Nice Joke Affirmation
The bldg. is not under new management. It was always Frank J. McDonald Property Mgt. and it has always been identified as owned by Hama Inc. But Frank passed away, his sleeze bag partner Harvey was shown the door and the building, along with one on Lees Ave., is "managed" by two punks (Andrew and Stephan) who were low level office employees at the time. Hama Inc is elusive and I dare you to try to find or make contact with Klaus Meirs from BMW in Edmonton who "manages" it for his 80-90 year old father who lives in Germany. Andrew is as dumb as a doorknob and Stephan is a psychotic, abusive, egomanical, explosive man who treats tenants like shit, regularly screaming and insulting them. The turnover rate for staff is frequent, just as it is for tenants. They hire all their buddies that they went to school with in Belleville. They have no respect for long-term tenants because they say those tenants cost them money because they are restricted by the province in terms of rent increases they can impose. I knew more than a few tenants who have lived here long - term, one for more than 25 years and they never had their carpets replaced or apt painted. Ironically tenants are the least of their concern once you have moved in. There is no rhymn or reason to how they operate. The balconies were painted one year and then power washed the next year and most of the paint came off. The balconies were "repaired" one year but began to crumble the next year. Why? Because they hire the cheapest labour and get sub par work done that they never even inspect. The entire ground floor is a massage school and tenants sometimes have to walk a gauntlet just to get their mail. The tenant laundry room on the ground floor (7 washers and 7 dryers) is "shared" with the school who sometimes take all the machines at once leaving tenants unable to do laundry. 128 apts and a school fighting to do laundry. And there is no accountability. Regardless of what either idiot (Andrew or Stephan) do, there is nobody to complain to. Tenants that have pit bulls aren't required to have them on leashes inside the building or on their property and because it is private property By-law won't even intervene. I've known tenants too terrified of roaming pit bulls to even go to the garbage chute on their floor. Dog owners aren't told to take their animals off the property to do their business. Instead signs are posted asking them to "mix it up" and not always use the same spot so the grass dies everywhere and not just in one spot they use. In the spring walking around the building and through all the dog crap is disgusting. The only saving grace is the building cleaner Vilma. She is absolutely awesome and works hard to keep this place clean. But every once in awhile they move her somewhere else and we have a new cleaner. A recent one from the past, Matt, made the tenants live like pigs. He would clean the floors, end of winter/spring time, every 3 or 4 weeks and they'd be disgustingly filthy. In the winter he'd shovel just around the front door so tenants (old, sick, wheelchairs, walkers, strollers etc) would have to sludge through snow and over snowbanks just to get to the street 15 feet in front of the entrance. Again, absolutely no consideration for tenants here. Besides Vilma the only other good thing about this building is its close proximity to the transit and the fact that utilities are included. SO, yes - make sure everything is ok before you move into your apt because once you live here you become the least of their worries.
The bldg. is not under new management. It was always Frank J. McDonald Property Mgt. and it has always been identified as owned by Hama Inc. But Frank passed away, his sleeze bag partner Harvey was shown the door and the building, along with one on Lees Ave., is "managed" by two punks (Andrew and Stephan) who were low level office employees at the time. Hama Inc is elusive and I dare you to try to find or make contact with Klaus Meirs from BMW in Edmonton who "manages" it for his 80-90 year old father who lives in Germany. Andrew is as dumb as a doorknob and Stephan is a psychotic, abusive, egomanical, explosive man who treats tenants like shit, regularly screaming and insulting them. The turnover rate for staff is frequent, just as it is for tenants. They hire all their buddies that they went to school with in Belleville. They have no respect for long-term tenants because they say those tenants cost them money because they are restricted by the province in...