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- brooklynschool
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August 5, 2008
The start of a big project
Hello everyone,
I am in the research phase of a big project. I own (12 years!) a 2 family frame house in the south slope that was mostly rennovated from 1997-2001 into a 1 family house. (Most mechanicals but not heating) I would like to open a preschool in part (majority) of the house and also have a 2 bedroom apartment in which to live.
This will require a lot of work, and I am looking for recommendations for architects, engineers, and contractors who have experience with commerical and residential work. The BOH and the Fire Department have many stringnet requirements for the school that the people I work with have to be able to handle. Does anyone have recommendations? I am willing to do extreme due diligence as this is my life work, dream, and financial nest egg at stake. I very much appreciate any advice and recommendations you may have!
Thank you
Author's Comments
I have a 3 story frame house, and am adding on a 3 floor extension on the back. Frame houses tend to have small foot prints for the standard 100 ft. lot, my architect was able to draw up a plan in which I am effectively doubling the size while more than adhering to FAR.
Consider extending backwards and not upwards.
Posted by: brooklynschool at April 21, 2009 8:44 AM in response to Add a floor to a Framehouse
Is your landlord Josh Guttman?
Posted by: brooklynschool at April 16, 2009 10:15 AM in response to Effect of Not Paying Rent?
Call Hollis at Prospect Tree. He does excellent work.
(718) 871-1354
Posted by: brooklynschool at March 11, 2009 8:37 AM in response to tree removal in bklyn
I was in a similar situation many years ago when I was purchasing my first house. I wanted to purchase a 3 family in the S Slope with a R/C tenant on the 3rd floor. The building was beautiful. The price was cheap (it was 1996, and things could be had cheap), but the top floor R/C paid 150 a month, and wasn't about to leave. I consulted a lawyer who worked for the city and handled housing cases. His advice to me was this: walk away. Housing court judges in Brooklyn are notoriously pro-tenant and they have more jurisdiction than you care to acknowledge, They can deny your wish to take over the apartment and worse. This is the legal fact not the ethical problem....one doesn't have to do w/ the other. R/C has many more rights than you realize. You can't just kick them out if you want to live there. Owner occupied is not a free pass to evict a R/C tenant. Look at the court rulings in Brooklyn which is a different court than Manhattan. I think you will decide to walk away. There is no free lunch ethically or otherwise. Good luck
Posted by: brooklynschool at February 13, 2009 9:21 PM in response to Rent Controlled Tenants
Ok, I live directly across the street from the middle one, It is multiple times more heinous in person. Especially first thing in the morning before you've had coffee. It doesn't appear all that occupied to me. I never see anyone go in or out. These building have effectively ruined my block which was already pretty aesthetically challenged to begin with. oh and those "bad news bears" kids are really cute until you find that they have dented in the side of your car with their football or decided it would be fun to pour a gallon of house paint up and down the block.
Posted by: brooklynschool at December 16, 2008 3:34 PM in response to BK Developers on 12th Street
Here is a site with a picture of a Mandevilla.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/2941/
The buds are the same.
Posted by: brooklynschool at November 6, 2008 6:00 PM in response to Closing Bell: Late Bloomers
I think its a Mandevilla which is a South American flowering vine.
Posted by: brooklynschool at November 6, 2008 4:50 PM in response to Closing Bell: Late Bloomers
Currently the DOH requires two forms of egress from the building to the sidewalk for EACH FLOOR that children will be on. This means that if you want to create two classrooms on two different floors of a building there needs to be 4 ways out. If you consider most buildings in PS being attached townhouses, this requirement excludes almost all the buildings in the Slope. This is one of the major reasons that there is a lack of childcare options in PS. I own an attached frame building that I want to use as a preschool. I was told by DOH that under and over the stoop access is not enough. I need to have two more doors with firewalls in between. Imagine how lovely that would look...and how much my neighbors would love me for that one!
I need an architect or engineer who is expert at negotiating article 47 of the health code. If you have any recommendations, please pass them along.
Posted by: brooklynschool at October 13, 2008 12:08 PM in response to Berkeley Carroll Child Care Center to Close
Smokychimp,
Thanks for the reply, sent you an email.
OP
Posted by: brooklynschool at August 6, 2008 11:32 AM in response to The start of a big project
THL: YOUR property taxes have not gone up in YOUR town, but that is not ALL towns.
Statewide there has been a 3.7 increase with the average homeowner paying 7000. And that is considered to be the lowest increase in a decade. NJ pays the highest tax in the country. (Sats from the Asbury Park Press)
Property taxes are not reassessed every year and each township is on a different schedule.
Try talking to the folks down in Loch Harbor about their double digit increases after reassessment
It would be worth it to find out when your due for a reassessment....
Posted by: brooklynschool at April 28, 2009 11:54 AM in response to Values Down, Taxes Up