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Apartment Buildings or Privately Owned Apartments?

The Pros and Cons of large versus small apartment buildings. When choosing your apartment, it’s essential to consider more than just the interior. What kind of apartment buildings you lease from matters too, and there are many different kinds of landlord tenant arrangements. The two primary kinds of apartment buildings in New York are either large apartment buildings, or those in private homes. Amazing apartments can come in either type of building. The lovely garden apartments of Cobble Hill and…

How to Treat Your Doorman

With so many residential high rises in New York competing for tenants, prospective residents need to weigh all the factors. Amenities abound in NYC real estate, from concierge services and pools to multi-story courtyards with breathtaking river views. But while trends and features in urban living come and go, one figure remains stalwart and sure. That figure, of course, is the doorman. Ubiquitous in films and tv shows about New York, uniformed and steady, the doorman is the embodiment of…

The Top Ten Things to Consider Before Renting In NYC

Often times we fall in love with a space and an apartment without diving further down the road to unforeseen problems that can arise within a building. Here are the top ten things to consider so that you and your loved ones can have more peace of mind before making a decision that can be one of the greatest of your life.   What kind of protection does this lease offer me as a tenant? The most common lease in…