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At 1,118 square feet, this three-bedroom, two-bath unit at 45 Wall Street is not overflowing with space.

As we have noted here before, few demographic combinations polarize a building as intensely as a mix of primarily the elderly and families.   Even grandparents who may be fond of their own grandchildren (from a distance, of course) can experience nearer-by children as nuisances.

This attractive pre-war two-bedroom-plus-maid's-room co-op in a Sutton Place doorman building has some definite pluses. The spacious layout includes a dining alcove, two bathrooms and generously sized bedrooms. The kitchen, while not newly renovated, is updated and functional. There's a washer/dryer, storage, hardwood floors and beamed ceilings.

Have you recently had cable installed in your apartment? Did Verizon or Time Warner Cable leave your walls looking like Frankenstein's forehead? A Brooklynite asks ApartmentTherapy.com readers what to do about the stitches running down the walls of his cable-ravaged studio.

We've talked a lot about our one-click Holiday Tipping Survey this month (801 responses and counting), so following an appreciative tip-of-the-hat toward today's article about it in the NY Daily News, we thought we'd talk about someone else's survey for a change.

Sure, you could give your adult child a subscription to Netflix this year, or you could think a little bigger. Money Magazine reports that nationally, 36% of first-time buyers received help purchasing their home this year, primarily from parents, up from 28% the year before. It's not always a good idea though.