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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dear Gotham,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>My client is selling her late husband’s 2-family house in East New York (1749 Linden Boulevard). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Buildings Department cited it for an illegal third apartment on the lower level. A plumber has now removed some of the illegal fixtures and capped a gas line and plugged a sewage line, but it seems that we need an architect or engineer to submit plans to the Buildings Department in order to get permits to remove the rest of the illegal fixtures, register the appliances that will stay. And that we need an asbestos inspection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Can anyone recommend an architect or engineer who does this?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Albertus Medium",sans-serif;color:#767171'>Phyllis E. Dubrow | Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Albertus Medium",sans-serif;color:#767171'>60 East 42<sup>nd</sup> Street | Suite 4600 | New York NY 10165<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Albertus Medium",sans-serif;color:#767171'>T: (212) 661-2885 | F: (212) 409-8682 | E: pdubrow@pipeline.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>