“Unit 3d Pros: Package management is good with the two doors, tho they just installed a buzzer that will let people easily in both doors now. Location is great, super safe and quiet Cons: The building obviously has plumbing issues, our apartment flooded through the ceiling within two months of moving in and they were constantly having issues with the apartments at the lower floors flooding, and needing access to our apartments. Obvious they did the bare minimum to just keep the plumbing in tact rather than fixing the real issue Several of our bathroom tiles popped up, we ended up just gorilla gluing some back down, but one broke and instead of replacing the tile with the same tile, they just glued the pieces back together and painted the top of the tile white... the paint came off in like a week -No laundry and appliances are small/old -Constantly increase rent Advice to landlord: Spend time fixing the bones of the building, not the halls.. it's like putting lipstick on a pig. Also, if someone is a good tenant and pays on time, why are you constantly raising the rent?”
— 19 STUYVESANT STREET · Manhattan“Unit 4c Pros: beautiful location, cheap covid rent, big bedroom Cons: rent was raised exponentially in 2021 because pandemic was "over," mold in shower, floorboards were soft and felt like they could snap at any moment Advice to landlord: gut the bathroom and replace floorboards in the living room”
— 19 STUYVESANT STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Quiet as it was facing the back, amazing location Cons: Walk up, no laundry in building, stolen packages”
— 17 STUYVESANT STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Great location and large 1 bedroom for the price Cons: I’ve had several bugs. Nothing crazy just a few.”
— 19 STUYVESANT STREET · Manhattan“Pros: Great location. Next to an NYU dorm, so can get a bit noisy during the school year. Price is steep but doable for the area. Cons: - Outdated appliances (think 15+ years) -mice and roaches. There is a monthly exterminator. However, like the mice, he eludes capture. You’ll wait at home on the 3rd Saturday of the month (as scheduled and in the lease), only to find that he came on Thursday while you were at work. Matel does not inform you of these schedule changes, and maintains that the exterminator comes once a month. If you manage to catch him, he will do the same performative spray, before going on his way and ignoring your pest concerns. -packages are routinely stolen. Even if you stay home to await your package, there is a chance it will be stolen in the 2 minutes it takes you to make it to the lobby (true story). Better off sending things to the ups and FedEx stores only. -no laundry in building which is kind of a bummer given how much it costs.”
— 17 STUYVESANT STREET · Manhattan“Pros: The building is rather quiet. Cons: Mail was stolen on an almost daily basis. There is no form of security, and no way to hold anyone accountable. Brought this up with property managers and was told tough luck. Snow would also come in through the skylights of my apartment, and at one point my ceiling almost caved in due to a water leak in the middle of the night that they did nothing about until a couple days later. Managers/Super/Maintenance was all but impossible to reach in an emergency. Advice to landlord: Install security.”
— 19 STUYVESANT STREET · Manhattan