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kcleenhouts

in Quality of Life 13 years and 6 months ago

Warren between Smith and Hoyt

I am looking to move to an apartment on Warren, between Smith and Hoyt, but closer to Hoyt.  Can anyone tell me if this is…

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brooklynjennie

in Plumbers and Plumbing 13 years and 6 months ago

Gangi Plumbing

HI- has anyone used them and would you recommend them? thank you

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Laura

in Tile 13 years and 6 months ago

Turkish Bath With Mosaic Tiles

http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4ec06ea443b2c-.jpg I had a hard time finding good quality small mosaic tiles until I met Danielle Sgroi (who was very pleasant and professional) at Nemo…

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Updated 13 years and 6 months ago

FishieFishie

in Painters and Painting & Stripping 13 years and 6 months ago

Best paint?

Is there any consensus on a better brand for an ordinary interior paint job?   I was previously told that Benjamin Moore was the best, but I…

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CountChocula

in Agents and Brokers 13 years and 6 months ago

Dual Agency

I have read elsewhere that a dual agency (broker representing both the seller and the buyer) can be beneficial for a buyer. This seems right…

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rocketship

in Cellar 13 years and 6 months ago

Basement brick "fire wall"?

Renovating a four-story brick house in Brooklyn. When the engineer who filed our renovation looked at the building, he remarked that the brick wall down…

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callalily

in Plumbers and Plumbing 13 years and 6 months ago

Cost & recommendation for plumbing job?

We have a sewer gas leak under a kitchen sink in our third-floor rental. I don’t know exactly the source of the leak, but I…

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xistent

in Doors & Windows 13 years and 6 months ago

WHICH IS THE BETTER WINDOW COMPANY

We are looking into replacing brick to brick landmark windows and I have been talking seriously with 2 companies: WINDOWS WE ARE & BAY RIDGE…

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CountChocula

in Agents and Brokers 13 years and 6 months ago

Dual Agency

I have read elsewhere that a dual agency (broker representing both the seller and the buyer) can be beneficial for a buyer. This seems right…

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prewar

in Flooring 13 years and 7 months ago

Cleaning a pre-war mosaic floor

Our pre-war co-op has mosaic floor common hallways, circa 1910, which we are contemplating restoring / cleaning. They are decidedly looking tired (not necessarily too…

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Updated 13 years and 6 months ago

livingrm

in Bath & Kitchen 13 years and 9 months ago

Need to completely do over bad marble floor job

http://cdn.brownstoner.com/4e5b128b53604-.jpg We just had our bathroom done by a contractor and he completely botched the floor tiling — simple marble hex and dot mosaic.  …

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mjpress

in Bars and Pubs 13 years and 6 months ago

new bar on stuyvesant and Halsey, and other new development questions

Noticing some paper in the window, I peered into the storefront next door to the laundromat building on the northwest corner of Halsey and Stuyvesant. …

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7andfive

in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 6 months ago

Home reno advice

I’m considering making an offer on a place that needs a complete gut renovation. The roof is fairly new but it will need entire new…

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callalily

in Flooring 13 years and 6 months ago

Floor refinishing mixup! And question

We are redoing one bathroom and decided as long as we have everything out, we may as well refinish the floors and have wood floors.…

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Updated 13 years and 6 months ago

FishieFishie

in Painters and Painting & Stripping 13 years and 6 months ago

Best paint?

Is there any consensus on a better brand for an ordinary interior paint job?   I was previously told that Benjamin Moore was the best, but I…

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greencat

in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 6 months ago

Exposed brick columns cold air problem?

Hi Brownstoners- We are renovating our apartment and would like to leave the two columns to the left and right of the main windows exposed,…

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anne_nyc

in Doors & Windows 13 years and 6 months ago

Window Repair Person?

Hi – Looking for recommendations for handyman type person to come in and re-putty windows, paint frames, paint lintels, etc. This is a bandaid fix…

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Updated 13 years and 6 months ago

callalily

in Flooring 13 years and 6 months ago

Floor refinishing mixup! And question

We are redoing one bathroom and decided as long as we have everything out, we may as well refinish the floors and have wood floors.…

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villagebrstoner

in Exteriors 13 years and 6 months ago

Landmark district exterior building repair

Our building needs a minor repair on the exterior cornice.  It’s in the landmark district.  We were told it’s necessary to put a bridge and…

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empathie00

in Insurance 13 years and 6 months ago

quick release burglar bars

Please help! Our insurance company has just informed us our homeowners policy will be cancelled if we don’t remove our ground floor (original) security bars…

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