Awful new building owners/management and unresponsive super
Pros
3 minutes from the subway stop, elevator, laundry in-unit and in-building
Cons
The new building owners/management were behind in sending out lease renewals. They took over the building in March and our lease was up for renewal at the end of July. They didn’t get us our lease renewal until the second week of July. I had emailed the new property manager back in May asking about it. It’s not our fault that they were behind. They would only allow the two tenants staying in the apartment to have their names on the lease (two others moved out). We asked what their policy is for subletting (the other two rooms out of four) and they said they don’t allow it. Under the law if they follow the proper procedures, like sending in the info by notarized mail 30 days before and they qualify financially, then legally the landlord has no basis for denying the tenant the ability to sublet. We basically got forced out because how are two people going to be paying rent for an apartment meant for four people? One roommate sent in her last three months of rent using a money order since she was having trouble with her bank account. When we moved out they refused to look into their records of receiving a money order and they never gave us back any of our security deposit even the amount leftover if you were to deduct the rent they said wasn’t paid. When trying to get things fixed in the building or even when you were able to set a time for the super to come it was rare that it happened when they actually said it would happen.
Advice to the owners
Don’t push people out of a lease or refuse to sublease, that’s illegal. Get a lease renewal to people earlier than 20 days before the lease is up.
Good place but bad pipes
Pros
Nice space and location
Cons
Lots of issues with flooding
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