Q. I just bought a house that needs a lot of attention. It has little if any insulation, a sagging first floor, cloth-covered wiring with only a few three-pronged outlets that I doubt are grounded, and water stains in the ceilings. I’m thinking . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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5/15/21
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Q. I just bought a house that needs a lot of attention. It has little if any insulation, a sagging first floor, cloth-covered wiring with only a few three-pronged outlets that I doubt are grounded, and water stains in the ceilings.
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By Monte Leeper
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5/16/20
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Q. There’s a lot of renovation going on around us, and I don’t see one permit sign or window sign. One neighbor told me he didn’t want his taxes to go up, so he’ll get a permit if he gets caught or when he sells. Isn’t that taking a chance?
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By Monte Leeper
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4/6/18
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Q. This isn’t a question, but rather an observation. Now divorced, my husband and I started our home repair/renovation three years ago and in the process learned a lot about people, including each other.
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By Monte Leeper
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5/19/17
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East Meadowites driving along Hempstead Turnpike or Charles Lindbergh Boulevard recently may have noticed fresh black paint coating the sides of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Earlier this month, …
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/14/16
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Standing on what New York Islanders fans knew as the ice level of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Peter Wang — a design director for Gensler, a Manhattan-based architectural firm — …
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/6/16
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The Lynbrook train station was included in the Long Island Railroad’s five-year capital projects program, which allocated $3.7 million in yet-to-be-scheduled renovations to the platform canopy — which residents said has been leaking for years.
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By Nick Ciccone
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3/9/16
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While construction continues at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said that the renovated arena might not reopen until early 2017.The renovation is being …
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/13/16
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The long process to bring renovations to Lynbrook’s movie theatre is officially underway, and ground could be broken for an expansion as early as this fall.
Lynbrook Mayor Bill Hendrick said in …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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1/28/15
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Q. We need to do some repairs and renovations, including badly needed bedrooms for our three kids. Is it really possible to stay in the house?
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9/19/13
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