Once you submit an anonymous review for this building (or any other) you will gain access to the entire openigloo platform
Violations, Complaints, and Requests in The Past Year
A violation is issued to a building when a city inspector from Boston's Office of Housing validates and confirms a complaint made to BOS:311 and the City's Inspectional Services Division. The violations listed below are open violations that have yet to be addressed or have not been confirmed as resolved by the city.
Only open violations from the last 10 years.
Data last updated 5 months ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0 violations per unit
BOSTON CITY AVERAGE:
Less than 0.01 violation per unit
0
Housing Violations
i.e extermination of insects, rodents and skunks, unsatisfactory living conditions...
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
Show all
0
Housing Complaints
i.e unsatisfactory living conditions, insufficient heat, pest infestation...
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
Show all
7
Building and Enforcement Violations
i.e testing & certification, certificate of occupancy, unsafe structures...
1 (loud / disrespectful) to 5 (friendly and considerate)
Noise Levels
1 (loud) to 5 (quiet)
Owner Responsiveness
1 (slow) to 5 (timely)
Pest Control
1 (lots of pests) to 5 (no pests)
Water Pressure
1 (weak) to 5 (strong)
Cleanliness
Garbage Management
Heat
Neighbors
Noise Levels
Owner Responsiveness
Pest Control
Water Pressure
Renter Recommendations
--% of renters recommend this building
--% of renters approve of this owner
Rents and Deposits
-- of renters received their security deposits back
It HAS NOT been reported if this building accepts electronic rent payments.
Reviews (1)
2 stars
1 month ago
Do yourself a favor and live anywhere else
Former Tenant
Pros:
Came furnished (used to be an Airbnb). Location is convenient, close by to many restaurants, cafes, and train stops.
Cons:
Landlord claimed that they hired cleaners prior to move-in, but the place was dirty upon handover (mold in showers, sticky cabinet interiors + exteriors, dusty). There was a mice and rat infestation while I was a tenant here, mostly arising from the fact that the landlord did not provide trash bins and garbage “management” was just throwing your trash bags on the curb of the street. As you can imagine, this attracted all sorts of pest. When asked about getting a trash bin, the landlord responded it was not possible because there was no place to store it in the building and the salon owner on the first floor of the building would not allow us to share trash bins with them. Came to discover that the landlord and salon owner had underlying tension because the landlord tried to evict the salon owner in the past when trying to gentrify the area. The community rallied around the small business owner, and the two parties eventually settled out of court, but the damage was done. The pest/vermin issue remained unresolved for over two weeks.
Laundry machine in-unit broke while I was running a load and the landlord did not fix it for over a month. I ended up having to find a handyman on my own in order to retrieve my wet clothes…. Told us to do laundry at the laundromat in the nearby apartment building in the interim, but that laundromat was only available to residents of the other apartment.
Heating was electric and incredibly inefficient; it was very expensive to stay warm during the Boston winters.
The landlord is greedy and does not care about the community, as evidenced by the ill will that the neighborhood establishments hold against them. However, the landlord does not care because they have never lived in the area and are more interested in getting an easy paycheck.
Advice to owner:
Resolve tenant concerns in the timely manner, and solution around a garbage management process that won’t continuously attract pest/vermin.