All 10 tenant reviews.
BLAKE-RIV REALTY LLC · avg 2.8 ★★★★★ · New York City
“Pros: Building is in a great location in LES Cons: No elevator, packages were getting stolen. But biggest thing is the bedbugs in the wall. I had to move out 6months in to my lease, and the building clearly knew that was the case. Advice to landlord: Get the bedbugs under control”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Great location if looking for LES Street is busy, you can feel the energy of the area Cons: Street is busy, you can feel the energy of the area”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Close proximity to train, groceries, and restaurants Cons: Packages would get stolen, management company sometimes slow to respond to maintenance requests”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Pros: The person that gave us the tour was very thorough and did a great job. Cons: Clarity on issues with building Advice to landlord: Why do people move out”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Unit 4 Pros: Heat was consistent, great location Cons: Had to move out due to bed bugs, the property management did not cover any of the costs to treat our clothes, and I had to throw away my bed. They also altered the documents we had signed stating that the building had not had bed bug issues. Advice to landlord: I hope this issue is resolved by now.”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Great location, that’s it Cons: Not clean, poor pest management Advice to landlord: Be more responsive”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Unit 5 Pros: I had reduced rent during pandemic. Cons: Worst building I’ve ever lived in and worst management company I’ve ever dealt with (Misrahi). Heat went off completely three times this past winter, during a weekend so it wasn’t fixed for over 24 hours each time. Issues with pipes, appliances, hot water, cockroaches. They leave the trash open in the lobby. The realty company actually lied to me during my move-out process and then gave me attitude when I caught them in a lie. While they thought I was on vacation, an agent tried to show my apartment without telling me ahead of time. The radiators are crazy loud, the underage girls who live under me are constantly having loud, drunken parties that I’ve reported multiple times, and they leave the front door unlocked all the time. Advice to landlord: Get it together.”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Pros: It’s Orchard Street for God’s sake. I had nice neighbors. Cons: I had to terminate my lease two months in bc of a systemic bed bug infestation in my unit that persisted for years before I moved in. They showed up about a month into my stay. I learned through some sleuthing that I wasn’t the first to have to leave the unit for this reason. I was gaslit by management over and over again about the seriousness of the issue and how to deal with the bugs. During a pandemic. Management disclosed (by law) that there had been an infestation in the last 12 months when I moved in but when I asked them if the last tenants left bc of the bed bugs they lied and said no, promised the issue had been eradicated. Obviously, it was not. Also the heat went out twice in the two months I lived there, once during a blizzard, for about a day at a time. I killed seven mice one night? Knicked an entire family living behind the oven. Poor bastards. Advice to landlord: Stop renting your units until you deal with the underlying bed bug issue in the whole building. Knowingly renting unsafe apartments to tenants is unlawful and predatory.”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Pros: We mostly chose this building for its location, super ideal. The neighbors are nice, even though we don’t encounter them often. Access to rooftop (with discretion) came in handy during nice days. Cons: Hard to contact super and get things fixed immediately, cleanliness issues, uncontrollable cockroaches (even on the top floor), untreated bed bugs in the building as a whole. Advice to landlord: Get in closer contact with the tenants, as well as implementing pest management.”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Location is great, vibrant neighborhood close to restaurants and shops. Very walkable. Cons: Bed bug infestation in the walls. Management tries to take care of individual incidents but not attack the problem that it’s the whole building. Tip is look how the public spaces are managed, that’s what you’ll expect to get inside. Walls are a little thin and water pressure is just okay. While it looks to be a great deal, it’ll probably be a bigger hassle to live here than to find somewhere slightly more expensive Advice to landlord: Take advice from tenants and take care of things like cracks, holes, etc. before they cause larger issues.”
— 138 ORCHARD STREET · Manhattan