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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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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

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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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

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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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

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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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

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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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

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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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

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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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

expedite

in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago

Self Certifying Objection

Hello Brown stoners, I have received every possible objection on a project & am ready to “Self Certify The Objections”. Just not sure what forms…

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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

markos

in About Brooklyn 10 years and 1 month ago

Draftsman

Can anyone recommend a draftsman for the early stages of my project? I am doing a home in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. I just want to…

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Updated 10 years and 1 month ago

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