Those of you who claim to have had a good experience with Parkoff are either paid by them, couldn't be working for them as a super because they are overworked (60 unit building without a porter!) and either underpaid or never paid for jobs such as painting a newly vacant apt.) or are currently living in a Manhattan property. The full page add in the NY Times Metro Section announcing Parkoff's ""New Luxury High Rise"" on Park Ave. - $1.5 million for a studio, $2 million for a 1BR, etc. The cost of that add space alone would have more than paid for the ceiling leak (top floor so it leaks every time it rains) we have had on and off for over 12 years. They sent painters to scrape the bubbled paint and re paint so that when HPD agents come to inspect it, it looks like there's no leak. When I refused to have it painter the 3rd time around until the leak was permanently fixed (not simply tarred as they have every new super do up in the roof) they promptly sent me registered mail which I had to sign for (so that they have evidence that I received it) stated that they sent workers to fix my leak but I had refused them entry into my apartment. That is such utter BS because you can not fix a roof leak from within the apartment! Just one of many horror stories here in our building in Ditmas Park Brooklyn. We stay because once you've lived here for 15 years, you can't find this space for what we pay in a rent stabilized building. They want us to move out so that they can charge double the rent, the recently emptied 1BR is now going for hundreds more than what we currently pay for our 2BR!
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