Rate Your Co-op Board
A: Although I registered the domain www.passthecoopboard.com months ago it looks like I was beaten to the punch by this well thought out website called Wallfly.com. Wallfly is a site dedicated to building a database of rating Co-op boards; a problem that I was dying to solve. A difficult (data and user reviews will take time) yet rewarding model that lets residents lookup and rate their own building's board policy on toughness, restrictions, what its like to live there, what it takes to get in, and who deson't stand a chance!
NOTE FROM SITE: To review you must register. A member may only write one review per building. If you wish add to a posted review, however, you may edit your review at anytime.
Moving on, the main page has a RAVE REVIEWS section that points out the best reviews for buildings that were left by residents.
In addition the site has added some fun stuff such as a TOP 10 list of most infamous board turndowns; with Madonna & Howard Stern being the current leaders. Add in Recent Reviews, a Watchlist, Co-op Buzz section, Glossary of terms, and Real Estate Links (no UrbanDigs though..whats up with that?) and this site is on the right path to building what will eventually be a very useful resource!
If you are looking to buy a Co-op then you should know that the board approval process can be tedious, frustrating, and painful at times. A site like Wallfly.com will be very handy once their database gets filled with user reviews. Currently the site is lacking in content but that should be expected from a 7 month old startup! Good Luck Wallfly guys! Now lets try to help them out by submitting a review of your Co-op!
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God, this is a brilliant website. I am going to email it to everyone I know and ask them to rate their boards!
Posted by Toes | March 13, 2006 7:22 PM