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July 17, 2009
Mortgage Dilemma
We are very close to getting our mortgage. The house is a legal 2 family that is being used as a 1 family. There is not kitchen in the old rental. During the mortgage process we told the bank we may re-convert it back into a rental. Because the bank is taking so long, the closing is coming up very quickly. They emailed yesterday wanting to confirm that we will be renting out the bottom floor as they didn’t account for that in the appraisal. And if we are, they will have to come out a re-appraise and we will also be given a different mortgage rate. They said if we leave it as it is and then decide later to rent it out, they have the right to ask for the mortgage to be paid back in full immediately.
At this stage we won’t get the mortgage on time. Can we just say we won’t rent it out and continue with the process? If we do decide to rent it in the future, how will they know? It's already a legal two family.
September 8, 2008
ALL PARENTS - PLEASE READ
Zander Toulouse, an 8-year-old boy known as the "little professor" was struck and killed by a mail truck Saturday while biking on Boerum Place/ Adams Street with his father.
http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2008/09/intersection-where-boy-died-in-downtown.html
July 11, 2008
Foundation Specialists
Can anyone recommend a contractor that has experience with foundation walls.
tia
March 17, 2008
DOB Filling
Is there a way to check the status of a DOB filling online.
Is there a link you can point me too?
Do I need the filling number, or can you do it by block/lot or address.
tia
CHilller
February 12, 2008
! New Parking regulations in Sth Slope !
I was walking down 7th ave yesterday and noticed (thanks to Big Nose, Full Body wine store) that at least from 9th St south, they have changed the parking restrictions.
Its now 1 hr parking and street cleaning EVERY day
Just a heads up
February 7, 2008
C of O Question
We are in contract to buy a townhouse. The previous owner bought it as a two family and renovated to make it a one family. He was in the process of changing the C of O to a 1 family when he put it up for sale
Now the sale is being held up because it hasn’t gone through yet.
My question is, does it really need to be changed?
I would rather it stay as a 2 family, so that it gives us more options
tia
January 14, 2008
Condos on 15th st?
Does anyone know what the new buliling going up on 15th btw 7th & 8th,across the st from the Armory is?
Condos?
Author's Comments
cobblehiller
In light of this great day of CHANGE, I will change my name.
No more confusion
Posted by: CobbleHilller at November 4, 2008 3:31 PM in response to Long Lines, Everywhere
My wife had the same response, and I did have a certain queasyness as I popped it in the mailbox as is screamed on the envelope "ELECTION - APPSENTEE BALOT - IMPORTANT".
I guess I have too much faith in the postal system
Posted by: CobbleHilller at November 4, 2008 3:22 PM in response to Long Lines, Everywhere
I could, but if you can fill out an absentee ballot and mail it in, why would you want to stand in line to vote?
Am I missing somethng?
Posted by: CobbleHilller at November 4, 2008 3:14 PM in response to Long Lines, Everywhere
I applied for a Absentee ballot.
I sat at my kitchen table last week and filled it out.
Took 1 min
Posted by: CobbleHilller at November 4, 2008 3:00 PM in response to Long Lines, Everywhere
When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion
That building and its followers are of no use to anyone.
If you need faith, have faith in yourself.
Religious moderates are if not the root, the backbone of all evil, because of your acceptance of the radicals.
Posted by: CobbleHilller at October 25, 2008 8:24 PM in response to Weekender: The Green Church Bites the Dust
Awesome photo What.
I check the forum first thing every morning to see what new Armageddon photo you've found.
This is the best yet
Posted by: CobbleHilller at October 24, 2008 9:22 AM in response to Oh no.. World markets collapse..
the eve?
Posted by: CobbleHilller at October 23, 2008 8:07 AM in response to The prefect financial storm has hit land..
Im sorry, but getting a mortgage form someone "@countrywide.com" seems kinda like buying energy from someone "@enron.com" 7 yrs ago
Posted by: CobbleHilller at October 22, 2008 12:35 PM in response to 30 year jumbo
Please Mr. B.
Add The Whats above comment to the quote of the day.
The anger at someones perceived miss use of the "fireplace" takes him to an even higher level
Posted by: CobbleHilller at October 16, 2008 9:40 AM in response to Form is lovely, but what about function?
"On Oct. 1, the Multiple Listing Service noted 172 two-families, 57 single-families and 16 three-families."
What Multiple Listing Service?
Posted by: CobbleHilller at October 13, 2008 2:52 PM in response to Canarsie: Hard Hit by Mortgage Crisis, and Changing
SJ is right.
We have the triple play and I asked for the phone to be in the middle floor.
Bring em back.
Posted by: CobbleHilller at October 13, 2008 9:37 AM in response to Extended range wireless router?
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Posted by: CobbleHilller at October 9, 2008 9:15 AM in response to New Yorkers: Look to San Fran for Inspiration
Here's when it was $395K
http://tinyurl.com/4flr86
and heres clist
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/reb/849909246.html
Posted by: CobbleHilller at September 22, 2008 12:57 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 2 Grace Court, #1J
hey Whuh(at)
Yes you predicted it, yes you were right.
You would have looked like a real genius if you had just let it rest.
But your insessent fucken "i told you so's" just turn you back into the same lame ass.
You want to get back to gether on Oct and re-visit it all over again.....???
You really have nothing better to do
Posted by: CobbleHilller at September 19, 2008 4:42 PM in response to Open House Picks
I agree with wasder.
The What , you would have spoken VOLUMES if you stayed away from you computer today.
alas
Posted by: CobbleHilller at September 15, 2008 9:38 AM in response to The end of the Mutant Asset Bubble...
Has anyone noticed a slew of houses that were off the market for a few months (I presumed sold) are now back on.
At the same price.
Is this a broker ploy, do they think there are new buyers, or old buyers with no short term memory.
Or did deals fall through because of
mortgage issues?
tia
Posted by: CobbleHilller at September 15, 2008 9:12 AM in response to Wall Street Reorg: Impact on Real Estate?
I saw the WT house.
It was in my price range, but not worth 1.49
Posted by: CobbleHilller at September 4, 2008 12:41 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later
Most standard contracts state that the sale is persuant on getting a mortgage.
If your lawyer didnt add that line then he/she's an idiot.
Posted by: CobbleHilller at September 3, 2008 11:00 AM in response to Mortgage Help!
Foolproof way to drink in public.
Use your kids sippy cup.
Posted by: CobbleHilller at August 29, 2008 1:14 PM in response to Is Your Stoop Private Property?
The law about bars being a certain distance from a school or a church is so that priests don't get hammered and go trolling for underage boys
Posted by: CobbleHilller at August 21, 2008 11:32 AM in response to Grand Opening of Bar on 6th Avenue Today
Joe Pasaturo from AVT Enterprises
(718-750-5088).
http://www.avtengineering.com/
We've used him twice. VERY thorough.
He's around $800, but you get what you pay for
Posted by: CobbleHilller at August 19, 2008 11:07 AM in response to Home Inspection
If this was in Park Slope, it would be 1.6M
http://realestate.nytimes.com/sales/detail/2942-C21BL20168/16-ST-NY-11215
Posted by: CobbleHilller at August 14, 2008 3:18 PM in response to House of the Day: 132 Cambridge Place
the day cops stop knocking kids off bikes during critical mass is the day I support them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwkVMT6m7zg
Posted by: CobbleHilller at August 6, 2008 6:06 PM in response to Closing Bell: Brooklyn Celebrates National Night Out
Here is the cached link
http://tinyurl.com/6m4lpc
Posted by: CobbleHilller at August 5, 2008 1:28 PM in response to House of the Day: 85 State Street
I cant decide.
I would live on any st in the heights named after a tree, berry or fruit.
They're all so cute!
Posted by: CobbleHilller at July 23, 2008 1:42 PM in response to Houses of the Day: Head-to-Head in The Heights
8 reasons why 14th st is over valued
1. The block is ugly
2. $1,995,000
3. The second floor "sitting room" is a waste of space
4. $1,995,000
5. Its a 1 family in a 2 family body
6. $1,995,000
7 Its two doors from a Foot Locker
8. Its July 18 2008 and you're listing it for $1,995,000
Posted by: CobbleHilller at July 18, 2008 7:14 PM in response to Open House Picks
Are both the beaches public?
Posted by: CobbleHilller at March 17, 2008 11:44 AM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales
Its been held up because its in a pile of documents at the DOB
Posted by: CobbleHilller at February 7, 2008 6:46 PM in response to C of O Question
Responses to Author's Forum Comments
We don't talk about crime on this site because it drives the price of rents and real estate down. The less we talk about crime the more our fat landlords can raise their rents.
Posted by: hannible at December 10, 2008 11:15 AM in response to Bushwick Resident Beaten to Death
Correction, hannible: There's never been any problem with talking about crime or other bad stuff in Bushwick on this site. The gorier/uglier the better. It's across Broadway that the brownstone bubble begins.
Posted by: Jeremy at December 10, 2008 11:22 AM in response to Bushwick Resident Beaten to Death
Cobblehiller...that pic of Officer Kern looks like it may have come from casting central for "Deliverance." Ironic.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at December 10, 2008 11:24 AM in response to Bushwick Resident Beaten to Death
dibs, police are trained to shoot to the chest. The purpose of shooting a suspect is not to kill him, but to force him to immediately cease and desist. Of course sometimes that will result in his death, but police are only supposed to use lethal force to save a life or in other limited circumstances. That's why Tasers are being issued.
To ask a cop under a great deal of stress to choose what body parts to shoot at is asking a bit much. They're often not very good shots to being with, as past incidents have shown.
I'm not a police apologist and am not saying this shooting was or was not justified. It should be noted that 'all he had was a baseball bat' is weird in the context of this thread, which was about a man being killed with a baseball bat!
Posted by: denton at December 10, 2008 2:29 PM in response to Bushwick Resident Beaten to Death
It's a terrible tragedy. I was waiting for Mr. Brownstoner to post about this, but don't blame him for not. He's got a lot on his plate, and tends to focus on the wealthier brownstone enclaves. I didn't post it because the new rule is we can only post about home repairs.
A vigil is planned for Sunday at 7 pm. I will be there.
Details:
Meet in front of The Archive café at 49 Bogart Street (at Seigel and Bogart) at 7pm.
We will walk to the scene of the crime at Bushwick Ave. and Kossuth Place and have a few moments of silence at 8pm.
Please bring extra candles. And, spread the word!
Posted by: mopar at December 10, 2008 4:43 PM in response to Bushwick Resident Beaten to Death
Fortunately this has been covered rather extensively - there was a segment on WNYC this morning.
Posted by: Putnamdenizen at December 10, 2008 5:43 PM in response to Bushwick Resident Beaten to Death
Revised plan: Vigil is now at 2 pm Sunday in the daylight. Details:
Change of plans! Make the Road is planning a vigil so they have been combined:
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR A BUSHWICK HATE CRIME
Sunday, December 14th
REVISED PLAN:
We will all be joining the vigil organized by Make the Road NY. We will be gathering at 2pm near their offices, at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Grove Street. We will then walk to the site of the attack (Bushwick Avenue and Kossuth Place) for a vigil at 4pm. The previously planned walk at 7pm starting in front of the Archive will no longer be happening - we hope you will join with us at the march and vigil organized by Make the Road. Thanks!
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Posted by: chrome009 at August 9, 2009 7:49 AM in response to Extended range wireless router?
More on NYC's finest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_us/police_assault
Posted by: CobbleHilller at December 10, 2008 10:49 AM in response to Bushwick Resident Beaten to Death