229 East 13 Street,Manhattan, NY 10003
28 Units
•Built in 2008
•8 Floors
•Rent Stabilized Units: Unknown
Good Cause Eviction: Yes
Evictions: 0
Litigation History: No
1 Year Bedbug History: No
Pet Friendly: Yes
Building Overview
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In the past three years, this building had:
31 complaints
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Open Violations
A violation is issued to a building when a city inspector from
NYC's Department of Housing Preservation and Development validates and confirms a complaint made to 311.
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 4 days ago.
BUILDING AVERAGE:
0.07 violations per unit
NEW YORK CITY AVERAGE:
0.81 violation per unit
Non-hazardous
0
class A
i.e. no peephole on a door, or no street # on the building, unlawful keeping of animals
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Hazardous
0
class B
i.e. smoke detector issues, inadequate lighting, no lighting for stairways
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Immediately hazardous
2
class C
i.e. rodents, pest, mold, inadequate heat or hot water, defective building parts
MOST RECENT:
Oct 21, 2024: § 27-2005, 27-2007, 27-2041.1 hmc, §238, § 309; § 107 (2) ( c) mdl and 28 rcny §25-171: replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hinges at at vestibule door
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Missing information/filings
0
class I
Missing or non-compliant with administrative information orders or filings
MOST RECENT:
No violation found...
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Property Owners and Associates
M
Marijan Bernic
3.5(4)
Officer•
1 Property•28 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
S
Slavko Bernic
3(32)
Shareholder•
Head Officer•
13 Properties•246 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 1
B
Bernic Management LLC
3.1(16)
Agent•
8 Properties•187 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 1
K
Kristjan Vuga
3.5(4)
Site Manager•
1 Property•28 UnitsLitigation History: No
Evictions: 0
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Building Ratings
Cleanliness
1 (unmanaged) to 5 (well managed)
Garbage Management
1 (poorly managed) to 5 (well organized)
Heat
1 (faulty) to 5 (working)
Neighbors
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
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Pest Control
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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 (4)
3.25 stars
2 months ago
EVIL BROKER AND MANAGEMENT!!!
Former Tenant
Pros:
Balconies. Good size kitchen. Good location and quiet street. Building is fairly new with elevator. Washer/dryer in basement is nice to have.
Cons:
Apartment is owned by useless Vrbnik / Bernic Management team who is complicit in the broker John Preston's absurd scams toward residents. For a 2-bed turned into a flex 3-bed apartment, this man (who we have still never met or spoken to on the phone) required for insane fee of $3,500 per person, in addition to thousands of dollars for first month rent and security deposit. When asking for clarification or negotiation regarding these fees, he is extremely cold and says there is nothing you can do about it. Even if you re-sign lease or just swap out one roommate, he will make up new fees of thousands of dollars, even when the apartment won't be painted/cleaned between leases. Unfortunately there are basically no laws against brokers fees in NYC and this asshole is fully taking advantage of it. And even if you try to call Bernic Management staff directly, they try to redirect you to enemy #1 John Preston.
Maintenance guy is nice, but will only respond to texts if you have an absolute emergency. There were multiple instances in winter where we had to repeatedly ask him to switch on the building's heat because outdoor temperatures dropped FAR below the legal limit of 55 degrees.
In-unit washer/dryer is a joke, takes about 10 hours to run, sounds like a machine gun, and doesn't dry all the way. Elevator breaks too often, my friend got stuck in it. 90% of packages get stolen from the first floor lobby area and there has been no effort to combat this issue. Flex wall is basically plywood and cuts off all light from living room.
Overall, everyone involved in managing this building is trying to make as much money as possible at the expense of residents. There is some SHADY business going on behind the scenes.
Maintenance guy is nice, but will only respond to texts if you have an absolute emergency. There were multiple instances in winter where we had to repeatedly ask him to switch on the building's heat because outdoor temperatures dropped FAR below the legal limit of 55 degrees.
In-unit washer/dryer is a joke, takes about 10 hours to run, sounds like a machine gun, and doesn't dry all the way. Elevator breaks too often, my friend got stuck in it. 90% of packages get stolen from the first floor lobby area and there has been no effort to combat this issue. Flex wall is basically plywood and cuts off all light from living room.
Overall, everyone involved in managing this building is trying to make as much money as possible at the expense of residents. There is some SHADY business going on behind the scenes.
Advice to owner:
Do better. Get rid of this scam-artist broker, treat residents with f and please make any effort to stop package theft.
4.5 stars
5 months ago
Great building to live in
Former Tenant
Pros:
Elevator, clean, trash chutes on every floor, lots of light, no noise issues
Cons:
packages get stolen from lobby
4.38 stars
Over 2 years ago
Amazing True 2 Bed/Bath/Balcony in between EV & USQ
Former Tenant
Pros:
Lived here for 3 years so far! Absolutely love the neighborhood and you can't beat having 2 balconies, 2 bedrooms, dishwasher, & washer/dryer combo. Can't say I'll live in a better apartment in Union Square.
Cons:
Took multiple phone calls with the Super to get a handyman sent to fix our AC in summer. After resigning for a 3rd year, we asked for our bathroom to be re-gouted and maintenance to inspect the place just since it hadn't happened in so long, but ownership said no.
Advice to owner:
Try to eliminate the package theft problem...it's really bad.
1.75 stars
Over 2 years ago
I don’t think there’s a worse management company
Former Tenant
Pros:
Location of the building. That’s about it
Cons:
Property management and supers are non responsive, don’t even answer their phone really. Don’t fix items that need maintenance and the maintenance guy if he does comes out stands by the machine for five minutes, doesn’t do anything then just says “it works” and leaves.
Property manager refuses to call out a technician until “the super has seen it” even though he’s been out multiple times
Elevator breaks frequently. Called to tell the property management company one time and they asked me if I wanted to be the point of contact for the building for the elevator.
Hmmm that sounds like the job of a PROPERTY MANAGER I wonder where you could find one of those
Property manager refuses to call out a technician until “the super has seen it” even though he’s been out multiple times
Elevator breaks frequently. Called to tell the property management company one time and they asked me if I wanted to be the point of contact for the building for the elevator.
Hmmm that sounds like the job of a PROPERTY MANAGER I wonder where you could find one of those
Advice to owner:
Owner and management are lower than a snakes belly in a wagon rut