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huesos
in Insurance 10 years and 8 months ago
Insurance Broker or Insurer for Smaller Older Coop?
In the past few years our annual insurance bill for the basic commercial policy for our building has gone up substantially. Now, the company we…
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huesos
in Insurance 10 years and 8 months ago
Insurance Broker or Insurer for Smaller Older Coop?
In the past few years our annual insurance bill for the basic commercial policy for our building has gone up substantially. Now, the company we…
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chinatownred
in Home Buying 10 years and 8 months ago
Seeking Commercial Broker with Nonprofit Experience
Hello, I work for a nonprofit that has 5 buildings with space that we would like to rent out. One of these buildings is in…
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JPDA
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 9 months ago
Plumber needed for single-family boiler expansion tank replacement
The expansion tank on my Weill-Mclain Ultra boiler needs replacement. The boiler provides hot water to a coil in the air handler, a radiant slab…
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qbert
in Dept. of Buildings (DOB) 10 years and 9 months ago
sprinkler alarm monitoring system requirements for three family house
Code indicates that while sprinkler monitoring is not required for 1 or 2 family houses, it is required for a three family. However, it seems…
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knassi
in Legal 10 years and 8 months ago
Lease template?
Hi all. New landlady here, in a two-family house, renting the top floor. Do you have any recommendations for lease templates? What do you use?…
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michaelsaur67
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 8 months ago
Insurance-inspector for Condo building says we need to redo sidewalk
We recently switched insurance companies for our small Condo-building. An insurance-inspector came and found that the sidewalk on one side of the building is cracked/uneven…
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mouster728
in Heating and Air Conditioning 10 years and 9 months ago
Central Air Conditioner - How to get an energy efficient model
I need to replace my central air conditioner compressor as it is fritzed. The unit itself is old and damaged so I’m looking at buying…
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bizjeff2
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 8 months ago
Recommendation for Attorney to Represent Small Self-Managed Co-op
We are a small 4-unit brownstone co-op building seeking recommendations for an attorney to represent the co-op for transactions and other co-op matters. We would…
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bizjeff2
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 8 months ago
Recommendation for Attorney to Represent Small Self-Managed Co-op
We are a small 4-unit brownstone co-op building seeking recommendations for an attorney to represent the co-op for transactions and other co-op matters. We would…
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yvonnep37
in Fencing 10 years and 8 months ago
Backyard Project - Fence in!
We just had our IPE fence installed in our backyard. This is the 2nd phase of our project (after demolition.) Next is bluestone and possibly…
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michaelsaur67
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 9 months ago
No roof hatch in 2-family house in Bushwick legal?
We are about to purchase a 2-family house in Bushwick. It is a newly renovated 100 year old building. We couldn’t find access to the…
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samtsegaye
in Brownstoner Renovation 10 years and 9 months ago
Etching house number on window transom
Hi, We would like to have the number of our house etched on the transom above our door. Does anyone have any recommendations and any…
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doro
in Brownstoner Renovation 10 years and 9 months ago
ISO reclaimed red brick
We have a 1912 home in Hoboken, NJ with red “washburn” bricks on the side and rear. The front is yellow brick. We are adding…
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katdov
in Boiler Repair 10 years and 9 months ago
Oil to Gas boiler swap
Hello Brownstoners Any recommendations on plumber that will swap out an old oil boiler for a gas one? Also, the old one definitely has asbestos…
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jty2
in About Brooklyn 10 years and 9 months ago
Exterior waterproofing
I am looking at hiring a contractor to do excavation and exterior waterproofing of my cellar. – Do we need permits to do this work?…
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doro
in Brownstoner Renovation 10 years and 9 months ago
ISO reclaimed red brick
We have a 1912 home in Hoboken, NJ with red “washburn” bricks on the side and rear. The front is yellow brick. We are adding…
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doro
in Brownstoner Renovation 10 years and 9 months ago
ISO reclaimed red brick
We have a 1912 home in Hoboken, NJ with red “washburn” bricks on the side and rear. The front is yellow brick. We are adding…
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