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Choosing a door for roof terrace access
We are installing a staircase from the top floor of our brownstone to the roof and need to find a suitable door to access the…
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soundhoner
in General Discussion 6 years and 5 months ago
November a bad time for putting townhouse on market?
Traditional wisdom is Spring is the best time, and Winter is the weakest time. This seems to revolve around people with children, and school start…
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Fort_Green_p_nut
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 6 years and 5 months ago
2 family purchase: do i need a letter of no objection?
We’re in contract on a 2 family house: garden rental below an owner’s duplex. It’s old so of course there’s no CO. My attorney did…
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Buying a home in auction
Hey, Is there anyway to find out if a home I am thinking about bidding on has section 8/rent control tenants (that I will not…
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Landlord1
in General Discussion 6 years and 5 months ago
TOWN HALL - WATER MAIN CONSTRUCTION BED798 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6th @630 pm
JUST GOT THIS IN MY EMAIL. ANYBODY IN AFFECTED AREA MIGHT BE INTERESTED. Contact: Lily Rivas SJPCAMedia@gmail.com Media Advisory TOWN HALL MEETING With the Department…
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cate
in General Discussion 6 years and 5 months ago
Licensed mason and permit needed for cellar wall repair and repointing?
We noticed a section of our cellar wall is separating from the party wall behind it. It is bowing out and cracking, presumably because the…
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bedstuytownhouse
in General Discussion 6 years and 5 months ago
Neighbor's downspout flooding our basement
Greetings brownstoners. Our next door neighbor’s downspout is on our property going directly into the ground. They replaced it to a point but the portion…
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santos
in General Discussion 6 years and 5 months ago
Window shutters
before and after repair and installation window shutters [20191021_124209](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s3/:brownstoner:84dY:20191021_124209.jpg.jpg)
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jjnoonan
in General Discussion 6 years and 6 months ago
Responsibility: flashing on my side of neighbor's chimney flashing causing leak
The flashing on my side of my neighbor’s chimney is causing a leak in the top floor of my house. See the attached picture and…
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pswannabe
in Renovation 6 years and 6 months ago
Mosaic tile in bathroom: can you fix a bad install?
I had some expensive marble mosaic tile that was badly installed in a bathroom. The surface was not prepared properly and so there are sections…
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misconformist
in General Discussion 6 years and 6 months ago
Architect or Engineer needed to file for a halted Schnall Alt-1.
Hi, we purchased a house a few years ago that was deemed to be a 2 family over office. Both Scott Schnall and contractor recommended…
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avrex
in General Discussion 6 years and 6 months ago
In house Custom casting in NYC
Take a look at these beauties we custom cast, right here in NYC. [20191018_102902](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s3/:brownstoner:ZTvm:20191018_102902.jpg.jpg)
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wmcclellanjr
in Roofing 6 years and 6 months ago
can someone recommend a roofer that they had good experience with recently I
have a 4 story brownstone
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bedstuy06
in General Discussion 6 years and 6 months ago
Hello!
Does a four story, two family home require a fire escape? Thank you!
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Rewiring a house with asbestos walls
We recently bought an old townhouse house which unfortunately has asbestos in all the original walls. The house has very old K&T wiring so we…
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Hiring specialized trades with a GC on the job
I want to hire a plaster person and a woodworker to do some stripping and refinishing. My general contractor is saying I can’t do that…
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Water Bill creeping up for the last 2 months
Hi everyone Our water bill has been suddenly very high over the last 2 billing cycles. No increase in usage and no running toilets etc.…
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stella2009
in General Discussion 6 years and 5 months ago
Unique rental - how to advertise by owner
Would appreciate an advice on the best way to rent by owner (we had tenants for several years, and things must have changed). Single fam…
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