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Jim Warburg

Let the renter beware!

I was interested to see glowing testimonials on the Anable/Podell team’s website, mostly from prospective buyers. Regrettably this was not our experience as renters in a condominium managed by Mr. Podell. As a result, my strong advice to those looking to rent an apartment is to beware of renting from “investors/absentee landlords represented by indifferent and generally unresponsive property managers. From my experience, they are only interested in collecting the rent. We moved into a “luxury” condo that had no window coverings. When i asked the landlord to share in the cost of window blinds, he refused, and I spent $2000 on blinds which remained in the apartment after we vacated it. i also had to install a shower bar in the bathtub. We paid an exorbitant rent faithfully for four years including a nine month period during the pandemic when we never set foot in the apartment. In January of this year, i informed Mr. Podell that we had purchased a condo (one listed by Elegran Forbes by coincidence). and would be moving before the termination of our lease in April. I told him the apartment could be shown furnished starting Feb 15 and that it would be clean and vacant by March 1st. I was hoping to save a month’s rent and get back my security deposit. No such luck; they never even listed it until March 15, showed it a few times, and finally had it rented by May1st. I did get my security deposit back after considerable prodding. I should also point out that for two years in a row, i had to remind Mr. Podell to send a lease renewal which we got two weeks late both times.

We were excellent tenants who left the apartment. immaculate and hardly ever asked the landlord for anything except for a little consideration in terminating our lease early. Clearly there was nothing in it for him to let us out early (other than as a gesture of reciprocity and good will since they had us over a barrel until the end of our lease. i guess that was too much to expect. In a rental building, they fix things and provide essentials like window blinds and shower bars. If you rent from an investor, just be aware that you will most likely be on your own.

Filip Risteski

I couldn't be any happier with my new apartment. I was trying to rent a place for over 6 months. Dealt with so many brokers / agents and most of them couldn’t get me in and some didn’t even responded back once I told them I am on commission only. Being medical device specialist for fortune 100 company I make well over the minimum amount needed but it’s all commission. That did not stop Pia!!!! Within one week, she had me in an amazing apartment corner unit on W 50th Street, one block away from Theater District, Hell’s Kitchen and Times Square.

I have and will continue to recommend Pia to all my friends and anyone looking for an apartment or looking to buy their own place!

THANK YOU PIA!!!

Filip Risteski
Account Executive – Manhattan, NY
Surgical Technologies

Ryan McGuirl

My family worked with Charles Holmes and we were very impressed by his market knowledge and guidance in the purchase of a beautiful Upper East Side co-op. He was able to navigate a difficult market environment and seamlessly executed on an incredible opportunity with impressive poise. Thank you to Charles and the Elegran team, I would highly recommend him to anyone looking to buy or sell in NYC.

clare lippincott

Had such an incredible experience with Dea’Shinique Ramsey!!! She got us a fantastic 2 bedroom within our budget, she helped us tour places virtually while we were both out of state for work, the whole move would have been such a disaster without her! She even continued to help us get the documents we needed to set up Wi-Fi etc once we were moved in! Absolutely above and beyond, we have already recommended her to some friends looking to move this winter.

Maggie McLaughlin

Dea'Shinique Ramsey was an absolute pleasure to work with and made my experience of apartment hunting in New York so seamless. As someone who just moved to the city I was so pleased to have a broker who genuinely cared for her clients and made sure all of my boxes were checked! Highly recommend for your next search.

Timothy White

Dea'Shinique Ramsey is absolutely great! In my search for an apartment, she was extremely professional, knowledgeable, and helpful. She really went above and beyond, making sure I saw many apartments in my price range and offering a lot of very helpful advice. Thank you very much.

Naomi H

I could not be more pleased with my experience looking for an apartment in Manhattan with Daniel Chun at Elegran. Though I was working with a tight schedule, he was able to line up apartments that were within my preferred location and price range. Daniel coordinated everything ahead of time and was on point; all the apartments that we looked at fit my specifications and were scheduled with maximum efficiency so as to be able to see as much as possible with my limited schedule. In one afternoon, I was able to select a great apartment and had a fun time in the process!

Lauren Rovere

Had the best experience with Kevin Diaz! My roommate and I were moving from Los Angeles and could not view any apartments in person, which seemed daunting to us. Kevin accommodated all of our hurdles seamlessly. He was super responsive, timely, and made sure every question was answered. He made the whole experience a piece of cake. Will be recommending him to friends in the future. Thanks, Kevin!