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thelibrary
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 1 month ago
School Districts in Crown Heights, BedStuy..
My wife and I are currently looking at homes in Crown heights and Bed Stuy and were wondering what folks with kids, or are planning…
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skeer126
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 1 month ago
Restoring exposed brick
Does anyone have someone who does good work and reasonably priced to restore open exposed brick in a brownstone? Also does anyone know how much…
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hotpinksharpie
in Flooring 12 years and 1 month ago
Repairing squeaky floors - any recommendations
Wondering if anyone has ever successfully hired someone to repair a very squeaky original wood parquet floor. I’d prefer to keep the actual floor intact…
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skylightseeker
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 1 month ago
Department of Environmental Protection "Random" Inspection?
We are renovating a brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant. We received a surprise inspection from the Department of Environmental Protection. The inspector stated that this was a…
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landofenchantment
in Handymen and Odd Jobs 12 years and 1 month ago
Great Handyman Rec
Hi, I just wanted to post a strong recommendation for Brian Piersol. I found him here on Brownstoner a couple of years ago and have…
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molly160
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 7 months ago
Asbestos abatement advice needed
Asbestos found in wall sample–advice needed Hello All, We recently purchased an apartment in a four family pre-war building in Park Slope, with plans to…
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jab287
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 1 month ago
Help - Major leak in black pipe feeding into boiler
HI All, This morning I noticed a stream of water leaking from the blackpipe feeding into my boiler. I’ve got a call into a plumber…
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marykc
in General Discussion 12 years and 9 months ago
Unpaid Common Charges
Our by-laws allow us to charge the highest legal interest on unpaid common charges, in accordance with NY Condominium law. Does anyone know what that…
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E_Minor
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 1 month ago
How much does it cost to replace ConEd gas meters?
We’ve finished gut renovating our house and as part of the plumbing inspection, the city inspector wants us to upgrade the gas meters. Apparently the…
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nintzk86
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 1 month ago
What would the city do here?
There was a Brownstoner house-of-the-day that is a legal 2 family but is currently “configured as four units.” (http://brownstoner.staging.wpengine.com/blog/2014/02/house-of-the-day-698-st-marks-avenue). What would the Department of Buildings…
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stuyheights
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 2 months ago
Unique 3 family brownstone reno project. Need help on where to get started.
After looking for months for a Brooklyn Brownstone, it looks as though we finally found one. I was really hesitant about purchasing a flip, because…
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vvsers
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 1 month ago
Would Love Advice on what to buy?
I’m looking into buying a multi family (preferably 3 family unit) in Bedstuy to live in (I want the other 2 units as rental to…
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deanbh
in Heating and Cooling 12 years and 1 month ago
underfloor heating in a bathroom
Did anyone watch “This old house” tonight? Lol I’m getting stick from the wife….they showed how to do radiant floor heating in the bathroom and…
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melissamurray
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 1 month ago
Great experience! new concrete floor with Knockout Masonry
I wanted to share my recent experience with Knockout Masonry www.komasonry.com They tore up my old concrete basement floor, dug out 6 inches, poured a…
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BobtheHugo
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 1 month ago
Architect to help with combining units or multi- to single-family
We are looking for an architect to combine two units or convert a multi-family to single. Wondering if anyone out there has suggestions of architects.
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stuyheights
in Building Code 12 years and 1 month 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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lilitrue
in Brownstoner Renovation 12 years and 1 month ago
Building up in a landmark building
We have roof rights in a landmarked 4 unit coop and are thinking of adding a third bedroom and a second bathroom along with a…
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thelibrary
in About Brooklyn 12 years and 1 month ago
Did I miss the boat on the under-$800K multifamily in Crown Heights?
Did I miss the boat on the under $800k multifamily in Crown Heights that isn’t in Weeksville? I’m really hoping that some new things come…
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