Duration is important because squirrels will chew on your walls for hours at a time, trying to get from one point to another, but mice will be more erratic in their timing and will chew for a shorter duration," Osinskie notes. "The time of day or night will dictate if it's a nocturnal or diurnal creature. To determine what kind of pest you have, "what you need to look for is time, duration, and frequency," Osinskie says. The mouse that's chewing on your framing will be a lot louder than a squirrel that's running along your insulation," says state-licensed nuisance wildlife control operator Matt Osinskie, co-owner of Hudson Valley Wildlife Solutions in New York. "The volume of the noise that you hear can be very misleading. It was the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere when completed.Those loud scratching, creaking, and scurrying sounds coming from behind your walls could be the result of a pest no bigger than your palm. It's one of the most expensive addresses in the world. But inside, it's reportedly a living hell.Ĥ32 Park is one of several major developments around 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan where skinny towers have sprouted up on what has been dubbed "Billionaires' Row". Now some residents of the super-exclusive condominium that overlooks Central Park are complaining about construction flaws and surging fees. The building that cost $3.2 billion is beset by problems, they told The New York Times, which recently profiled their complaints: millions of dollars of water damage from plumbing and mechanical issues, frequent elevator malfunctions, noise, and walls that creak. Most of the problems may be connected to the building's main selling point - its massive height of nearly 1,400 feet, as well as its pencil-like thinness, described by some as anorexic. It has 104 apartments, a 75-foot swimming pool, a screening room, spa, conference room, billiards room, wine cellars and a restaurant just for owners on the 12th floor. Structural engineers generally consider skyscrapers with a minimum 1:10 or 1:12 ratio of the width of the building's base to its height to be "slender". 432 Park is 15 times as tall as its width of 93 feet. Slender and tall buildings are more prone to have problems, especially swaying in windy weather, often causing vertical elevators to stop. In 2019, strong winds led to an elevator stopping at 432 Park, trapping a resident for more than an hour. While the building is designed to move with the wind, that swaying also leads to loud noises. Residents complained to the Times that eerie creaking and groaning noises often resonate in their apartments, as well as sounds "like a bomb" when the trash is tossed down a garbage chute.Īmong the Park's biggest issues, say residents, is its plumbing, which has caused frequent flooding and extensive water damage. In November 2018, the building sustained two major leaks, one of which propelled water into elevator shafts, shutting them down for weeks. The plumbing issues prompted one potential resident to back out of a $46.25 million deal after the building experienced a "catastrophic waterflood'', according to the Times.īoth leaks occurred on five-story floors containing only mechanical equipment that are spaced every 14 floors from the top. They are left open to allow wind to blow through to reduce the tower's wind load. But the floors have been criticized for being excessively tall.
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