A first-time homeowner banks on the right layout At 18, life with roommates is practically a given, especially on New York’s pricey real estate scene. By 34, however, sharing your living quarters can run its course. For Paul, a financial analyst, rising rent compounded his need to own his own place. After a year of […]
After years in transit, a family of five returns to a neighborhood they love Erin, a former elementary school teacher, and Chris, a product designer in the tech industry, had put down roots in Hudson Heights before, but life—like renovations—can throw curveballs at you. Theirs would take them across the country and back again into […]
A couple renovates for city living with a touch of Paris Suburban life isn’t for everyone. That’s, at least, the conclusion one couple arrived at when they decided to trade life in the ‘burbs for a 1,100-square-foot prewar co-op on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. But their new home was hardly turnkey. With a previous reno […]
For its 100th birthday, two sisters give their family home a top-to-bottom refresh In some ways, nothing has changed at the Jamaica, New York house that sisters Gayle, Merri, and their family have called home for 50 years. But while the bones of the home, like the family that lived there, have remained the same, […]
A first-time renovator goes solo with a home to call her own Sharing a one-bedroom, postwar condo in Manhattan’s iconic Flatiron neighborhood feels like as much of a rite of passage into adulthood as it does into New York City life. Living on her own, Whitney, a finance associate, would find a new way to […]
Decades after its last reno, a prewar condo takes on a new life Finding the perfect apartment for one can be a challenge in New York City, let alone for a growing family that includes a 2.5-year-old, a 2-month-old, and pet, Maggie. Sometimes it takes pure luck to hit the real estate jackpot, other times, […]
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