Would not recommend living here
Pros
There is a beautiful garden in the front that one of the tenants maintains. Left up to the owners it would be a weed patch. My apartment is spacious with lovely floors and prewar details. Rent stabilized. Pet friendly.
Cons
FILTHY garbage closets on each floor. The trash chute is beyond disgusting and to my knowledge has never been cleaned. The smell is horrific and often wafts into the hallways. The maintenance person tries but can't keep up with the daily filth. There are a few tenants who throw dirty recycles, pizza boxes (with food in them still!) and other food waste in the room, oftentimes on the floor. Cockroaches are a serious problem. Big ones and small ones. There is a monthly exterminating service that is very unpredictable - never know what time they will show up and it really doesn't seem to be helping anyway. In the winter, it is not uncommon for the heat to mysteriously shut off over a weekend when the office is closed. The basement, which is also the "laundry room", has no exit in the event of a fire. Windows are barred and there is no way out. It's a frightening thought that if something happens, you are trapped.
Advice to the owners
As a rule, I don't write reviews because they can be very hurtful and damaging. That's not my intention here. I am hoping that the owners see this and maybe care just a little. They know what needs to be done.
Repairurgent
Pros
I love my neighborhood and thick walls so you can't hear some people
Cons
When I moved in 20 years ago all appliances were not changed, they were clean but very old, no one is willing to replace them so I had to buy them, very hard to get renovation in the apartment, had to do it myself several times, mice, pipes are old
Advice to the owners
First, get someone more friendlier and happier at the front desk in the office, be more attentive to tenants requests
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