Teri Karush Rogers
Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University. During law school she realized she would rather explain things than argue about them, so she returned to service journalism after graduation.
Posts by Teri Karush Rogers:
The spring market is springing to life, according to stat trackers like UrbanDigs' Noah Rosenblatt.
"In the last seven days there have been 272 contracts signed in Manhattan, up from the mid- to high-100s three weeks ago," Rosenblatt told us yesterday, confirming that the uptick in contract signings he reported last week is continuing apace.
In a co-op or condo, one person’s new Waterworks bathroom can become another’s water-logged ceiling nightmare. But that's only one reason why it’s critical for boards to have an up-to-the-minute alteration agreement detailing the scope of the work permitted, the way it can be performed, and the owner’s obligations to repair and maintain their new-and-improved apartment.
Our goal at BrickUnderground is to build NYC's most comprehensive resource for the official and unofficial answers about finding an apartment and living through the aftermath--noisy kids, nosy doormen, leaky roof decks, pesky bed bugs and all. But after 21 months and more than 1,200 posts, things started to get a little untidy around here; as some of you have pointed out, it's not always easy to find what you need.
New York City bathrooms tend to come in decimal points: There's the 1.25 bath (a full bathroom, plus a second bathroom comprised of a toilet only), 1.5 bath (the second bathroom has only toilet and sink, a combo frequently referred to as a 'powder room'), 1.75 (shower stall but no tub in the second bathroom), and the traditional full 2.0 bath. But you'll rarely see a 1.75 bath apartment listed that way, even though it has become trendy to replace one tub with a large walk-in shower.
