So maintenance of the building was good previously, then the new owners started playing games …
“Before March 2023, I really didn’t have any issues with the building,” said Cowen.
“Then the building was sold. Suddenly, the lights were off in the hallway, we were losing heat, laundry was breaking down. No one would pick up the phone if I had any maintenance issues and things just kept getting worse and worse.”
Complaints about the building have surged since the property was sold.
The city received only one request for service at the building between 2017 and January 2023, but it received 61 between March 1 and Dec. 31, 2023, spokesperson Asiia Danylova said in an email.
And now the new owners blame residents for the problems. Assholes.
Cody Bell, who represents the building’s property manager, said the rise in complaints to the city, which had to do with the boiler, a broken basement window, ceiling repairs and a leak in the laundry room, among others, can be attributed to the “orchestrated actions” of “some tenants” against the new management.
There’ve been times when I’ve held off complaining about something or fixed it myself because I liked the owners. I could see new owners being total dicks and creating a motivation to make Official Complaints.
The way they say that, it sounds like they’re accusing the tenants of outright sabotage, though. >:/
So maintenance of the building was good previously, then the new owners started playing games …
And now the new owners blame residents for the problems. Assholes.
There’ve been times when I’ve held off complaining about something or fixed it myself because I liked the owners. I could see new owners being total dicks and creating a motivation to make Official Complaints.
The way they say that, it sounds like they’re accusing the tenants of outright sabotage, though. >:/