Tuesday, April 26, 2016

In the Search of a New Apartment: Slumlords Edition

While searching for apartments, if you do some persistent googling you may be able to find recent pics of the property like these, without ever having to come on site for inspection:




It turns out that the "all included" apartment with a surprisingly cheap rent is part of a big residential block under investigation by the municipality for years due to numerous unfixed complaints from the tenants. Broken pipes, vermins, garbage regulation problem, humidity, mold, unresponsive management (who has been changed once or twice) who won't do timely repairs. It has made appearance in lots of news sources, which doesn't come up on the first few pages of search of the address. That's when knowing the actual name of the residential building comes in handy. I've also heard bad things about the management company on reddit.

Of all the things I'm afraid of, landlords who won't do repairs or extermination is without a doubt at the top of the list. Bed bugs, roaches, mices, stuff of horror. Broken toilet. Dirty water. Soundproof is also on the list of many people, but I've not experienced a thin wall problem, so I've never thought of it. Inadequate heating is also awful for obvious reason.

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