Teri Karush Rogers
Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University. During law school she realized she would rather explain things than argue about them, so she returned to service journalism after graduation.
Posts by Teri Karush Rogers:
Nothing says caveat emptor like new construction, which is why a good real estate lawyer can make the difference between happily-ever-after and a short sale two years later. Real estate attorney Felix Nihamin not only wants you to know what you’re getting into—he wants to make sure you don’t leave any money on the table along the way, like the client who didn't realize he could ask the developer to fork over $30,000 in closing costs.
Manhattan architect and NYC Renovation Chronicles columnist David Katz recently shared with us some pre-renovation advice.
“It is always the case that those with connections to the board are able to have their alteration applications reviewed more quickly than others," he said. "For this reason, I always advise my clients to become friendly with the board well before they intend to renovate.”
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." Wouldn't life in NYC's vertical villages be sooo much better if everyone adhered to this advice from the great man himself? (Yes, chain smokers in 11D, we're talking to you.) We'll be taking the rest of the day off to ponder the implications.... See you back here tomorrow.
This is the time of year when Wall Streeters traditionally use their bonuses to buy shiny new condos or grand prewar co-ops. But this year, with banks paying out a huge percentage of bonuses in restricted stock instead of cash, that's not so easy.
Manhattan general contractor Jeff Streich of Prime Renovations sent us this comically disturbing video he filmed on the job at a two-year-old Midtown condo conversion.
Hired by the owners of a $2 million three-bedroom apartment to fix a sloppy sponsor renovation, Streich finds the remnants of what appears to be a desperate cover-up of a leaky heating unit. At least we hope that explains the presence of the mysterious Anton's clothing, and that Anton himself wasn't a victim of shoddy construction.
