with a disgusting attitude EVERY TIME. The man will curse you out when you ask him anything saying "WTF Do you want me to do?" or "WTF do you want?". Not to mention the various FDNY Violation notices I've seen posted on the lobby door and tenants receiving various letters from ConEd stating that they're going to cut off services due to the landlord not paying. So glad I left. I wouldn't wish my experience with Arik Lifshit/DSA with my worst enemy.
Advice to the owners
Be a better human.
Broken old building
Pros
Relatively quiet if the apartment is facing the backyard and the next door doesn’t have a constantly-barking dog.
Cons
This 1920s bldg has bad maintenance – the garbage area is often overloaded, the backyard is swiped twice a year, so things are scattered, and they don’t care. Often packages are stolen. A tenant started a petition about the security issue. The management won’t respond to some issues. As a result, many tenants left.
Advice to the owners
Start fixing broken bldg, clean the garbage area and the backyard more often, and communicate with tenants – do all these basic things would improve it.
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