Forum
Looking for advice about a home improvement project? Want to talk about what’s going on in your neighborhood? Start here.
Find older conversations in our Forum Archive.
Latest Discussions
Post a Topic
Please log in, in order to post topics and replies!

snarkolepctic
in Landlord 12 years and 4 months ago
Garden level rental question
How big an issue is noise for your tenants? When I am down in our garden apartment I can hear walking upstairs. I have a 10-year-old…
6


henrybee
in Landlord 12 years and 4 months ago
tenant breaking lease
a tenant of 3 years standing with whom I have had an excellent relationship is breaking the lease. He is refusing to sign a termination…
10


chrisemma
in Landlord 12 years and 4 months ago
I am looking for an exterminator to do a chemical termite barrier. Any recommendation? Location in Carroll Gardens. Thanks
Termite barrier
2


hbranty
in Landlord 12 years and 6 months ago
rec needed for detailed italianate plaster work
we have a brownstone in fort greene. the parlour ceiling is very, very detailed italianate plaster work and a 4×6 ft part of it fell…
4


meme2
in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago
rent control rent increases need help filling out paper
Have 2 rent control NOT stabelized need help filing out the paper work anyone that can help with the paper work? Is there a company…
1


cls
in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago
Kitchen Designer
Hi, I’m looking for someone to help me with a layout for my kitchen for a remodel. Please let me know if you have any…
2


julia77
in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago
To Incorporate or Not to Incorporate
We have the opportunity to buy a small investment property in BK with the plan to rent it out and hold on to for 10+…
7


fmb78
in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago
Access to basement through garden level rental for boiler maintenance.
Hello. Just wondering if and how any of you have dealt with this conundrum. We’re living in an upper duplex and will have a tenant…
6


steveg
in Landlord 12 years and 5 months ago
Need Drain Company / French Drain? over flowing
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/5117048aeca99-.jpg I dont even know if this a French Drain -but this drain is in the basement apt foyer below the front stoop and every…
3


helenwaite
in Landlord 12 years and 6 months ago
Take Landlord to Small Claims Court or...?
We have been renting this place – a condo- directly from the owner for 9 months. Without being to boring with details, the place has…
9


brooklynny
in Landlord 12 years and 7 months ago
Tax Question for Landlords: Do you issue 1099's?
There seem to be conflicting opinions on whether small, non-professional landlords (such as those of us who, for example, rent out our garden apartment) are required to…
3


sunsetbliss
in Landlord 12 years and 8 months ago
Extortion in an eviction case - advise needed.
Hi All, I am new to the forum, having recently aquired a building in Brooklyn. It is a four-family brick. I am living in…
10


sparkly
in Landlord 12 years and 8 months ago
bussman fuses
I asked a fuse question some time ago.. but now I have another. Are bussman fuses illegal to have.. If you had these would…
0

amazingcw
in Landlord 12 years and 8 months ago
Noise reduction
Our HVAC system is housed in a closet; however, we find the noise annoying. We want to insulate the closet to reduce or eliminate the…
0

brooklynvivian
in Landlord 12 years and 9 months ago
Can someone recommend a good general contractor who can do small jobs as well as big ones?
Can someone recommend a good general contractor who can do small jobs as well as big ones?
4


CGmodern
in Landlord 12 years and 9 months ago
month to moth after lease expires?
hi all- I could’ve swore there was some kind of rule or law about when a tenants lease expires…that it atomatically goes to a month…
2


bk_bstoner1
in Landlord 12 years and 10 months ago
Tenant Screening companies?
Hi B’stoners! Can anyone recommend a good company that I could use to conduct tenant checks (background/credit, etc.)? Thanks so much,
7


starfish11040
in Landlord 12 years and 9 months ago
chronic late payment of rent
This is a legal question that may have to be answered by a lawyer but I’ll give it a try here. I have this rent…
1


countylineman
in Landlord 12 years and 9 months ago
Can I reclaim a space that I've rented out at the end of a two-year lease?
I have a question as a landlord regarding the non-renewal process for a two-year lease. I’ve rented out a ground floor space in the South…
6

Can’t find the topic you’re looking for?
Find answers, ask questions, and connect with our Brownstoner community.