Maintenance?

So, now I am curious about what people who own coops around here are paying in maintenance and how large their apartments are (please include if your building has a super or a management company and how large your building and apartment is). After reading how some buildings (even small ones) pay for supers and management companies, i am wondering if that makes for a higher maintenance (I am assuming it does).

I will start.

We live in a 7 unit building in center Slope. We have a 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. No super, no management company and the building has a nice reserve fund. We pay $765.00 per month maintenance and that has not gone up in almost 3 years. The people with 1 bedroom apartments pay $382.00 in maintenance.

My ex, in Bay Ridge, had a one bedroom, full time super who did maintenance in and around the building and in the apartments paid about 300 a month.

i have a 2-bedroom in an 8-unit building. part-time super and a management company. $600 a month

full service, massive building. Residents pay about $0.75 per sq foot.

define "massive building"?

whynot_31 wrote: full service, massive building. Residents pay about $0.75 per sq foot.

So you pay almost [edited to add A WHOLE LOT ] a month in maintenance?


Edited: Whynot most likely doesn't appreciate my math based on first hand knowledge of the size of his gi-normous apartment.

You've totally blown his cover...now the whole world will know he's the land baron of Prospect Heights! Next time you visit, I doubt you'll be allowed to venture anywhere but the Dude wing (and only the lower mezzanine, at that - Dude's a bit peeved too).

nah, my bet is that the why_nots live on plaza street

brooklynpotter wrote: define "massive building"?

BP (edit flexi): 180 units, pre-war.

I'm ignoring voodoo.

i am not flexi!

WhyNot was confused by your underwear!

when ever I think about women's underwear, I become stupid ...its true.

but back on topic: VD knows the building, but not the apt. Dude pays nothing in mantenance.

..VD, what do you pay in maintenance?

whynot_31 wrote: ..VD, what do you pay in maintenance?

I pay out huge sums of money on a monthly basis to "maintain" my friendships after I open my BIG MOUTH! Oh, yes, this is a fairly regular occurance.

Which war is pre-war?

brooklynpotter wrote: i am not flexi!

I totally made that mistake online a couple months ago and got yelled at!!! :P

Whynots have a lovely home, due in part to the hard work and sweat of Mr Whynot and his carpenter skilz. No one else could have made a run down mess like that a beautiful home but him and Mrs Whynot. Knowing the good work they do for the community, they deserve every foot of it.


(Em, watch out! I buttering them up so I can move in!)

damn freeloaders who make me scared they moved into my bathroom's bathroom when I was distracted...

damn women distracting innocent men by mentioning their friends underwear....

damn VD who has yet to send me a paypal to help with my maintenance after opening his big mouth...

damn self imposed restriction to leave Mougar alone when Mrs. Whynot isn't around to act like she is interested in what I am saying...

Damn! Ms. Whynot is away and Whynot is friskie! Ladies?

And not to derail LTSloper's thread. Please do continue to post your maintenance here (sorry Sloper).

One bed in an 8 unit brownstone coop ( but apartment has private garden so others in the building may be different ) self, managed building in North Park Slope = nearly $900 per month. Yes an eye opener for me out too but it seemed to be at the lower end of the scale when I bought end last year. The crucial question is ...'what proportion of the maintainance is tax deductable?' You may get 50% back if its mostly property tax.

8 unit building, boerum hill, live-in super...$415 a month...same for everyone.

can other people please chime in on this?

In a 60 unit building with no doorman. 2 beds, 2 baths. Maint is about $1,100. Half is tax delectable.

4 unit co-op. three bedrooms, two baths. 1000 sq feet. no doorman. main is $1125. don't know how much is deductable.

ring and easilyfound, do you guys have a super in the building?

With 60 units we got a live in super and a porter

Just closed on a 2 bed, approx 1008 sf, in CH. 99 unit bldg undergoing a very slow conversion from rental to co-op. Approx. 65% owner-occupied. Maintenance: $875/mo. Live-in Super: Yes. Doorman: No. Not sure what % is deductible (calling the mgmt co. tomorrow to find out).

this thread makes me glad to be a bitter renter

I am looking to buy a condo, approx 1200 sf with private outdoor space. Maintenance is around $1100 including heating gas and water. The building will have 60 units with a live in super. Property tax is separate since it is a condo.

one bedroom, Ditmas Park, it's like $550 or something.

LongTimeSloper wrote: ring and easilyfound, do you guys have a super in the building?

No. 43% of mine is tax deductable.

We pay about $700 for a 2 bedroom 1 bath in PH. Our building has 48 units with a live-in super, part-time (evening) doorman, porter and management company. I'm not sure what % is tax deductible.

we pay $475 for 800 sq foot 1 bedroom in Windsor Terrace, 80 apartments, live in super. The underlying mortgage is fully amortized