Planning to renovate our coop in Brooklyn that we recently purchased. Can’t decide to hire a contractor or to sub it out myself. The bathroom (approx 6’x9′)is the only room that needs “major” work. The rest of the apt is paint and some plaster work and floor re-finishing. The bathroom has a beautiful old pedestal sink in great condition. It needs a new faucet. The tub has some staining but no loss of enamel. Can it be cleaned \/ polished? Cost? A new toilet is needed. The big issue is the tile on the floor and walls. I would like to retile the entire room sticking to the “classic” pre war motif. White tiles w\/ black accents. The floor currently has 1″ white squares. The radiator is original and quite rusted. Would like to replace with a “low profile” modern radiator. Cost? Shower curtain on a new rod.
\nOur painter would then replaster where needed and paint. Any ideas of total cost? Difficulty?
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Planning to renovate our coop in Brooklyn that we recently purchased. Can’t decide to hire a contractor or to sub it out myself. The bathroom (approx 6’x9′)is the only room that needs “major” work. The rest of the apt is paint and some plaster work and floor re-finishing. The bathroom has a beautiful old pedestal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14629,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-45858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-renovation"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/pre-war-bath-re\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Pre War Bath Reno","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/pre-war-bath-re\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/pre-war-bath-re\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Renovation","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"sjtmd"}],"creator":["sjtmd"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-06-30T15:45:47Z","datePublished":"2010-06-30T15:45:47Z","dateModified":"2010-06-30T15:45:47Z"},"rendered":"