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This is not TRUE! I just had one done for my apt. It is a temporary partition nothing is affixiated to my walls floors or ceiling, no damage will be done to the apt. Therefore no permit has to be pulled from the DOB its just like buying a piece of furniture. The landlord stated this information to myself personally.
I just wanted to say manhattanpressurizedwall.com did a fantastic job in my
Apt. and I am very happy with the work performed.
nothing is fixed to your walls, floors, or ceiling? so this partition just levitates?
trust me its illegal. if your LL doesn't care then hats off to him. a legal habitable room (bedroom) has to be 80 sq ft minimum with a ceiling height of 8 feet, and have access to natural light and air. if you dont meet these requirements you cant use it as a bedroom. also, if you're doing work in the room you now make it handicap adaptable, pursuant to local law 58 of 1987.
how much do you want to bet an inspector would give your apartment a violation if they came there?
i do this for a living trust me. i'm a project manager at a building code consultant firm, and before that i was a holdover case administrator for a landlord-tenant law firm. i have personally done cases where the landlord brought a holdover case against the tenant for putting illegal partitions in their apartment.
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My husband works in construction and just finished work on a luxury highrise in LIC. He would tell me how every day more and more young people were moving in and he couldn't figure out how they were paying the rediculous rents they were charging for such small apartments. Well he started to see, EVERY DAY, that manhattanpressurizedwall van show up to install walls into the apartments to split them into two bedrooms. This made me think, what would happen if there was a fire? Basically you are doubling the occupancy in the building. Wouldn't this cause some sort of safety risk? He also said the owners of the building knew about it and were ok with it.
My husband works in construction and just finished work on a luxury highrise in LIC. He would tell me how every day more and more young people were moving in and he couldn't figure out how they were paying the rediculous rents they were charging for such small apartments. Well he started to see, EVERY DAY, that manhattanpressurizedwall van show up to install walls into the apartments to split them into two bedrooms. This made me think, what would happen if there was a fire? Basically you are doubling the occupancy in the building. Wouldn't this cause some sort of safety risk? He also said the owners of the building knew about it and were ok with it.
trust me its no good.
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Hello-
We live in a co-op. We are building a 56 sq ft practice room with temporary walls and yet we're still being told this is a c of o problem. Any suggestions? What legal recourse can we take?
Thanks, Tanya
Check out the controversy (Wallgate) over at Stuy Town a few months back. The management -who had previously allowed tenants to use these pressurized walls -were told they weren't up to firecode due to airflow and they made everyone take them out. It was a huge disaster, not to mention a PR fiasco for Tishman-Speyer.
I once "converted" a one bedroom with beautiful white flowing curtains strung up on a traverse rod on the ceiling to partition off a part of my living room. A roommate slept there and could pull the curtains at night for privacy, but then open during the day to allow light into the rest of the apartment. It looked like a design choice as opposed to sectioning off of space. And because I had a daybed/sofa for the roommate to sleep on, it looked just like a regular living room during the day.
People wanna split already closet sized units called studios into 2 bedrooms? Wow is all I can say - whether legal or not.
It's a sad commentary on the state of housing in NYC that people are moving into the overpriced units in LIC and splitting those units into several apartments. Quite apart from fire hazards, code violations, etc., one wonders if the price of living in the city isn't reaching that point where the benefits factor loses value. And believe me, I love this city, but people shouldn't have to live the way they are forced to in poorer third world countries.
Check out the controversy (Wallgate) over at Stuy Town a few months back. The management -who had previously allowed tenants to use these pressurized walls -were told they weren't up to firecode due to airflow and they made everyone take them out. It was a huge disaster, not to mention a PR fiasco for Tishman-Speyer.
I once "converted" a one bedroom with beautiful white flowing curtains strung up on a traverse rod on the ceiling to partition off a part of my living room. A roommate slept there and could pull the curtains at night for privacy, but then open during the day to allow light into the rest of the apartment. It looked like a design choice as opposed to sectioning off of space. And because I had a daybed/sofa for the roommate to sleep on, it looked just like a regular living room during the day.
Can you tell me more about this? How did you affix the rod? Exactly what kind of rod is it?
Think of those rods that used to hang in most living rooms twenty years ago where you attached "pinch pleat" curtains to them and then opened and closed with a set of strings. They attached with those little hooks. (Hard to explain - but if you google "traverse rods" you will see what I am talking about). But anyway, they make a type that you can attach to the ceiling. I found an adjustable one at my local hardware store. Just mount it to the ceiling (I hired a handy man from the hardware store, but all you would need is an electric drill and another person to hold the rod up) Then buy the hooks and and your curtains and voila! I bought lovely, silky cream-colored curtains that billow when they hit the floor and it is a really nice airy effect. PM me if you need further help...
Good luck!
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C. of O. problem...
