Things Are Looking Up For Legal NYC Furnished Apartment Companies

June 7, 2016

Technological advances are making a breakthrough to combat unsafe and illegal accommodations.


You will learn:
  1. About how illegal accommodation companies can be dangerous.
  2. That other legal accommodations options are available and can be found through the use of advancing technologies.
  3. The benefits of staying with a credible accommodation service that will always have your safety and comfort in mind.
In the current NYC furnished apartment market, more options have become available for people wanting to pay a bit less by using illegal and unregulated services, like Airbnb. This leaves tenants and landlords constantly having to assess the risk to reward ratio. With reputable furnished apartment companies you will never have to worry about the dangers that accompany illegal accommodation services.
After being put through a nightmare involving his Chelsea apartment being turned into a “XXX Freak Fest,” techie entrepreneur Ari Teman, 33, has taken combating unlicensed furnished apartment companies into his own hands. Teman spoke with New York Daily News about his experience. Two years ago, Teman rented his studio apartment on Airbnb to make some extra money and came home to find a line of men at the door, his furniture dumped in an alley, and online flyers with his address on it advertising a sex party. Airbnb reimbursed him for damages and provided him with hotel accommodations. The truth is, there is no way for an illegal accommodation company like Airbnb to ensure your safety. If something goes amiss during a stay they will most likely refund your money but they are not responsible for legalities or your mental/physical health after an incident. Teman has since turned his nightmarish experience into a useful service called SubletSpy. SubletSpy is a 21st century solution to the illegal housing crisis that New York has aggressively tried to put an end to.

On SubletSpy’s website, they claim that their mission is to "save lives and protect vulnerable people” and explain that “SubletSpy uses the latest in military intelligence and signal processing technology to de-anonymize online profiles and identify locations. Our team includes experts in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Natural Language Prevention, Fraud Prevention, and Military Intelligence. Our system unleashes millions of servers around the planet to compare and understand billions of data-points instantly. Our technology does what takes humans weeks in fractions of a second, and sees what humans can't.” SubletSpy essentially seeks out any illegal sublet in the city you are looking to stay in. The service charges landlords a monthly rate, $1 a unit for a month for those who own 5,000 units or more, to search apartment sharing websites like Airbnb to discover if tenants are illegally renting out their apartments behind landlord’s backs. The use of artificial intelligence provides speedy reassurance to renters and landlords that they will be safe and involved in a legal accommodation service.

Matt Damico, a temporary housing specialist at Alternative Business Accommodations and IDEAL Furnished Housing explains, “We go through great lengths to select the best buildings for our apartments and help our clients choose the best location depending on their needs. It’s rare that one of our clients requests a transfer of their location but we can usually move them to a new apartment or even a different building. We have our own quality and cleaning staff and not a contracted one. Our guests know they can call our main office in Midtown Manhattan and get a live person immediately to help them with their problem or dispatch a staff member to assist. People like knowing they are not completely alone on their own in a new city.”

Going through a professional extended stay housing company may be a little more expensive but there is peace of mind knowing that you are dealing with a team of business professionals held accountable for delighting residents. Professional accommodation companies tend to clients including business travelers and executives from some of the world’s best-known companies and organizations. All transactions are above board, and the residences are designed with the safety and comfort of you and your family in mind.
The need for temporary housing naturally arises as a result of transition or travel, which is often accompanied by some level of stress. Professional accommodation companies can alleviate some of this stress by taking care of concerns about comfort, security, and overall experience satisfaction. Technologically advanced services like SubletSpy can help landlords rent space to respectable tenants and can help renters weed out a perfect and legal accommodation company. When looking for furnished apartments in NYC remember: gray area organizations may have appeal at first, but choose wisely.