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psxfan
in Building Code 11 years and 10 months ago
Minimum kitchen
Hi all. Newbie here. I wish I knew about this board months ago. Long story short: I have a legal two family home. One kitchen.…
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psxfan
in Building Code 11 years and 10 months ago
Minimum kitchen
Hi all. Newbie here. I wish I knew about this board months ago. Long story short: I have a legal two family home. One kitchen.…
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citizenjane
in Building Code 11 years and 10 months ago
Internal Fire Exit
Hi everyone, On the top floor of our 3-story brownstone, we have a “fire exit” through a glass “escape window” on the roof. It is…
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citizenjane
in Building Code 11 years and 10 months ago
Internal Fire Exit
Hi everyone, On the top floor of our 3-story brownstone, we have a “fire exit” through a glass “escape window” on the roof. It is…
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ashiny
in Building Code 11 years and 11 months ago
Confused: Cellar or Basement?
My husband inherited this low-stoop townhouse in Brooklyn from his grandfather few years ago. Recently We’ve been thinking about renovating what we call the “garden…
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ashiny
in Building Code 11 years and 11 months ago
Confused: Cellar or Basement?
My husband inherited this low-stoop townhouse in Brooklyn from his grandfather few years ago. Recently We’ve been thinking about renovating what we call the “garden…
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ahdb
in Building Code 12 years ago
Common Hallway When Combining Two Units in a Brownstone
We live in a four unit brownstone. Unit 1 is a ground floor + basement duplex. Unit 2 is a parlor floor + second floor…
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spicygreencurry
in Building Code 11 years and 11 months ago
city chaning the c of o for no apparent reason?
we are closing on a 2 family in bushwick and the attorneys told us that the seller received a notice from the city that the…
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spicygreencurry
in Building Code 11 years and 11 months ago
city chaning the c of o for no apparent reason?
we are closing on a 2 family in bushwick and the attorneys told us that the seller received a notice from the city that the…
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nuyorkgurl
in Building Code 12 years ago
Do I need a second exit on the ground floor of a duplex?
We occupy the duplex of our 3 family brownstone (ground & parlor floor). Parlor floor has front door exit to street and back door exit…
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nuyorkgurl
in Building Code 12 years ago
Do I need a second exit on the ground floor of a duplex?
We occupy the duplex of our 3 family brownstone (ground & parlor floor). Parlor floor has front door exit to street and back door exit…
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ahdb
in Building Code 12 years ago
Common Hallway When Combining Two Units in a Brownstone
We live in a four unit brownstone. Unit 1 is a ground floor + basement duplex. Unit 2 is a parlor floor + second floor…
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benson82
in Building Code 12 years ago
Certificate of Occupancy
Hi All, i’m interested in a townhouse in Brooklyn that i saw. The house is listed as a “2 family setup as a 3”. The…
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benson82
in Building Code 12 years ago
Certificate of Occupancy
Hi All, i’m interested in a townhouse in Brooklyn that i saw. The house is listed as a “2 family setup as a 3”. The…
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stuyheights
in Building Code 12 years ago
Will my taxes go up? Cellar allowed as "rec room" ?
Hello Brownstoner, We are thinking about reconfiguring the occupancy of a brownstone we are in contract on. This will be a gut reno, and the…
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stuyheights
in Building Code 12 years ago
Will my taxes go up? Cellar allowed as "rec room" ?
Hello Brownstoner, We are thinking about reconfiguring the occupancy of a brownstone we are in contract on. This will be a gut reno, and the…
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housepoor
in Building Code 12 years and 1 month ago
ECB Hearing...Do I Need a Lawyer?
I just got a summons for ECB hearing, a result of a DOB inspection of my sprinkler system related to how it was installed 75…
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stuyheights
in Building Code 12 years and 1 month ago
Expidator Question
Expidator Question If a home I am interested in purchasing had plans approved in 2006, expired in 2007, and the job was never completed, what…
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