VINEGAR HILL ASSET LLC · avg 2.5 ★★★★★ · New York City
“Unit 1R Pros: 1. Easy Commute- L train across the street 2. 24 hour deli next door that is clean and has a nice variety of items 3. Responsive landlord. Management usually responds within 30 minutes. 4. If you have a car, parking is pretty good. 5. No roaches or bedbugs! Cons: 1. A lot of rats. A lot. Hard to control. Rats in walls, floorboards, ceiling, between floor levels, chewing through concrete from front to back. Stampedes back and forth from street to back yard. Squeals in walls, chewing and gnawing all night. Afraid may come into the apartment. 2. Noisy neighbors. Very loud fighting and police activity, but not actual tenant. 3. Sewer issues with raw sewage over flowing into the basement living area. Flooding rain water inches at a time. A lot of damage that is not reimbursed. 4. No faucet in backyard, so not user-friendly". Unable to remove debris and garbage. Unkept and overgrown. 5. Garbage is out of control at times. Garbage is MWF with W for oversized and Recycling. Usually gets taken out once or twice per week, which adds to the rodent infestation. Garbage area is unkept and contributes to the pests- flies, rats, mice. 6. The building is not maintained well. It is often dirty and odorous.”
— 642 WILSON AVENUE · Brooklyn“Pros: Close proximity to train and the block overall is pretty quiet. Building is relatively clean and management company relatively responsive. Cons: Recurring pest issues including roaches and mice (no bed bugs, thankfully) Advice to landlord: Invest in better building maintenance and fix your cameras”
— 436 EAST 34 STREET · Brooklyn“Pros: Across the street from the subway Cons: ROACHES EVERYWHERE, CEILINGS CONSTANTLY LEAKED, WINDOWS HAD A CONSTANT DRAFT THEY WEREN'T SEALED PROPERLY, PLUMBING, ETC Advice to landlord: Tear it down and start over.”
“Pros: Location is great if you’re commuting into the city Heat is amazing in the winter - almost too amazing Cons: Management honestly sucks. Communication is poor. It changes every two years without notice sometimes”
— 3013 NEWKIRK AVENUE · Brooklyn“Pros: There are no pros living here. Cons: Management/ super have no sense of urgency when there's a problem. Hot water was constantly out as the boiler was always broken. Old heating pipes caused leaks in the apartments below and they were slow to fix it even if it interfered with electrical. One electrical circuit per entire apartment that shorts especially in the summer when you have the AC on and want to microwave something. Advice to landlord: Get probably trained super and contract out advanced maintenance problems that one super cannot handle on his own. Care about people paying the mortgage especially when raising the rent annually. Upgrade your old exposed faulty one circuit electrical wires that's awaiting a fire hazard.”
— 1226 LINCOLN PLACE · Brooklyn“Pros: it is close to the train Cons: this was my worst living experience in new york. we lived in the 1R apartment and during that time dealt with rats, regular flooding, roaches, and carbon monoxide. the landlords only responded once we stopped paying rent, and would regularly attempt to extort tenants with random fees. even after i moved out, they fraudulently claimed my roommate and i owed them money for months where we did not even live in the apartment and we’re not part of our lease. the ensuing investigation found that in reality *they* owed *us* money. couldn’t recommend less. Advice to landlord: leave this profession”
— 642 WILSON AVENUE · Brooklyn