Wakefield, the Bronx
Renovation in the Bronx
Full and partial renovation across the Bronx, in stock that has usually been worked on before.
A renovation here is mostly an act of archaeology before it is an act of construction.
What is usually behind the wall
Two family houses and small apartment buildings in this borough have generally been improved in stages by different people over many years. Wiring from three eras, plumbing that was extended rather than replaced, and partitions added or removed without much record.
That is not a problem, it is the starting condition. What matters is that the scope says which parts we can see and which parts we cannot, so a discovery changes one line rather than the whole job.
Weighing the whole house against doing it a stage at a time? Talk it through.
Call to talk it throughWorking around a second household
Where one unit is let or lived in by family, the work has to leave that unit with heat, hot water and a way in and out for the whole of the job. We sequence around that first and design the programme second, because doing it the other way produces a schedule nobody can actually run.
Staging and access
Driveways and usable street loading mean material arrives at the house and debris leaves in a container. Compared with an apartment job the heavy phases are shorter, and that shows up in the price as time rather than as materials.
Weighing the whole house against doing it a stage at a time? Talk it through.
Call to talk it throughWhat drives the cost
How much comes out before anything goes in, whether services move, what is found once walls are open, and the finishes.
Questions people ask
Can you renovate one unit while the other stays occupied?
Yes, and it is most of what we do here. It changes the sequence, the containment and the working hours rather than the specification.
Should we do the whole house at once?
Sometimes it is cheaper per room, and often it is not the right answer for a household that has to live there. We will give you both numbers rather than pushing the larger one.
Talk it through
Tell us the apartment and the building, and we will tell you what the work involves.
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