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  • Sales
    Recommendations for retrofitting antique cabinets?
    Updated over 14 years ago
    We recently purchased a 1912 condo that we had previously rented for many years. The kitchen and pantry feature four expanses of original and vintage-replica oak...
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  • Sales
    Can you find the 2nd Bedroom? 40-50 E 10 St.
    Updated over 14 years ago
    The listing says "2 bedroom" but I only see one. The comparable Apt 6E layout with 2 bedrooms seems all chopped up and not original. Thoughts? I must be missing...
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  • Sales
    Yorkville - east of Lexington - BAD
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Why do the brokers pretend it's an Upper East Side proper which it is not? Ditto for East 86, the most depressing of the East Side, Upper or not. So, the combination...
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  • Sales
    Twelve Twelve Fifth Avenue
    Updated over 14 years ago
    One longstanding problem at 1212 has been the water leaks from a failing roof drainage system. This has been present since the 1970s, and a rent control action was...
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  • Renovation
    Formal Dining vs. Open Kitchen with Dining Combo?
    Updated over 14 years ago
    I'm doing a complete gut renovation of a Park Avenue UES apartment. There currently is a formal dining room that is adjacent to a medium size galley kitchen. I am...
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  • Renovation
    Architect recommendations
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Hi, We are looking at a gut renovation of a 3bd 2br on UES. Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced architect? Also, is around 15% of construction cost reasonable?...
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  • Sales
    Stock vs. Flow
    Updated over 14 years ago
    Here's a question for you all. Its about stock vs. flow; and the long term demographic trends facing NYC. In prime old NYC (i.e. 5th, Madison, Park, etc.) the...
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