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jjw
in Other 13 years and 8 months ago
Breaking Up With Your Architect
Breaking Up With The Architect: As in any relationship, there are good ways and bad ways to tell your architect it is not working out.…
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pickles
in Cellar 13 years and 7 months ago
Cellar Ceiling
Hey, trying to make my cellar usable as a workshop/studio. The boiler room is walled off in fireproof-type bricks and has a metal ceiling -…
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michellegross
in About Brooklyn 13 years and 7 months ago
how do you think the Brooklyn Navy Yard can help promote job growth to the local economy?
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Boerumresident
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 13 years and 7 months ago
What happens to transitional assessed values for property taxes after a change to C of O?
I am looking at a 3 family property that has property taxes currently calculated based upon a “transitional assesssed value” that is only 40 or…
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mjneuwirth
in Chimney and Fireplace 13 years and 7 months ago
Chimney and Roof Vendor NOT recommended: Diamond Roofing
They are totally unresponsive – they provided an estimate and haven’t returned a single call in more than a month. Find another roofer and/or chimney…
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Sager
in Flooring 13 years and 7 months ago
Re-staining mid-century parquet floors
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4e8a669227b96-.jpg I have parquet floors from the mid-60’s (they are actually more like solid wood tiles vs. the intricate, parquet floors from earlier in the…
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dylan621
in Quality of Life 13 years and 7 months ago
subway vibrations
We recently moved into the top floor of a brownstone a couple of blocks from a subway station. After being here for a few weeks we’ve…
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brokedown
in Insurance 13 years and 7 months ago
Disagreement with insurance company about the definition of "in the building"
We’re making our first claim on our homeowner’s policy, and we’re frustrated by an illogical decision that the carrier made, so we’re trying to decide…
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meme2
in Lawyers and legal service 13 years and 7 months ago
property owners can they get possession of rent control
We are looking for a rent control lawyer. that specializes in brooklyn townhouse tenancy. We have a house that was bought as a trust for…
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ywindsorterrace
in Family and Parenting 13 years and 7 months ago
Free Event for Families in Windsor Terrace
On Monday, October 10th from 9am-2pm Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace is having a free event open to the public. They’re welcoming everyone in…
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Master Plvmber
in Heating 13 years and 7 months ago
A properly installed steam heating radiator looks like this.
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4e8bb1dc477a9-.jpg Here’s a thermal image I took last year in a customer’s home in Park Slope. Areas of higher heat energy are shown in lighter…
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workerb
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 7 months ago
Renting out English basements
We’ve made an offer on a home that has an English basement. Our plan was to turn that level into a rental and keep the…
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petrinij
in Facade and Brownstone Repair 13 years and 7 months ago
Need to fix the back wall of my house...
I have a leak on the back wall of my house. The likely culprit is a defect in the wall at the juncture where the…
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ronnalevy
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 7 months ago
Does anyone know a place in Brooklyn that will custom make and install interior doors (not Home Depot or Lowes)?
Interior Doors for an old brownstone.
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workerb
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 7 months ago
Renting out English basements
We’ve made an offer on a home that has an English basement. Our plan was to turn that level into a rental and keep the…
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aravalittle
in Chimney and Fireplace 13 years and 7 months ago
Looking for someone to Install a WoodStove...
Hi! We have a Morso woodstove that needs to be put in– the chimney has already been lined and prepped (by Manny LaSalle) and is…
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daveinbedstuy
in Decorative 13 years and 7 months ago
Sale at VanDyke's restorers...lots of Victorian hardware
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4e8c4c325bb63-.jpg http://www.vandykes.com/Category.aspx
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daveinbedstuy
in Decorative 13 years and 7 months ago
Sale at VanDyke's restorers...lots of Victorian hardware
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4e8c4c325bb63-.jpg http://www.vandykes.com/Category.aspx
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lapinagile
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 13 years and 7 months ago
No C of O or I-card?
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4e8b9e2da9d46-.jpg I’m interested in purchasing a three story house that is currently being used as a two family. There is no official dividing wall between…
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