Hello Lister,

I saw your posting and the comment that was left by Mr. Hancock. We have a great community of satisfied customers who I always ask to post. It is good way to generate business. We are a family owned business that works in Brooklyn. We are dedicated to helping familes here in brooklyn, with the efrective management of there homes. WE work very hard on doing an excellent job. Mr. Hancock obviously has never used us, but I take great offense to his posting. I am always availble to discuss our business with any individual that has questions: office 347-789-6550, cell 917-544-6791

Posted by: Kwright at December 18, 2007 1:30 PM in response to Rental Management

Hello Lister,

I saw your posting and the comment that was left by Mr. Hancock. We have a great community of satisfied customers who I always ask to post. It is good way to generate business. We are a family owned business that works in Brooklyn. We are dedicated to helping familes here in brooklyn, with the efrective management of there homes. WE work very hard on doing an excellent job. Mr. Hancock obviously has never used us, but I take great offense to his posting. I am always availble to discuss our business with any individual that has questions: office 347-789-6550, cell 917-544-6791

Posted by: Kwright at December 18, 2007 1:32 PM in response to Rental Management

The listing at 4:57pm is trying to rob you. The permit fee shouldnt be anymore than 500.00. The architectural fee should be anymore than 2500, and the architect should have an expeditor that works for him. Dont get suckered in.

Posted by: Kwright at January 5, 2008 8:05 AM in response to Architect or expediter question

You might try Ron D. at 347-789-6550, he is excellent! Very reasonable and extremely professional.

Good Luck

Posted by: Kwright at January 11, 2008 8:17 AM in response to Need to re-wire 6 family brownstone in park slope

Hello Lister,

I saw your posting and the comment that was left by Mr. Hancock. We have a great community of satisfied customers who I always ask to post. It is good way to generate business. We are a family owned business that works in Brooklyn. We are dedicated to helping familes here in brooklyn, with the efrective management of there homes. WE work very hard on doing an excellent job. Mr. Hancock obviously has never used us, but I take great offense to his posting. I am always availble to discuss our business with any individual that has questions: office 347-789-6550, cell 917-544-6791

Posted by: Kwright at December 18, 2007 1:32 PM in response to Rental Management

Don't do it.

Just tint the windows or install a curtain for privacy.

When the area becomes better for retail, you can rent out the space without having to change the C of O again.

So many storefronts have been butchered to turn them into apartments, I feel like crying.

Posted by: guest at January 5, 2008 9:39 AM in response to Architect or expediter question

Changing the wall construction from glass to masonry will not result in a change of C of O. If all you're doing is changing that exterior wall, and gutting the rest of the first floor to create an open studio for yourself, I can't imagine the total costs including architectural and expediting exceeding $3K.

Posted by: rasmalai at January 5, 2008 12:35 PM in response to Architect or expediter question

If you are turning it into a non-commercial space, it's a change of CO.

$2500 equates to about 28 hours of work. If you can find someone to do this entire thing for that small amount of hours. Go for it. They'll lose money, but you'll be happy.

Posted by: guest at January 5, 2008 4:23 PM in response to Architect or expediter question

6:51 - 20k for a five family house seems like a great price. to bad the guy never called you back. I got one estimate for 6k per apartment...but feel its way overpriced.

I will post the electrician I will go with when I find him.

Posted by: arial at January 13, 2008 12:14 PM in response to Need to re-wire 6 family brownstone in park slope

I got an estimate for 26,500 from Wright Management at 347-789-6550.
I emailed workhard72 when his email was posted and he only called me yesterday. he's on vacation and will be back in 2 weeks. ill have him give me an estimate for the work as well. 3 more estimates and I will pick a contractor.

Posted by: arial at January 20, 2008 8:08 AM in response to Need to re-wire 6 family brownstone in park slope

remember that you get what you pay for! i hired a friend of a friend who is a licensed electrician to rewire my two-family limestone brick townhouse in bushwick (3 BR over 2 BR, approx 1,100 sq ft each).

he quoted me $3,500 per floor and said it would take about a week and a half. three and a half weeks later (2 weeks of which i was left with a single working outlet) they weren't even halfway done.

they did a shoddy job, avoided cutting into brick and installed too few outlets according to code, while using the less expensive vinyl-coated cable.

being in a time crunch because i had tenants moving into the second floor apartment, i hired the first guys i had called for an estimate to finish the job: Christopher John Electrical. these guys were prompt, offered payment plans, and were a pleasure to deal with. (I dealt with Leon.) they knew their stuff and worked fast: 4 days, start to finish. (they had no problem cutting into brick where warranted and used metal-encased BX cable.)

the trade-off, of course, was that the second floor apartment cost around $10,000 to rewire. but i have no complaints whatsoever, and given the chance to do it all over again, i wouldn't hesitate to call Christopher John.

good luck to you!

Posted by: brunocerous at January 21, 2008 8:46 AM in response to Need to re-wire 6 family brownstone in park slope

do you still have christopher john's number?

Posted by: arial at January 22, 2008 11:08 AM in response to Need to re-wire 6 family brownstone in park slope

I use www.rentingyourhome.com - satisfies our needs.

Posted by: guest at July 4, 2008 3:48 AM in response to Rental Management