moving location of exterior door

The fact you are the only sane person in 20 yrs to actually realize that door is in the wrong place makes you a genius. Whatever the cost you must move the door!

You should go chk out the 3,186 open houses and let us know where the other doors are misplaced. Thank you

Yes you can move the door if the building gives you permission.

Cannot answer the question without seeing current condition. I would imagine that moving the door makes some interior wall expose to exterior which you have to address especially water proofing. Again, it's my imagination, I don't know what is there. Permit and code compliance is probably not too difficult, but you might want to hire a professional to check it out for you to see how much work needs to be done.

karhu, "exterior" here means outside apartment, not outside the building.

brionr, I think most condos would approve only if you could perfectly restore the wall where the old door is. That might prove difficult or expensive: wallpaper unavailable, or having to repaint the entire wall or even entire corridor for perfect match, or flooring issues. They would also probably require that the new door looks, in every respect, just like the others on the floor. And, of course, fire code specifications are met.

Your request should focus on your ability to guarantee invisibility of the change after the work is done.

alanhart, thank you for pointing out.

Depends a lot on the building. Friends live in an 18 unit coop on Bleeker. Their board is made up of about 30% of the owners and is fairly liberal so long as you have proper insurance and building engineer signs off on things. With just 2-3 apartments per floor, no one really cares where the door to a unit is. My friends moved theirs. They also put in central HVAC and got permission to stick a compressor in an alley behind the building. Try doing that in a large coop! I personally find the added risks of a smaller coop outside my comfort zone, but there are advantages, too.

We reversed the swing of our door and reduced the size of the door during our recent reno. The cost of the door alone was about $900. But, I'll echo what alanhart said. The co-op is more concerned that the hallway is restored impeccably in like finishes. Note that if you intend to "annex" the hallway, they'll likely want to charge you for that new found floorspace, but just moving the door isn't that big of a deal. But you will need to get DOB approval I think, to demonstrate that your egress path is compliant. I forget what the details are here, My gut estimate is $3-5K, but could go higher depending upon the complexity of the hallway finishes.