Michael Hajovsky — Oct 26, 2024
Review of Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 Housing: Welcome to Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 in Woodside, NY, where t…
Review of Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 Housing: Welcome to Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 in Woodside, NY, where the only thing older than the 60-year-old garage is the mindset of the slumlord-style co-op board. Their latest masterstroke? Voting to deny a disabled resident the right to install an electric car charger. It seems the board is on a mission to protect the garage as if it were one of the Egyptian pyramids—a sacred relic that must remain untouched by modern conveniences like, you know, electricity.
Living here feels like stepping back in time. The board must believe we’re still in the Ice Age, where Neanderthals roamed, and mammoths were the preferred mode of transport. Electric cars? Laughable. But if you’ve got a horse-drawn carriage, you might just score a prime parking spot.
Perhaps they’re waiting for Christopher Columbus to stumble upon the garage and marvel at its complete lack of progress. Or maybe they think a few windmills will power the building’s future—a charmingly delusional plan in a world racing toward electric vehicles. Meanwhile, other co-ops are adapting, upgrading, and increasing their value, while Berkeley Towers clings to the past like a dinosaur stuck in tar.
Let’s talk about property value. Without electric chargers, this co-op is plummeting in appeal faster than a woolly mammoth falling off a glacier. Who wants to buy into a place where the garage is a time capsule, and the board actively works to deprive garage owners of basic amenities like electricity? It’s as if the board is committed to running the property into the ground—true slumlord like behavior at its finest.
So, if you’re nostalgic for the Stone Age, enjoy declining property values, and want to be ruled by a board that thinks progress is a threat, Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 is your dream home. Just leave your electric car—and any hope for the future—far, far away.
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Review of Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 Housing: Welcome to Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 in Woodside, NY, where the only thing older than the 60-year-old garage is the mindset of the slumlord-style co-op board. Their latest masterstroke? Voting to deny a disabled resident the right …
Review of Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 Housing: Welcome to Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 in Woodside, NY, where the only thing older than the 60-year-old garage is the mindset of the slumlord-style co-op board. Their latest masterstroke? Voting to deny a disabled resident the right to install an electric car charger. It seems the board is on a mission to protect the garage as if it were one of the Egyptian pyramids—a sacred relic that must remain untouched by modern conveniences like, you know, electricity.
Living here feels like stepping back in time. The board must believe we’re still in the Ice Age, where Neanderthals roamed, and mammoths were the preferred mode of transport. Electric cars? Laughable. But if you’ve got a horse-drawn carriage, you might just score a prime parking spot.
Perhaps they’re waiting for Christopher Columbus to stumble upon the garage and marvel at its complete lack of progress. Or maybe they think a few windmills will power the building’s future—a charmingly delusional plan in a world racing toward electric vehicles. Meanwhile, other co-ops are adapting, upgrading, and increasing their value, while Berkeley Towers clings to the past like a dinosaur stuck in tar.
Let’s talk about property value. Without electric chargers, this co-op is plummeting in appeal faster than a woolly mammoth falling off a glacier. Who wants to buy into a place where the garage is a time capsule, and the board actively works to deprive garage owners of basic amenities like electricity? It’s as if the board is committed to running the property into the ground—true slumlord like behavior at its finest.
So, if you’re nostalgic for the Stone Age, enjoy declining property values, and want to be ruled by a board that thinks progress is a threat, Berkeley Cooperative Towers Section 3 is your dream home. Just leave your electric car—and any hope for the future—far, far away.
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