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 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

No. Im a landlord

Posted by: arial at January 15, 2008 3:27 PM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

I think its a great idea. Something that I might be interested in doing at my park slope brownstone. I am sure that my tenants would be very happy and I will flow up this project with great interest.

Posted by: arial at January 15, 2008 3:25 PM in response to Going Green

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

7:32 is correct. places like 7-11 are expected on 5th south of 9th. I heard that 7-11 was looking to open at 5th and 5th....but the landlord refused to rent them out the space.

Posted by: arial at January 10, 2008 10:16 AM in response to 7-11 must be stopped

Yes, Sandy is a moron.

Posted by: guest at January 16, 2008 1:01 AM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

^^and you're an idiot. Name-calling doesn't change the answer which is no.

Sandy

Posted by: guest at January 16, 2008 3:21 AM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

I've never been asked as a renter to give them $200 extra when the rent was raised by $200. That's ridiculous and nitpicky.

Posted by: guest at January 16, 2008 7:57 AM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

I believe you can raise the security when you raise the rent because a new lease is in effect. When I lived in a large building my rent and deposit were increased at year-end. As a brownstone landlord I would never do this to a good tenant.

Posted by: Johnny at January 16, 2008 10:17 AM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

Thanks for all your comments.

Posted by: nako at January 16, 2008 10:46 AM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

Definitely yes. 6:55 above has the right idea. As a landlord, protecting yourself doesn't have to be unfriendly or nit-picky.

Posted by: guest at January 16, 2008 2:49 PM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

I'm a renter and when our landlords raised our rent (pretty minimally), WE suggested we should match the raise on last month & security deposit. It just made sense. We want to stay in our place a long long time. And when we finally leave, we won't have to worry about what amount we're supposed to get back -- we'll just always keep it pegged to our current rent. Yes, we'll lose a few bucks on interest, but we love our landlords -- it's a good gesture & it keeps the books current. Maybe I'd feel differently if I was renting from a giant management co.

Posted by: guest at January 16, 2008 4:49 PM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

To 4:49pm
If you were renting from a giant management company, you would have to pay the raise for the rent and security deposit.
They do it to keep the accounts straight.

It is all very impersonal.

Posted by: Ysabelle at January 16, 2008 5:26 PM in response to Security Deposit increase or not?

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