Brick Underground

When there’s a clog in the common building plumbing outside your apartment and wastewater backs up—due to grease, baby wipes, sanitary products that get stuck—homeowners’ insurers routinely deny coverage and leave apartment owners stuck with the bill for clean up and repair costs. However, Ian Brandt, partner at the real estate law firm Wagner Berkow & Brandt, has successfully fought these cases.

Bolster, a NYC design-build firm, breaks down the costs of a high-end renovation of an Upper East Side co-op.

So far, there have been 1,271 contracts signed in Manhattan as of March 26—nearly double the amount in March 2020. Manhattan has already seen more deals than any other March since 2007, when 1,624 contracts were signed, according to a new report from UrbanDigs.

The plans and specifications should be drawn up by an architect and break down the proposed work according to the different elements, such as demolition, roof repair, lintel replacement or facade work.

Here at Brick Underground we love answering your New York City real estate questions and in this episode of the podcast we do exactly that. 

Lease signings have been rising for five consecutive months to record highs, according to the Elliman Report for Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens rentals. Last month saw an increase of 112.4 percent in new leases compared to February 2020.