Around the Web: Week of Mon., Jan. 11: Foot Model's Back, Lobby Rage Endures
NYC — Recent news of note for co-op boards and condo boards. Help! It's the foot model and the doorman! Plus: Some New York City condos begin charging for luxuries installed in flush times, lobby-renovation infighting makes residents hate their co-op boards, forum posters give advice on boilers, and you won't believe what goes in open houses. Sure, there's sex ... but there're also guns! Read all the latest co-op and condo news on Habitat's weekly Monday News Roundup — where we read all the relevant news ourselves and give you the time-saving links.
- "'Foot' Brawl Duo Get Sack" by Dareh Gregorian ( New York Post), on co-op's eviction of foot model and doorman husband
- "Lobby Rage (and 14 Other Reasons to Despise Your Board)" (BrickUnderground.com)
- "Charging For Amenities: Gym, Transfer and Even Appliance Fees on Horizon as Buildings Seek to Pay for Posh Add-ons" by Candace Taylor (TheRealDeal.com)
- "Cherished by Residents, 'Utopian' Co-op [Amalgamated Housing Cooperative] Wins Award" by Aliza Appelbaum ( The Riverdale Press)
- See also: Habitat's article on the United Workers Co-op, the Amalgamated and other pioneering NYC co-ops
- "Dead Boiler, Replacement Issues" and "Pressuretrol Post Revisited" (Brownstoner.com forum)
- "Open Houses: Pros and Cons" by Daniel Bubbeo ( Newsday), on the rise of virtual home tours
- "Agents See the Strangest Things at Open Houses," compiled by Lauren Elkies (TheRealDeal.com)