Hanley New York

I have lived in this building of 2 years. The management company is aggressive and super is prone to yelling at tenants. They replace often broken appliances with ones pulled from older units which have been renovated. Our most recent dishwasher is dated 1997 and after it was installed they placed a work order When we complained we were told "we should leave if we are unhappy"- would be great if they would let us even though no renewal. Have lived in NYC for over 20 years and by far the absolute worse management/landlord company around. Again avoid at all costs. There are a stack of better buildings on the UES.

Your unit -is it a renovated unit or no? What price point?

Are you unit is not renovated as are a lot of the units in the buildings we pay about 11k. The only units which are truly renovated are the ones that were done for the conversion that failed. I have several friends in building that live in "renovated units" that they also, say are a mess as well. Once, you move in do not expect anything to be fixed. One women told me that she has a designer stove that burns her kids when on and the managements response was you can have a stove we have in the basement. Building is a train wreck.

Update- Now the management company will no longer repair our appliances due to "improper usage". Apparently our 30 year oven has been serviced too many times for there to be a problem with it and we must be using improperly. How do you improperly use and oven?

That's a question for the ages

Is your $130K / year rental a bargain or expensive compared to others similarly sized in your neighborhood?

I would say that it is average for size, but way below for finish. We rented the apartment sight unseen - which in hindsight was a terrible decision since, we relied on photos and the management companies assurance that the appliances would be replaced. The day we moved in we were horrified- some highlights were no grout in one of the bathrooms, the shower curtain rods were rusted, toilet seat covered were ancient. We were told on every item " As is" and they refused to do anything.We ended up replacing a lot of items as well as removing a broken built in unit left by the previous tenant and fixing tiling in our children's bathroom that were unsafe. I would like to add that they did grout the floor of the shower but the super refused to do the walls. Our mistake was signing a renewal last year, which again in hind sight was a very very bad idea given the level of angst living here has been.

I have to say I can't believe we pay 130k a year to live in this dump or the "Tenement" as it is called by some of the tenants .

With anything, there's a spectrum of quality. Someone's got to get the crappy stuff, and those of us smart enough to not transact in real estate sight unseen are grateful that someone else can get the crappy stuff to subsidize us.
Seriously - sign unseen? Blind reliance on representations made by a landlord or a broker?

Always glad to be of service. Relied on landlord- was moving back to NYC after having relocated.