
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 many New Yorkers, “historic brownstone” roughly translates to “dream home.” But renovating one can be prohibitively expensive if you do everything at once. That’s why some owners opt to upgrade in stages, which allows them to prioritize their renovation wants and stay within a tighter budget.