Standard Realty Assocs

Ended up taking them to small claims court after numerous egregious instances of negligence on their part. The judge was so disgusted by the owner’s actions (or lack thereof) that she awarded me my full asking amount plus interest. Standard Realty Associates (slash Village Realty slash K&B Rosenblum slash any other DBA name to try to get your case thrown out of court on a technicality) should be shut down.
PS – I’m of no relation to the other Anna M. that happens to approve of Standard’s practices.

A one star review is generous.
I have lived in other apartments buildings with other landlords (in NYC and other cities as well) and these are by far the most rude and unprofessional staff I have dealt with. Most landlords don’t care much for their tenants, but don’t want you to know that. Standard Realty is a special kind of organization. They don’t care about you, and they WANT you to know that.
First off, most landlords have a professional maintenance staff that can help with any problems that arise in an apartment. Standard Realty goes above and beyond with their world class staff of one, inept man who will only be incentivized to help if you pay $ 50 out of pocket, even if it’s to unclog your kitchen sink or further break your home appliances.
Second, Standard Realty advertises, on their website that since you’ll be living in Soho, you’ll steps away from the hottest celebrities from MTV, NBC, Comedy Central. And it’s true. The pizza rat has been on all three of those channels in the past week. But after that, it pretty much goes downhill from there.
But they can take comfort in the fact that there will always be more supply than demand in the NYC housing market, and that some desperate college student will come knocking on their door for an apartment, so Unilocal reviews mean nothing to them. But please don’t make this mistake and spare yourself the stress and go with another landlord.

Honestly thought I was being punk’d the first time I talked to these guys — Standard Realty is by far the rudest, most incompetent, and unscrupulous bunch of people I’ve ever had the displeasure of dealing with. Yeah, there’s no broker’s fee, but that’s honestly the only positive the company has going for them. It’s not worth the hassle and the dishonesty and the screaming phone calls you’ll have to endure. I would not recommend this place to ANYONE regardless of your situation. Look elsewhere for your apartment, just PLEASE trust me and all the other reviewers on here…

Talking too them is like talking to a brick wall — but one that yells at you and just wants your money.
A few of the folks in the office could potentially be nice people, they just live under the rule of very stressed out, unhealthy, angry managers — anyone would go crazy in that environment.
I guess the silver lining at least they treat everyone the same, thought it was just me!

I have lived in one of their apartments for 1 and a half years. Everything is fine if you are quiet like a mouse both in your apartment and in dealing with them. But is there if any disagreement what so ever, Honestly I’ve seen cockroaches treated better. They treat you like you are sub-​human. Their strategy is to dehumanize and humiliate you before listening to anything you have to say.
Rent at your own risk.
I’ll tell you my story. There was a billing issue where they had mistakenly charged a small amount less for rent. 11 months later after accepting every rent check they gave me, they then hit me with a bill accumulated over 11 months for their mistake. When I went in to ask them what happen … they not only did not apologize but accused me and my roommate of defrauding their company.
Honestly if you value yourself as a human being and like being treated as a member of the human race as opposed to the insect kingdom… stay away from these people like the plague.

I wish I could give less than a star for them. Lived in their apartment for two years and it was never short of hell. Any time I had to deal with someone in the office, they treated me like I spit in their mothers face. Nothing but terrible treatment, especially from Jack Blackman, the worst of the bunch.
Dont rent from them. Dont dont dont. Please. Save yourself the trouble.
Dont do it.

I lived in one of Standard’s buildings for the last 2 years and never had a problem with the landlord, super, or management. Things are pretty straight forward if you actually read your lease; pay rent on time, don’t leave the apartment a total mess when you move out, and you’ll get your security deposit back in a couple months.
If you’re too lazy to read your lease before signing it, this place probably isn’t for you. If you don’t know how to change a lightbulb without calling the super, this place probably isn’t for you.
Yes, they call your references and yes, they have a lot of antiquated rules throughout the whole process but you’re getting a rent stabilized apartment in SoHo in the end.

DO NOT RENT FROM THESE PEOPLE. I cannot stress this enough. They could care less about you as the tenant. We spent over two months this winter with a busted ceiling that was gushing water into our apartment, and when we called to have it fixed we received answers like «what do you want us to do about it?» and «this is punishment for others that walk on the roof.» They reel you in relatively good prices and no fee, but you will not live here for over a year. They have raised the rents in our building at 128 Thompson by over 250 dollars — half of the building is moving out because of the rent increases. Go elsewhere. Please. You think you will be the exception, but you will not be.

I’ve lived at Standard’s Bank Street address for the last two years — The office staff is direct but I haven’t experienced them being rude. They helped us out getting the apartment in ways I would never expect from a larger company with strict policies. There was no broker fee and the leasing process wasn’t difficult.
Honestly we have had little contact with the leasing office throughout our time here. The building is wonderful and the superintendent is a great guy who really does look after the building. There is always notice of maintenance and the trash out front is never out of control.
Lots of the apartments have been renovated while we lived here but there have been no issues with noise, construction mess, and the workers are nice. I should also add that the rent increases were reasonable, nothing to be blindsided by.

Being a resident of one of their West Village apartments for over a year, I don’t think that this company deserves a 1 star rating. Echoing a recent post, yes the individuals that work in the office are rude, very rude. Rude enough to avoid calling them and having to prepare yourself for some arguments. You have to note EVERY repair needed/​issue within a week of signing the lease, but at the same time they recommend that you do this and were fairly receptive to it. That being said, they have been renovating a lot of apartments recently and the new units are beautiful and very reasonably priced. Additionally, the super in our builidng is great. He is friendly and keeps the building clean and safe. As much as the office employees/​owner are a pain, we hardly ever have to call because very little repairs have been needed. To us it’s worth it. I think that you’ll be overall pleased with your rental here if you come prepared and with your eyes open.

I have NEVER had a more UNPLEASANT experience with any business in NYC, let alone any landlord. I rented a 4-​Bedroom unit in 117 Waverly Pl (same building as management’s office, mind you) from summer 2012 to summer 2013. I will do my best to summarize my displeasure in dealing with them:
— Unabashedly rude and disrespectful to talk to. Many conversations I had devolved into them yelling at me or threatening me.
— Accused us of not paying the rent twice. After taking turns calling each one of us at work and yelling at us, we brought receipts of deposits from our respective banks. After yelling back they acquiesced and acknowledged an error with their computer system. There was no apology.
— Poor, poor service. Example: When our washer broke and needed a minor fix, they claimed it was our fault. After a couple of requests we got to yelling. After they threatened legal action (please…I am not making this up), I said the next call was to my attorney and I would see them in court. They then immediately came to fix it.
— When we said it would be hard to show our apartment to possible future tenants (This was in our lease), we were again threatened with legal action. It was in our lease, so we complied. I was frustrated there was no compromise or even understanding.
I would highly recommend trying to rent from other owners. They unfortunately have some nice properties, but I wholeheartedly warn you of the inconvenience from renting them.

The only people who should live here are those who are immune to nasty comments and glares. I went to Standard Realty with my roommate, and we said we were looking for a studio. The guy just said «No.»
Just that. «No.»
“Uh… excuse me?“
And he said the two of us wouldn’t fit in the studio.
«What do you plan to do, sleep in the same bed?»
So I looked at the list of apartments and said «Oh, an open house… I guess we’ll just go to-​«
“No.»
While I was shocked in silence, he said «Tell me which one you want to see. I’ll let you know if it’s available.»
«But it says Open House right here… and it’s starting in 5 minutes.»
«This is an old list!»
(Very strange, since at the bottom of the paper, it says that it was printed two days ago).
So I pointed to one, and of COURSE…
«No.»
Thanks a lot for nothing. Jerks.

There are a lot of emotional reviews of Standard on Unilocal and I think someone making the decision to do business with them would benefit from a review based purely on the numbers.
Yes, they are despicable people who will lie and cheat their way through any situation. That alone is a reason not to rent their apartments. However, they do offer some value in a purely economic sense. Assuming you rent through them and not a broker and that the average broker fee is 15% of one years’ rent, you stand to save between $ 5−7k upfront on most of their apartments. Standard will try to keep as much of your security deposit as possible at the end though. But even if they take the entire thing, you’ll still save some money over a broker fee. If you decide to work with them, document the damage to your apartment as extensively as possible. No detail is too small to photograph.
Having lived with them for a year I wouldn’t do it again. They don’t do any maintenance and their apartments are literally crumbling. At the same time, the decent rents and ability to rent without a broker’s fee can save you a lot of money.
Also, be ready to have the cops outside your building every once in a while trying to build a case against Standard. I think we all wish them the best of luck.

I’ve never went to eat or dealt with a company and after broadcasted how gross this company operates. They think they are doing you a favor renting you their disguising apartments. Their front doors do not lock, mailboxes are broken, light shines into the hall way from the original doors that don’t shut, the standard staff couldn’t be more rude. Really horrible people. I’d consider sleeping on a park bench before getting under the roof in any of their buildings: 25 thompson 26 Thompson 128 Thompson

These guys are 100% jerks. You know it’s bad when you walk in to their office and there are notices from the civil courts strewn across their desks. They are money-​hungry, negligent, rude people. I can’t begin to tell you how many awful stories I have. I’ve never been treated so poorly by a landlord. Where do I begin? Cockroaches, leaky pipes, water damage, late fees for checks sent ON TIME, being called irresponsible and yelled at over the phone, dirty hallways… I could go on, but I won’t. I want to tell you to find a better landlord, but in this neighborhood, most of them seem to be cut from the same cloth…

ATTENTION NEW YORKERS!!! STANDARD REALTY ARE INCOMPETENT IRRESPONSIBLE DESPICABLE MORALLY CORRUPT SLUM LORDS.
Repairs take weeks if not months. Good luck getting them on the phone to report anything. From the fridge to the toilet to the locks on the doors to the heating pipes– it’s just one p.o.s. after the other that needs fixing. They save money by keeping the buildings in disrepair.
Worst of all: a Standard Realty employee walked into my bedroom without notice when I was sleeping to show the room to prospective renters. I was not dressed. he saw my backside and then tried to deny it. When I called the company to report it, Denise told me they had every right to do what they did and said I was behaving like a crazy person for being upset that this happened.
This year has been a nightmare, I’m so glad I’m moving out soon. DON’T RENT FROM STANDARD REALTY. They do not care one bit about the safety and comfort of their tenants. I just wish someone had warned me before I moved in.

Avoid at all costs. The main guy Ken is horrible and all he does is scream and blame you for things. They dont give back deposits and they dont take care of their property. Then when you move you have to give them 4 hours of your time showing your apartment. You have to let strangers come in your apartment from the street and they can kill you. If you dont do it he screams at you and threatnes you. They are horrible.

Move here if you want to share your apartment with rats… Yes, rats!
We had to move out of our apartment for a month while the exterminator got the situation under control and when we asked Standard Realty to comp us the month’s rent, they refused. But losing a month’s rent is not nearly as awful as the pyschological damage resulting from seeing living and dead 8-​inch long rats in your «home». I am not sure if I will ever recover.
In addition to the rats, we had cockroaches, leaking holes in our ceiling, exposed wiring, holes which leaked brick dust, a fridge with a broken door (which continually fell off entirely), broken floor boards, broken window locks, and a faulty pilot light. But, in our year-​long stay at this apartment, nothing was ever fixed by Standard Realty. And, although they told us they were renovating the kitchen before we moved in, they refused to do so (this should not come as a shock given that they didn’t even clean or paint the apartment at the start of our lease).
And for all of this, we paid almost $ 3,000 per month…

Be careful. Standard Reality are slop artists and slum lords. They take your money and they never do any decent repairs. The neighborhood is great but you will be so. so, so much better off living in a place that is well maintained. They have no quality control and could care less. I have seen so many things be repaired with gaffer’s tape, including plumbing, that it is really sad.
What is worse is you can paint your place (at your expense) and a month later there is leak ruining everything. They won’t do anything for you. Instead the repairman will show up with tape in hand and will make idiotic joke at your expense because you are the mark and you have been had! The worst people on the planet.

I live at 42 bank street. Yes, like there website, «live with the stars» and yes this is one of the best blocks in all of NYC. Now move past that, get back to reality.
42 BANK STREET IS A FLOP HOUSE. Sorry for the caps but it had to be done. Roaches, mice and every other rodent you could imagine. Just try to get in touch with the owner! It wont happen because he will not pick up the phone. Then you can try to deal with the other guy Jack. Good luck with that. Maybe the interns can help but really they wont. They are unresponsive and will never fix anything. The Truth hurts yo.