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jlqnsny
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 10 years and 9 months ago
How to confirm a house built in 1920s has a garage
The house we bought was built in 1920s and it currently does not have a garage. Information on DOB website did not show garage. However,…
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ccvle
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years ago
Approved work plan???
I have an inspection coming up with the DOB, and in the notice it asked that I have a copy of the approved work plan…
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brooklyntoqueens
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 1 month ago
It this railing something the DOB would accept for sign off?
Se attached. The drawings we filed do not include a deck so this is something I’m contemplating myself (this is a picture form another rebuilding).…
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brooklyntoqueens
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 1 month ago
Gas vs electric cooktop in my basement apartment
I’m renovating a 2 family and one of the two apartments will be in the basement. We have a new gas line running in the…
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brooklyntoqueens
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 4 months ago
Special Inspections
Can someone explain to me what these special inspections are and why I’m required to have them? Our job was filed with Directive 14 so…
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binbong
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 5 months ago
Certificate of Occupancy violation
We live in an apartment building and are considering opening a psychiatrist’s office in one of the units (would really cut our commute time!). The…
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teletran3
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 6 months ago
Recommendation for Legalizing Extension w/ DOB
I’m looking for recommendations on architects to legalize a three-story 16′ extension–including new plumbing and electrical–built on my two-family frame construction home (R6 B2) in…
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mystiky
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 6 months ago
Can my architect close the permit without the contractor's involment?
I have a small job (converting a roof into a terrace), for which all filings were done and approved by the DOB. The contractor agreed…
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arnaudg
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 6 months ago
MTA APPROVAL OF BROWNSTONE RENNOVATION
“Does anyone have information on obtaining a Transit Authority waiver from the Outside Projects Division at the MTA? Our building address comes up on a…
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bklynv
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 7 months ago
Survey needed to get permit for a deck.
We live in a one family, 22′ wide, landmarked brownstone. We want to build a deck off of the back parlor floor. We got an…
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empathie00
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 12 years and 9 months ago
old electrical permit issues - need to close permit in order to get C/O - opinions?
Hi there – When we bought our b’stone, there was an existing open electrical permit to move the main panel away from the spinkler line.…
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Augustiner
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 13 years and 9 months ago
cellar and DOB
My cellar is currently drawn into the construction plans as being Storage (although I always said it´s going to be used as space extension of…
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fkeels1973
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 11 years and 11 months ago
Do approved DOB filings expire?
Hi All. We are wondering how long approved DOB filings are good for. Reason being that we would like to get plans approved for a…
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MJP
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 12 years ago
Architect Self-Certification for Reno Plans?
Does anyone have experience with an architect or engineer self-certifying plans for a straightforward residential reno (ie, not a gut job and little to no…
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brownstone123
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 13 years and 7 months ago
Sprinkler system ?? Really ???
I recently purchased and re modeled a 4 story brownstone. I have new completely new electrical, new plumbing, new support beams, and new hard wired…
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Augustiner
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 12 years ago
energy efficient skylight and fire code
Is there a solution that would allow me to NOT use chicken wire dome Skylights? Has anyone had success to pass an alternative through inspection?…
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housepoor
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 12 years ago
Shared Sprinkler with Neighbor's Building
I recently discovered that my (3 unit) building’s hall way sprinkler system is being fed from my neighbor’s building. Fortunately, there are no valves in…
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greencat
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 12 years and 1 month ago
Expediting property registration?
Hello- Any insights into how to expedite property registration? I need to have violations removed before sale and find that my property registration form was…
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