Nadhya P.
Alohause review
I had a lease through alohause (they use the same social media as NYN so I assume it's all one company) and I didn't really have any problems with the company itself. My biggest complaint is that they were airbnb-ing one of the rooms out (even though I had asked if they did this before I moved in and they told me they didn't). It was really annoying considering I had no idea when random people would just show up in my apartment and no one wants to live with a new pair of tourists every other weekend. I was lucky that 3 of us had signed actual leases so there was only one room that could have possibly been rented out. The room I moved into wasn't well cleaned when I arrived (a lot of dust, marks on the walls, drawers were dirty etc) but it is NYC so I honestly wasn't surprised by it. Another annoying part of my stay is one of my roommates really sucked - he was super aggressive, left his stuff all over the couch, never did his dishes, smoked inside all the time and had stolen the TV cord so no one could watch TV - but I can't really blame the company for how he acted and it is the chance you take when deciding to live with strangers. I did get my security deposit back about 2.5 weeks after I moved out so I didn't have a problem there, but I did hound them about it (NYC laws only give renters 14 days to return security deposits and they tried to tell me I wouldn't get it back for 2 months). I read a lot of reviews saying security deposits weren't returned, but I think if you make it clear that you know the law states they only have 2 weeks to return it then they should return it without a problem. Overall my stay was fine, but I probably wouldn't recommend living at 1600 broadway unless you're coming as a tourist and don't plan on staying for long.