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Troubleshooting
How to find a hidden camera planted by your landlord, Airbnb host, or another creep
By Evelyn Battaglia |September 8, 2025 - 9:30AM
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The Search
We asked NYC’s chatbot our real estate questions. Here’s what it got wrong
By Celia Young |April 12, 2024 - 12:30PM
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Products + Services
9 reasons to add smart lighting to your NYC apartment or brownstone
By Evelyn Battaglia |March 10, 2023 - 9:30AM
Architect and designer Ben Uyeda has teamed up with Skipp to create highly curated kitchen designs.
Products + Services
Want a faster renovation? Artificial intelligence can speed up the design process and save you money
By Evelyn Battaglia |May 4, 2022 - 9:30AM
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Roommates + Landlords
Do I need a landlord's permission to install a smart lock on my apartment's front door?
By Austin Havens-Bowen |April 28, 2022 - 1:00PM
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Products + Test-drives
The apps you need to make your life easier in NYC
By Austin Havens-Bowen |October 28, 2021 - 12:30PM
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Products + Test-drives
A guide to rental apps: StreetEasy, HotPads, Replay Listings, & more
By Austin Havens-Bowen |August 27, 2021 - 1:30PM
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The Market
Brick Underground's 2021 guide to co-living spaces in NYC: How to tell the communal disruptors apart

… that coliving which essentially puts strangers together in apartments would have been decimated by the Covid19 pandemic … NYCarea buildings The original a sevenbedroom threebathroom loft in East Williamsburg features rustic brick walls … Youri Dauber Malik Dauber and François Samyn in 2016 The trio retains 75 percent ownership of the company AG Real …

By Mimi OConnor |August 23, 2021 - 2:30PM
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Staging + Open Houses
Three out of 10 sellers admit to using spy cams during showings
By Brick Underground |July 29, 2021 - 2:30PM