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  • Renovation
    How much should a designer cost?
    Updated about 14 years ago
    I purchased a 1,600 sq foot 2 bedroom / 2 bathroom apart in a post war building in estate condition. I am redoing the kitchen, baths, new floors, skim coating walls,...
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  • Renovation
    Bathroom redo
    Updated about 14 years ago
    Question to all aesthetically inclined plumbing lovers: where to look for commercial round FLUSHOMETER (as in no tank) toilet, floor-mounted? Any showrooms in the...
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  • Renovation
    Marble tiles in small numbers
    Updated about 14 years ago
    Am looking to buy a few Botticino Classico 12" X 12 " tiles. Given the small number that I need (10 or less), what is the best place to order/pick up these tiles? ...
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  • Renovation
    showrooms?
    Updated about 14 years ago
    where do people go to look at showrooms for like marble, flooring, appliances, and/or fixtures?
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  • Renovation
    Asbestos in mastic
    Updated about 14 years ago
    Has anyone heard that mastic used to apply flooring may have asbestos? This is an 1980s building. Wasn't it outlawed by then?
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  • Renovation
    $30k discount, is it a deal?
    Updated about 14 years ago
    I'm considering an apartment I can buy for about $30k below that of a compable one in the same building. This one requires replacing/re-finishing a 500SQ floor,...
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  • Renovation
    WSJ: Renovation Chronicles
    Updated about 14 years ago
    Johnathan Rockoff is writing a series for the WSJ about the renovation of a Queens co-op that he just purchased for $355k. <a rel="nofollow"...
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