We have an 8-unit coop, with an underlying mortgage that is probably too low, on a building that definitely needs some help coming back to life. To address both issues we are planning to design a capital project we can bring to the bank when refinancing. This project will likely include the following: re-pointing the front of the building; properly repairing the brickwork around the windows in back (where a couple of units have water coming in through the top of their window frames); repainting and checking the welds on the fire escape so that we are sure it is safe and functioning properly; re-painting the interior hallways; re-carpeting the interior hallways; re-glazing (is that the right word?) the front steps, which are starting to crumble; and adding a video camera system pointing at the street and vestibule. We would like to get several estimates on each part of the project and would love to hear any advice anyone has on such an undertaking (either on the securing of the loan, managing the process, the order of tasks, etc.) We would also love to have some referrals for vendors. We thank you in advance for any thoughts on any of these issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We have an 8-unit coop, with an underlying mortgage that is probably too low, on a building that definitely needs some help coming back to life. To address both issues we are planning to design a capital project we can bring to the bank when refinancing. This project will likely include the following: re-pointing the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123002,"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":[155],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-53461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/we-want-to-brin\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"We Want to Bring Our Building Back to Life…","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/we-want-to-brin\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/02\/we-want-to-brin\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Research","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"coopting"}],"creator":["coopting"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-02-09T13:45:11Z","datePublished":"2011-02-09T13:45:11Z","dateModified":"2011-02-09T13:49:31Z"},"rendered":"