Leigh Kamping-Carder

How much to tip the building staff is a source of annual consternation among New Yorkers who rely on doormen, supers, porters and other professionals to keep their apartments running smoothly (and safely).

Describing this $2,900/month three-bedroom on the Lower East Side as a “perfect share,” as the listing does, may be typical broker hyperbole, but we agree that this apartment seems to be a solid bet for a trio of roommates.

Q. My husband and I signed a contract to sell our co-op, and we have a closing date "on or about" six weeks from now. The buyers still have to finalize their financing, which is a decent amount of the purchase price, and pass our relatively low-key board. When should we start looking for a rental to live in for the next year?  

It’s a hot topic this time of year: your landlord’s responsibility to heat your apartment. What happens when the building owner claims the boiler is broken and, rather than trying to fix it, plans to replace your radiators with an expensive electric baseboard system?

On Sunday, a colleague and I went to a dinner party at a stranger's apartment. More intimate than a restaurant, more awkward than dining at a friend’s, the get-together was arranged through Cookapp, a website that hooks up diners with professional and amateur chefs who open up their homes to paying guests. (Another colleague had given it a spin; such is the power of word of mouth.)