HP WEST HARLEM OWNER HOUSING DEVLMT FUND CO., INC. · avg 2.5 ★★★★★ · New York City
“Pros: Close to the train, great sunlight Cons: Literally everything else. It looks dirty and like it’s about to fall apart any minute. The trash area gets really cluttered before taken out. They are STINGY with turning on the heat (if it even works) through the radiator. They consistently ignore my emails about repairs and other complaints. They are rude in response to my emails. Once you hit the 5th floor there’s this really weird and disgusting stench in the hallways. Advice to landlord: You clearly can’t afford to maintain this building and you don’t care about the people that live in it (just our rent money) so just sell it. Like come on.”
— 445 WEST 125 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Location (proximity to subways) Cons: We had at least 3 mice and probably over a hundred roaches, and the only things management did was send an exterminator who would lay out some glue traps and roach gel which did nothing since the entire building was infested. In addition, the neighbors are very noisy and the street noise is very loud as well because the walls are thin. Advice to landlord: I’m not sure where they would begin to remedy the various issues, but please at least try to make it more livable”
— 445 WEST 125 STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Big apartments, elevator, location. Cons: Management, elevator malfunctioning, bugs and rodents. Advice to landlord: Be more attentive to residents.”
“Pros: Easy access to transportation; large living rooms/bedrooms. Cons: Management unresponsive. Maintenance requests go unanswered. Front door frequently broken. Older units are neglected. Advice to landlord: Invest in your tenants, especially those in rent controlled units. When tenants in market rate apartments leave the building because of its lack of amenities, or leave the city because of increasing crime, your lower income tenants will remain. Give them a good reason to stay by responding to their maintenance requests, keeping the building clean and pest-free and treating them kindly.”
— 320 ST NICHOLAS AVENUE · Manhattan