Alanna Schubach
Contributing editor Alanna Schubach has over a decade of experience as a New York City-based freelance journalist. She has written about real estate for Brick Underground, Mansion Global, and Barron's. She has also contributed features, essays, and op-eds to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Village Voice. She won a National Association of Real Estate Editors’ silver award in 2018 for her Ask an Expert column for Brick Underground. She is also a fiction writer and a creative writing teacher, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Posts by Alanna Schubach:
For obvious reasons, most New York City renovations involve reconfiguring existing space rather than expanding an apartment or brownstone’s footprint. Which is why even experienced urban renovators may be unsure about what’s involved in a major expansion of a weekend or suburban home outside the city--or how much it should cost.
