5th floor ruins the building
Pros
The apt is huge and clean. Lots of space for HK.
Cons
The 5th floor is crack head hoarders who use the entire stairwell, front door way area, sidewalk, garbage area to work on stolen bikes and motor cycles. They smoke cigs in the hallway and bang all hours of the night. They often have homeless friends sleeping in the stairwell.
Advice to the owners
Be responsive to the issues and take responsibility that this neglect has gone in too long. Don’t blame tenant laws when there is plenty you can do.
Affordable but old
Pros
Cheap for the square footage, quiet bedroom, warm in winter
Cons
right above restaurant, the heat and noise come up from the restaurant kitchen into the back bedroom. It gets so hot it literally melts my skin care items during the day in the summer. The living room is by the avenue and very loud. Hot in summer, leaving window open leaves layer of black spot on EVERYTHING that is impossible to clean. Management is semi-responsive and slow to get things done. The BIG issue is pests!!! We’ve had mice at least once and roaches twice or so and the sign up for pest control in the hallway always has multiple units. Apt is super old and not well maintained - cracks in wall, gap between floorboard and wall all along the entire apartment, top layer of floor/varnish peeling. The day trash sorted through, the hallways reeks of rotting garbage. The bathroom vent has also been broken for years which the super said is a building issue. There are also many building violations
Advice to the owners
Better pest control, add building insulation, fix building ventilation system so bathroom fans work, fix building violations, don’t raise rent in the middle of pandemic and hound long term tenants for money who have never missed a payment before
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