May 21st 2010 10:00AM
Knock, knock. Who's there? The doorman. The doorman who? The doorman who's tweeting about this terrible joke. The exchange above is no laughing matter, and some tenants in New York City are finding their relationships with their doormen just as unfunny. That's because some of those men and women who faithfully open doors,... Continue Reading »
Apr 28th 2010 12:15PM
Dear Apartment Guru, I am a college student in Boston and I live in an amazing apartment - two working fireplaces, a clawfoot bathtub - you get the idea. Our troubles started in the winter when it was time for the heat to come on. Whatever they did to alter the heat from the whole house to work in the individual... Continue Reading »
Mar 4th 2010 11:00AM
Umesh Singh's suburban Minneapolis home sat on the market for nearly two years after he had moved on to a new job in Florida. After dropping the price of his 5-bedroom, 4-bath home from $429,000 in December 2007 to $385,000 by summer 2009, Singh, who carries two mortgages, decided enough was enough. It was time, he... Continue Reading »
Feb 4th 2010 2:30PM
Gloria Linnertz was so angry and grief-stricken that she told The Chicago Sun-Times that she only wanted to do one thing to her home: Tear it to the ground. Her husband, Joe Linnertz, died of lung cancer in 2006. The cancer was brought on by radon gas levels in their home that registered four times higher than the U.S.... Continue Reading »
