Thanks to readers Kevin and Christina for sending us the video of their 1200 square foot Upper West Side apartment renovation. It’s taken them nearly a year to get to this point.A bit of the old cut and paste to finish off my cheater post:
The reason for the huge delay is the co-op board shot our plans down 2 times, and would not let us do what we wanted to do, which was add a 2nd bath. They won’t let us do “wet over dry” … we closed in Aug. ’07 and should be ready to move in after Labor Day. We have been renting in Harlem for a year (and now we love brownstone living, of course).
To answer your questions:
1. That stuff was only out there for about 20 mins. As I was filming the truck pulled up, and took it all away! The bags were mostly the old linoleum floor, the rolls were old wall to wall carpet.
2. Yes, we recycled a lot, we gave it all away. Some of the old kitchen cabinets went to someone in the building (they were in awful shape). The appliances went to the night watchmen (we don’t have doormen). He hauled it to his apt (stove, fridge, microwave, washer-dryer). There are still 3 old doors in the apt and they are going to bignyc.org soon.
We have tried wherever possible to save money by using recycled things. We are reusing the bedroom doors by stripping them; we are stripping the radiator covers too. We bought 1920s bath fixtures and a door from Demolition Depot on 125th Street (love that place). We bought a 1930s light fixture at auction (Doyle New York).
– Kevin and Chrissie