Comments on: GUEST BLOGGER: CHANDRU MURTHI

By: Albert

Albert — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:20:31 +0000

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By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:22:39 +0000

I so wish I’d responded to your call to us when you arrived. It was a bad time. Try again?

By: Albert

Albert — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:11:38 +0000

Sentimental and nostalgic. Great.b

By: G

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:28:09 +0000

CM, I still can’t believe you gave up cool and foggy SF to move to hot and muggy NY…I mean Brooklyn and you could have at least moved to Manhattan. Is it true that Brooklyn is to Manhattan as Oakland is to SF and that most Manhatannites(?)would rather disown their friends than visit them in Brooklyn?

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:41:19 +0000

if you want Medieval, try buying new construction. ultimate nightmare. assume 12 month delays no matter what happens

By: Devon

Devon — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:34:14 +0000

It is what it is, Josh. Grow up. It’s not like he compared his house-hunting with trying to scratch up rent or having to use food stamps.

By: josh newstad

josh newstad — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:05:36 +0000

Ah, its so tough being a privileged rich person trying to buy a house in Park Slope. I feel so sorry for you and all your real estate travails, when most of the people in Brooklyn are being forced to move because of how expensive it has become.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:41:59 +0000

Ah, I love it. Having moved here a hundred years ago from Los Angeles I was totally unprepared for the horror of buying a co-op in New York (or for that matter a house in upstate New York — only slightly less horrible a process). Let me add to Mr. Murthi’s assessment by mentioning that in California (and I’m sure some other enlightened venues) buyers are protected from buying properties which have defects (termites, structural defects, almost anything you can think of) and that these items are discovered and must be corrected during the escrow process. On the other hand in New York anybody can sell a piece of property no matter what the defect (not up to code? No problem!) and caveat emptor. All part of the freewheeling (or medieval, depending on your place in the process) real estate environment of New York.
Welcome to our world. Six years on I can see that you have accepted the foibles of New York and learned to love our eccentricities!