Old building with old building problems
Pros
High ceilings; affordable rent-stabilized building; very little noise from other apartments; convenient to buses and subways
Cons
Uninviting laundry room, also must have cash to use machines; garbage management poor; only one slow elevator, breaks down frequently; frequent heat and hot water issues; pest control an ongoing problem, less than prompt attention to tenant requests
Advice to the owners
Be more responsive to tenant requests for service. Simply being code-compliant is not the same thing as providing good service to tenants.
An unapologetically under maintained building
Pros
Location , location, location
Cons
Major issue, broken drain pipes caused major flooding in all G line apartments. The super was difficult to get a ahold of and did not act on the issue after seeing the damage. Property management agency emergency line was unresponsive.
Advice to the owners
Have someone to answer the phone for emergencies. It’s extremely unfair that we’re paying our rent for you to not even provide the services you say are offered.