Do yourself and your family a huge favor and run in the other direction from moving into these buildings or dealing with this management company! I will summarize what we have experienced here and this is BY FAR the worst and most dirtiest building we have ever lived in;
Here is our list as to why you should avoid living here at all costs!
(You will thank me later!)
1) 3 apartments (just on our floor) got robbed in a span of 1 year- no security at all anywhere, supposedly there is some security guy riding around in some little cart but since there are 20 buildings he has to patrol around the West st, West 2nd and West 3rd and Ave Z areas, he is never to be found!
And the Intercoms do not work!!!
2) Mice and roaches in the apartment, really disgusting!!
3) After only a year and a half of living in this apt. we got a huge leak in the ceiling which only got worse every time it rained- we had a mushroom growing from up there- when management was informed in WRITING- they did nothing to fix the situation
4) We are unable to use our bedroom because there is a strong MOLD smell and MOLD problem in there (we have relocated to sleeping in our bedroom)
5) There is a HUGE crack in our living room ceiling that goes from one side all the way to the other side of the living room (looks like the ceiling will collapse any day now) thank gd we are moving out soon!
6) There is no sound insulation at all, we can hear everything that goes on downstairs, upstairs and even in the attached neighboring building!
7) Floors are very creaky and are really really old and outdated; as are all the other "renovations" in the apartment
8) There is NO SUPER in this building, if something goes wrong in your apt. (which after speaking with neighbors and having our own problems- I can assure you that it will) you will have to deal with the loud and arrogant maintenance staff who are not really invested in their at all
9) The building needs updates all around, the elevator broke down twice in a year and a half, hallway lights consistently go out, basement door handle is consistently broken and takes days to be fixed - wheelchair bound elderly cannot exit or enter the building!
10) Heat does not turn on in a timely fashion, cold in the apartments until December
11) Horribly rude property manager (lady) she barely speaks English and was always extremely rude to us whenever we had a concern about anything
12) I'm not going to judge what people do recreationally and in their spare time, But we could never leave our windows open because tenants here are constantly smoking MARIJUANA, day and night and yes even at 6:45am in the morning! from both sides of the building! Horrific.
13) When we requested to move out just 2 months in advance due to developing allergies to the mold and the horrid mildew/mold/standing water smells- AMA Management notified us that if we wanted to leave- we would have to pay a penalty of $3,000. Have you ever heard of such a thing in your life? I have NOT.
14) 2 working washing machines and 2 dryers for over 60 families! That is not normal.
Thus I would to advise anyone who is looking to move into this complex of buildings to be really really careful as you will not have a good experience. There are tons of better buildings around the area! Save Yourself!