From Luxury Listings NYC: It’s a fact that’s probably well known to any co-op dweller who has had to hire a contractor to sand floors or switch out a sink: Strict renovation rules make the task a lot more difficult.
So, the challenge that faced renovation guru Lee Stahl almost strains credulity. He was hired to update a 3,800-square-foot Park Avenue pad that hadn’t really been touched since the 1980s. (Think sea-foam green carpets and earth-tone checkerboard shower tiles.) And do it over the course of a single summer. [more]