Category: Building Operations

Communications Old wooden vintage telephone, Antique telephone
2022 April Communications & Community

The words communication and community share a common root. It comes as no surprise, then, that the success of communities depends on effective communication between board members, managers, and residents. In multifamily residential communit…

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Landscaping Beautiful girl cuts the lawn. Mowing lawns. Aerial view beautiful woman lawn mower on green grass. Mower grass equipment. Mowing gardener care work tool. Close up view. Aerial lawn mowing
2022 April Better Grass & Lawn Care

Ever since the end of World War II—and the widespread prosperity that brought about a historic baby boom, a healthy middle class, and suburban sprawl—a vibrant, manicured lawn has been synonymous with the American domestic ideal. Even for t…

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Landscaping Vector residential corridor with window, door and stairs. Interior of the 1st floor. Vector illustration of the interior of a room corridor or hallway for background, print, web.
2022 April A Little Work

One of the enduring facts of home ownership is that maintaining your abode is never really done. There’s always something that needs to be upgraded or updated.  That is doubly true in multifamily communities. Whether you’re in an urban high…

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Landscaping Brownstones in Bedford-Stuyvesant on a fall evening at twilight. - October 18, 2020, Brooklyn, NY
2022 April Creative Landscaping for Smaller Spaces

Living in a dense urban or suburban multifamily setting often means living without easy access to nature. Many residents in these housing environments crave some sort of outdoor space—if not a private one like a balcony or deck adjoining th…

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Energy Conservation Sunbeams & Savings
Sunbeams & Savings

  Fifth Avenue Committee , in partnership with Solar One and with support from Enterprise Community Partners, has launched Barrio Solar, a program to provide financial assistance to low- to-moderate income Brooklyn homeowners to help …

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Security Concept of house technology system with wireless centralized control. Young woman sit on the sofa holding smartphone. Vector illustration in a flat style
Smart Home Tech & Privacy Protection

According to a recent poll of 1,000 consumers conducted by telecommunications company Frontier, p rivacy concerns around smart home tech devices are on the rise. Sixty percent of respondents to the poll reported being “very” or “extremel…

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Management Four pigeons sitting on the balcony on the background of the city close up
2022 March Multifamily Bird Control

For many, birds are a particularly contentious class of animal. Some people are extremely fond of them—admiring their colorful plumage, their melodic calls, or their enviable ability to soar effortlessly above whatever mess we have going on…

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Maintenance Historic buildings on Greene Street in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City NYC
2022 March Maintaining Aging Buildings

Nothing lasts forever, even with good maintenance—including most building components. Exterior elements are perhaps most subject to wear and tear in any climate. Their construction and material type dictate their maintenance needs and repai…

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