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parksloperower
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 9 months ago
Architect needed for plans.
We live in a narrow 2 family brownstone. We are looking to renovate the ground floor. We have no idea where to start and cost…
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zeroenergybuilder
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 9 months ago
1 Solar Panel with Solar Heating, Air-conditioning, Domestic Hot Water, Electric
Get a Solar Panel Stack with all your mechanial needs in one Solar Panel. Eliminate boilers completely. Now you can have true Solar powered heating/cooling/domestic…
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orrsuz
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 9 months ago
Contractor recommendation: Chris Lombardi
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/51afc5c58a9ce-.jpg I posted a recommendation for Chris last year for his work on my bathroom renovation but after he finished our living room which was…
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mayjune
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 1 month ago
At Step One- what is the one thing you wish you had known?
Hello- I am just starting my search for a brownstone. What is the one piece of advice you would give someone just starting out on…
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vannyc
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Structural engineer to inspect 4-family building?
We live in a 100+ yo 4 family building and are considering hiring a structural engineer to do a comprehensive review of the building to…
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samba
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Marble Stoop Contractors
I’m in process of renovating a non-historic stoop that is in pretty rough shape. But before we just do a patch and paint work on…
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samba
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Marble Stoop Contractors
I’m in process of renovating a non-historic stoop that is in pretty rough shape. But before we just do a patch and paint work on…
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brooklyn11215
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 11 months ago
Brownstone Faced Restoration
I have a 4 story brownstone and have been soliciting quotes to do the work. There isn’t much detail except for some rock face band…
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vannyc
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Structural engineer to inspect 4-family building?
We live in a 100+ yo 4 family building and are considering hiring a structural engineer to do a comprehensive review of the building to…
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bklyn1111
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Retrofitting Pocket Doors in Parlor
We are planning to install a new pair of pocket doors between our front and back parlor – and are hoping there is some good…
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bklyn1111
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Retrofitting Pocket Doors in Parlor
We are planning to install a new pair of pocket doors between our front and back parlor – and are hoping there is some good…
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zhideng
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Certificate of Occupancy
I am looking to do some renovations to my house and when the architect tried to lookup the c/o for the house she could not…
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deanbh
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years ago
PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES?
Anyone used PROFESSIONAL CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES for a bathroom renovation before? We had some minor problems with our last GC and looking to know if anyones…
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zhideng
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Certificate of Occupancy
I am looking to do some renovations to my house and when the architect tried to lookup the c/o for the house she could not…
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ferney1c
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 11 months ago
Creating a finished basement from an unfinshed basement.
Can anyone recommend a company that specializes in turning an unfinished basement into a finished basement? I would like to do this in my brownstone.…
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brooklyntoqueens
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Steam Heat vs. hot water heating
We will soon start renovating a 2 family and will also have to update the heating system. The boiler is now running on steam but…
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sammy10036
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Does suing really pay off?
Recently purchased multi-unit is Williamsburg (really Bushwick area). Building is new construction – 1 year old. A series of minor issues arose very quickly after…
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brooklyntoqueens
in Brownstoner Renovation 11 years and 10 months ago
Steam Heat vs. hot water heating
We will soon start renovating a 2 family and will also have to update the heating system. The boiler is now running on steam but…
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