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mattborden

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

A/C Insulated Magnetic Vent Register

I live on the top floor of a 4 story building. My apartment has central air and a few of the rooms are quite drafty,…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

deva

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Garbage Dumping Container

I am removing a ton of junk and dirt from my basement replacing the cement floor and I am in need of a dumping container.…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

colorcolor

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

House settling?

The other day, after a few inches of snow, then an evening of hard rain, our 3-family townhouse (a 2yr old gut reno which included…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

mattborden

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

A/C Insulated Magnetic Vent Register

I live on the top floor of a 4 story building. My apartment has central air and a few of the rooms are quite drafty,…

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deva

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Garbage Dumping Container

I am removing a ton of junk and dirt from my basement replacing the cement floor and I am in need of a dumping container.…

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bbmg

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Park Slope Wednesday parking / street cleaning alternate-side parking

Hi – Does anyone know of any streets in Park Slope that have Wednesday alt-side parking? Trying to leave the car there while gone over…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

colorcolor

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

House settling?

The other day, after a few inches of snow, then an evening of hard rain, our 3-family townhouse (a 2yr old gut reno which included…

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bbmg

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Park Slope Wednesday parking / street cleaning alternate-side parking

Hi – Does anyone know of any streets in Park Slope that have Wednesday alt-side parking? Trying to leave the car there while gone over…

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trudylou

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Radiator and thermostat help

We have steam heat and the house is too hot on top and cold on the parlor floor where the thermostat is. We need help…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

trudylou

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Radiator and thermostat help

We have steam heat and the house is too hot on top and cold on the parlor floor where the thermostat is. We need help…

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brooklynladymm

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Kitchen cabinets recommendation

Hi all, I am sprucing up my kitchen a bit. I moved in 7 years and I’m finally investing a bit of money to customize…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

brooklyn72

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Power wash and tuck pointing

Hi, We are planning on having the brick on the back of our house power washed and tuck pointed. Anyone had great experience with a…

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clairebear246

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

window repair/replacement + wood stain on floors

we need to repair some/replace most of the windows in our home. we’d like them to be historically faitful (~1900), BUT energy efficient (duh) and…

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crownheights2013

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

How quickly can you refi after closing?

We may have an opportunity to by a below market property quickly all cash. The money would be provided by a private lender. We would…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

brooklynladymm

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Kitchen cabinets recommendation

Hi all, I am sprucing up my kitchen a bit. I moved in 7 years and I’m finally investing a bit of money to customize…

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mrohrmann

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Sprinklers Question

If you have a brownstone that is 5 or more families, meaning technically commercial building that has sprinklers, if you change the CofO to a…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

Goatcrapp

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Offer broadband to tenants, or not?

It so happens that both of my current tenants will be leaving after several years, within the next few months. They’ve had their own cable…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

cate

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Puzzled by Thermostat

Sometimes our house is freezing and our analog dial thermostat says the temperature is two ticks below the setting, but the heat doesn’t come on.…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

mattborden

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Contractor Recommendation: Chris Lombardi. Amazing work.

Hi. Not too long ago I was on this very forum looking for a contractor to renovate our half-bathroom. Fortunately, I was able to find…

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matyas

in About Brooklyn 11 years and 9 months ago

Chain of Title

Hey there, does anyone know how I go about checking the chain of title for some brownstones? There may be a couple left to my…

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Updated 11 years and 9 months ago

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