“Pros: clean and close to the train Cons: The surrounding buildings use the driveway to party in so the noise is pretty loud. The windows are not too solid so noise does permeate. Because the whole unit is electric including: heat, and water heating the average electric bill was $400. I saw a mouse in the time that I lived there but there was an exterminator.”
— 517 WEST 134 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Central AC / Heat, large sunny windows, elevator, spacious rooms, in unit washer dryer, clean trash chute. Cons: Construction on three adjacent buildings. Some pests/ mice but problem was solved after a few requests”
— 517 WEST 134 STREET · Manhattan“Unit 5D Pros: Nice layout of apartment, elevator pretty reliable, quiet building for the most part if you don’t face the street (somewhat depends on neighbors), appliances were new and worked well, rent stabilized Cons: Unresponsive management company: I personally never received my security deposit back/never got the breakdown for why it wasn’t returned I had mice for 4 months sent emails and called management office weekly and had to send pics of 7 mice I caught in traps for them to send an exterminator to fill and patch a hole behind the stove Livability: High energy bills to heat apartment in winter Apartment was made cheaply, walls not painted well so really easy to scratch, cheapest flooring in the market so easy to crack if you have heavy furniture or do more than walk around softly, doors not aligned so many doors scrape the frames and leave damage Advice to landlord: Respond to your tenants needs and know the law for nyc before you get sued out of your license”
— 517 WEST 134 STREET · Manhattan“Unit 6b Pros: Garbage chutes on every floor, elevators, balconies Cons: Mice were not properly dealt with from the garden next door Neighbors loud as hell Advice to landlord: Get the guy in the red truck to move out he sucks”
— 517 WEST 134 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: new building, good water pressure, big elevator, garage + bike rack Cons: mice problem super slacks off sometimes and nobody clears out trash the whole building is not well maintained no doorman so packages get stolen naturally”
— 517 WEST 134 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Modern appliances Built-in recessed lighting Cons: Rats 4 times, super's efforts to plug things seems ineffective, doesn't really feel like it stopped Really loud street noise and bad soundproofing (no good/double paned windows, sealing on the doors, etc.) Frequently clogged trash chute Building front door does not close securely Continuous package theft (at one point 4 in a row)”
— 517 WEST 134 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Quiet building. elevator always working. Cons: When you have something that needs to be fixed in your apartment , they take forever to repair or they just forget about you in totality.”
— 517 WEST 134 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Very modern, updated appliances, garbage on each level and roof deck Cons: Noisy, bad neighborhood, loud all day, neighbors that smoke weed, drug dealers in the area, shootings Advice to landlord: The guy in the red truck needs to be evicted he ruins the atmosphere here”
— 517 WEST 134 STREET · Manhattan