building at 1 West 85th Street

This building is very lovely and has great pre-war layouts. Unfortunately it is owned and managed by a difficult, litigious, disturbed, curmudgeon. If you are a broker or tenant steer clear of this one. DO NOT RENT HERE IT IS JUST NOT WORTH IT!!! I wish I had known about a what a challenge the apartment I rented was in advance I would have gone elsewhere. Aside from the lack of adequate power... [more]

This building is very lovely and has great pre-war layouts. Unfortunately it is owned and managed by a difficult, litigious, disturbed, curmudgeon. If you are a broker or tenant steer clear of this one. DO NOT RENT HERE IT IS JUST NOT WORTH IT!!! I wish I had known about a what a challenge the apartment I rented was in advance I would have gone elsewhere. Aside from the lack of adequate power throughout the building, the horrific maintenance, the boiler going out in the middle of Winter, the unabated lead/asbestos, the lack of caring by management, who wants to end up in legal proceeding on a constant basis because the landlord is a lawyer and sees going to court with his tenants as a fun activity . I wish I had spoken before I rented to any of the older rent regulated tenants each of whom has their own what it's been like to live here, horror story. This could be a lovely building in a great location if money was invested in it by a real owner with pride of ownership but just look at the lobby from the tacky florescent light fixtures, to the beautiful but sadly uncleaned marble (except for a test patch in the front hall) that the owner is to cheap to have cleaned. Look at the beautiful tile floor entranceway patched in concrete, or the badly installed hardware that accompanies the slamming front door which has never been properly repaired and understand that however nice it may seem or whatever your broker says this one you should DEFINITELY NOT rent. [less]