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J

Joel Landau

Site Manager·4 buildings·19 units
3.0

6 reviews

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Evictions
4
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Review summary

Summarized from anonymous rental reviews on Openigloo.

Recent tenant feedback for buildings managed by Joel Landau reveals a pattern of management challenges. Residents frequently report unresponsiveness from him and slow processing of maintenance requests, contributing to dissatisfaction. Multiple reviews cite issues with pest infestations, water damage, and mold, highlighting inadequate building upkeep and cleaning. While some buildings feature attractive elements like high ceilings, laundry facilities, and good natural light, these positives are often overshadowed by problems like poor insulation, heating issues, and improper garbage management. Tenants advise significant improvements in communication, timely repairs, and overall maintenance to elevate living conditions under this landlord's management.

Reviews

Former tenant·11 months ago

Avoid at all costs!!!

Pros

High ceilings, decent water pressure, relatively quiet street

Cons

Apartment 1L has had four different sets of new tenants in ONE YEAR. Why? The building has no real water proofing anywhere. Any time it rains, 1L WILL FLOOD, GUARANTEED. 1R will also see water but way less than 1L. 1R gets all the water that pools in 1L (fun!) There has been aggressive mold and mushroom growth, moldy walls and closets, beetle infestations from the rotting wood, bubbly walls from water damage and leaks, and more. There was also an insane rat infestation that went on for months without the landlord doing anything about it. Even the exterminator came once and was shocked at how indifferent management was about everything (the exterminator took it upon himself to make sure WE were comfortable -- gave us advice and was on call for us just as a nice gesture!) Generally speaking the property manager/landlord Joel is absolutely a horrendous slumlord. You can submit a ticket in the portal, he’ll call you, and then nothing else will happen at all. The maintenance guys are very inexperienced and are ill-equipped to do anything. The building is every rarely cleaned (the ground floor hallway is swept once a month), trash is often overflowing, trash disposal is never done correctly and things will sit and rot for weeks, and the building gets nonstop fines from the city for improper disposal. If you need anything fixed in your apartment you better be super handy because no one is coming to do it for you. The super is a ghost. Lastly the rear apartment/"house" is a revolving door of temporary tenants. Most don't care about the building at all as they are transient.

Advice to the owners

DO LITERALLY ANYTHING, PLEASE.

Former tenant·Over 1 year ago

Overpriced too small

Pros

I liked the intercom system and laundry and basement room. Roof was also great

Cons

Utility issues, things in apartment were falling apart

Advice to the owners

More responsiveness

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  • 1877 Madison Street

    1877 Madison Street

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    Good cause

    234 Stockholm Street

    2.9(2)

    Bushwick

  • 22 Catherine Street
    Good cause

    22 Catherine Street

    2.6(2)

    East Williamsburg

  • 22 1/2 Catherine Street
    Good cause

    22 1/2 Catherine Street

    East Williamsburg

1877 Madison Street

1877 Madison Street

3.3(2)

Ridgewood

234 Stockholm Street
Good cause

234 Stockholm Street

2.9(2)

Bushwick

22 Catherine Street
Good cause

22 Catherine Street

2.6(2)

East Williamsburg

22 1/2 Catherine Street
Good cause

22 1/2 Catherine Street

East Williamsburg

Building ratings

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Heat

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Rents and deposits

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Renters received their security deposits back

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Electronic rent payments

Open violations

From past 10 years · Updated 5 days ago

Average violations per unit for this owner or associate is worse than the city average.

Owner average1.26Violations per unit
NYC average0.81Violations per unit
3Class C
Immediately hazardous

Rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts

5Class B
Hazardous

Smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways

15Class A
Non-hazardous

No peephole on a door, no street number on the building, unlawful keeping of animals

1Class I
Missing info

Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings

J

Joel Landau

Site Manager·4 buildings·19 units
3.0

6 reviews

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