Review: Vanderleigh Properties

[John Franken]

I suppose the main purpose of this is to make anyone researching these buildings prior to renting them aware.

They own 507 East 73rd Street, 509 East 73rd Street, and 511 East 73rd Street in New York, NY.

They are slow and/or refuse maintenance in the buildings.
They took 1/4th of my deposit and refuse to provide documentation of where that money went. When asking for it, I was told to just sue them.

Of course, small claims court is pointless. I wish someone else had written about them so I would have known not to rent in their buildings.

[215 east 4th st resident]

They are awful. my apartment just burned down (a girl on my floor kept a candle burning while in the shower), and in the midst of lugging out the remnants of my belongings, they had absolutely zero answers. where was I supposed to live? when can I expect the remainder of this month's rent, next months (my last and already payed for) and security, so that I can find a new apartment? NOTHING. No smopke detector sounded in the building during the fire and evacuation. Their insurance sleeze had the nerve to say to me that no on was hurt, so he wasnt sure what I was asking about the smoke detectors... These people are crooks and the scum of the earth and will most certainly not be left alone after this disturbing epidosde. Oh and we also havent heard from them. The fire was 5 days ago. no return to my calls- nothing.

[235 E 4th St resident]

Agree with all the other posters and I have only lived at 235 E. 4th St. for a week. The only problem with our newly renovated apartment was the door - it wasn't resting properly on the hinges, so it was causing all of our locks (which we changed ourselves) to break. So after calling a locksmith for the 2nd time, we called to have them fix the door. Roberta, who managed to twist my words even after I sent them a letter documenting our conversation, told Mr. Moses (is he the landlord, or just some hired a**hole who yells at people for fun?) that we were a) making unauthorized repairs to the apartment, b) withholding rent. All I said was that "we wanted to have a discussion about rent reduction" and sent them the locksmith receipt to show that the technician believed the door itself was the problem. I then got several threatening calls from Mr. Moses, with him ultimately saying he won't renew our lease for NEXT APRIL because of this, and hung up. No one has a right to speak to me like that. If I wasn't too busy with having a job and pursuing a professional certification, I would take him to court and sue him for all he's got, but then again, once he sees that the rent checks are getting paid by said job and professional certification, he won't care.

[john]

terrible management company. will not fix problems. Didn't return phone calls. Didn't return security deposit or give any reason as to why.
People are unfriendly and unhelpful.

[139e 13 street ny ny]

i more then agree with all of you, this people are new to our building. Moses and Roberta really rud
they never fix a thing and whenever you call they will always tell you that no one els complained
there is NO HEAT in the building. please i'm asking all of you under that manegment to call 311 over and over

[petra011]

we lived on 318 E 78th street. Never, but NEVER rent from them particularly in that building unless you want to have roaches/cockroaches in your bed. Building is infested with bugs that are crawling out the ceilings, dry walls etc. All the company did is to put bait and roach hotel. Beyond horror!!!! Heating is so pure, they only heat ground level where the Super lives. Thanks God I did not develop some nasty disease!

[114 East 1st Street]

Be careful before renting from Vanderleigh Properties, Henry Moses. Their buildings are seriously neglected (dirt, rats, no heat) and they act belligerently once you are a tenant. See more info at http://114eastfirst.blogspot.com/

[MickeyNYC]

I got bed bugs while living in building 433 E. 80th Street. They refused to help me, but instead insisted that I pay the extermination fees of over $1,500 which is against policy according to the board of health for nyc. They are responsible for removing the bed bugs and instead stopped answering my calls.
Roberta was so rude and unhelpful. We also had mice in the apartment and a break-in. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!!

[433 E 80th NYC]

NEVER RENT FROM THEM.

The buildings are disgusting. Had mice, cockroaches, etc. When calling about the mice they said we should have signed up for the "exterminator" that they send. This guy comes once a month and puts down the sticky traps you could buy from duane reade.

Also, there is no such thing as a super in this building. Our "super"s number was always disconnected. Therefore there was never anyone to help with any maintence problems. My roomates celing was caving in, our cabinents broke, we had no number on our door, etc. All problems that there was no one to contact.

As for the actually contacting someone at the company, forget it. They lost my rent checks, they said I was "late on rent". As mentioned above, for any problem we went to them for the just either hung up on us, didnt return calls, or was told to sue them.

Worst experience of my life.

[Vanderleigh]

If you have other options in Manhattan, go with them...