Brooklyn Gold

RsquaredDesigns wrote:
All of us were given the opportunity to walk. It is OUR choice to take the gamble on the C of O. If for any reason you aren't flexible in the way of move in date, WALK NOW. .

:?: What do you mean we had an option to walk? :?: I was under the impression all was fine, now that i know it isn't...I seem to be stuck in a lease and am looking at homelessness right around the corner. Is there a way to break the lease and bail out all together?

Thanks to Rsquare and Dr. Quartermass for the positive vibes! I am totally stressing but reading this today makes me feel a little better.

you can't break it unless they are 3 months past the lease promise. there's a rider you sign that says they have 3 months to move you in and you get your money back or you can cancel now and lose all of it.

BrooklynGoldSucks wrote: So from the looks of it, we definitely won't get to move in any time before October, huh? Do we know if they are providing any storage services or reimbursement for public storage next door?

Also, please let us know how it goes after you call the Borough President. I should do that too.

No, I wouldn't say that at all. From the looks of it, there's no way to tell when we're going to be able to move in. As far as the building has said, everything is done on their end, everything is in, there are no inspections left, and they are only waiting on DOB. If that's true, then you could be moving in next week. Who knows. But if we just start assuming that nobody will move in before October, then nobody will, because there will be no pressure on DOB or the building.

Subject: BKLYN Gold Move-In Dilemma

So, just to make it clear, we are in need of the DOB approval on the completed inspection and the installation from ConEdision? Did Michaela say anything else to you guys? I just really don't trust her anymore with anything and want to make sure we're all on the same page.

Thanks, doib. I will be sure to do that on Monday.

Also, are we allowed to contact the DOB ourselves?

bkgoldhomeless wrote: Thanks, doib. I will be sure to do that on Monday.

Also, are we allowed to contact the DOB ourselves?

What do you mean by "allowed"? You could always try. But I'm not sure it would help, because DOB has no real reason to be responsive. But the borough president is an elected politician, and local politicians love this kind of stuff. All he has to do is get the DOB to prioritize our building and he'll probably get a couple hundred votes out of it. That's my thinking, anyways.

If you do try to get through to DOB, let us know what they say. Maybe they will be responsive.

ThinkFast--What floor is your apartment on? And have you lived in NYC before? A lot of your complaints seem pretty typical of NYC, if you live on a low floor and a busy street.

This is absolutely a forum for us to express our frustration about our delayed move in date Thinkfast. I wonder if you had to go through what we are dealing with now? If so please offer advice to us on how to get on the other side of this if not, don't renew your lease Your complaints seem valid and put me on guard to an extent. But come on, what unit do you occupy why did these things not occur to you when you looked at the place? This is a frustrating time and we are all doing our best to stay positive even though we don't have a roof over our heads like you do good sir.

Anywhooo...others in the 257 Gold , let's get to calling Marty's office en masse.


Is anyone looking into a temp sublet while we ride this out? It's scary out there trust me. Either really expensive or affordable and nasty.

My fingers are crossed that Michaela will have a forward moving update for us tomorrow and maybe we should all gather at bar and have the largest beer in the world when this is all said and done..

The DOB link has new requirements updated today! Several! This might be a good sign, guys. Then again it might not be. But it might be!

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/BScanItemsRequiredServlet?requestid=6&defaultdisplay=y&allisn=0001034422&passjobnumber=302340081&allbin=3335886

Because BKLYN Gold doesn't vote. We're future constituents, that's why Markowitz's office cares.

You could try asking the leasing office, but I don't know if they will tell us. Otherwise, I think we have to estimate.

Are they calling you back today? I'm interested to hear what they say.

Does anybody knows what is the real reason we're not moving in?
I was suppose to move in on October 1st, but I'm guessing that will never happen...
I think that they are so unprofessional to the point that it's really hurting us!!

Just got the following e-mail from Mchaela,



Please be advised that we are still waiting for occupancy approvals from the Building Department. Even though we expect the final approvals very soon, we have no definitive occupancy date at this time. You will be notified as soon as we receive the approvals and we will be prepared to move you in right away.



Thank you for your continuing patience.

Michaela

How NON-descriptive. Even better, it was FORWARDED! I hope the BK Presidents Office comes through.

Frustrating but not Michaela's fault. She only has the info she gets. I would never ant her job!

Hopefully we all get good new within the next few days!

I am always a Sept 30 move in date (haha) and have nooo idea where/what I am doing.

What cable providor I set up an appointmnet with is the least of our concerns folks.

The following update may freak you out, but PLEASE stay level headed until we have more hard info.

Here goes…

I spoke with Tanya Hill at the Brooklyn Borough President's office today. She is handling the fiasco that is the Bklyn Gold buildings.

As an FYI, she said there are major objections to 277 Gold which the architect has not responded to so they are in no way close to getting a permanent certificate of occupancy.

As for 257 Gold, that address has no application for TCO on record with the DOB, but I did say we on this board found the alias 235 Gold Street on the DOB Website and that seems to be our building. She is double checking that currently and will get back to us with an update as she may have been looking "under the wrong rock"..

I informed her that they may have (based on the amount of units in the building and the amount of time they have been showing apartments here) as many as 300 security deposits and non-preferential 1st month's rent for September 1st move-ins to a building which has no application for even a TCO. She told me the next step here is to take this issue to the Attorney General's office.

Let’s continue to actively communicate with Tanya and Marty’s office collectively.

AGAIN, LETS NOT HAVE A HEART ATTACK JUST YET!

I highly doubt that there isn't even an app for the TCO on 257. People are living in 277 and I have a feeling 235 is the 3rd tower they're building.

I am starting to get worried though if the DOB is having trouble getting this done with the push of the borough presidents office.