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We're loving the spacious kitchen in this $2,800 one-bedroom in Park Slope. Bonus: It's rent stabilized.

This $2,800 one-bedroom in Park Slope is rent stabilized and across the street from Prospect Park. Not a bad combination.

Pros: Aside from those mentioned above, the apartment seems to be generously sized. Plus there's a washer-dryer in the apartment.

Cons: We're pretty sure this is a walk-up and find it curious that there's no photo of the bedroom. Perhaps it's really small.

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This $820k three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom co-op on West 93rd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue is an estate sale with gorgeous bones.

Looking for a family-sized NYC apartment in the $800k price bracket? So are lots of folks, judging by this week’s edition of StreetEasy’s Most Wanted--the 10 sales listings StreetEasy users saved more often than any others this week.

On the Upper West Side, an $820k three-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom co-op (pictured) in a non-doorman elevator building on West 93rd Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue can serve as a two-bedroom with the smaller third bedroom functioning as a home office or small bedroom maid’s. Gorgeous prewar details include high, beamed ceilings, moldings and French doors. Central Park is a half-block away, and maintenance is a very reasonable $1,132. But this Edwardian, estate-sale apartment needs to be restored (which may explain why it’s priced so far below $1m).

Photo Credit / Alkiol

Radiant heat, dull details, and some serious space makeovers. Six New Yorkers have a smorgasbord of home improvements wants and needs.

• Warmer floors: I’ve always wanted radiant floor heating. I have been dreaming of having this incredibly amazing, toe-warming feature, ever since I stayed at a friend’s home who had heated floors -Brad, Brooklyn Heights
• Moldings without layers of paint: I wish my apartment didn't have layers and layers of paint caked onto the molding which really shows and takes away any detail -- I can paint over the walls but the moulding (and light switches! and electrical outlets!) is hard to fix and looks amateur. -Brian, Murray Hill
• An unbricked window: I would change the bathrooms…the former owner bricked in bathroom windows that looked into an unattractive courtyard, at the same time causing the apartment to lose light.  -Patricia, Upper East Side

What to do about rough seams and obvious fillings in this granite kitchen countertop?

Q. My kitchen renovation is done.  One of the problems is a less-than-perfect granite countertop, which in essence runs through the whole kitchen and pantry areas -- 35 linear feet of granite, and then some.  

Some of the seams are rough to the touch, with obvious fillings that are not well disguised. On another counter, there is a 1/4-inch gap between the wall and the counter. The contractor keeps bringing the fabricator to correct these problems, but I think the fabricator did a very shoddy job.  

What can I expect the contractor to correct? Should I insist on replacement, or a discount?

A. Without seeing your kitchen, it’s tough to determine where the blame lies. It’s possible your countertop template (the exact measurements and a pattern made after your cabinets were installed and before your tops were fabricated) wasn’t done correctly, or it’s possible the stone wasn’t cut to the template’s specification.