New Residential Building
I am considering buying a property that has a very old, dilapidated house on it in a residential area. The house is not renovation-worthy. Whomever buys it must knock it down and rebuild. How do I find...
View ArticleGowanus Odors/Floods?
I am looking at several properties on Bond St between Carroll and 2nd Streets. I've read thru the archives about any issues with odors and floods and have some concerns still. Friends who live on...
View ArticleAdd Vanities to Porcelain Sinks
I have two bathrooms with beautiful modern porcelain sinks that hang off the wall. I desperately need storage and want to build vanities under the porcelain sinks. My master bath has two of these sinks...
View ArticleNeed a Contractor for Closet
I am looking to build a fairly large closet in my garden level finished basement ... floor to ceiling. I want it to look like it's original to the house which means plasterboard sides that can be...
View ArticleRaised Basement Floor
I want to raise part of the floor in the main area of my finished basement. I own a small brownstone in Carroll Gardens. The basement was finished before I bought the house this past spring. The floors...
View ArticleSlight Burnt Odor
I own a 3 story brownstone that was gut renovated shortly before I bought it one year ago. Each floor has it's own zone for heating and A/C. The top two floors have York HVac units (on the roof) while...
View ArticleFrameless Shower Stall Leak
The shower in my master bath is leaking. It's a frameless shower stall and I noticed that the bottoms of the door frames (a pocket door to the bathroom, next to the shower) have swelled from leaking...
View ArticleChimney Cleaning
A chimney cleaning company (Top Sweep, Inc) called me out of the blue to clean my chimneys. My house was gut renovated a little over a year ago before I purchased it. Do you think it's necessary to...
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