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Anonymous
3 years ago
Pros: Great physical space; big apartment for what it is Cons: 2nd avenue has gotten very seedy; have to exit building to access package center and fitness center; unresponsive management
Anonymous
3 years ago
Pros: Responsive maintenance. Large complex with doorman and security. Some cool events. Cons: Lots of construction. Immediate vicinity of building is not super nice. Air conditioning is old and loud.
Anonymous
3 years ago
Pros: very clean nice building fun events no pests quick responding to maintenance requests Cons: laundry is not in unit only in building far from subway trains
Anonymous
3 years ago
Pros: Good place to live! Cons: My heat in my apartment was weak but not in others Advice to landlord: None
Anonymous
3 years ago
Pros: Balcony and good appliances Cons: Priced as a luxury high rise but not l luxury
Anonymous
3 years ago
Pros: Staff. Location. Staff. Location. Cons: Overpriced. Misleading advertising. They don't deliver on their end of the deal as far as what you originally sign up for when signing lease. MAJORLY regret renting from Kips Bay Court. They are trying to raise our rent by OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for the lease renewal. We didn't even get what we paid for w the last lease and now they're INCREASING THE RENT?! By THAT much???? It's abhorrent. Honestly. Disgusting. Charging between $4,000-$5,000 for a one bedroom in a building that should ACTUALLY be going for $2,000-$2,500 MAX. IF THEY'RE LUCKY! Just because they slap on some paint, offer a key fob, tell you there's "bike storage" (& what they DON'T tell you is that this "bike storage" is AT ONE BUILDING ONLY - the building furthest away from mine) - does NOT make the building a "luxury building" as claimed! Luxury buildings have COMFORTABLE, TEMPERATE PUBLIC SPACES! The elevatoR (singular) is NOT air conditioned. The hallways on each floor are NOT air conditioned. There's not even a single bit of air flow while you're waiting 20min for the ONE elevator to finally show up. Luxury building my ASS!!! How dare they try to charge what they're trying to charge for rent. The audacity is astounding. Highly do NOT recommend renting @ Kips Bay Court/Beam Living for the prices they're charging. Unless you don't care about having only one 1 of the 2 elevators in service for you for the entirety of your lease, an archaic laundry room w money cards from a machine that only take $20 bills and higher, NO debit cards, NO credit cards, NO smart card online adding $ features, AND NO ATM avail in the laundry room even FOR YOU TO TAKE OUT CASH for the stupid money machine! 4 out of 10 washers working correctly SOMETIMES, 2 out of 10 dryers actually DRY your clothes, the "free" internet and cable they lure you in with is CONSISTENTLY UNRELIABLE! OMG I could go on but I'm going to leave it there. My most valuable piece of advice: if touring apts at Kips Bay Court, ASK LEASING AGENTS IF THERE WILL BE ANY MAJOR (or minor) renovations in the upcoming months! Cuz if you don't ask that specific question they sure as hell aren't going to tell you. Had I known ONE elevator would be out of service for 12+ months, I NEVER WOULD'VE RENTED. Had I known the hallway on my floor would've been out of service for 3+ months, I never would've rented. Had I known every other freakin day the ONE elevator that IS in service would be TAKEN OUT of service, I never would've rented. Had I known that water from faucets would come out brown mid -showers, mid-washing dishes, mid-pouring water to heat up for tea, on a weekly basis, I never would've rented. I didn't know any better to think to to ask those types of questions. So plz, take my advice, ASK so you can actually make a truly INFORMED decision. Advice to landlord: Get your shit together. Charge what's appropriate. Tell people moving in that for the entirety of their lease they won't have access to half the amenities you offer so they can make an INFORMED decision about moving there knowing ALL the facts instead of the lies of omission that seems to be common practice amongst the leasing staff.
Anonymous
3 years ago
Pros: Clean building. Constantly updating Cons: Elevator maintenance, down 1 elevator
Anonymous
4 years ago
Pros: The building looks nice and there are several ammenities. Cons: The management company of this building had the nerve to jack up my rent $600/month in a building that does not have a working elevator. All the time and money spent renovating the elevator did nothing to actually fix the core problem resulting in literally daily breakdowns. This is a significant danger for residents in cases of an emergency, especially for the elderly and handicapped. Do they really expect them to walk up all those flights of stairs? The management company has done nothing to rectify the situation and ensure that the only functional elevator is fully operational. It is absolutely ridiculous the amount of money we spend on rent to have to deal with this on a daily basis. Advice to landlord: FIX THE ELEVATOR SO IT STOPS BREAKING DOWN!!!
Anonymous
4 years ago
Pros: The management company is quite responsive to any issues with the apartment building and once you have the right contact for each of your needs, they're very responsive and easy to speak with. Cons: The only items I didn't like weren't really in the building's control - i.e. local law 11 noise, they redid the elevators and hallways which took forever and was annoying when I lived on a higher floor. But now it's all renovated and the LL 11 work is almost done so much better.
Anonymous
4 years ago
Unit 14a Pros: Professional building management Cons: bad location, near lots of mental institutions and homeless shelters