Old old building across from the projects
Pros
It’s close to the L train, and Grand St has a wide range of businesses.
Cons
Feel unsafe across from the projects. Top floor tenants filled hallway with their junk, and wouldn’t let in the exterminator or plumber, so a leak developed and yup, the apartment below theirs got a shit ton of roaches. *My* apartment. So fuck them, and fuck the landlord for not putting his foot down.
Advice to the owners
If you like it when tenants break leases, keep doing what you’re doing.
large apt but many issues.
Pros
proximity to L train.
Cons
There is no email for the landlord, he uses simple phone only with voicemail and cannot accept videos and or pictures. I’ve had quite a bit of issues where video and pics are helpful to understand the issue. Feel like this is a way to not have a paper trail of apt or building issues. He is however very responsive to phone calls/message. On move in day; apt was not cleaned AT ALL - everything was dirty!! No fresh paint, so many nail holes in the wall. Previous tenant's cat hair and her own hair and faux nails were everywhere, seemed like she moved out the only the day before. When I called super/landlord about this, they sent someone to patch up the holes, but they filled them with kitchen caulk, messily!!! I have never once moved into a space where it was not cleaned, or a fresh coat of paint was applied. Hardwood floors are very beat up, looks like they have been reglazed over many times, capturing up other people’s hair, glitter, paint and dirt into the finish – making them forever dirty. Just about 80% of the power outlets are installed either sideways or upside down making this centuries plugs not stay in. Huge lack of outlets in bathroom, kitchen and 1st room area. Built in cabinet/drawers have been painted over so many times you they do not close. There are roaches and silverfish, there is a man who comes unannounced and just knocks on the doors to spray pesticide (I have a huge problem with this – you can’t come spray in someone’s home when they have pets, we need time to move things around and keep them away while the areas are treated). When I asked the older polish looking man to create a schedule so all of us tenants would know, didn’t seem like he understood technology enough to do it. He does give you sticky traps, but overall, I feel like the spray is not safe for my cats so I really don’t like him coming in to spray. In the summer had a huge ant issue, they were traveling from back of the building up floors and getting into apt from small cracks on the back wall. I had to fill up every crack with sealant – this did helped. I have not seen any rodents, but they can be heard scratching inside the walls. Very loud street, projects are across the street, ppl always outside mostly thurs ~ sunday playing radio loudly day and evening, holiday weekends expect music and drinking to go on till 1 or 2am. Last year 2 kids were shot in daylight around 3pm in the project courtyard right across my living room windows (some school altercation traveled to the apt building), i think they survived (according to the citizen app) but was very alarming!!
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