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Having renovated before, they would do it again, swear the battle-scarred but intrepid ...

If your contractor walks out, move your project along: Get it finished and don't rely on suing to recover your cash. That's the reality-check advice on...

During an unrelated email exchange last week, Manhattan general contractor and BrickUnderground expert...

Q. The apartment above ours recently was sold and is undergoing a gut renovation. Several weeks ago the building manager asked me if the new owner's contractor...

If you are like us, you are experiencing a twitchy, dregs-of-winter urge to change something up inside your apartment. You might want to start with your appliances, as ...

Believing that the inconvenience and cost of temporarily relocating is far worse than putting up with a little construction, first time renovators are often tempted to live at...

Q.  How much should it cost to skimcoat a two-bedroom, 1,100 square-foot prewar apartment with 9-foot ceilings?  I've had three estimates, ranging from $21,...

Our goal at BrickUnderground is to build NYC's most comprehensive resource for the official and unofficial answers about finding an apartment and living through the aftermath--...

New York City bathrooms tend to come in decimal points: There's the 1.25 bath (a full bathroom, plus a second bathroom comprised of a toilet only), 1.5 bath (the second...