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As a current resident on May 17, 2013, this building is terrible. Some of the doormen are awesome and the other half just stand there all day and do nothing. But the management is the worst. Living there for the last year, there has been more than 4 new building managers and all of them are useless for getting answers or anything done (and they do it with a bad attitude). When my lease ends in... [more]
As a current resident on May 17, 2013, this building is terrible. Some of the doormen are awesome and the other half just stand there all day and do nothing. But the management is the worst. Living there for the last year, there has been more than 4 new building managers and all of them are useless for getting answers or anything done (and they do it with a bad attitude). When my lease ends in July, I will 100% NOT signing a new lease. I'm looking at other buildings in the Financial District like Battery Park or on the east side (i.e. 200 Water, 95 Wall). The roof deck and sauna both don't work and won't work until 2014 at the earliest. But even then the deck wouldn't open until April 2014 with the spring weather. The plan is also to have the whole front side of the building re-done so there will be a lot of construction going on even when walking into the front door of your building. There are some many other buildings in Financial District and you should go look at them instead. Why would you pay so much money in rent for a Concierge service that isn't really useful and amenities that you can't access? Recommendation: DO NOT MOVE INTO THIS BUILDING When looking at the building ask the leasing agent to physically go onto the roof deck and see the view and see what answer they tell you. There hasn't been access to the roof deck in three years so you may not even be able to use it in 2014. [less]
I couldn't agree more. I moved out when my lease was up in March. The doormen are nice enough but the building management is the worst. When it came time to renew my lease they wanted to raise my rent $300 despite the fact that the building was not 100% - no roof deck, no sauna, only one elevator to upper floors working for a long time, etc. As I was moving out one of the maintenance guys (who are very nice) was surprised that management hadn't said anything about how I was to leave the apartment. You would think that after signing a 50 page lease that when you move out they would let you know what they expect. As I was leaving I mentioned to the property manager that I was given no instructions his response was that "If you had questions you should have asked. Residents need to take some responsibility".
I also found the electric charges to be very high. In my studio apt I never used the heat or a/c and ran the dishwasher one a week yet the electric charges were always $75-80/month. I'm now in a large one bedroom and the electricity is $50/month. I believe that the building, though they buy the electricity in bundles, somehow offsets the power used in the common areas to the residents.
There are a lot of buildings in fidi that are better. I'm sure none are perfect but any one of them would be better than 90W.
sounds terrible.