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February 6, 2009
Dog Barking Fine
I have a tenant on the 3rd floor of a building I live in and own (3 Family). The tenant has a small dog that does tend to bark allot I guess when she's not at home during the day. My neighbor's tenant, who lives in the adjacent attached house next store, has left my tenant a bunch of notes basically saying that he works at home during the day and is unnerved by the dog's barking all day. Basically now my neighbor is now threatening to call 311 and saying that I would be subjected to fines if something is not done about the dog. I’m not sure what my neighbor expects me to do honestly (I mean I’ve tried reasoning with the beast )? No one else complains about my tenant and her dog. She’s quiet and pays her rent on time. My neighbor was implying that I should evict her which I would nevert do. But I’m just wondering what if any fines I could be subjected to? The dog never barks at night. And it doesn’t bark continuouslly. I think my neighbor is just over reacting honestly. Thanks for advice.
December 10, 2008
I need old bricks
If anyone could accomodate me that would be gread. I need about 50 old bricks for a brick wall I'm exposing.
Thanks!!
July 29, 2008
Bathrooms not on CO
I own a multi-family house that I purchased a couple of years back. The house has three bathrooms that are not on the building's CO. There are two one family units that each have one bathroom that isn't on the CO. The basement also has a bathroom that is not on the CO.
I was just wondering how much trouble could I possibly get into if the city were to find out about them? Also would it be a big deal to actually get them on the CO?
Thanks all for any comments/advice!!
Author's Comments
I actually think it's a decent location. That stretch of Nassau is a nice quiet residential part of Greenpoint and it's only a block from the park. I also have no problem walking 10 minutes to the subway though.
Posted by: dosteov at November 12, 2009 11:32 AM in response to Standing Room Only at The Locale Condo Auction
1956 looks nicer.
Posted by: dosteov at October 23, 2009 11:25 AM in response to From Flicks to Fischer on 15th Street
No more then 15 Orestes to Graham. I live on Morgan between same streets and it takes me about 12-13 to get to the Graham ave stop. I walk pretty fast though.
Posted by: dosteov at October 14, 2009 7:31 PM in response to The Locale: Greenpoint Condo Auction
This is a good area of Greenpoint. Quiet and residential. About an 8 minutes to the G and maybe 13-15 walk to the L.
Posted by: dosteov at October 14, 2009 1:48 PM in response to The Locale: Greenpoint Condo Auction
dosteov wrote a review about Brooklyn Label on September 30, 2009 1:46 PM
This place is great. Great coffee and food. I've been going there for years. There have been times where it's been a bit inconsistent but overall it's a good experience.
Blocks and blocks and blocks? I wouldn't go that nuts Wine Lover. Part of Greenpoint's charm is it's lack of it.
Posted by: dosteov at July 24, 2009 1:45 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million
Filthy free loading panhandling hipsters.
Posted by: dosteov at July 15, 2009 11:14 AM in response to Williamsburg: Squatters' Paradise
Wasder I agree, the neighborhood really does seem to be as popular as ever.
Posted by: dosteov at July 13, 2009 10:05 AM in response to The Epitaph of Epitaphs for Williamsburg's Boom
A co-ed sport where the women weigh more then the men.
Posted by: dosteov at June 23, 2009 4:06 PM in response to Closing Bell: Brooklyn Kickballers Blocked
DIBS since when did the IMF start issuing bonds? Is this a pretext to a "global" currency? What do they do what the money?
Posted by: dosteov at June 11, 2009 12:28 PM in response to Interest Rate Jump
I posted some apartments for rent recently in Greenpoint. I was struck by how many people were calling that were currently renting in Bushwick and seemed desperate to get out of the neighborhood for various reasons (unsafe, unclean, noisey). A couple from BedStuy also but more from Bushwick.
Posted by: dosteov at June 10, 2009 10:28 AM in response to No Love for Manhattan from Bushwick Artists
DH there aren't many or any really nice stretches of Greenpoint Avenue. It's right around the corner of what some consider the most desirable section I guess (Franklin Avenue and Historical District). I guess it would be considered extremely desirable if they ever build those parks on the waterfront as they planned. It's still allot of scratch though.
Posted by: dosteov at June 9, 2009 3:31 PM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales
Interests rates up around .75 in the last two weeks. Wonder how negatively that effects things if it stays at this level or goes higher.
Posted by: dosteov at June 8, 2009 9:35 AM in response to Manhattan's Bounce Detectable in Brooklyn?
Bxgirl why should it matter how hard she's worked or how far she's come or what a god awful ghetto she grew up in? Why should that factor into Harvard's descision making process?
Posted by: dosteov at June 4, 2009 11:53 AM in response to Thursday Links
Oh give me a break Cobblehiller. The poor girl has been prevented from participating in the graduation (cry me a river..)
It would be inappropriate for Harvard to let this girl walk in a graduation ceremony if she was somehow involved with the people who were responsible with this horrible crime. She hasn't been legally charged with any crime but that doesn't mean that she wasn't friends with the murderer or played some part in the whole incident. Let Harvard get it sorted out before you and all the other bleeding libs make this girl the victim of this incident. I'm sure no one would give a rats ass if the person suspended was some rich white kid trustafarian type.
Posted by: dosteov at June 4, 2009 11:47 AM in response to Thursday Links
Why so much sympathy for the people who knew the murderer (and may have in fact played some kind of role in the killing, like letting the murderer into the building) and not the person who was actually murdered?
Posted by: dosteov at June 4, 2009 9:22 AM in response to Thursday Links
We didn't go the FHA route (we were able to muster up the 10%, rolled the closing costs onto the loan and didn't have to pay PMI insurance because of a 2nd mortgage). I have a friend who is in the process of closing on a 2 family in Greenpoint and the loan is FHA. I don't think he is putting more then 3% down though (which is less then 20K). There are limits for FHA loans too (I think for a 3 fam it's about a million). Talk with any mortage broker about the FHA process (Adam Dahill who is on this site frequently is good). He can give you a good idea about how much of a mortgage you can qualify for.
Posted by: dosteov at May 19, 2009 1:10 PM in response to Only if I were 10 years older
Quit bellyaching quikazoid and come up with a plan. It is possible. But like most things in life it doesn't come easy nor will it be handed to you (you're also not entitled to it). My wife and I purchased a 3 family house in Greenpoint Brooklyn at the height of the bubble at the time we were making a hair less then 100K. We were able to save up the 10% down payment by living in a studio and "enjoying" a pretty austere lfestyle for 4 or 5 years. Minor lifestyle adjustments helped (ie. elimenating my 200 a week bar habit and brown baggin my lunch every day). It's possible even with less money down if you go the FHA route.
Posted by: dosteov at May 19, 2009 11:44 AM in response to Only if I were 10 years older
Great story and am glad you got through it unharmed. I really do find it hard to believe that you couldn't ID the guy when it just happened 10 minutes prior.
Posted by: dosteov at April 1, 2009 1:33 PM in response to Getting Mugged in Park Slope
Mopar I like Greenpoint allot. I like it much better then Billyburg. Comparing it to Park Slope though? It is less pretentious and more gritty that's for sure.
Posted by: dosteov at February 27, 2009 1:50 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later
I can't believe the Greenpoint house went for that much. Holding up pretty well for a marginal neighborhood. Well semi-marginal anyway.
Posted by: dosteov at February 27, 2009 1:30 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later
lechacal. The fed is doing it already, they're purchasing MBS. I guess you think that's a bad idea as well? I don't pretend to be smart enough to know the solution honestly. I understand where you're coming from with your argument though(doesn't mean I agree with it). What's so bad about creating an artificial floor and let inflation catch up to prices? We're already artificially propping up banks, auto companies, etc..
Posted by: dosteov at February 25, 2009 9:36 AM in response to U.S. Housing Prices Down 18.5%, NYC Almost 10%
If the government comes out with a decent package that not only rewards people having trouble with their mortgages (for whatever the reason), but maybe a way to keep interest rates low (under 5%) and enable people to re-finance with less then 20% equity by waiving the PMI insurance requirement (basically the government would guarantee these mortgages). Cramer (who I think is somewhat of a knucklehead) came out with an idea that the goverment should start offering 40 year 4% mortgages to everyone (not only people having problems making payments). I think this is a great idea. You finally might see a floor under real estate, not to mention all the benefit to the economy, think of all the money it would put in people's pockets if they were able to re-finance at a rate that low.
Posted by: dosteov at February 25, 2009 9:21 AM in response to U.S. Housing Prices Down 18.5%, NYC Almost 10%
This is supposed to be good news? How did the stock market react?
Posted by: dosteov at February 12, 2009 9:52 AM in response to Retail Sales Surprise on the Upside
Thanks everyone for the imput. Plan on talking to the tenant tonight.
Hopefully it can be resolved with as little trouble as possible.
Posted by: dosteov at February 6, 2009 2:28 PM in response to Dog Barking Fine
That 14th street house is sweet. With interests rates going so low it's tempting. How's that area of Park Slope?
Posted by: dosteov at January 9, 2009 1:36 PM in response to Open House Picks
Range? How much does my HELOC go down, .75% or 1%?
Posted by: dosteov at December 16, 2008 2:42 PM in response to Fed Funds Rate Cut to Lowest Level Ever
Hey justinm. I need between 35-50. That would be great if you could oblige.
Thanks!!
Posted by: dosteov at December 10, 2008 7:01 PM in response to I need old bricks
Hey Funstraw. Anything that basically is in good enough condition to use and that isn't new. A worn out look would be nice. I have a brick wall that's old and don't want to put new bricks in the middle of it. I would like them by the weekend if that's possible. Thanks again.
Posted by: dosteov at December 10, 2008 11:16 AM in response to I need old bricks
I don't see anywhere in that link that has information about the course.
Posted by: dosteov at October 28, 2008 4:45 PM in response to Closing Bell: Get a Ph.D. in Renovation
I don't see anywhere in that link that has information about the course.
Posted by: dosteov at October 28, 2008 4:43 PM in response to Closing Bell: Get a Ph.D. in Renovation
Article paints a pretty bleak picture for BedStuy.
Posted by: dosteov at October 27, 2008 10:32 AM in response to The Housing Crisis Has Arrived
GKW men are more often the victims of muggings then women? Do you have any stats to back that up (I'm not saying you're wrong but I just find that odd).
I just googled it out of curiosity and the only thing I could come up with was Park Slope. From the article.
"circulated via the Park Slope Parents Group that says some serial muggers seem to be hard at work in Park Slope and are targeting women."
It also mentions that crime was up 33% in January 08 in the Slope.
Posted by: dosteov at October 7, 2008 4:59 PM in response to North Brooklyn: Condo Graveyard?
Ditto she was probably fine you are correct but it's still not smart to do. I grew up in NYC. Maybe because I came of age during the 80s when crime was really bad. But that's something someone who grew up here with any kind of brains in their head would not do (especially female). You try to decrease your odds (within reason of course) of something happening to you in life.
Posted by: dosteov at October 7, 2008 2:02 PM in response to North Brooklyn: Condo Graveyard?
11217 you have such a Park Slope bias it's disgusting. I guess everyone is leaving Manhattan and anywhere else for that matter for the greener pastures of ParkSlope right? You wrote the same BS stuff yesterday about Manhattan. "I suspect that people who live in Manhattan are really getting sick of it and will eventually realize that the best place to live in the city is PARK SLOPE..". Or something to that effect.
One of the big reasons that crime is going up is that there has been such a high demand for rentals and "prime" Williamsburg is ridiculously expensive that "hipsters" are renting more and more on the fringes of Prime Williamsburg (these parts that you've dubbed "less cohesive"). They're easy targets for the locals. You also have the normal issues of encroachment/displacement that cause obvious tensions. Just last night I was driving down a desolate portion of Greenpoint by the factories and some dopey hispter chick is walking on this dark deserted street alone (at about 1130). I mean what was she thinking? I had a problem driving down the street. People just need to use their heads. Also I've read that the majority of those crimes are car break-ins (for GPS systems and whatnot). When neighborhoods start doing better there are more targets.
Also it's a gentrifying neigborhood of course it's not going to be "cohesive".
Posted by: dosteov at October 7, 2008 1:55 PM in response to North Brooklyn: Condo Graveyard?
Average price down 11% and median price down 5.5% in one month. That's a pretty sever drop.
Posted by: dosteov at September 25, 2008 10:56 AM in response to Just In: New Home Sales Data Worse Than Expected
I actually thought that was funny Dow and a good reflection of how a good deal of people on this site have a real hard time with objectivity.
It's also amusing how people are seemingly ignoring that article. You think it would make big news. I guess the old platitude is correct. We see what we want to see.
Posted by: dosteov at August 29, 2008 2:23 PM in response to Friday Links
That was a scary article on the state of the NYC real estate market. How come no comments? Where is the What? Where are the uber-RealEstate bulls?
Posted by: dosteov at August 29, 2008 11:03 AM in response to Friday Links
I've walked by that Lorimer street house before. It's a nice quiet street and very close to the subway. I really like that house and think that Greenpoint has allot of upside potential in general.
Posted by: dosteov at August 22, 2008 1:42 PM in response to Open House Picks
Why no link to the other AMNY article regarding the softening rental market?
http://www.amny.com/am-rent0821,0,2890841.story
Posted by: dosteov at August 21, 2008 8:55 AM in response to Thursday Links
I'm kind of shocked by that Greenpoint house. It's not in the historic district but the location is good though. On the border of Williamsburg and Greenpoint.
From the outside it looks like it needs work too, but who knows what the inside looks like. If you lived in the 1st floor you could probably collect 4500 for the 2nd and 3rd floor combined. I guess you're mortgage wouldn't be that much higher then that based on however much you put down.
Posted by: dosteov at November 19, 2009 12:19 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million