All 104 tenant reviews.

“Pros: Management has always been responsive Cons: Super takes a while to fix things”

“Unit 5C Pros: The building super is very nice and friendly. Unbeatable price. Cons: Management could be more responsive Advice to landlord: Be more responsive”

“Unit 5D Pros: The finishes are modern. We have in unit laundry. Decent rent price. I haven’t experienced rats. Cons: Management did not clean the apartment prior to move in despite saying they would. The place was filthy. Management takes forever to respond. Our stove barely works. Our hot water didn’t work for the first 2 weeks we lived there, now it’s fine but there are days sporadically without hot water. Our washer dryer broke, and it took 2 months to get it replaced. There are random people who smoke weed in the entry way and just hang out. They don’t care about their tenants or maintain the building. A roach in the building will appear once in a while. Advice to landlord: Care about your tenants. Don’t treat them like garbage. Some basic respect goes a long way.”

“Pros: Location is amazing, incredible neighborhood with lots of amenities, super central and access to lots of green space, I feel safe, even walking late at night Cons: It seems like out of nowhere management has gotten a lot worse or we’ve just had a lot of bad luck with our apartment. Issues with washer and dryer, doorbell, outlets, and pests (cockroaches) with slow, passive aggressive resolution (or lack thereof) from management”

“Unit 4w Pros: neighbors seemed nice, didn't see them much. didn't have any noise issues. Cons: dirty inside and outside. management ignored our pleas for help with pests. Advice to landlord: get a new job”

“Unit 6C Pros: In unit laundry, in unit dishwasher, lots of cabinet space, taller ceilings. Cons: Not a ton of natural light in my apartment. No natural light in main living space. 6th floor walk up no elevator, apartment infested with cockroaches, street infested with rats. Advice to landlord: Better pest control”

“Pros: none it was horrible Cons: apartment was filled with cockroaches and the whole street was infested with rats”

“Unit 2D Pros: Nothing nice to say Cons: RATS EVERYWHERE Fake Landlord THIEVES EVERYWHERE ROACHES TF Advice to landlord: find a new landlord”

“Unit 2B Pros: super was responsive, convenient location close to Columbia. Cons: no central heating, there were electric radiators installed so the electricity bill in the winters were high also the stairs smelled bad, kind of like garbage and old homes, but the apartment smelled fine there was laundry in unit, but it was a washer and dryer in one and it didn't fully dry the clothes. Also it kept breaking down because the filter was clogged or something, people came to fix it but it would break within a week”

“Unit #LL Pros: apartment was spacious, that's all. Cons: There's rats outside the building, inside the building, everywhere. In the winter - my apartment heat wasnt working I had to bug the management for more than a month and a half before anything was done. Hot water keeps going out and they do nothing about it. Advice to landlord: Sell this to some management who actually knows what they are doing.”

“Unit 2D Pros: The neighborhood is good Cons: The landlord sucks All my packages get stolen Rats everywhere Advice to landlord: Lower the cost of living”

“Pros: landlord responsive to most tickets. Cons: in unit laundry units dont work well”

“Pros: Used to be affordable Cons: Rent getting expensive but absolutely no improvements to the building”

“Pros: - tickets are USUALLY resolved in a week - some neighbors are really nice - fairly safe Cons: - rats everywhere on the street - building smells like cigarettes - some tickets can take over one month to fix - roaches Advice to landlord: please fix rat and roach problem”

“Pros: Good location with lots to do in the area so you don’t have to spend time in the apartment! Cons: Horrible people, the lock on my deadbolt broke and they refused to send me help. Live wire in our dish washer, infested with everything, over priced, disgusting”

“Unit 3 Pros: CLOSE TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND RESTAURANTS CLOSE TO SUBWAYS CLOSE TO BANKS WALKING DISTANCE TO PARKS Cons: CORRUPTING LEASE CHANGING LEASE AGREEMENTS BASEMENT INFESTATION BASEMENTS LEAKS ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OFTEN HARRASEMENT OF TENANTS CEILING COLLAPSING ROOF LEAKING MASSIVE INFESTATION , MANY RATS EVEN INSDE APARTMENTS FLIES BATHROOMS ALWAYS OVERFLOWING, FLOODING POOR MAINTANANCE DRUGS EASILY AVAILABLE , NOT SAFE FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN WALLS PEELING DIRTY WALLS SINKS FALLING ON THE GROUND Advice to landlord: MAYWEATHER SHOULD GET HIS MONEY BACK , HE BOUGHT A BADLY MANAGED PROPERTY FALLING APART”

“Pros: Units are clean, and decently renovated Cons: Some issues with pests such as cockroaches, inconsistent communication with property management,”

“Pros: - Outside was well maintained. -Great neighborhood - Good neighbors - Relatively clean Cons: - Sometimes slow to respond - Maintenence issues Advice to landlord: Rent for a year and reassess”

“Unit 2 Pros: I loved the neighborhood and it was fun being near delicious restaurants. Cons: BUGS that they did nothing to get rid of. CRAZY RATS in front of the building. Incredibly unresponsive management. I left my unit covered in bites from carpet beetles”

“Pros: Near Columbia, large living space Cons: We had an infestation of rats (on second floor) due to holes in the wall, the super came multiple times to fix it and the rats kept coming in. We talked to others in the building that had same problem. There were also always tons of rats on the street due to trash. Ended up terminating lease early. Washer took forever to dry, the entrance to building was broken and unlocked for months and the super didn’t fix it”

“Unit 4W Pros: Good location, size and pricing. Relatively responsive management. Cons: Ongoing problem with cockroaches. While management would send pest control when requested, the problem would often reoccur every fee months as it seemed to be a building wide problem. Advice to landlord: Maintain cleaner building and address pest issue more thoroughly”

“Pros: Nicely renovated, good super and handyman Cons: Terrible responsiveness from property managers”

“Pros: Good location Close to subway Cons: - Super dirty with dead and alive Rat - trash bed treats - water leaking behind the wall cause mold all over the place - management does not care at all throughout a lot of phone calls and emails -Super comes in to the apartment without notice Advice to landlord: If you don't want to work in this field. Just don't”

“Pros: It’s modern on the surface and quite Cons: Roach infestation in every room. With droppings in every room. Killed close to 75 in one day. Advice to landlord: Fix the pest issue”

“Pros: Location. Near Columbia campus Cons: Rodent infested, owner do not care about maintenance, dirty, not safe, no elevator”

“Pros: Lots of space and great location. Cons: Rats in the walls, rats on the streets, rats in the building, flies everywhere in the summer, a burst pipe, need I go on? The church next door plays loudly on weekend mornings, and also some weekday nights. Advice to landlord: The entire building needs to be cleansed of rats and pests. Badly.”

“Pros: Relatively cheap and affordable, close to Columbia Cons: Large amount of bugs in the building, very little sunlight. One of the cabinets was installed in such a way that it couldn't be closed.”

“Pros: - Amazing location, 1 block from subway - Cheap eats - Located next to three parks - Classic NYC apartment look - Friendly handyman and garbage man - Pet friendly Cons: - Super was generally irresponsive - Multiple low level violations in apartment - Sometimes had small cockroaches”

“Unit 4A Pros: There are two pros the cleaning staff and the fact it is close to the subway Cons: Everything else. I complained about black mold, broken door, broken dryer, and it never got fixed. The property manager Chay Brito has "lost" payments even with proof of cash. Advice to landlord: Get a property manager that actually does their job and not misplace their finances”

“Unit 2C Pros: Great location, a lot of long time tenants and Columbia students at the building. Cons: Building looks very aged and run down. Rusting fire escapes on the outside, dimly lit corridors, loose tiles on the stairs, crappy paint job in public areas. Major issue with package theft, there are some shitty neighbors in the building who steal with impunity, largely because the landlord refuses to do anything (including cctv footage) unless there is a police report (good luck getting that from the NYPD). Our apartment has a roach issue despite our best efforts to keep it clean. Landlord won’t do anything about it beyond sporadic ‘pest control’ efforts. Our dishwasher has been broken for over three months. Hot water is barely available. Our living room heat baseboard was not functional for months, nor was our intercom. Advice to landlord: Stop being a slumlord!”

“Unit 1B Pros: The location is great, very close to the 1 stop at 110th. Cons: The building has paper thin floors, and no way of enforcing any sort of quiet hours at all. It's one thing to hear upstairs neighbors when they walk, but in this building the upstairs neighbors can actually rattle the walls they are so loud. It's possible it's just the tenants in 2B, but I'd worry about living below any neighbors here. Also the water is routinely either 80 degrees or 200 degrees. Not possible to take a shower at 9am. Advice to landlord: Please quiet neighbors who receive noise complaints or enforce a minimum carpeted surface rule in the lease.”

“Unit 1 Pros: Good neighborhood. Literally nothing else. Cons: Right off the bat, we were told heat and hot water was included in our rent but come winter we started getting charged for heat. Management said (despite our lease) we were responsible for heat. From the day we moved in we had pest problems. Rats scurrying in the walls, dozens of flies, spiders, and ROACHES. The entire apartment is infested with German roaches. We also had mold that was ignored by management. It took several months for management to take any of our concerns seriously and when they finally replied to us they refused to take responsibility for the issues and would not help us. We moved in at the end of April and I ended up leaving the apartment in December to stay with my family because the apartment was uninhabitable. The landlord offered to let us break the lease at that point but were unwilling to return our security deposit so we said no. Then a couple weeks later the Department of Buildings responded to a complaint we filed and after surveying the apartment the determined it was “perilous to life” and we were told to vacate the apartment. The landlord is letting us break the lease and is returning our deposit. NO ONE SHOULD LIVE HERE. Advice to landlord: Take the health and safety of your tenants seriously.”

“Pros: Never had issues with stolen packages. In-unit laundry. Great distance from Riverside, Morningside, and Central Park and the 1 and B/C. Good stores down on Amsterdam Ave, pretty chill area. Cons: Hot water issues almost every other week. Unfortunate combination of an old structure + bad maintenance throughout the years. Badly constructed in kitchen & bathroom - gaping holes in the cabinets. The bathroom is tiny, making everything prone to mold - management won’t fix the vent in the bathroom and says to just open the window. Mice issues. Listing the apartments with no broker’s fee guarantees that they will always have people clambering to get in (and means they don’t have to fix maintenance issues long-term bc people never renew, so the new people go in blindly). Advice to landlord: Replace the boiler!”

“Pros: This building is in an excellent neighborhood, and by assessable transportation Cons: See for yourself. The Porter comes once a month, and barely brooms, mops, or cleans the stairwells at all. He uses a dirty mop when he does clean. Random strangers come in and out of a couple of the apartments as if this is a portal. Some of the neighbors don’t know the other neighbors because of the random activity. This is a rent stabilized building, primarily, and that’s why they don’t care to keep it up. Advice to landlord: Please sell to someone who cares. This is the filthiest building on the block. The neglect is considered harassment.”

“Pros: You can never hear your neighbors. Cons: Management does not care about their tenants. There is a huge roach infestation and they do not do anything to help! They spray a treatment that does not work and will also not make arrangements for pest control to come when you are available. The buzzer doesn't work so we had to walk down flights of stairs to let people in. The washer/dryer does not work and they also do not care to fix it.”

“Pros: Honestly, I can't think of any. Our dishwasher worked? Cons: -Unit had consistent cockroach and mouse problem, which management ignored -After they refused to help, a mouse eventually got into the inner fan of our fridge and left its poop there, spreading the poop across the whole fridge. Management didn't replace our fridge for months, only replacing after we threatened legal action -Management would raise their voices and hang up the phone when we mentioned issues -They tried to claim they never received our security deposit, trying to scam us into paying it again (we luckily had proof it had gone through) -Our in-unit washer/dryer never once worked and never once was replaced by management despite repeated inquires -The bathroom had consistent black mold problems -One time a 311 inspector came to observe the pest issues; after noting that it was indeed a problem, he said "this landlord is whack", he'd had to deal with them so many times Don't live here”

“Pros: Location is great and safe. Cons: Extremely small apartment Super is unresponsive Old building”

“Unit 5D Pros: quiet street, close to the train and great local businesses Cons: no elevator, tight staircase”

“Unit 16 Pros: Great starter apartment post college. Wonderful to have an in unit washer and dryer. Cons: Small bedrooms, faces a brick wall”

“Pros: The super was really helpful. Also had a monthly exterminator you could sign up for. Cons: The landlord took little action to fix the broken laundry unit until we had to keep pushing them to have it replaced. This particular unit had very little sunlight and was very small for the price of rent. There were also occasional mice. The pipes were also extremely loud for some reason and would make constant banging noises throughout the entire day and night.”

“Pros: Great natural lighting in one of the rooms Cons: It was so gross, the walls and floors had years of gunk. Many rats on the street.”

“Unit 4E Pros: Nice neighborhood and close to the parks Cons: Unit was beat up when we moved in and whenever someone is doing laundry the walls shake and you can hear everything.”

“Pros: Good location next to columbia and other amenities Cons: incredibly non transparent rental and renovation process, gave us our apartment 10 DAYS LATE, put a "sight unseen clause" despite us viewing the apartment. Washer and dryer in unit had been advertised but it was broken the whole time and they did not compensate us for it. lots of cockroaches, poor finishings, bad renovation, bad building maintenance (our doorbell was broken for a long time and they would not fix it). We had a mold infestation and the super came into our apartment and said he would just be fixing the smoke detector (that does not work) he then proceeded to paint over the mold, splashing paint over all of our bathroom belongings.”

“Unit 3E Pros: Nice area, surprisingly quiet, and a really nice first apartment. Cons: Ended up with: Full on German roach infestation, TWO mice, broken fridge when we moved in that took 2 weeks to replace, DEAD silent property manager—Alexis does NOT do his job”

“Unit 5E Pros: This unit seemed nice—it has a dishwasher and a washer/dryer but the washer/dryer came broken so don’t be fooled. The only good thing is that the unit is rent controlled. Cons: No hot water Bed bugs in the building that were NOT stated in the lease like they’re supposed to be. The absolute rudest and unresponsive management Washer/dryer came broken We were approached by a non profit to help us because this management is so notoriously bad. When I say run away from this unit and anything managed by the same company, I mean sprint. Plus neighbor blasts music for hours on end into the early hours of the night Advice to landlord: Stop scamming people and actually take care of your properties”

“Pros: location is phenomenal, close to the 1,2,3 and great bars and restaurants. Cons: 109th st between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave is a rat haven. On top of that there were roaches in the building and the water temp and pressure was very poor. Advice to landlord: Drop the price, no one should pay 3K plus to rent a room in a tiny apt infested with roaches and then have to walk through hundreds of rats to get home”

“Pros: Quiet, secure, no issues with mail or packages Cons: There is a HUGE rat problem on w 109th in the building's surrounding area, since there are constantly piles of trash bags on the sidewalk. Especially at night during the warmer months, you can't walk to the end of the block without passing several large groups there of rats scurrying around. The sink and shower drains also get clogged really easily. Advice to landlord: Implement a better garbage management system and get rid of the rats”

“Unit 3B Pros: - a lot of charm - good location Cons: - the entire block is entirely rat infested and the city and landlords don’t care - there is a roach problem in the building”

“Pros: Nothing really. It's very disappointing. Cons: The supers never respond. They promise to fix things and never do. The rats are literally the worst on this block out of all the surrounding blocks and they dont fix it. The front door lock is constantly being broken. When packages get stolen they dont offer a remedy. Advice to landlord: Hire people that will actually care about the building and the residents.”

“Unit 2D Pros: It hasn't collapsed while I was inside Cons: Rats everywhere Bugs everywhere Dogs piss all over inside of building Useless super Unresponsive management Advice to landlord: Sell the building to someone that isn't clueless.”

“Pros: Location, super is relatively responsive Cons: Vermin, run down, vermin! Advice to landlord: Fix the pest problem”

“Unit 2C Pros: Building was cheap. Renovated backsplash, tile, stainless steel appliances. Overall mostly student population or elderly folk. Cons: Rats infest streets from 108th - 113th, due to street conditions and outdoor trash. Building started leaking in the lobby and owner management was very poor - tried to hold our security deposit hostage. Advice to landlord: Need to wake up and realize that property management means you run a business, and thus are accountable to the people paying you thousands of dollars a month in rent. Simple repairs, keeping building operational, etc and communication are a prerequisite.”

“Unit 2D Pros: The size of apartment, in-unit washer/dryer, dishwasher Cons: So many roaches and mice. Rats surrounding and possibly in building. Lobby and common areas not kept in good condition. Bad paint jobs throughout building and in apartment and some with possible lead contamination. Packages opened and stolen. Apartment didn't have gas for 3 months so were left to use electric burners. Slow and unresponsive building management. Advice to landlord: Clean up and renovate the building. Hire new building super. Actually deal with pest problems. Upgrade apartment appliances.”

“Unit 2b Pros: In unit washer/dryer, except it broke often and took forever to get fixed. Nice super Cons: Very very small space. No elevator. Disorganized and unresponsive management. Was only given 30 days notice for a 200% rent hike. We had to reach out to receive that information. Unwilling to negotiate even though we were perfectly good tenants paying rent on time every month. Double check u aren’t being charged for heat separate from rent. ROACHES were a somewhat of a frequent issue Advice to landlord: Get better management”

“Pros: Great for starting out in NYC and if you have roommates. Cons: So-so living conditions. Not bad, not great. Advice to landlord: Lower the rent and stop converting one bedroom apartments into four bedroom apartments.”

“Unit 3c Pros: great area and great people that live in the building. Cons: rats, roach, and leaks oh my! Advice to landlord: more extermination must be done”

“Pros: Close to Columbia University, and lots of restaurants. Rooms except for the smallest are all quite spacious, high ceiling. Cons: Lots of buildings on that block on 109th street are pest infested. Apartment had mice and cockroaches. This apartment has many bedrooms but just one bathroom, so a little crowded”

“Unit 3B Pros: Floors, new appliances location Cons: Rent amount and overcharged Advice to landlord: N/a”

“Pros: Honestly not much. The price is okay, it’s rent controlled. Cons: Terribly managed. Smells like smoke. Common areas are disgusting. Poor construction. Roof leaks. The super NEVER responds. And when you can finally get ahold of him, he will say he’s coming by to look at whatever the problem is and then never shows. Advice to landlord: Manage your property? It’s not that hard”

“Unit 1A Pros: -Good location, right by the train and a 24/7 grocery -Quiet neighbors since the party teens moved out -Good water pressure and heat -Didn't bust us for having a secret extra cat Cons: -Hella overpriced for the space -Absolutely awful roach infestation, last month we weren't given a time frame for the exterminator so we missed them, month before that they told us the spray wasn't safe for our cats. I have to hide my toothbrush in my closet because I more than once found a roach on it, if I go into my kitchen right now I guarantee I'll see 5-6 roaches of varying sizes running around. It's disgusting and I'm ashamed to invite people here. -Bars on the windows of my unit that make it impossible to install a window AC, insanely hot summer temps -door buzzers sometimes broken for days at a time -super sometimes ignores his texts and there's no other way to request maintenance except calling the office which is not millennial friendly Advice to landlord: Do something more aggressive about the fact that the place is crawling with roaches, or at least tell us when the exterminator is coming and pick one that's pet safe Lower your rent my lord”

“Unit 1C Pros: - neighbours are mostly nice and courteous to each other - beautiful location right next to Broadway and the 110th subway stop - doesn’t get too loud at night - mostly older people, families, and Columbia students Cons: - management and maintenance is horrible; took them over a month to fix maintenance requests multiple times - management does not care about resident’s concerns; all they care about is $$$ - this part of W 109th St in particular is infested with RATS. The whole street to the stoops are filled with them. You will hear people screaming out on the street at night as they try to walk through all the rats running on the sidewalk - a children’s playground is across the street, you will hear them screaming and playing all morning and afternoon during weekdays Advice to landlord: Care about your residents. I doubt you will as you’re a corporate owner, but pretend to care just a little about cleanliness, price, and maintenance.”

“Unit 5A Pros: Neighbors aren't terribly loud, apartment itself was in good shape. Cons: The building itself clearly suffers from the amount of trash there is on 109th Street. Dirty building, tons of rats, higher floors were better but still a dirty building. Rental agency is who you correspond with, and they are awful. Unresponsive, constantly have to follow up about issues that aren't solved.”

“Pros: It’s in between Central on Riverside Park. It’s located right by major subway and bus stops Cons: It’s filthy within the stairwells of the building. Advice to landlord: Have consistency with the Porter cleaning the building a few times a week instead of once every two months.”

“Unit 5B Pros: Great location, our apartment was renovated and so was beautiful. Cons: There are a lot of rats on 109th street at night. The super is unresponsive on text/call and will often ghost you. Cockroaches and house fly infestations. Advice to landlord: Please improve the responsiveness to apartment maintenance requests. Can something be done to fix the rat situation?”

“Pros: The neighborhood is pretty safe and nice Cons: I live on 2nd floor so barely no view or sun”

“Unit 4R Pros: good price, pretty, great location, good hot water and heat Cons: nobody responds, german roaches in the building, no bug screens Advice to landlord: get a better super and bug bomb / deep clean the place”

“Unit 3C Pros: Good location for Columbia students. Nice neighborhood with lots of amenities and only steps from the 1 Line. Cons: Severe roach problem in the building and rat problem on the street. Management is fine, the super is responsive but had alot of issue with the apartment including leaks, roaches, mold and a couple of days without hot water. Advice to landlord: Get the roaches and rats under control.”

“Pros: neighborhood is great! Cons: no sunlight. major issues getting landlord to be responsive about heating, had to self-insulate windows when it was snowing. also had issues with persistent maintenance issues (stuff falling apart, leaks) that went completely unresolved.”

“Pros: Convenience to restaurants, stores, etc. Lots of space in the apartment Cons: Cockroach infestation, poor response from management, we didn’t have gas for 4 months of living there. Trash outside all the time (leftover from trash day), more rats on the street than any other street, uneven steps, dirty hallways”

“Unit 3S Pros: in a nice neighborhood Cons: roach infestation since moving in that was never fixed, days without heat and hot water in the winter, property managers do not answer your emails and show up unannounced to your apartment, when we moved in it was dirtier than when we toured the empty apartment (as if someone had been squatting there), dead mice in the stairwells, roaches in the stairwells, smelly dirty stairwells in general, etc Advice to landlord: do your job”

“Pros: Sizeable living spaces, split with two other roommates, with high rent prices at a upcoming gentrifying place Cons: Lacking pest management/control, rats were able to seep into the front door and between gaps Advice to landlord: Provide pest control services”

“Pros: i liked how responsive the team was Cons: street was very dirty, full of garbage and rat infested Advice to landlord: Better garbage management”

“Pros: Safe neighborhood with good amenities. Cons: Poorly maintain and old. Heating system poor and no hot water available for toilet basin and washer and dryer not working.”

“Pros: Proximity to 1 Train & Columbia. Relatively quiet. Cons: Huge rat problem on the street and in front of building. Huge roach problem in building. Constant leaks/need of repairs. Advice to landlord: Deal with pests”

“Unit 5W Pros: Quiet, friendly neighbors, pest is under control, no mice Cons: The block is infested with rats so at night you have to walk in the middle of the street. Super is not very responsive, my dryer has been broken for 3 months and they still have not come to fix the issue. Advice to landlord: Be more responsive and lay rat traps in front of the building.”

“Unit 1B Pros: The ability to control the heat via thermostat was great. Cons: Inconsistent pest control measures, lack of due diligence with regards to repairs and maintenance. Noisy neighbors. Advice to landlord: Preventative maintenance instead of reacting to disasters would improve living conditions.”

“Pros: Conveniently located by Columbia's campus Cons: Roaches and Rats. The building has an exterminator come once a month to deal with the roaches but we still get 1-2 a week at least. At night the street outside from the apartment is always littered with rats Advice to landlord: Pester the city about the rats”

“Unit 54 Pros: Proximity to parks and trains Cons: Roaches. So many roaches. Unresponsive management. We had a hole in the ceiling for 2 months Advice to landlord: Actually respond fix things when your tenants call. (Waiting 3 months to get roaches taken care of is ridiculous)”

“Pros: The area is the only good thing Cons: If you are ok dealing with rats this is your place They run, scream, scratch at the walls, ceilings, and the smell is so strong that irritates your eyes In the garden apartment is so incredibly hot that two air conditioners working 24/7 all year aren’t enough to make you confortable And because living here isn’t horrible enough, the landlord bring a new lease with a 85% increase of the rent, almost the double!!! Advice to landlord: Please take care of the problems, living in this building is a dangerous health environment for tenants”

“Pros: Good COVID concession (2000/mo for 3 bedroom) In-unit washer/dryer Toilet plumbing is good Cons: Unresponsive super (our washer/dryer has been broken for months) Hot water doesnt always work Common areas not maintained (ceiling in lobby is always molding/falling)”

“Pros: Great neighborhood good neighbors Cons: Horrible management company. Mold for months. Fire violations. No response from management.”

“Unit 2R Pros: My apartment location , it’s near Columbia University , centrally located , amenities nearby, good transportation, safe neighborhood Cons: Corridors are filthy , walls not painted , steps are slippery people fall often , no response at all from super intended Loud and abusive neighbor , always fighting high, abusive neighbor. Lots of yelling and loud music on first . G neurally nice residents Too Many rats all over even on the walls , a high number of large rats outside , there are dead ones lying on the pavement, even people who walk past this building scream and run away from rats infestations . The staff argue when reporting damages , harass tenants. The management stands outside the building to harass tenants. They don’t fix even when begging them , writing to the management yield no positive results . Tom is lazy and acting so VIP? What is his job? Alexis is an abuser period, why is he always outside the building, does he ever work ? Always harassing people outside the building , manipulating HPD inspectors. This guy will cost the landlord millions from just litigation alone. Management like to open doors for strangers into the building without even a tenant knowing . There is no sense of ownership. Advice to landlord: His or her staff is lazy , due to their laziness , repairs are not done in time causing violations. They dismiss tenants and highly disrespectful towards clients. If the management did their job well. When clients ask you to fix something just fix it before the involvement of the courts . The tenants are treated like students in a boarding school. He must speak with Alexis about being professional, respectful or fire this abuser . Why does Alexis must accompanies that do repairs , all he does is to record tenants with his camera. What’s do you do with the recorded content that he has on his personal phone. Is it even allowed to record us in our apartments? Train your staff professionalism, he don’t do any work and don’t respect clients , he verbally abuses clients , accuses clients for things he should be doing . Make sure clients throw trash accordingly , put more signs if you have to . I have more later”

“Pros: Renovated appliances, no package theft, hot water and good water pressure, locked front door Cons: Some roaches, trash situation isn’t great so lots of rats outside at night, apartment was dirty upon move in, hallways are pretty outdated and dull. Advice to landlord: Simple paint and cleaning would spruce up the hallways. Wish apartment doors would lock automatically. Trash situation needs some attention to help with rats.”

“Pros: Garbage maintenance was good. Quiet neighbors. Mostly students. Location was good. Cons: Mostly students who don’t clean up after themselves which led to bugs/roaches. Their apartments were filthy with dirty floors. Maintenance takes a while to come fix a problem. Advice to landlord: Improve maintenance staff. Should do mandatory pest control for everyone.”

“Pros: clean, spacious, that’s it Cons: super literally hides from me, doesn’t respond. Dishwasher doesn’t even work just spills water. the 2 in 1 wash and dryer isn’t good. just washes the rest i have to air dry.”

“Pros: Nice apartment unit Cons: Terrible maintenance, dirty hallways and bug infestation within unit and building Advice to landlord: Do a full pest control on the building, it is disgustingly”

“Pros: Fairly close to campus, that’s it. Cons: Rats covered the streets, stairs were always dirty. Super never responded to our message”

“Pros: New construction, washer/dryer in unit, close to the subway and lots of great restaurants, quiet building Cons: My apartment was infested with cockroaches for over a year as a result of my next door neighbor. It was an absolute nightmare, and the super was fairly dismissive and at one point, he even said he didn’t believe me. It didn’t help that we had a revolving door of supers. While the building had monthly pest control services conducted, this didn’t do much if the problematic tenants wouldn’t let pest control enter. The problem was finally solved after nearly six months of constant texts and phone calls, when the neighbor agreed to let pest control “bomb” their apartment twice. I also identified where the pests were coming from: behind the washing machine and had the super seal it. Advice to landlord: When your tenant has a concern: believe them, and act rapidly.”

“Pros: Close to Morningside park and subway station Cons: Building management was unresponsive and did not address issues. Very difficult to deal with.”

“Pros: Friendly neighbors, clean building. Trash is always managed well. Quiet block. Close to everything you need. Cons: The management is responsive…but not communicative. Advice to landlord: Stop patching the problems with your building and spend the damn money to properly fix it.”

“Pros: The building appeared nice and newly renovated, there was a super and repairmen who regularly worked on the building. Cons: The building was owned and operated by a large corporation that didn’t care about tenants. They were forcing out long time tenants and cheaply renovating units to charge an insane amount. The cheap renovations led to pests, broken appliances, and astronomical electric bills. None of these issues were handled appropriately.”

“Pros: Updated appliances, in-unit laundry and lots of natural sunlight Cons: Roaches everywhere! Noisy street and loud neighbors, I didn’t get one restful nights sleep here. And Trash always overflowing in front of the building. And the building is dirty, dingy and gross. Overpriced for what it was. Advice to landlord: Take better care of your property. This building needs a gut renovation, it’s disgusting. Also need to get rid of the roaches.”

“Pros: Very close to the station Cons: Building management and noise on the street Advice to landlord: Na”

“Pros: In-unit laundry & new appliances. The front room has lots of natural sunlight. And my apartment came with a small tv already installed. Cons: Roaches are all throughout the building. The building is cruddy and old and is in serious need of renovation. Our upstairs neighbors were loud and obnoxious, stopping across the ceiling all throughout the night. And apparently they would never close the shower and would let water pool al across the floor, which began leaking into our apartment. The apartment also does not have a good heating system, it’s freezing in the winter and you con-Ed still costed hundreds of dollars a month. Also, the outside street is extremely lively and noisy from all of the restarting and bars on the corner. Not a great apartment for sleeping at night. Neither the “owner,” which is an unknown entity, or supers/building managers are very responsive or helpful. In fact, Alexis, the head super was very aggressive and rude when we expressed issues with our apartment. The apartment looks nice but was cheaply made and thrown together, the light fixtures were not installed well and would often loosen up and be left hanging from the ceiling by wires. Advice to landlord: Renovate this building. It’s disgusting! Get rid of the roaches. And respond to noise complaints more efficiently and effectively. I didn’t sleep for months while living in this apartment, which is why I ultimately moved.”

“Pros: this building is located conveniently about five blocks from Columbia University,  Cons: The building is infested with roaches and they do very little to maintain extermination standards. There are constant roach problems in this building and also major issues with heat and hot water. The radiator pipes gets so hot that it burns your skin and then a few days later they will be no hot water or heat for 24 hours. I wish I had never rented this place. Advice to landlord: spill needs a new boiler, extermination for roaches and other major repairs. you also cannot control the heat without opening the windows. several people have been burned in this building from the radiator pipes.”

“Pros: Laundry in unit, good water pressure, clean lobby Cons: Landlord is not responsive, cockroaches, student neighbors Advice to landlord: Be more responsive and helpful”

“Pros: Great location, close to subway Cons: Not super clean and the landlord isn’t very responsive Advice to landlord: Be more responsive to your tenants”

“Pros: the unit layout was nice Cons: building management would not make necessary repairs for FOUR MONTHS. constant emails were met with silence. they had to “fix” it twice because the first time they made the repair, they basically put two pieces of plywood over the water damage. negligent and dangerous. also building stairwell was disgusting. trash and dust everywhere. building maintained horribly. we had bedbugs in our unit June 2020. Advice to landlord: complete necessary repairs in an efficient manner.”

“Pros: New appliances, relatively cheap, gas and water included in lease Cons: Superintendent does nothing and Coso Apartments allows him to get away with it. We’ve had multiple instances where we asked Jose Baez to repair something, he said he would come the next day or send someone the next day, but nothing would happen and he would stop answering our calls. It was one thing when this was over our washer/dryer, but it was negligent when our lock broke, leaving us unable to leave the apartment since we couldn’t get back in. I had to call a locksmith myself. Additionally our bathroom doorknob broke, causing us to set up a primitive way of keeping the bathroom door closed until we figured out how to do it ourselves. Unprofessional on both the Jose Baez and on Coso Apartments for enabling him. Advice to landlord: Hire a more responsible super”

“Pros: Nice lobby, clean, renovated units, good sized rooms Cons: The block is a bit noisy Advice to landlord: Overall a good location especially for student renters”

“Pros: Fairly recently renovated, the super was amazing Cons: The mgmt company is so so bad, unresponsive, irresponsible and much nore Advice to landlord: Improve customer service, better coordinate move in and out, set up electronic payments”