One Walk-in Shower Is as Good as Any Other, Right? Wrong.
Here’s how to make your morning shower more luxurious.
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Here’s how to make your morning shower more luxurious.
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Love or hate the elevated train right outside your window? Tell us about your experience.
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A landowner named Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont started selling plots of his Brooklyn land in the 1820s restricted by eight-foot setbacks still in effect today, rankling modern developers.
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Courts allow co-op boards significant power over building finances, including assessments — if the fees are in ‘good faith.’
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‘No One Retires to California,’ They Thought. But Their Grandchildren Beckoned Them to the Bay Area.
After decades in Arizona, a couple relocated to the San Francisco Peninsula, where they hoped to find a single-level home with no stairs and plenty of room to host family.
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Can You Build a House Out of Paper? Shigeru Ban Says Yes.
A new version of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s Paper Log House is on display at the Glass House in New Canaan, Conn.
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A Penthouse With a ‘Little Garden of Eden’ Is Listed at Nearly $5 Million
David Saint, a theater director and a producer of the 2021 film version of “West Side Story,” is selling his duplex with a wraparound terrace in the East Village.
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$1.1 Million Homes in Amsterdam
A three-bedroom houseboat, a duplex in a 19th-century brick building and a renovated townhouse with a roof terrace.
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Who’s Had a Harder Time Buying a Home: You or Your Parents?
New research shows that the gap between income and home values has grown at an astounding rate over the past 50 years.
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Where Do the Gardeners You Admire Turn for Advice? To These Newsletters.
A horticulture expert shares his must-read list.
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An Upper West Side Home With Wallpaper Murals and Terrazzo Everywhere
“We were pushing it,” the architect said of the design, which includes a hidden playroom and a soaking tub where you wouldn’t expect it.
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The Fever Dream of Landing an Apartment
A woman with a young son started looking for a place before her lease expired, but even her most far-fetched solutions — Buy an RV? — haven’t panned out.
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$1.4 Million Homes in North Carolina, Idaho and Connecticut
A Tudor Revival cottage in Biltmore Forest, a ranch house and guesthouse in Boise and a 1991 home in Kent.
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S’mores Kits? Saunas? Short-Term Rental Hosts Scramble to Stand Out.
More hosts are fighting over guests, driving down prices and forcing the hosts to find creative ways to entice renters.
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Do Ground-Floor Co-op Apartments Really Have to Carpet Their Floors?
Carpeting rules are common. But housing laws protect residents with disabilities, to a point.
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I Hired an Agent to Sell My Home. Do I Have to Pay the Buyer’s Broker Now?
The legal settlements roiling the real estate industry are changing the way commissions get paid. But the change could come slowly.
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Can My Landlord Force Me to Use a Rent Guarantor?
A lease rental bond guarantee, which covers losses if a tenant fails to pay the rent, may seem unnecessary. But your landlord can require one.
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Do I Have to Allow the Landlord to Do Building Repairs in My Apartment?
The law permits landlords to make upgrades in rent-stabilized units, but that doesn’t mean your rent has to go up.
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Bernardsville, N.J.: A Gilded Age Enclave Looking to the Future
With grand estates and rolling meadows, this Somerset County borough has long attracted the wealthy. But now it’s courting younger, less affluent buyers.
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Ringwood, N.J.: A Rural Lifestyle 40 Miles From New York City
Residents say this northern Passaic County borough resembles the Catskills: “You’re in the country, and yet you’re not far from the city.”
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Brooklyn Heights: A Historic Waterfront Community Minutes From Manhattan
The neighborhood, known as New York’s first suburb, is a place where ‘people want to stay forever.’
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Medford, N.J.: A Rural Township With a Quaint Downtown
The Burlington County community often surprises new residents with its woodsy vibe: “It’s not at all what we thought of when we thought of New Jersey.”
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A three-bedroom home in La Jolla, a renovated retreat in Palm Springs and an Edwardian house in San Francisco.
By Angela Serratore
This week’s properties are on the Upper West Side, in Gramercy Park and in Long Island City.
By Heather Senison
This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Mount Kisco, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Glen Ridge, N.J.
By Jill P. Capuzzo and Anne Mancuso
A three-bedroom house in Calistoga, a Cape Cod-style home in Long Beach and a 1927 cottage in Mill Valley.
By Angela Serratore
Interior designer Jessica Schuster offers advice on how to set up a home bar.
By Tim McKeough
An artful display tells your guests you care about them — and it’s easier to create than you may think.
By Tim McKeough
The V.A. loan prohibits borrowers from paying commissions to real estate agents — a rule that could put veterans at a great disadvantage when buying a house.
By Debra Kamin
A two-level penthouse on the Athens Riviera, an industrial-flavored loft with Acropolis views, and a custom-built villa just south of central Athens.
By Michael Kaminer
This week’s properties on Central Park South, in West Chelsea and Riverdale.
By Heather Senison
This week’s properties are four-bedroom homes in Greenwich, Conn., and Port Washington, N.Y.
By Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Alicia Napierkowski
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