What are the risks associated with adding a second bathroom to an old apartment building not necessarily "wired" for the task? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2007 - 11 answers

I'm renovating my Manhattan apartment -- it's in a pre-war building -- and my contractor recently told me that he needed to charge $5000 extra to fix "something they found" after tearing out the drywall in my bathroom. Is this sort of thing normal, i.e., do pre-war bathrooms tend to have undiscovered problems, or am I getting screwed?
posted on Jan 4, 2007 - 20 answers