A new-construction condo buyer (paid $895k in the "western reaches of Manhattan") recounts going into contract pre-Lehman, moving in months late, suffering from developer-run building management?and why he'd do it again. Well, with some changes: "I'd want to know whether the courtyard is built with synthetic materials that last 20 years or the cheapest lumber that will have to be replaced in five. I'd ask whether the common spaces are air-conditioned." [Brick Underground]
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