* Poor overall maintenance that can result in cracked, peeling or dirty painted surfaces, crumbling masonry, makeshift wiring and broken fixtures and appliances.
What started five years ago as an effort by neighborhood churches to repair broken fixtures has ballooned into a full-scale renovation involving businesses, television producers and City Hall.
Cold, damp, faulty wiring and broken fixtures were widespread, and the study (titled "Reinvestment or Ruin") wasn't shy about levelling charges of exploitation.
Paint, landscaping, cleaning and replacing broken fixtures will usually boost the value of the property at little cost.
Cleaning, Plants, Paint and Replacing broken fixtures are the cheapest way to make a property look better.
The app also allows conductors to report equipment failures, like broken toilet fixtures, to mechanics.
In earlier inspections they have reported broken plumbing fixtures, pools of water, dirty bathrooms and dirty shower rooms.
But the most prevalent problems, deemed "ugly," were broken lighting fixtures, substantial water damage and substantial peeling paint; each condition was found in more than half the stations surveyed.
In the newly enclosed corridors, Mr. Landon painted apartment doors bright primary colors, laid down royal blue vinyl composition floor tile with red accents, replaced broken light fixtures and installed new heating and air-conditioning.
Ms. Carranza's apartment suffered water damage, along with moldy walls, rusted fixtures, broken flooring and sagging ceilings.
