I'm renovating a house I bought that has a nauseating smell to it. We have aired the house out for a few days. There were many dogs, cats, and rats living in the house. They also smoked. The smell is probably in the w...

Long time lurker first time poster...I've started noticing more and more varieties of a flooring product as of late called Engineered Vinyl Plank.  It seems to differ from your standard Luxury Vinyl Plank in that it h...

As the title suggests I am under contract for my first duplex scheduled to close next month.  It will be a house hack as I will be occupying the downstairs apartment while renting the second floor. It's currently occu...

The house I am looking to buy is in Stratford,CT. The details are below, I would greatly appreciate any inputs from BP members whether to go for it or not.House is built is 1915, but many mechanicals are updated recen...

Looking to turn a 24'x30' garage into a 720 sf 1bd/1ba apartment and seeking input on construction concerns and ideas of interest I need to take into consideration when costing out this conversion.  Located 30 mins no...

So I bought a 3 family in NJ and have gut renovated all apartments and have had great luck thus far but have run into my real first issue. Here is the situationI gutted one of the units (3 bedroom 1 bath) with a new k...

I've recently purchased my first 2 family home, and it has only one heating system. There are 2 electrical services, but only one gas and water meter.  I'll be occupying the much smaller upstairs unit on this up / dow...

My family owns a 3-unit brownstone that has a boiler that is at least 60 years old. On a weekly basis, the first floor tenant checks the water sight to ensure there is enough water in the system and also flushes the s...

I bought a short sale rental house in New York a little over a month ago that had to be renovated.  The gas heat was turned off last April by ConEd, the local utility company, because the previous owner had not paid t...

We are in the middle of demolition on a house we are flipping. It has old vinyl flooring from 1980 in the kitchen and bath that has to be removed but it's glued tight to the slab foundation. I don't know what type of ...