Fire

I just found out one of my tenants had left burning candles by the window. While I understand this may be a religious imperative, I am worried about the potential disastrous scenario: a burned out apartment/building. The lease doesn’t say anything about this, nor have we discussed it before. What do you think? Does it…

Hey everybody, tenants of Gary and Monicas place on 17th st in Park Slope here, just found out due to the 5th avenue Inferno our place is going to need about 6 months of renovations. So there is 4 of us on the lookout for any type of temporary residence so if any one knows…

As a new owner of an old building, there is only one means of egress for the tenants on the 2nd and 3rd floors. There is a fully functional sprinkler system, but I was considering providing each studio with rope ladders, to offer a second means. Anyone out there with experience/advice in this?

This morning I was sound asleep when I was suddenly awakened by a popping noise and flash of light. There was a slight smell of smoke, and while the smoke alarm did not go off, the red “alarm” light on the smoke detector flashed for a few minutes, before returning to normal. I checked it…