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Citadel property management

Started by moms
over 12 years ago
Posts: 3
Member since: Jan 2012
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Is anyone familiar with this company? I'm looking at a rental in Hudson Heights that was managed terribly for years [scores of DOB complaints & violations inc. in 2008 an elevator crashing twice]. There's now new management--Citadel--and apartments are being fixed up for market -rate rentals. I like the apartment, but don't want to step into a messy situation.
Response by semerun
over 12 years ago
Posts: 571
Member since: Feb 2008

Citadel is an absolute mess. My building hired them to be our property manager a few years ago (we are a condo). Checks would sit on their desks uncashed for months on end. They would ignore emails. They brought in their own contractors and I believe that with the pricing model- it was easy to imagine that their contractors were kicking back money to them. We had to fight with them to make sure our taxes were filed- and that W2's were issued. I have scores of emails documenting the problems we had with them.

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Response by Tivoagogo
over 11 years ago
Posts: 1
Member since: Jul 2009

Terrible, terrible managers. You would be better off looking for an apartment in another building than to live with Citadel. They don't pay buildings' bills on times; they get maintenance payments mixed up between apartments; they don't get multiple bids on jobs; buildings have to hound them to get any action out of them. As Samerun wrote, Citadel Property Management (Michael Crespo and Mark Elman) are a mess. Disorganized, combative for no reason, borderline unethical in their dereliction of duty. We had to fire them.

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