Dear community: what is your favorite design for a brownstone deck?

Seeking great ideas from our crowd. 🙂

What designs for backyard (parlor floor) decks do you love (with stairs down to the back yard, of course)? This might include a separate outdoor space option for garden floor tenants. (If so, have you found sharing a back yard to be a workable setup, or is it really best to limit the back yard to one party?)

Have your favorite deck projects also incorporated backyard redesign (e.g. leveling the ground below the deck)? How complicated did you find doing this part too?

All suggestions that you are passionate about are eagerly sought.

Thank you in advance for your support!

citizenjane

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daveinbedstuy | 6 years and 7 months ago

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By Susan at Sketch & Hammer The lattice on the sides though doesn’t meet code if you are filing. Can always add it after. [DSC00608](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s2/:brownstoner:zpl7:dsc00608.jpg.jpg) [DSC00609](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s2/:brownstoner:fHaO:dsc00609.jpg.jpg)

mozeeatupu | 6 years and 7 months ago

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> @gwrfgp
> a pretty standard 10′ deep steel deck from our parlor floor
Your deck is illegal.
Code limits up to 8 feet from the building into the rear yard, stairs to yard are limited to first story only and no storage is allowed under deck.
Was it filed?

Guest User | 6 years and 7 months ago

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We added a pretty standard 10′ deep steel deck from our parlor floor with stairs down to the yard, which we share with our tenants (we have a triplex over their garden-floor apartment). We gave the 10′ deep area beneath our deck to them in their lease, where they have a grill and a small dining table and chairs. We planned to make the division between this area and “our” bit of the yard quite solid, but actually, we’ve found that a few low rectangular planters to casually mark the line is totally fine. If your broker does their job of finding you really great tenants — which ours did, and which is obviously very important when you’re planning effectively to let another family share your home — then it’s actually rather nice and communal and not at all a problem to have a semi-shared space. It’s not like we hang out there together, but it’s nice to say hi when we are out at the same time. I guess what’s most important is that our outdoor dining table is on our deck, so it’s not like we’re ever awkwardly having two separate meals right near each other… The best thing about it though is that we both have dogs, and we allow their dog to run around — and even go to the bathroom — in our bit of the yard, because it has (fake) lawn. We had our dog before they moved in, and we actually encouraged them to get their own because we figured it would be nice for our pup to have a playmate (and it is! they’re now great friends). So we would wholly endorse! It feels just neighborly enough without everyone being on top of each other.