MANHATTAN HOME IMPROVEMENT REFERRAL
.....Since 1999, Manhattan's General Contractors,remodeling contractors, construction contractors, residential contractors and Home Improvement Contractors Information Resource |
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"People often underestimate the time it takes for renovation and haveto move in before the work is done", reports Colleen
Barry, owner of Manhattan Home Imporvement Referral. Barry recommends allowing three months for the application process
alone-one month to get estimates from at least three contractors, another to get board approval for the work and
insurance certificates from the contractor (a seperate
policy is required for your project), and another month if there are structural changes involved, for acquiring
city permits.
Article:1 "Co-ops and the City" By Steve Cutler
December/January issue of "New York Living Magazine"
"The Guide to luxury lifestyles in the Tristate Area"
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Article:2 Getting a fix on home improvements.
COPYRIGHT 2005 Daily News
Byline: Lore Croghan
Jul. 18--Eileen Bowie knows what it's like to have a home improvement project go very, very wrong.
The contractor who was renovating the upper East Side condo she looks after for an out-of-town client
disappeared without warning on a long trip to Italy -- and couldn't be found. His workers didn't show up
in his absence. So, Bowie had to assemble a construction crew of her own to get the $150,000 job done.
It took four months longer than scheduled to finish.
All over town, problems with home-improvement contractors are driving people up the wall.
The city Department of Consumer Affairs fielded around 900 complaints last year
about problems with home improvements.
The agency regulates 55 different types of businesses and enforces the city's consumer protection
law. But year after year, home...
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