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What is different about bathrooms in New York?
New York's two markets on this list could not be more different in price and more alike in age. Brooklyn's brownstones and attached brick homes and Buffalo's Victorians and doubles were all built between 1880 and 1930, and both have one original bathroom per floor with a cast-iron stack behind the plaster.
In Brooklyn the complications are the building and the board: stacks shared across units, co-op alteration agreements, work filed with the Department of Buildings under a master plumber, and lead and asbestos-era materials. In Buffalo the complications are the climate: lake-effect winters, plumbing in exterior walls, ice dams fed by upstairs bathrooms, and radiators that take a quarter of the room.
Water is soft in both cities, so scale is not a design factor anywhere in the state's major markets. Fixture choice is about durability and, in Brooklyn, about what the building allows.
Costs sit at opposite ends of the national range. A mid-range full remodel runs $25,000 to $55,000 in Brooklyn and $10,000 to $22,000 in Buffalo; conversions $10,000 to $22,000 and $5,000 to $12,000 respectively. Brooklyn permits and board approvals add four to ten weeks before construction; Buffalo permits move in days.
Bathroom remodel guides for New York cities
Each guide covers the housing stock, climate, water, permits, typical costs and timelines, and the neighborhoods participating pros hear from most.
- Brooklyn, NY
Brownstone bathrooms carved in after the fact, stacks shared across units, co-op boards and very soft Catskill water.
- Buffalo, NY
The oldest housing on the list, radiators that take a quarter of the room, ice dams and the most modest prices.
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