“Pros: Large apartments, every room has a window, live in super, close to Prospect, close to trains Cons: You NEED the exterminator, NEED. Roaches, Waterbugs, mice in summer. Keep place super clean or old building will surprise you. Semi modern finishes (only kitchen updated). No laundry in some units. No dishwasher in some units. tenants may smoke in hallway. Woke up to fried fish smells and other pungent smells coming thru air ducts in my apartment, as well as thru shoddy doors. I wouldn’t do it. 10m ago I just saw the LARGEST roach I’ve ever seen out of nowhere. And my house is clean. There’s no escaping the downfall of this one. Advice to landlord: Please fine ppl who smoke in common areas & change garbage to outside drop”
— 45 HAWTHORNE STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Close enough to the park that I could minimize my time in the building Cons: Unresponsive landlord/property management company; water damage caused outside of unit left unattended for months; murder in building not addressed to tenants; front door regularly broken into; trash rooms not taken care of/bad smells Advice to landlord: sell your building to someone who cares”
— 45 HAWTHORNE STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: The walls are sturdy, location is great, hard wood floors and spacious. Cons: The landlord is extremely difficult to get a hold of. If something is broken or needs to be replaced, good luck. He will ignore you completely until you cause a fuss. The building owner/ manager is very stubborn and EXTREMELY cheap. They use standard leases but if you want any work done prior to moving in you must demand to put it in writing or it will never get done. Advice to landlord: Hire a landlord who responds to and takes care of the tenants when they have reasonable requests.”