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Help your apartment get a grip on NY

by | 10/15/10 - 10:48 AM

With all the press this week on how taxing life is in the big city, contemplating some easy and not-too...
SO IT HAS COME TO THIS.

by Teri Karush Rogers | 10/14/10 - 2:41 PM

Digital-age phone phobia is driving some NYC apartment dwellers to “order shitty food from seamlessweb before...
Top 10 reasons to stay in New York

by Teri Karush Rogers | 10/14/10 - 12:43 PM

As Curbed noted yesterday, this seems to be the week to break up with NYC. Sorry, but we just won't...

NYC Renovation Chronicles: Choosing the perfect contractor

by David Katz, Architect | 10/14/10 - 7:00 AM

Choosing a contractor is sort of like hailing a cab during rush hour. You’re happy to get one, but once...
Painting original woodwork, a housing sin?

by | 10/13/10 - 9:10 AM

Painting over woodwork can elicit some strong opinions beyond the ranks of renters wrestling with the...
THEN & NOW: I fell for the view. Then I shut the curtains.

by Bob as told to Kelly Kreth | 10/13/10 - 6:42 AM

I rented in Manhattan for 10 years before deciding it was time to buy. The thing I cared about most was...

Rats!!

by A. Ready | 10/12/10 - 8:50 AM

Move over bichon frises--you’ve got competition. The Daily News reports that some New Yorkers would rather...
HVAC "Dirty Sock Syndrome"

by A. Ready | 10/12/10 - 6:26 AM

We're familiar with high-efficiency washing machines that smell like cat pee, but HVACs that smell like dirty...
Weekend sales your apartment wants you to check out

by A. Ready | 10/08/10 - 4:51 PM

If the inside of your apartment isn't living as large as that check you write each month, perhaps it's time...

OVERHEARD:

by Teri Karush Rogers | 10/08/10 - 1:16 PM

"There were so many bedbugs in my wall socket that when the exterminator fired his mystery poisons through...
Why it doesn’t completely suck to live on the ground floor

by Teri Karush Rogers | 10/08/10 - 12:42 PM

Upper West Side co-op owner and broker-blogger Malcolm Carter opens the kimono on life inside a first-floor...
OVERHEARD:

by A. Ready | 10/08/10 - 12:09 PM

On Brownstoner, an apartment dweller with a non-working fireplace is considering converting it to...
Bedbugged! I survived, and so can you.

by Theresa Braine | 10/07/10 - 6:47 AM

I had never seen a bed bug when I started breaking out in ‘hives’ in March 2009.I had recently moved back...
Is your elevator making your kid fat?

by A. Ready | 10/07/10 - 6:46 AM

Well, your kids may not be fat because of the elevator, but it's sure not helping. Gothamist reports...

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