CB Hyams and Associates Inc

Please do not make the mistake of renting from this man. As noted in another review, he does not deal with mice, even when they are coming in through holes they dig in the closets and the corners of rooms. When our roof was leaking after some of the biggest rainstorms ever, he refused to look at it. He said there was no leak, and what looked like a leak was our fault since the apartment was humid because we air-​dried our clothes. He told us he wouldn’t fix it and we needed to buy a clothes dryer. Of course, later the leak was found and very real. He kept our $ 700 deposit because of carpet cleaning (which a landlord needs to do anyway after 5 years). He knows we would win if we took this to small claims court, but since we moved out of the state, he doesn’t care. All this on top of the fact that he is the meanest, most unpleasant, least empathetic person I have ever met. You truly don’t want to spend time around this man — he’s the type of person where the smallest conversation can ruin your mood for a week. Find another apartment in the area, and avoid this soul-​sucking mess.
(Also, one note: Despite «and Associates» in his company name, he definitely works alone, so you’ll have to deal with him and only him. No one would ever consent to work with him.)

Do not rent from this property manager! I am currently breaking a lease with him because during a mouse infestation this winter, which he refused to help me with at all, I discovered, many, many holes in corners of closets and pantries, around windows, etc., where mice were coming in. He has refused to fix any of these, even after I had a city building inspector come in, which resulted in him being cited for several building code violations. He has still repaired none of them, even though much more than the 30 days allotted to repair cited violations has passed. I have applied for another place, and the person processing the application saw Chris Hyams’ name in my rental history and said that he has been sued many times for refusal to make repairs. I then looked him up on casenet, and he has been being sued since 1977! This guy is bad news — stay away.