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Living in a Floor Through/$ Heating — Brooklynian

Living in a Floor Through/$ Heating

bklynnewbie
bklynnewbie
edited November -1 in Park Slope
I think that's the accurate name for it. I live in the first floor of a Brownstone in a prime area of Park Slope. I am wondering what the average rent is for this type of apartment now, since I signed a multiple year lease years ago. Also, does anyone else have heating issues and have a hard time addressing because of living in the same building with your landlord? (not wanting to stir the pot too much because of living in such close proximity to your landlord).

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  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    http://www.rentometer.com/
  • smallbiz475
    smallbiz475
    The floor through 3 bedroom-ish apartments go for about $2,700 to $3,000 in my building in the prime Park Slope.

    It is particularly cold today in the Slope. Perhaps if you periodically recorded the temperature in your apartment and shared this info with you landlord, you may have a sympathetic ear.

    Good luck.

    SB
  • bklynnewbie
    bklynnewbie
    The temp in my apartment, right now at 1:15pm is registering at 65.3 degrees. I have asked the landlord about a dozen times to turn the heat up since Nov. I am at the point where I will either cause holy hell and start calling the NYC Heating Hotline, or just move out. I should have clarified, my apartment is a 3 room floor though, probably the equivalent of a large studio.
  • smallbiz475
    smallbiz475
    The thermostat in our building is set to 72 deg during the day and 65 at night. It seems that your thermostat is set too low.

    SB
  • reader
    reader
    I am assuming you live in a old three or four story building. These are generally not well insulated and the systems are old and inefficient.

    My house is a three story, the first floor is cold, the middle floor is comfortable and the top floor is hot.

    If you are on the first floor, even if the landlord has the heat on high you will be colder than he is. You may be over the basement, which usually does not have heat and very little insulation.

    We found that when we finally replaced our boiler last year, the first floor was actually even colder. The new boiler is way more efficient and throws off less heat in the basement. In addition, the plumbers in their wisdom took out a lot of pipes that went nowhere because of various renovations and changes in the house over the last decades, there is less heat in the basement and on the first floor because of that.

    We wound up having the plumber put in a radiator in the basement to take off some of the chill, there was an improvement in the comfort level on the first floor.

    Ask your landlord to make sure the hatches are well sealed, they let in cold drafts into the basement. A plastic liner can do wonders.

    Make sure your floors are carpeted, do your best to seal out drafts. We all know to seal off the windows, but put your hand near your outlets and you may be surprised to feel really cold air blowing in, buy the little insualated foam shapes that will cure that problem.

    Make sure your radiators are fully turned on and make sure they are not full of air. Even if the boiler has a auto-bleed feature, a manual adjustment may find some more air.
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