We've all heard the contractor-from-hell stories. (quite a few were shared at our last Meet Up that focused on Urban Renovation). The New York Times takes a look at the other side of the coin — home...
Think it, build it. John Seetin, the founder of C10 Design Fabrication, is a graduate of Parson and has 15 years experience designing and fabricating for both residential and retail......
They've gotten rave reviews. Contractors are rarely loved, but Dutchman seems to be bucking the trend. Specializing in custom renovations and new construction, they did Jane and Darko's apartment, J...
Another noise solution. In our search for peace and quiet, we've come across City Soundproofing in a recent question by Christine (which has some great suggestions). Quoted in the New York Times art...
We just recieved a tip from Rusty about his contractor, Ming, who he says is very good. The only drawback is the language barrier. Ming can be reached at nycsming@yahoo.com: I just wanted to let you ...
Mario Lopez is a contractor in NYC that will take on small jobs. Say you have one room in which you want to remove old cabinetry, redo the floors and paint. Although a big job for you, this is a sm...
More tips. Rymore Contracting has been recommended for middle and high end jobs. Andy Morrissey is the boss and the main contact at the company. As with all our service and store recommendations, w...
All of a sudden we're getting great recommendations for this hard to find breed: the good contractor. This one comes courtesy of Nancy. "I recently completed a massive gut renovation of my loft in t...
It's hard to find a good contractor in this city, so we've be asking around again. We just received two good tips for contractors, one of which is McCormack Contracting. Focusing on middle to high en...
(We can't remember out who sent this in, but it just HAS to be blogged. Thanks, whoever you are!) Installing new kitchen or bathroom cabinets? Using IKEA, but don't want to put up with all the heada...
Dept. of Willpower. It is just plain tough to find good help in this city, unless you are willing to spend big bucks - and then you still need to be lucky. Word of mouth is everything. Juan Corona...
Insta-room. We don't have any experience with The Living Space Company (yet), but they offer a possibly brilliant solution: LEASED pressurized room divider walls that can be installed in 1-3 hours and...
Tiles? No problem. We were tipped off to Declan Kerr and spoke to him on the phone. Our impression? The recommendation is a good one. Kerr specializes in all the the tile work involved in renova...
Got some work to do? We have used Chelsea Fine Custom Kitchens for bigger, more complicated jobs, and they recommended Anthony Riccio to us for smaller jobs... or not so small. Anthony and his crew...
Just do it. One of our clients redid a small apartment in the village and her contractor was Gardy Boyer. He came recommended and did a good, timely job. Gardy is a general contractor with a smal...
Dept. of Bathroom & Kitchen Redos. If you are looking to retile a room in your apartment and want an estimate and a reliable guy to do it, we have just been tipped off that Louis Ekland is a good opt...
Help when you need it. Part of our dream is to have a working archive of small local carpenters and contractors that New Yorkers can easily find when small work is needing to be done. The list is sl...
High end when you need it. Pierhead Associates caught our attention when we saw this beautifully restored fireplace in a Manhattan brownstone. In keeping with our Wednesday, high end, to the trade l...
In and out of the closet. Everyone we know hates California Closets! They are expensive and they aren't particularly creative. But what is your alternative?? Though we haven't used them yet, we li...
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