Concord Village

10/03/07

Cut your nose to spite your...shareholders!

by jlgreyman at Citysearch

Though I myself do not live in Concord Village, my boyfriend does and as I do spend most of my time by his place I can tell you the insiders point of view on this. My boyfriend has a beautiful, spacious one bedroom in CV and a while back, the apartment next door went up for sale. We really wanted to purchase it and join the two to make it into one beautiful apartment, but we had heard nothing but horror stories about people who had renovated there and all of the problems they give you. I don't understand, wouldn't they want people to renovate and raise the value of the building? Apparently, the 'old ones' on the board keep management wrapped around their fingers so that things only go their way. It's a shame because these are probably some of the most spacious apartments in NYC not to mention the breathtaking views! I'm not sure what the manager's name is, I only know that he and his staff are anything but helpful as when we were trying to find out information about purchasing the second apartment they were nothing but rude and nasty. Not to mention, the people on that board would probably never let my boyfriend purchase the second apartment just out of spite since that would mean he would own more shares. Can't we get them out of there? It's shocking to me that other shareholder's don't realize that other apartments in that neighborhood sell for three times as much for the same square footage. If I myself were a shareholder, my first priority would be informing the other shareholders of what is holding back one of Brooklyn Height's most beautiful residences: the BOARD! Maybe I can get my boyfriend to run...

• Pros: Gorgeous Apartments; Beautiful Views; SO much Potential
• Cons: MANAGEMENT, BOARD, MANAGEMENT, BOARD

09/11/07

Bureaucracy is KILLER-should be five stars

by aremson at Citysearch

Great place to live but some gross wrinkled scank Helene and a rear end hold named George (whose you know what was removed a couple years back) make people's lives miserable. They for some reason do not want to sell anything which is why it is so cheap to buy there. But let me say this once the current board is gone these apartments are going to shoot up in price faster than you can write a check. Most of the board is so old though they should be dead in a year or so. I would buy it up now while you still can. I am a real estate agent in the heights and love the location, too bad for old people controling some great properties, shareholders I am sure would love to see them drop dead so there apartments go up 50% in value. Please note the board can be paid off from what I am told.

Regards,

PDE

• Pros: locations
• Cons: staff is a misery