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Check Oout This One
I’m not sure if this link works. The NY Times listing says it’s in Bushwick but it may be East NY. Price only $299K. It looks like someone could have a fun little reno project here
http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/detail/2156-129014/brooklyn-ny-usa/SINGLE-FAMILY-type/100000-1000000-price/PRICE-HIGH-sort/450-p/2156-129014–2942-BL20292–2156-111021–2156-828011–2156-828032–2942-C21BL20158–3501-342215–25-NY595358–403-341312–2136-DP90124282-ls/567-t
03/27/2009 4:57 PM
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Wood Carpet
I have written off and on about my 1″ strip floors laid out in 3′ or 4′ wide sections. If think they’re made like what’s described below from The Elements of Style:
“Wooden floors didn’t get factory mass produced until the American Victorian Era (1840-1910) and then only late in this era. A 1903 E. L. Roberts catalog shows “wood carpeting” consisting of 1 1/2″ by 5/16″ strips glued to a heavy cotton canvas. These came in rolls about 3 feet wide and were installed by tacking down each board every foot or so.”
At any rate, while some of my floor may still be 5/16″ thick, the parts that I can see separating are no thicker than matchsticks. In spite of their wear, I really like them, especially the 1″ width, but there’s been some water damage near the radiator and they could surely stand some serious renewal. Does anyone have ideas?
02/05/2009 2:01 PM
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Taxes on a Con-OP
We have a two unit condo. The front unit, a brownstone, is divided into apartments and is co-oped. The rear condo is a small store. There are two separate tax lot ids (dirrent than the DoB lot number). The question I have is for a Real Property Income and Expense statement to DoF for a condo would I fill out two separate income and expense statements or jsut one? I plan on contesting my tax assesment for the store condo since it jumped way, way up and I wouldn’t mind getting a break for the co-op as well. I could just use some clarification on what to fill out. Any advice is appreciated!
01/29/2009 5:32 PM
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Real Estate Tax
I just got the real estate tax bill for my store. There’s an increase of over 75% from last year, not that last year was cheap. I think they are over-valuing the property. Does anyone have a suggestion for handling this through the Department of Finance? Anyone done this who would be willing to share their timetable and outcome?
06/26/2008 4:47 PM
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Renting a Store
Who is the best broker in Park Slope to use for renting a storefront? I’m letting my tenants out of their lease at the end of the month and I’d like to get someone else in their as soon as possible.
06/26/2008 4:41 PM
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Thin Wood Strips
The wood floor in my living room has seen better days. In many places it seems thinner than paper matches and much more brittle. I did some research and it looks like its narrow 1″ strips may have been purchased in rolled sheets backed with felt. The floor doesn’t have any continuous areas wider than 4′ of the 1″ wood. These wide bands are separated by a feature strip of darker wood that appears to be in excellent condition. I gather that someone has refinished the floor before because the numerous nail heads appear to have been well sanded. Does anyone know where I might find a similar replacement floor?
04/14/2008 10:37 AM
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DEP Damage
I’m looking for tips on what we should do. After I called 311 about a fire hydrant outside my house leaking into my basement and creating a sink hole in my side yard, they came out and repaired the hydrant and told me they’d be back to fix the sidewalk they broke up and refill my sideyard with dirt. They haven’t been back. Today I called 311 again and found that their records show that DEP has closed the case and plans no further work. Well I still have the sink hole and the busted up sidewalk. Now the City tells me that I can either file another complaint with 311 who will send out DOT who will perform the work and then bill me and then I can seek reimbursement from the City by filing a claim with the Comptroller or I can have the work performed and file for a claim. It all seems so, so, wrong. The City’s workers can just make a mess of things, write it in their reports and walk away and the homeowner has to fix it and file a claim? I’m not so keen about having DoT inspect and make the repair because a lot of the sidewalk is the original bluestone, warts and all and we don’t have the money to redo it now. Suggestions? Advice?
03/18/2008 5:34 PM
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Sports Fans
I just watched sports fans trying to view the Giants parade ruin, completely ruin 8 cars (the only ones parked within my range of view). First about 6 people stomped in the roof and windshield of a cab, broke into the vehicle, and pocketed all the paperwork. Then they went back up on the roof and jumped up and down a bunch more. The roofs of the other 7 cars were similarly caved. A City van had its windshield smashed with someone’s heels and then 12 people tried to turn it over. Another car has it’s tires slit. People removed rear view mirrors from several of the vehicles. The police, who were about 30 feet away and in great numbers didn’t do anything at all for a full 25 minutes. Not sure if the pic will come out.
I hate sports fans. I say leave them in New Jersey..
02/05/2008 1:36 PM
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Gavin Young Maloney
I like the photos shown on his ad. Has anyone out there worked with him? I’m looking for someone to do non-major construction replicating missing portion of some historic details and rehabilitating some salvaged architectural millwork.
01/31/2008 4:04 PM
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adam_dahill
Park Slope Open House Tour
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN, MAY 18 From noon to 5 p.m., guests can tour nine houses, the Montauk Club and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, which is in an 1881 mansion. Houses include an 1889 Romanesque Revival home with carved woodwork, stained glass and original tapestry wall fabric; an 1867 row house; and an 1881 Neo-Greco house decorated with the owners’ collections of Asian artifacts and textiles, as well as a collection of neckties from the 1920s to the 1950s. No children under 10. Tickets, $25, at the Berkeley Carroll School, 181 Lincoln Place (between Seventh and Eighth Avenues). Advance tickets, $20. Information: (718) 832-8227 and parkslopeciviccouncil.org.