I stayed with them for 6 months. They are terrible landlords who discriminate against people with disability and different races. They have rats in their buildings. One bathroom for 4+ people at the time. They scam you with different prices for same rooms same building. They don't comply with city and state laws. If you paid a deposit you will never see it back. Do yourself a favor and look for better options elsewhere. read more

I paid an expensive subscription fee to access a 6-month lease. After only 2 months, ALL TENANTS ARE BEING ASKED TO VACATE because the master lease was lost. NO REAL SOLUTION WAS PROVIDED - No compensation, no reasonable alternative, and no assistance have been offered. We are just out. read more

Be careful when applying for AYA Apartments. No matter whether your application is accepted or not, they will still charge you over 200 USD in membership fees. Something the staff never tell you upfront. The experience felt dishonest, and the staff's attitude was unhelpful when I asked for clarification. I wouldn't recommend applying here. read more

Absolutely terrible, rented this apartment for a month: https://streeteasy.com/building/224-east-59-street-new_york/2fw , I had to leave after only a few days. See the actual pictures of 224 East 59th Street #2FW versus what was presented. They had an AC (not visible in their pictures) that basically had paper siding on a 2nd floor apartment facing 59th. Didn't mention that until their "non refundable" policy kicked in. Absolutely filthy/unsanitary too upon arrival! read more

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Isabell was very responsive and helpful. I am living in a nice, sunny room in Bushwick with great roommates who are all my age. Be aware that the current tenant gets priority to extend the lease, however. I had signed the lease and paid the deposit for a room, only to be told that that room was no longer available because the tenant wanted to extend. I found another room with Aya though. read more

I would recommend AYA because things were easy with them and and very clear since the beginning! The application process was very quick. I applied on March 31st and on April 2nd things were ready for me to move in! I moved out August 31st, and I was waiting... to write this review! I wanted to see if I got my deposit in 30 days as they say, and they were on time! It was very comfortable and easy to rent with them, I will reach back to them whenever I come back to NY. And the room I rented was super nice and cozy. I loved it there! read more

Aya - The kitchen that made me feel like a chef! - Property Management Near Me - New York, New York

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Really appreciated the quality care from Andrea & Alina. They were prompt in responding to many questions and supportive in my special situation. Great options for short & long term stays. Efficient and prompt pre-application process. Ideal rates for newly furnished stylish decor and additional services. read more

One of the most unprofessional experiences I've had. The agent I worked with, Valery, was extremely short with me and rude. They took my deposit and sent me a confirmation email with move-in instructions. They then followed up days later to tell me my application wasn't approved, when I inquired as to the reason, they did not provide one. No apology, no follow up; I then had to scramble to find an alternative living arrangement. Almost 4 weeks later they are STILL sending me automated emails because of how disorganized they are. I would give the 0 stars if I could. read more

DO NOT RENT FROM THIS COMPANY! It's a huge ripoff preying on people who are new to the city. The apartments are in disrepair and they make no effort to fix anything. I was only in one of their units for a month and the shower was broken when I arrived (and had been for several weeks according to the other roommates) and was still not fixed by the time I left. Furniture shown in the photos on the website was missing, and the entire apartment was dirty and damaged. They are IMPOSSIBLE to get ahold of, they never return calls and when you are able to get through somehow the person who can actually address you concern is never in the office. Additionally, you have to pick up and return keys at their office during only certain hours, so good luck if you're arriving from out of town with luggage, on a weekend, or in the evening. Get a sublet or an airbnb until you figure out permanent housing, do not mess with this trainwreck of a company. read more

I am an international student and finding an accommodation before landing in the city was impossible until I found AYA's website. They helped me find the right apartment and sent me video tours of the units. The application process was quick and fully online. They do a great job with finding roommates. Mine were young professionals and students from different countries. My apartment was in a nice area with restaurants and bars. The team is also responsive if you have any issues. Highly recommended, specially if you are moving to the city for the first time. read more

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AYA is one of the easiest and best options for international students. I have looked around at places on my own for a while to secure an address in the US and AYA made the process easy. I heard back about my application a couple of days later after I submitted my room deposit online, which helped me in the process of securing my arrival to NYC. I wasn't excited to share spaces with roommates, but the experience I had was pretty pleasant and they were nice. It helps that a lot of amenities I would have needed to find myself are also provided. Thanks for everything! read more

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IF YOU DECIDE TO RENT WITH THIS COMPANY READ THIS FIRST! I originally wrote a review giving Aya 1 star due to their terrible communication skills and lack of initiative to my relocation request to another apartment. I decided to remove that previous review because I kept getting emails from management regarding it. However, I will not remove this review. I moved in June 15th 2020. The room came furnished with bedding. Today, I decided to remove all layers of bedding to clean and discovered the most dirty, stained, and disgusting mattress. I use my own bedding on top of the existing bedding that protects the mattress so I never cleaned that part of the bedding because it is covered well and never dirty. I emailed Aya to only be accused by Danielle of making my mattress dirty. Here is here response: " Hi Makeda, Thank you for your email. Your move in date was June 15th, 2020. We clean and sanitize the rooms including the mattresses prior move in, we don't provide members with dirty mattresses. Please make sure to sanitize and clean it, I can have Charlie there with you on one of his visits to give you cleaning tips on how to take care of it if needed. Kind regards, Danielle" The mattress was never replaced during COVID. The problem with this company is the lack of comprehension and listening skills. You have to be a special level of arrogant to make such preposterous statements. UPDATE -- 1/20/21: New bed received by management after I stated I will update my review to this new one... a few hours later. CON #2 You can't choose who your roommate will be nor can you choose to live in an apartment with women only. Men have different ways of using the bathroom which can become unsanitary very fast. I emailed Danielle regarding relocation because the boy I live with is truly disgusting and refuses to change his habits even when asked. Her response was: " Hi Makeda, Thank you again for your email. Notes can make him nervous and feel uncomfortable since he just moved in. There is a basic way to leave the apartment clean and neat for the others to live in peace. Sit with him and communicate with each other so he won't do it again, on our end we can't send him an email telling him to clean the toilet seat after use, this is inappropriate. In order to relocate, you can contact Kelly. As far as I know you had a discussion in the past about relocation so she should be able to help. Kind Regards, Danielle" The reviews regarding everyone being priced differently for the same room size in the building is true. All the negative responses regarding this company is true. IF YOU DECIDE TO RENT WITH THIS COMPANY BECAUSE YOU ARE DESPERATE AS HELL!!!!!!! PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING: Check and take pictures of EVERYTHING prior to moving in because they are NOT TO BE TRUSTED. 1. Take pictures of the flooring, walls, mattress, and condition of the furniture in the room as well as the entire apartment. My room had scratches on the wood prior to me moving in. 2. You can't choose who moves into the apartment. If you are not comfortable with living with men....you have no choice. The biggest con of not being able to choose is that you can't feel out the prospective tenant...because you will know when something is off with someone. 3. Safety is an issue as their are no background checks....I was living on the other-side of a drug addict. Aya did nothing to properly remove this person and continued to move people into that apartment. He was a danger to everyone in the building. He broke the front door and offered drugs to a tenant in that unit. Police were called but he was still allowed to live here despite being a total nut case. read more

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My experience with AYA for a summer housing was a great option and the apartment itself was great. My largest issue was with the management team and their inability in dealing with their clients. Firstly, AYA provides a lease agreement but does not refer back to the agreement for any conversations. My initial payment for the security deposit was not going through and so AYA accepted that I could pay half of the security deposit to secure my apartment which was the confirmed amount on my lease agreement as well. One week into staying, I was told that I am yet to pay the rest of the deposit because that was their policy and that even though they hadn't put it in the agreement, I was still bound to pay it. AYA also offers weekly cleaning for all of their apartments and on the first day of moving in, the cleaning lady told us that she would be in there every Monday morning to clean the place. When she did not arrive on one of the Monday mornings, we reached out to the management who blatantly told me that someone actually was in our apartment and that I was lying about the fact that our apartment hadn't been cleaned. After several back and forth messages, and their claim that they could also provide images, they finally agreed that I was correct and that no one had in fact come into our apartment. My largest issue with the company is their incompetence in putting together a lease agreement. I required an apartment for 2 months and since they did not offer that, they told me that they would offer me a 12 month lease with the inability to cancel 60 days prior to when I wanted the lease to end, and pay a certain amount for months that I wouldn't be there. In their lease agreement, which was sent to me post all of the discussions that were made, none of this information was present and also the lease agreement said that it would be for 2 months and not 12. At the end, they still charged me the fee for not being there for the remaining 10 months and their entire management team was rude and disrespectful while speaking to me. I specifically want to call out Omar Sanchez their revenue associate and Mandy (Menachem) Sanchez their revenue manager, who has no decency in his way of communication. The company clearly screwed up my lease agreement but does not know how to take accountability for their mistakes and the way that their employees communicate with customers is a reflection of their upper management because the behavior clearly trickles down from there. read more

Aya does not allow in person viewings which is insane. Also, they sent the wrong lease twice. Just stay away and do not rent rooms from them! read more

DOESN'T EVEN DESERVE HALF A STAR. On Friday, I put down a deposit for an apartment for a 3-month sublease with move-in date on the following Wednesday. Then they sent the application and we sent it back the same day. On Sunday, they requested some forms to be filled out and I sent them, but apparently they were the wrong forms even though they did not specify and told me 5 hours later. According to their timeline, I had less than 2 hours to send in the correct forms, but they informed me so late. Apparently by the time I sent the correct forms, it wasn't in time so when I followed up the morning before the move-in date, they told me they had already rented it out to someone else. So incredibly unprofessional, save your time and money. read more

Terrible. Dishonest. I moved into an Aya managed building in Brooklyn, in August. Things were okay at first but then got worse. The building was condemned in October, and I had to vacate to another building. Then the place was robbed before I could get all of my things. Now they're jerking me around and wont even admit to the break in after making it harder to get back in and file a police report. These people are crooks read more

Aya is a cookie cutter real estate agency leasing affordable apartments. They do not care about your experience at all whatsoever. Emailed multiple times throughout the week leading up to my move in about instructions. No one responded or they would give me a phone tree of multiple people to talk to who have no idea anything about my lease or my situation. Finally on the day of move in, when I have a tight schedule they say I have to travel all the way to Midtown to get a copy of the keys; meanwhile the apartment is located in Bushwick and I was never told about this until about 3 hours prior to move in. After the move in you can see the whole complex looks new but is totally unmaintained. Like animals live here. Holes in the walls disgusting floors and no date to have them cleaned. (Seems like a cleaning crew does eventually come here a few times a month just does a bad job). My room is totally bare minimum. Wall hanger literally hanging by a thread on the wall (fell within a week or two), dust everywhere (floors and windows), constant wifi problems bc the equipment needs maintenance. They even sent one of their employees here to do a check on the wifi without any prior notice and they just let themselves into my locked apartment without knocking. LOL. The AC unit also has a disgusting smell and appears to never have had the filter changed or been cleaned in the entire time this place has been rented out. I pay $1700 a month for a 5 month lease in brooklyn. Private room in a 3BDR 1 Bath apartment in Bushwick. Don't expect much. If you are desperate like so many people are nowadays roll the dice with Aya. Just make sure you keep the lease term short you probably won't be able to take it for too long. read more

If incompetence had a second name, it would be Connor Leonard. He directed me to apply to an available unit, took my deposit after which I decided to cancel all my other applications. After sitting on my deposit for a while, he conveniently decided to tell me that the place was "double-booked" and he'd have to cancel my application. This was critical since I had 4 days left to move and it is tough to find another place in such a short time a competitive real estate market like NYC. It would have taken 2 minutes for him check if there was any other application on the property. However, complacent and lazy as he is, he failed to do so. Thus causing me serious trouble with my housing situation. People like Connor Leonard do not deserve to be in this business and I'd recommend that Aya fire him. read more

I'm from Bogotá and I've been an intern in NYC for 4 months. I found AYA after searching for few weeks and finding expensive or simply unfurnished options. They were very kind and patient in answering all my questions as I was new to the situation of living alone and also in New York. The process was pretty straightforward and very clear from the start. I will say that they helped me find a great fully furnished room for me that fit my budget in a trendy apartment. I have had a great co-living experience and would recommend AYA to anyone looking for a stress-free room rental in the city at a reasonable price. read more

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I'd recommend people looking for short term housing in nyc to look elsewhere. I stayed in a Harlem property. The pictures were accurate, but Aya refuses to do a real time zoom tour of the property. The building had many issues. It was located on a block with chronic littering and loud music late at night. The elevator did not work and smelled of urine. The basement where the laundry room is located is a dirty dungeon. Aya's communication skills are not good. It was unclear who (Aya, or building personnel) and how to ask for maintenance. We emailed Aya to send someone to declog the shower drain and they said someone would come at 9am on a weekday. I worked from home to let the maintenance guy in, but nobody came. We also emailed Aya to deal with an infestation of bugs in the kitchen, but got no response. read more

Terrible experience. Don't waist your time or money. Communication sucks. Process takes forever. Just look somewhere else.

Bad price for the location. Management is incompetent and rude. Housekeeping talked down to my roommates and I, and even threw out my roommate's rug. There was no hot water for a couple of days on more than one occasion. Do not recommend. Worst housing decision I ever made. read more

Pros: Easy process, relatively well managed building, cleaning service, nice roommates (I think I was lucky) Cons: takes long time to fix things (we did not have a working fridge for 10 days in the middle of July), 200$ membership fee that is basically for nothing read more

I'm very happy with the service provided by Aya. I rented one of their rooms for five months and they always took care of the issues that came up--clogged toilet, broken locks, etc. They gave me my deposit back within a month and they were super responsive to my emails. I'm only giving them four stars because they didn't allow me to extend my lease for another month. Other than that, I highly recommend this agency! read more

I definitely don't recommend this company to rent a room. They gave me a room without any heat. In January I couldn't stay in this room even one night . New York in January, how could I stay a room with no radiator ?Also the apartment is so dirty. People who live in this apartment drop off all garbage at the entrance of the hallway. .Before I rented this unit , I had asked to see the apartment/room physically . They refused my request because of the pandemic. I wouldn't rent this room , If I knew there was no radiator in room and this building is not clear. I have evidences so I am going to go to court and report this company !!! Also I didn't get my security deposit more than 7 weeks. read more

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I was new to the city when I moved in, I'm from Argentina and I had never lived in a big city, so NYC was a lot for me. I found AYA over Facebook and they help me found a good housing option for a good price. Due to Hurricane Ida, I had issues in the apartment, but thankfully they help me out with relocation options immediately and they accommodated me. I liked AYA because they helped and made my arrival to the city as smoothly as possible! I would recommend them for sure! read more

The apartment was fine and clean, just as shown in the website. But after moving out they're lying and giving excuses not to give back the deposit check. They're not complying their own deadlines and not replying. it being a nightmare after the move out process. read more

I have been a tenant with Aya (Big Apple Living) now for four years and this review is long overdue. I formerly lived with roommates, and recently moved into a studio within the same aya company. I have to give a HUGE shout out to kelly. She went above and beyond in answering all of my questions and concerns when it came to me moving into the new place. She made herself available to me literally 24/7 always willing to give a helping hand. On top of it all the apartment is just beautiful and she made the application process EXTREMELY easy. I have to also give a big thank you to Eli,shani, and danielle for helping me out along the way as well. There is a reason I have been living here, with the same company for so long. Overall they have been great to me and very helpful. Thank you again kelly and Aya for going above and beyond for me in finding my perfect home! read more

You get what you pay for. The apartment was old, but well taken care of, given it's New York and a smaller property management company trying to make a profit. The company is timely in their responses, friendly, and moderately professional. My window AC unit did not work, but the company would have replaced it, had I asked. I was very satisfied with my stay. There was an obscene amount of bugs in the sink at night, but they never ventured from the kitchen (and only came out when the lights were off for more than an hour). But, it's New York and you are paying ~1500. You would be foolish to expect anything less. I would recommend this company and apartment to a friend looking for somewhere to stay. read more

I lived with HelloAya for 4 months total and it was a great experience. I found them very responsive and the rooms were always clean. If we felt the cleaners did not do a good job, HelloAya would send them back to fix the details. One time my front door lock was broken and they immediately fixed it. Another time, the light in my bedroom was out and they fixed that immediately. They are always responsive via phone call, text and email. I recommend them to people all the time. read more

This company is awful. Do not trust them. The apartments come well furnished but that is the only good thing about them. My roof was leaking so they cut a huge hole in my ceiling and never fixed it. For months I emailed asking them to and got no response. My shower was leaking and they fixed it on the wrong side so it continued to leak. Again they ignored my emails. They showed our apartment without warning, letting themselves in and then leaving doors unlocked and lights on. My roommate had signed a lease with them and when he arrived in NYC they called him to tell him they'd accidentally given the room to someone else and had to put him up in an entirely different part of the city. They did the same thing to my other roommate, 3 times. They also started showing rooms before the tenants had even let them know they were thinking of vacating the property and not re-upping their lease. They would only ever respond if I threatened not to pay rent. Let me reiterate, if you have the option do not go with this company. You will regret it. read more

Right now I'm in the process of doing the paper work and Andrea has been a great help from the sales team definitely appreciate answering all my questions quickly and understanding! read more

This probably one of the best experiences I ever had when it comes to looking for a place. Marc Samani our agent made the process very smooth and easy, he understood how important it was for me and my husband to find the right place without us wasting time looking at apartments that were not the right fit for us. I highly recommend working with Marc, he will save you time and will help you to find exactly what you are looking for. read more

The move-in / move-out process was extremely seamless and the room was very clean! I always got prompt responses from the AYA team when asking any questions and the team was super helpful overall. Would definitely recommend staying with AYA if needing temporary housing in NYC! read more

Wouldnt recommend the company. Requested a May move in. Was quoted 1400. Spoke to agent few days later and was informed that it was for April move in. Additionally, informed me that I would recieve $150 discount if I applied for apartment that week. Was next informed that to recieve booking, I had to apply today. read more

omg total scam!!! stay away from this company - they will take your $200 for a membership fee deny you the apt and do you out of the money!!! major con stay away!! they wont give me money back awful people total scam read more

I had a great experience with Aya. My apartment was beautifully designed. I would recommend it to my friends

Worst experience ever. They are totally unprofessional. 1. Before I signed the contract and paid the deposit their consultant were very helpful and called immediately on every small request. After I paid the deposit I couldn't reach him anymore. I thought I got scammed. Luckily I reached others from the office. 2. According the advertisement was the apartment fully equipped! Isn't true. It even didn't had the essential equipment like vacuum cleaner or microwave!! Also, don't trust the pictures on their website. 3. When I moved in the heater was broken and it took very long to get it fixed. It was November, it was freezing in the room. 4. In general they don't answer your mails in an appropriate way or sometimes you even don't receive any answer. And they reply very rude. 5. The cleaning wasn't done as agreed. According the contract the common area had to be cleaned twice a month. We were lucky when it was cleaned once a month. When I complained nothing happened until I didn't pay the rent. And surprisingly, the cleaning was done immediately. 6. Now I'm still waiting for the deposit refund and for a reply. Most likely it will take weeks to receive it back if even I can get it at all. To sum up, it is disappointing and I highly recommend you to find an alternative. It's not worth it. read more