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pwnnyc
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Curb alert: rubbermaid garden storage box, PLG
‘stoners, I just placed a Rubbermaid garden storage box (50″ x 22″ x 22″) on the curb, north side of Fenimore Street between Bedford and…
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pwnnyc
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Curb alert: rubbermaid garden storage box, PLG
‘stoners, I just placed a Rubbermaid garden storage box (50″ x 22″ x 22″) on the curb, north side of Fenimore Street between Bedford and…
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nicole343
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Ikea kitchen with semihandmade cabinets... install cost
Hi all, Wondering approx cost for Ikea kitchen with semihandmade cabinets. Thinking 12×12 kitchen, cabinets on bottom, floating shelves above. So install cost for tile…
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jmebrkr
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Long Expired Temp C of O
Long story short: My property has a temporary C of O which expired over a decade ago. According to the DOB website, the open items…
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jmebrkr
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Long Expired Temp C of O
Long story short: My property has a temporary C of O which expired over a decade ago. According to the DOB website, the open items…
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nicole343
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Ikea kitchen with semihandmade cabinets... install cost
Hi all, Wondering approx cost for Ikea kitchen with semihandmade cabinets. Thinking 12×12 kitchen, cabinets on bottom, floating shelves above. So install cost for tile…
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nicole343
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Moving to East Flatbush home... security? Where to start and costs?
Hi all, I am looking at a duplex home in East Flatbush, on one side the home borders another home, on the other side, it…
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nicole343
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Stucco siding to wood siding...
I would like to restore my home and take down the stucco siding and put on wood, just on the front of the structure (side…
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Rick
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Free slab of Icestone
I have an island countertop of Icestone free to the first person that can pick it up and haul it away. It’s 30×66″ and in…
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nicole343
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Moving to East Flatbush home... security? Where to start and costs?
Hi all, I am looking at a duplex home in East Flatbush, on one side the home borders another home, on the other side, it…
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Lurker
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Inspections or work after permits expire? Process for renewal?
Our GC pulled a permit on a home renovation in July 2014, and so it expired a month or so ago. Work is, technically, still…
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Lurker
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Inspections or work after permits expire? Process for renewal?
Our GC pulled a permit on a home renovation in July 2014, and so it expired a month or so ago. Work is, technically, still…
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RBCG
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
An Infestation of Sparrows
A pair of trees near my house has become home to an enormous flock of house sparrows, several hundred strong. The noise at sunrise and…
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kcgreatjones
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Advice on refinancing a small co-op building
Hi, I’m on the board of a 6-unit co-op. We have an existing loan with a balloon payment due early next year (this awful loan…
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workisfun
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 2 months ago
backwater preventer advice please
hi plumbers and homeowners, after flooding and amidst plans to replace my garden level slab, it is time to install a backwater preventer. i have…
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RBCG
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
An Infestation of Sparrows
A pair of trees near my house has become home to an enormous flock of house sparrows, several hundred strong. The noise at sunrise and…
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kcgreatjones
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Advice on refinancing a small co-op building
Hi, I’m on the board of a 6-unit co-op. We have an existing loan with a balloon payment due early next year (this awful loan…
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wesed1
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago
Local Law 58 - accessibility waiver request
I have an application with DOB to convert my brownstone from SRO to a 4 family. I drafted an accessibility waiver request arguing that [1]…
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