Goldfarb properties ( The Capri Building in Bronx)
The building has potential but is advertised to mislead new tenants looking for a Luxury Rental. The management team is very unprofessional and displays little interest in anything after I signed my lease and started to pay my rent.
This has been a troublesome experience; this is not what I signed up for at all. As soon as I moved in I had to fix a lot of things in the apt. I had contractors, the super and maintenance people in the apartment every day for the first month. I had to purchase heaters for my home, tolerate excessive noise from my neighbors and deal with a cockroach infestation. I feel completely ripped off, since I am paying a lot for this apartment.
The heat situation last winter was unbelievable. It took me more than 3 month of fighting to get an acceptable level of heat, even though I am the kind of person who prefers cold temperatures. These apartment temperatures were far below standard.
I also found out that in an emergency situation you have to rely only on yourself in this building. Over one weekend my bathroom began to overflow with water from the ceiling to the point that my ceiling collapsed. While the ceiling was still intact and leaking, I tried to contact someone for help, but nobody responded until it was too late. During the subsequent repairing my floor was damaged and never repaired.
Ventilation in my apt never worked at all. In spite of my multiple complaints it was never fixed and at some point I become tired of complaining and decided to live as it is with the growing mold in the bathrooms.
There is also constant noise and construction in the building, throughout my time here. There is always dirt in the hallways. The conditions are horrible. I feel like I am living in a construction site.
In the summer waiting for the elevator was an additional nightmare - there is no air ventilation at all, you become drenched in sweat just waiting for the elevator. read more