Rental at 30 West 18th

Avoid this building and management company (Hakimian)!!! We put in an app this Sunday on a 1 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment (asking $3,750) in this building only to be told that unit had already been taken (which was weird since it hadn't been listed and we only came to know about it through a current tenant). The management company then offered us a more expensive unit on a higher floor, also a 1... [more]

Avoid this building and management company (Hakimian)!!! We put in an app this Sunday on a 1 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment (asking $3,750) in this building only to be told that unit had already been taken (which was weird since it hadn't been listed and we only came to know about it through a current tenant). The management company then offered us a more expensive unit on a higher floor, also a 1 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit. They wanted $1,000 more a month for the unit (Hakimian was asking us to pay $4,750, note that current 2 bedrooms, 2 baths on high floors in this building go for $4,850 -- before concessions!). Also, the $4,750 unit has significantly less closet space than the $3,750 -- just atrocious when looking at a $5k apartment. We agreed to the deal because we were very excited about the neighborhood, very tired of looking for apartments and got a little carried away. They then asked us for our tax returns, after which they upped the price on us again!!! Brokers, if you want to waste your time (and your clients) negotiating for apartments that aren't really available at rental rates that don't really exist, then this is the place for you! Last night we saw the original #3,750 apartment listed on craigslist for $3,695. When we asked management about it, they said that it was in fact available for that price (note they were unclear that it was the same people asking about the apartment). A total waste of time. There are no units here, just a management company trying to do price checks on their units. [less]