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.

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.

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Can You Add A Bathroom In A Co-Op In NYC?

Drainage, stacks, and board rules decide it. Here is when a NYC co-op bathroom addition is actually possible.

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Can You Move A Gas Line During A NYC Renovation?

Relocating a kitchen in NYC? Here is what stays fixed, what your gas meter setup lets you move, and the pressure test and approvals a relocation requires.

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The Exhale Moment: How Home Design Shapes Well-Being in NYC Renovations

What makes a home feel restorative rather than just finished? Gallery KBNY on how light, material, silence, and spatial sequence shape well-being across the full arc of an NYC renovation.