Inadequate heat and hot water for a few years now
Pros
Great amount of space for what you're paying. It's a wonderful neighborhood with friendly neighbors. Certainly not Shamco's doing though.
Cons
Consistently for several years in a row there has been no or very little heat building-wide. 311 has been very slow to address these concerns. It will be 20-30 degrees out during the winter and the heat will come on maybe 30 minutes twice a day. They have installed anti-scald devices on many showers (so the water is barely hot), and when I've complained, I've been belittled and told the water is "good enough." They're just incredibly lazy and do not care at all about tenants.
Advice to the owners
Fix the boiler. Fix the water pressure.
Decent Rent and Space
Pros
-Not too expensive rent -Good amount of space in the apartment -Has elevator and laundry -And located about an 8 min walk from the train and close to buses -Has onsite super
Cons
- Management is very unresponsive and you have to follow up multiple times to get any response or anything fixed. -Elevator would take forever to come and was down multiple times -Has laundry but washers and dryers were down multiple times and there’s no ventilation in the basement and smells awful -Older building in need of repairs (paint chipping, cracks in the walls/floors, sloped and uneven floors) - Very low water pressure - Always people standing outside the building smoking or people smoking in the hallways/stairwells. -Does have a roach problem but they offer monthly exterminator services which did help ease the problem (but I will say it took months to see any progress and the exterminator only comes to tenants who sign up for it so they don’t service the whole building and probably never fix the true issue) -Trash cans are on the side of the building and are always overflowing with trash causing rats. - People always leaving trash in the elevator and hallways.
Advice to the owners
Clean and repair the building and be more responsive in helping tenants
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