We bought our house with a semi finished cellar, w. cement floor, v. dry. It came with washer-dryer and utility sink but otherwise was used mostly for storage. As the space is v. nice, with original stone exposed along the wall, we plan to turn it into a recreation room for our own use (no new plumbing). This entails removing current ceiling, putting in new ceiling and walls, new lighting and new stairs. Through the hatch we will have fresh air by installing a skylight which opens (eventually once the budget allows). We are even contemplating one that will open all of the way for egress (though the space is not for sleeping) . Question is, is DoB approval needed for this ? To me this is cosmetic…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We bought our house with a semi finished cellar, w. cement floor, v. dry. It came with washer-dryer and utility sink but otherwise was used mostly for storage. As the space is v. nice, with original stone exposed along the wall, we plan to turn it into a recreation room for our own use (no…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3716,"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":[166],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-48331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-configuration"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/09\/finishing-cella\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Finishing Cellar – is DoB Approval Needed ?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/09\/finishing-cella\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/09\/finishing-cella\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Configuration","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"crownheights2007"}],"creator":["crownheights2007"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-09-07T11:47:07Z","datePublished":"2010-09-07T11:47:07Z","dateModified":"2010-09-07T11:47:31Z"},"rendered":"