rental renovations

Products + Services

Here's what you need to know about installing central AC in your NYC brownstone

By Evelyn Battaglia |July 27, 2023 - 11:30AM

The Market

By Celia Young |July 14, 2023 - 2:30PM

A kitchen backsplash decorated with green tiles.

Small Projects + DIY

3 renter-friendly TikTok tricks to refresh your apartment

By Celia Young |July 13, 2023 - 12:30PM

An apartment wall with cracks above a sofa.

Roommates + Landlords

Does your apartment need repairs? Here are three sample letters you can send to your landlord to request fixes

By Celia Young |July 6, 2023 - 2:30PM

Renovation

How to carve out a chic, comfortable home office in your NYC apartment or townhouse

By Evelyn Battaglia |February 3, 2023 - 9:30AM

Renovation

My cabinets are falling apart and my landlord says I'll owe a contractor $7,000 to fix them. What are my rights?

By Emily Myers |January 30, 2023 - 12:30PM

Renovation

Ask Sam: Can I do the repairs myself in my NYC rent-stabilized apartment?

… changes 30 years agoor you never got it in writingyour current landlord still cant give you any legal trouble for it … Lawyer columns here Sam Himmelstein Esq represents NYC tenants and tenant associations in disputes over … because of the improvements Ive done … Rent … Affordable Housing … Small Projects + DIY … Renovation … Ask a Renters …

Sponsored By Himmelstein McConnell Gribben & Joseph LLP |March 23, 2022 - 12:30PM

Design + Architecture

How do I get the landlord to turn our roof into a comfortable space to hang out?

By Alanna Schubach |June 1, 2021 - 1:30PM

Renovation

I want to fix up my NYC rental apartment. What kinds of upgrades can I do?

By Alanna Schubach |November 23, 2020 - 12:30PM

Buy

Do I have a better chance of buying my rental apartment thanks to NYC's rent reforms?

… The new rules on rentstabilized apartments were intended to increase the number of … say rental tenants may be offered their units well below market sales price by landlords who want to sell up Sam … to condo they are probably going to sell more of the apartments in the building JNell Simmons CEO of the …

By Emily Myers |June 24, 2019 - 2:00PM