Illegal Renovations?


My landlord moved walls and gutted the two rental apartments below mine. He never posted any work permits and I doubt they existed. I think he also changed the number of bedrooms [from 2 to 3]

How do I find out what is approved and not approved? I want to know for curiosity and because I’ve occasionally had trouble with him, and want to have info in case I need it for the future…

Categories: Landlord
By sender9999 | 03/18/2010 9:50 AM | Comment

Window Garden Predator?


My herb garden is on my fire escape in window boxes [3 of them] and something is digging up the plants and tossing them aside. My friend says mice or squirrles or [ick] rats. Any hints on keeping them away?

Categories: Garden
By sender9999 | 07/02/2009 1:55 PM | Comment

rent stablized lease renewal


so now that the increases have been announced, what determines if i sign a 1 or 2 year lease? 1 year is 3% and 2 is 6%

i pay below market and plan on staying indefinitely so i guess 2 is the best option?

Categories: Renters
By sender9999 | 06/24/2009 9:46 AM | Comment

herbs in brooklyn


Looking for large basil,oregano etc plants at reasonable prices, is the farmer’s market my best bet or does somewhere have a good selection at competetive prices?

Categories: Garden
By sender9999 | 04/29/2009 3:36 PM | Comment

Brownstone management


So, what do my celebrity neighbours and others who aren’t around to maintain [sweep, shovel etc] their brownstones do? i presume they hire management companies… if one were to leave the country a lot this year, should they consider it?

Categories: Real Estate
By sender9999 | 02/24/2009 3:14 PM | Comment

kitchen backsplash


hi,
i’m looking to do a cheap backsplash for my kitchen. I want to do it myself, some thoughts I had. Painting with a number of layers of glossy paint? Trying to do some tile myself [the little teeny kind that comes in sheet] or buying a couple really big sheets of formica and gluing it to the wall. You can also get really thin sheets of aluminum with adhesive on the back. i thought that would look cool… any thoughts?

Categories: Renovation
By sender9999 | 09/02/2008 12:20 PM | Comment

Prospect park west stabbing


Anybody know what happened on prospect park west last night? Neighbours said a teenager got stabbed, but i havent’ been able to find out. After the murder this spring, makes me nervous.

Categories: Quality of Life
By sender9999 | 07/22/2008 9:10 AM | Comment