Sheila Hyman

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Creator: Openigloo

Shareholder·8 buildings·136 units

3.9

12 reviews

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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Tenants report mixed experiences with Sheila Hyman's buildings. Many praise responsive and helpful supers, clean common areas, and convenient locations, particularly in the Upper East Side and Lenox Hill. However, recurring issues include pest infestations (mice, cockroaches), inconsistent maintenance, and slow or indifferent management responsiveness, especially regarding serious concerns like heating, gas outages, and building upkeep. Garbage management generally receives positive remarks, while noise levels and neighbors vary by location. Rent hikes and poor communication from the management detract from tenant satisfaction. Overall, expect well-located buildings with some maintenance responsiveness, but persistent issues in pest control and owner engagement remain areas for improvement.

Reviews

Former tenant·2 hours ago

good starter building, close to bridge exit

Pros

on the upper east side, close to trader joes

Cons

not a lot of natural light, expensive, small, and loud from bridge exit

Former tenant·8 minutes ago

Could be so great

Pros

Pre-war walkup with super-high ceilings, tall windows, hardwood floors, and great built-in storage. Decent-sized kitchen (for a studio) Good transport links on a quiet block

Cons

The landlord does not seem to care about maintaining what could be a gorgeous gem of a building. The front doors are falling apart, the communal laundry machines break constantly. The the communal “roof deck” is super tiny (the majority of the roof is considered a private roof deck for the penthouse) and the furniture has been broken since the day I moved in. Management does not clean communal areas and it is a battle to get any maintenance requests completed. Cockroaches are a problem in the summer. Any sound from the stairwell echos into the units so while you don’t hear much noise at all between units/floors, it’s incredibly loud if anything happens in the hallway (typically a problem when rowdy guests yell going up and down the stairs as most of the tenants are in their 20s); “renovations” are clearly done as cheaply as possible (the tiles in my shower are the same as the ones in the lobby and were not installed with waterproof materials so the porous grout falls out in chunks); they raise rents as high as the market allows and don’t seem to care about constant tenant turnover