Tenant Reviews for 10 JONES ST

The apartment might be old ... but the location is absolutely amazing. However, the management company is horrible to deal with. It takes forever for anything to get fixed properly. The super does the best they can but I don't think they have much support from their management. Furthermore, Linda is a not a nice person. I asked if my apartment could be repainted before I moved in (which is standard practice) ... unfortunately, Linda said you already signed the lease ... too late. And one other thing ... is it a pet friendly building or not. When I was living there, about 10 tenants had dogs ... and there were no complaints. Then I heard some of the longest tenured tenants were evicted because Linda decided to enforce the rule. Be consistent and clear with your rules.

I actually disagree with most of the opinions here. I have been living at 10 Jones Street for 5 years and I love the building and the management. Linda Berley has been a pleasure to work with. The new kitchens are beautiful. I would highly recommend this building to anyone!

I just moved into this building and I love it. Everything was made easy, from the lease signing to the move in. I agree that its definatly a great bang for your buck!

We've lived 2 happy years in this apartment. Best location and great space for the price. All apartments we've seen - including ours - have excellent spacious layouts and a great "vibe". It's not your typical luxury building (no doorman, the laundry's in the basement, no gold and marble finishes, no $4,000 refridgerator) but I think that's a plus... we'd rather have the large space with plenty of closets, the subway access and the best-in-town butcher and fish place right across the street than pay through the nose for all those premium condo services. If you are looking for a great space minus the white-glove excess that's so du-jour in this city for some reason, this building can't be beat. I am a 11 year new yorker by the way and trust me, you are not going to find much better at this price range.

I was a tenant for a year at 10 Jones Street, and am glad I moved out. Abington Properties is an atrocious landlord, and the other reviews are right: ------------ is terrible to deal with. I don't mind if a manager is rude or brusque, so long as he or she is rational, fair and efficient, but ------ is none of the above -- excepting the rude and the brusque, of course. She also refuses to accept any responsibility for anything, and instead transfers you to her colleagues' voicemail, who inevitably say it's not their concern. You end up going around in circles. <br><br>Nobody at Abington returns multiple phone calls. I found that the only way to get them to actually do something is to leave a message saying (politely but slightly threateningly), "I'll be coming by your office tomorrow", and only then do they call back. <br><br>The building itself is a shambles: They replaced the kitchens (which dated from about 1979) when I was there, but in the cheapest way possible, and I discovered that there were holes in the wall behind the backboards. The bathrooms are dreadful -- also seemingly dating from the 70s. Workmanship in all rooms is sloppy and cheap. <br><br>It took more than two months for Abington to return my security deposit -- and they subtracted nearly $1000 for "administrative fees" ($200!), "painting" and "cleaning" -- all of which they claimed were "standard" charges. They know you can't do anything about it, and so they exploit the situation. These people are disgraceful.<br><br>I've rented a lot of places in NY, and I've dealt with a lot of landlords, all of whom have been fine and efficient. Abington, however, is in a whole different league of incompetence, laziness, and pure spite towards their tenants. Go somewhere else. Abington and its employees ought to be ashamed of themselves. There are thousands of other landlords in Manhattan -- avoid this one.

Was going to rent a place with this management company 6 weeks before lease start! Within 24 hours decides against it based on the reviews on this website. We also dealt with ------------ who I agree is --------------! She was completely and utterly unprofessional, uncourteous and just plain rude and hung up the phone on me all because I decided not to rent out her place! This after I paid the $130 credit fee. She did not lose anything and will most likely rent the place out to the next poor chap. I can't imagine this woman being my landlord - that would be one hellatious year! Glad I backed out so soon.

The building has mice, the rents are too high for what you´re getting. <br> <br> <br>Dealing directly with Abington Trust - the building owners is like pulling teeth. <br> <br>Linda Berley in particular is one wretched wench to avoid. <br>