Q41 Affordable Housing Lottery (New York, York: residents, young, dance)

[thechelseahotel]

Originally Posted by q41apartments

It's not even about being creative, but bless your heart for being so innocent. That's an endearing quality. You literally open your balcony door and can only move 1 or 2 feet forward. Any further and you can get electrocuted. Not that the fence is electric, but you can't go any further. What can someone do with 24 inches of space from their balcony door to the entire balcony? Not a whole lot.

Huh? The tenants in the photo have much more than two feet (they are TOUCHING it in the photo, so no, not electric), yet apparently feel that they have to EXPLAIN the fence to their guests.

Let's be clear: That they are standing in the photo in the NY Post at all means they placed a call or sent an email to a journalist. They complained.

Let's revisit the travesty: the couple pays just under $2200 for a 2-bedroom apartment in a brand-spanking-new building in New York City, approximately 5-10 minutes from Midtown Manhattan on the N/R.

And their terrace is too small. They thought they were getting the whole stinking area.

Granted, management messed up in how they communicated the terrace to the couple. But the couple STILL gets some terrace space.

In the photos, they are standing behind the fence in front of what is clearly a luxury glass building, with poo faces.

If they put up some foliage, or a wooden trellis, or some patio furniture, something that obstructs the view of the metal fence, it doesn't need to be EXPLAINED. Or they leave the metal fence exposed and stop explaining.

It's incredibly self-victimizing for those tenants to need to EXPLAIN it. They got cheap rent. They don't get the whole terrace. It is not equivalent to living behind a fence at Dachau.

Deal with it. Or do something creative about it to make it look like YOUR area is YOURS and not a retaliatory measure by management. Any terrace space at that rent is a GIFT in New York City.

[q41apartments]

I felt the way you did at first, but now feel bad for those tenants.

[rj17112]

does anyone know what documents are required to renew the lease?

do they need w2 and income verification?

thanks

[NYCLotteryGurl]

No documents required. Just pick a 1 or 2 year renewal when management sends the new lease, sign the dotted line and move on with your life. It was best to secure the lower rent prices. What made you opt for a 1 year lease? How are you liking Q41 aside from the restrictive so-called amenities?

I wish they'd do income verification all over again. As you know, tons of people awarded apartments at Q41 do not even live there. They rent out their apartment illegally on Airbnb and turned the building into some unsafe hotel for tourists. It's absolutely tragic. The last time I checked, the building was known as Q41 and not the Hilton Hotel LIC.

The management Co will find it odd when a tenant has a W2 form from Airbnb. That will signal all kinds of red flags. It's also interesting when there's 3 or 4 people living in a studio and the smell of weed coming from their unit nonstop. I'd wish they'd do income verification just to get the sleazy tenants evicted.

[NYCLotteryGurl]

Rj17112,

I hope that information helped.

[NYCLotteryGurl]

Who's ever smoking weed on the 4th floor, can you please STOP???!!!!????

It's very annoying and the smell is beyond atrocious.

[NYCLotteryGurl]

For the love of god, can the weed addicts on the 4th floor please stop!!! The scent is unpleasant and it straight up annoying. No neighbor should be subjected to such nonsense.

[NYCLotteryGurl]

Whoever is smoking weed and ganja on the 4th floor, can you please stop????

The smell is hideous and no doubt unhealthy!

[NYCLotteryGurl]

Whoever is stealing the laundry cart in the laundry room, can you please stop it????!!!! It's very low class and uneducated. That's why people go to stores to buy laundry baskets for doing laundry. The tenants rely on that laundry cart so STOP!

Also, whoever is smoking weed and ganja on the 4th floor, can you please stop????!!! That's also low class and doesn't exhibit good manners.

[NY343]

you are bat**** ****ing crazy lotterygurl. I would hate to be your neighbor.