High-Rise Renovation

Dear Jonny: Buyer Seeks Buyer To Separate Oversize Condo Back Into Two Units

By Jon Anderson / March 12, 2019 /

Editor’s note: Jon Anderson is a columnist for CandysDirt.com. His opinions are his own. The following was adapted from a series of emails about how to possibly divide a double unit in the Claridge into two units. With help from the current Realtor, could we help this prospective condo buyer out? Read and see. Dear Jonny:…

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Be-snore And After: Plaza I Builder’s Beige to Rich Renovation

By Jon Anderson / June 14, 2018 /

New blood. That’s how neighborhoods change and progress. Child-friendly neighborhoods mature, children grow and leave, parents downsize, younger families move in – all very Lion King. High-rises have the same issues, but while interior renovations are under an owner’s control, the common areas are subject to the cheapness or largess of the community. I’ve said…

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Preston Hollow Pit-to-Peachy Renovation for Athena Unit 915

By Jon Anderson / August 1, 2017 /

Back in March, I wrote about a condo at the Athena that I called a “dump” that hadn’t seen better days in decades.  It was a bastardized two-bedroom, two bathroom on the ninth floor with 1,770 square feet listed for $249,900 with HOA dues of $1,037 that include utilities, TV and internet.  It sold pretty…

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