A new comment to my post "Langston looking for doorman" January 09

HTID said...

I live in the Langston and my neighbors have complained about numerous issues to the board and staff. Our board consists of people who want to have something to do on their spare time instead of addressing real issues so if we wanted to keep getting screwed we should have let the developer keep their controlling shares. The super we have now is wonderful and hands on with the tenants and that makes me feel better. Our problems are the exact problems that any home owner would go through and I can say that we purchased our home as an investment and plan to stay the course. I know your frustrated with the lack of respect you get from these people and you might feel special but none of us are a home is what you make it good or bad. What I don't hear are the good things about it like having a park for our kids to play in the building or having a piece of mind knowing that when you come home it's very quiet or the fact that the staff go out of their way to help us when it is and not needed. As for the other blogger this is Harlem I have been here my whole life and it's not as bad as it used to be case in point if you own a condo in Harlem and your not black or Hispanic you would have only heard about Harlem not lived it. When I was younger I never thought I would own such a great place in Harlem that is past 136 st. And the brownstones were very expensive. If anything I said offended you that was not my intention it's just that people are never satisfied even when they have a home that's as beautiful as ours their always looking for the worst without taking time to savor the best life has to offer. I hope you can get the same joy from your home one day as my family gets out of ours. ( god bless )

OCTOBER 9, 2010 12:27 AM

Yes, HTID, I agree Harlem is a beautiful place to live and the langston can be a great place to live. I think the nastiness from the first board ruined it for alot of us. Then now we have a board, like you said "consists of people who want to have something to do on their spare time instead of addressing real issues." One of them used to be on the committee and I think that nastiness ruined it for alot of folks too. One of them don't even live here full time.

NO, I definitely don't live in peace and quiet. I have a couple of neighbors who blast their music day and nite. Other neighbors probably complained about them to the board but again, like you said, the board is not interested in dealing with issues.

I think that might be the reason why alot of people rent their place. It's a condo and owners are free to rent out as they please. The board can spend tons of money fighting owners but bottom line is owners do as they want. It's sad because you can see how renters don't care about the building. It's not in their interest to. Eventually, the good ones move on to bigger and better things.

I am glad we have a terrace/playground for our kids. As matter fact I was the only one fighting the first board for the children's rights to use chalk on the grounds. The old hag can claim what she wants about the tables, but it was Bubu who brought that subject up. Nobody cared. If they did, they didn't speak up.

I'm glad you enjoy your home. I actually don't hate where I live. I just hate some of the people who live in this building.