Planning Your NYC Renovation | Blog Category

Buying a fixer-upper in NYC with plans to renovate? Get inside insights into all types of residential renovations in Manhattan and Brooklyn via the Planning Your NYC Renovation section of our NYC Renovation & Design Blog below.

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Why Do Clients Who Already Have an Architect Call a Design-Build Firm?

Why do NYC apartment owners who already have architects turn to Gallery KBNY? Learn how budget gaps, buildability, due diligence, value engineering and pre-war conditions affect Manhattan renovations.

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Evergreen Design Is Driven By Life, Not Social Media Trends

Why lasting NYC apartment design starts with how you cook, entertain and raise a family. Gallery KBNY's design-build team on homes that outlast trend cycles.

Flooring and marble fireplace from Upper West Side Co-Op Renovation at 119 West 82nd Street by Gallery KBNY

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Why NYC Renovation Budgets Don’t Stop At 30% Of Purchase Price

A percentage based on acquisition price ignores the value gap between an apartment in current condition and the same property after a high quality renovation. That gap is the more relevant financial benchmark.

Tribeca co-op loft renovation at 335 Greenwich Street by Gallery KBNY

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Why Your Bathroom Can't Move (And When It Can): Waste Lines, Venting, and What Probes Reveal in Manhattan Apartments

Waste lines, venting, and probes decide whether a Manhattan bathroom can move. A design-build guide to relocating wet areas in co-ops and condos.

Fifth Avenue pre-war apartment renovation with original hardwood floors by Gallery KBNY

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Can You Keep Your Original Floors During a Renovation?

A layout change does not mean starting your floors over. Learn how Gallery KBNY weaves new hardwood into original pre-war floors and finishes them as one.

Pre-war apartment building on Central Park West, landmarked NYC renovation by Gallery KBNY

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Seven Months, One Building: What Design-Build Is Worth On A Landmarked Pre-War Renovation

A Gallery KBNY case study on a landmarked pre-war NYC renovation - one design-build team held the schedule, while the unit above stalled for seven months.