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Started by minicho3
almost 13 years ago
Posts: 1
Member since: Mar 2013
We went to view a condo today. We didn't see the place because our trip ended with the front desk staff yelling on the phone at the broker (using our cell phone) and then very sarcastically and loudly telling us "BYE!" as we left. If that's indicative of the organization/attitude of the staff, then no thanks.
Response by jim_hones10
almost 13 years ago
Posts: 3413
Member since: Jan 2010

kind of dumb and short sighted on your part if you think about it.

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Response by brookline3133
over 12 years ago
Posts: 0
Member since: Feb 2013

Hard to believe. I am a frequent visitor to the building. The doormen and concierge couldn`t be nicer. I love the building if it was only closer to Lincoln Square.

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Response by uwscello
almost 12 years ago
Posts: 3
Member since: Jun 2007

the doormen and concierge there are the rudest in the neighborhood. sorry.

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Response by yikes
almost 12 years ago
Posts: 1016
Member since: Mar 2012

brokers who use lobbies as offices and waiting rooms should expect their clients to be asked to wait elsewhere.

in my old building this became an issue, and doormen were told to direct that, no questions asked, clients and brokers should be told to wait for one another outside, away from the building. The doormen were told that, if any didnt like this, to get their name, so that our board would handle the broker.

I cant imagine a broker insisting on being put on a client cellphone with a doorman.

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Response by Truth
almost 12 years ago
Posts: 5641
Member since: Dec 2009

The lobby area/chairs are for "vistors" to the building (such as "brookline3133", above).
There are plenty of places to meet your broker, outside the Building (such as the nearest Starbucks).

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Response by Truth
almost 12 years ago
Posts: 5641
Member since: Dec 2009

"visitors" although vistors are O.K.
You just can't camp-out in the lobby, while waiting for your broker (buyers' brokers are running late and so you sit there with the seller's broker/listing agent, who isn't allowed by the buyers' broker, to take you up to view the apartment until the buyers' broker arrives).

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Response by soho42
almost 11 years ago
Posts: 9
Member since: Feb 2012

@Yikes, What do you think the POINT of a lobby with seating areas is for then? If I ever went to a building with a staffed lobby and was told I couldn't wait five minutes there for my broker I would absolutely not move there. How incredibly rude.

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Response by fieldschester
almost 11 years ago
Posts: 3525
Member since: Jul 2013

Yikes hit a new bottom.

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Response by jelj13
almost 11 years ago
Posts: 821
Member since: Sep 2011

When I shopped for my current apartment, I saw a lot of buildings that curtailed broker activities, especially in the lobby. The rules vary and are often a knee-jerk reaction to some problem. Most would not let you wait in the lobby if the broker was not on the premises.

However, there was only one building where I found the doormen rude about waiting for the broker, who, by the way, was showing the apartment to another prospective buyer. I subsequently found out that there were issues in the way the building was being run.

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