Is it worth renovating to raise your apartment's potential sale price?

… NYC apartment for 20 years and have recently started to price out the cost of renovations Ive been quoted $30000 … some wisely chosen upgrades will boost your potential sale price its likely not worth laying out tens of thousands of … an eventual sale but wont do much more than break even  The prices youve been quoted do line up with citywide averages …

By Virginia K. Smith |February 22, 2016 - 8:59AM
Decoding the "porte-cochere," the amenity du jour—and of old

… many real estate jargon terms out there as there are actual apartments In Bricktionary we decode them one buzzword at a … lately the portecochereformerly a feature found in stately old prewarshas been having a bit of a moment Literally … porch but really it describes a covered entrance to the building where a vehicle can pull and discharge its …

By Virginia K. Smith |February 4, 2016 - 12:59PM