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Looking For Consulting Architect or Engineer

I’ve owned a 2 Floor plus Basement, Brooklyn Limestone for about 12 years, making many incremental alterations along the way— essentially turning a two-family property…

Original Brownstone Garden Gate for Sale

Original Brownstone Garden Gate for Sale Beautiful original door to garden apartment. Ornate iron work in need of some love. Paint needs to be scraped…

Drywell Basement

Hi Brownstoners and Super sleuths, I have an issue in our basement and looking for insight. Our Windsor Terrace house has a drywell drain in…

Smart Video doorbell/ring with smart lock for 3 family brownstone

Hey ! I am looking for a smart Video doorbell for a 3 family brownstone. It should open the main door. Not easy to decide…

First time homebuyer worried about existing unpermitted work and insurance

Hi, I’m looking at buying my first home — a 1915 landmarked two family townhouse. There is no Certificate of Occupancy since it is so…

Plumber to move things around in our kitchen

We’re going to make some changes to our kitchen, including adding a dishwasher (there is no dishwasher right now), a garbage disposal, a new sink,…

Plumber/Water Backup recommendations

Hey Any recommendations for a plumber or recommendations to help us stop flooding. We have brownstone in park slope, basement keeps flooding from storm water,…

heat pump quote - is this reasonable?

I am looking to install a new heating/cooling system in my house upstate. i got this quote, can anyone tell me if this seems reasonable?…

Standing water in yard after big storms

Hi all, After Ida, and again this morning (so with intense rainfall in short periods), standing water builds up in my yard, and floods my…

Sidewalk violation liability?

Our building got a sidewalk violation a couple of years ago and they basically want the whole thing redone for various minor cracks, nothing crazy…

Brownstone Facade : Brownstone or Paint ?

Hi, we are living in Bed-Stuy, homeowner of a nice Brownstone. The facade has some cracks and it is time to redo the facade. We…

Rough idea of pricing for replacing water line and mechanicals

For anyone that has recently had to replace their water line and mechanicals, how much did it cost?

Selling Vintage Double Doors - $750

23″wide 82″tall 2″ thick Antique Brooklyn entry doors with bezeled glass! Pickup In Red Hook, Brooklyn. [IMG_8946](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s3/:brownstoner:PqFH:img_8946.jpg.jpg) [IMG_8947](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s3/:brownstoner:Kdjx:img_8947.jpg.jpg)

where can i find molding that matches the door frame, all throughout the house?

adding new line for washer/dryer

hello any recommendations for a plumber that can assist for adding new line for washer/dryer, Its not a big job but looking for someone to…

Info on venting electric dryer in basement to rear garden

Looking to relocate my washer dryer to the basement/cellar and looking for anyone that has a recommended installer or pics of venting to see how…

Renting out a cellar as part of a duplex

I’m considering an offer on a two-family building. The ground floor is currently structured as a duplex. First floor at ground level, second floor is…

Recommendations for someone to re-hone marble floor on site

On the tail end of some condo repair and unfortunately my bathroom wasn’t properly sealed during the messy spackling / sanding phase. As a result,…

Recommendations for someone to re-hone marble floor on site

On the tail end of some condo repair and unfortunately my bathroom wasn’t properly sealed during the messy spackling / sanding phase. As a result,…

Sanitation ticket has totally false description of offense... how to fight this?

I packed up half of my deceased fathers hardcover books (mostly books of subject and condition making them impossible to donate) into 10 heavy duty…