How to decorate your lobby for the holidays—without starting an in-building war

… whose wreath puts the Rockefeller Center tree to shame apartment owners tend to have strong opinions about how to decorate this time of year Thats especially true when it … recommends Braddock Think a sleek silver menorah for a modern condo or a classic cluster of poinsettias for the …

By Leigh Kamping-Carder |December 5, 2014 - 9:59AM
Tip, tip hooray! Your holiday tipping dilemmas solved

… others think the building employees are engaged in a legal form of blackmail What happens to good tippers  Friendlier service window … the gym or pool consider a $10 gift card or voucher The mailman Federal law prohibits mail carriers from accepting …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |December 4, 2014 - 3:59PM
To show or not to show? A seller's guide to holiday open houses

… appropriate gifts for your office Secret Santa If youre selling your apartment is it really worth enduring a … in mind and this applies throughout the winter schedule showings between 11am and 2pm when scarce winter lighting is … buyers … Not surprisingly window shoppers tend to stay home during the chilly busy weeks of December But in a …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 3, 2014 - 8:59AM