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Room for Improvement: These New Yorkers want more cable options, quieter heat and thicker walls

by Philip Posillipo | 11/19/12 - 2:31 PM

From architectural woes to inflated rent costs and (yes) even a lack of choice in cable providers, six city...
Don't know what a lot line window is? You should

by Tracy Kaler | 11/19/12 - 10:28 AM

You’ve probably noticed brick-covered openings in facades of New York City buildings, but perhaps you haven't...
Real Estate Want: The perfect parlor for your Downton Abbey party

by Julie Inzanti | 11/16/12 - 1:19 PM

With double fireplaces, ornate woodwork and crown molding, the luxurious main parlor of this lavish ...

Update from a displaced downtowner: "We need to be able to move on with our lives"

by Natan Edelsburg | 11/15/12 - 12:42 PM

Last week I made a few suggestions here for the hundreds of residents who, like me, are still...
Ask an Expert: Hallways with too much personality

by Teri Karush Rogers | 11/13/12 - 2:59 PM

Q. My co-op just spent several hundred thousand dollars renovating the hallways and lobby, and I am...
The Board Room: Firing the managing agent retained by the sponsor is often a mistake. Except when it’s not. (sponsored)

11/13/12 - 1:19 PM

Often when a sponsor loses control of a condo board after enough units have sold, the newly elected board...

New look, new listings on THE REAL.EST.LIST resource directory

by BrickUnderground | 11/12/12 - 9:55 AM

BrickUnderground underwent a little facelift this weekend, coinciding not so conincidentally with the...
Real Estate Want: A proper dining room

by Julie Inzanti | 11/09/12 - 3:50 PM

This restored classic-six, $3,600/month Washington Heights rental has a large living room, 3 bedrooms, 2...
Rent Coach: Does my landlord have to rebuild my roofdeck?

by Mike Akerly | 11/09/12 - 1:17 PM

Q. I rent the top floor of a brownstone that has direct access to the roof which I use as private outdoor...

Our experts give their best afterstorm advice, from why your trash chute smells that way, to property values, to that bathtub thing

by Teri Karush Rogers | 11/08/12 - 2:21 PM

No one can deny that Hurricane Sandy has been a learning curve as well as a severe weather event for NYC.This...
My crappy little tenement apartment stands up to Sandy

by Kelly Kreth | 11/08/12 - 12:55 PM

About a week before Hurricane Sandy, I had what I can now only think of as a foreshadowing event.I...
A displaced downtowner offers his two cents, to management and residents alike

by Natan Edelsburg | 11/07/12 - 1:18 PM

I rent a $2,150/month studio with my girlfriend at 90 Washington Street, a 398-unit building located in...
Do you live in a red building, or a blue one? Here's how to tell

by Alana Mayman | 11/06/12 - 9:34 AM

All eyes are on the swing states now, and although we all know which way New York will go, you may be...
Sandy has New Yorkers rethinking/restrategizing on waterfront properties

by Lucy Cohen Blatter | 11/05/12 - 11:14 AM

With the post-Sandy recovery underway, questions linger as to how New Yorkers can be more prepared for...

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