Hi, I’m new to the forum but have been reading for a while. We are looking for a home to buy in Bed Stuy. We have been searching for six months. We recently met an agent by the name of Jay Tsafrir (also goes by first name Giyora, works out of Massada Homes) who sells “fully gut renovated” brownstones. He works with several different contractors, and showed us some works in progress (which confirmed that yes, they are indeed full gut renovations, with new everything). Some of the contractors work to preserve details, others do not. Regardless, we are just wondering if anyone has ever worked with him to buy a home, and if so, how was it? Thoughts, good and bad, appreciated. Another agent, Elliot Nicks does the same thing – so if anyone has any experiences with him, do tell. <\/p>\n
Please know (and I know there are a lot of purists on this forum) we are also seriously considering buying a brownstone in “decent” condition and renovating it ourselves. We’re just trying to find out about this guy in order to know all our options here.<\/p>\n
Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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