They Had Three Months to Find a Two-Bedroom in Brooklyn. Would It Be a Condo or Co-op?
As avid gardeners, David Arthur Bachrach and Sheila Lins were eager to spruce up the foliage at their rental in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. “The garden was a mess, so we wanted to fix it,” Ms. The landlord, however, refused to allow them to hire an arborist to remove dead limbs, even at their own expense, giving them a “cockamamie story about the family not wanting anyone to make improvements,” Mr. Then they were told that their lease wouldn’t be renewed.
[Did you recently buy or rent a home in the New York metro area? We want to hear from you. During the pandemic — which forced them to postpone their wedding — Mr. The couple learned they would be unable to meet typical co-op financial requirements, including the debt-to-income ratio. With a budget of just over $1 million, the couple sought two bedrooms and two bathrooms, so Ms.
At first, they thought anyplace near a subway would do, but only when they rode the train did they see how far from Manhattan some places were. Online, they filled out endless forms and found a real estate agent, Tara Partovi, then at Brown Harris Stevens and now at Corcoran.
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