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Completed project · Midtown West, New York, NY
A full remodel in an occupied 702-apartment building in Midtown West: a galley kitchen rebuilt entirely on 24 inch appliances, a bathroom in a green and cream checkerboard laid from two stock tiles, and a mirrored arch fitted with glass shelves. Working hours were fixed at 8am to 5pm, weekdays only.
Job record
- Location
- Midtown West, New York, NY 10011
- Building
- 410 West 24th Street, 19 floors, around 702 apartments
- Scope
- Full remodel: kitchen, primary bathroom, bar alcove, doors and paint
- Kitchen
- Bertazzoni, Liebherr, Miele, XO, Dekton, Blanco, Franke
- Bathroom
- Kohler, DreamLine, Daltile, Akdo, Rejuvenation, Caesarstone
- Completed
- 2024
Working in an occupied building
The tenant protection plan for this job describes the building it sits in: roughly 702 apartments across 19 floors, all of them occupied throughout. That single fact shapes the schedule more than anything in the design. Work was limited to 8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday, with nothing at all on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays unless building management agreed otherwise.
Dust had to be contained to the work area and cleaned at the end of every working day, debris removed often enough that it never accumulated, egress kept clear at all times, and pests controlled for the duration. No structural work was done. Those are not aspirations; they are filed commitments, and they are the reason a small apartment renovation in a large co-op takes the time it does.
What the crew did, in order
File first, then start
Before any work began the contractor filed insurance certificates with the Department of Buildings, obtained the permits and paid the fees. Plumbing and electrical were carried out by separately licensed trades, each arranging their own permits, inspections and sign-offs through the Department of Buildings and the Bureau of Electrical Control.
Strip the kitchen and the bathroom
Both rooms came out completely. All piping and wiring that was abandoned was pulled back to a point of concealment and capped or plugged rather than left buried live in a wall, which is the kind of thing that matters only when someone opens that wall in ten years.
Rebuild the kitchen around 24 inch appliances
The constraint here is width. A Liebherr CS 1350B refrigerator at roughly 25 inches, a Bertazzoni range at just under 24, an XO hood at 24 and a panel-ready Miele dishwasher at 17 and a half. Choosing the appliances first and the cabinetry second is what makes a galley this narrow work as a full kitchen rather than a kitchenette.
One stone, four jobs
Dekton in Awake was used for the countertop, the backsplash, the waterfall ends and the door saddle. Ordering a single slab material for all four means the veining runs continuously from the counter up the wall and down the side of the peninsula.
Lay the checkerboard from two stock tiles
The bathroom wall is not a patterned tile. It is two colors of the same Daltile 4.25 inch glossy square, Biscuit and Garden Spot, set alternately by hand, with a polished black Akdo liner where the pattern stops. Doing it this way keeps replacements available off the shelf for as long as Daltile makes the color.
Build the bar alcove last, measured on site
The arched alcove was mirrored and fitted with three half-inch tempered glass shelves on U-channel supports. The materials list records it as custom, to be confirmed and measured during construction rather than ordered from the drawings, because an arch in an older building is rarely the shape the plan says it is.
The kitchen
Cabinets are Laurier Max in a custom matte Sea Salt, built in five eighths plywood with a C-channel pull finished in the same color, so there is no protruding handle in a walkway that narrow. Blum soft-close runners throughout, full extension, with a spice rack and a garbage pull-out built in.
The sink is a white Blanco at 23 and a half inches with a matching white strainer, under a Franke stainless faucet at 1.75 gallons per minute. Outlets are Lutron, white for the appliance runs and black where they sit in the stone backsplash.
The refrigerator is worth naming precisely, because it is the piece most often compromised in a kitchen this width. The Liebherr CS 1350B is a 24 inch freestanding unit holding 13 cubic feet across a 9.7 foot refrigerator and a 3.3 foot freezer, Energy Star rated, with an ice maker plumbed to the water supply and a reversible right-hand door. Its steel finish is treated to resist scratching and hide fingerprints, which in a galley where you pass within inches of it is a practical choice rather than a cosmetic one.
The bathroom
The shower runs on Kohler Artifacts with cross handles in polished chrome: a Rite-Temp pressure-balancing valve with service stops, a MasterShower three-quarter inch transfer valve, a single-function head at 2.5 gallons per minute and a handshower at 1.75 on a 30 inch slide bar. The enclosure is a DreamLine at 56 to 60 inches wide with a walk-in opening of around 21 to 25 inches.
Drainage is an Infinity Drain with a five inch polished stainless cover. Both saddles, the shower and the room, are Caesarstone Jet Black polished, cut four inches deep. The medicine cabinet is a Rejuvenation Oliver inset-mount in black, and the three recessed lights are WAC Ocularc square trims that dim from 3000K down to 1800K, so the room can be bright in the morning and warm at night.
Materials and finishes
Kitchen
| Element | Specification |
|---|---|
| Cabinets | Laurier Max 23-D708-A, MR9-3182 Sea Salt custom matte, 5/8 in plywood, C-channel pull |
| Cabinet hardware | Blum soft close, full extension, with spice rack and garbage pull-out |
| Countertop, backsplash, waterfalls and saddle | Dekton Awake, 8 mm |
| Refrigerator | Liebherr CS 1350B, stainless, 25.19 x 24 x 79.19 in, 13.0 cu ft, Energy Star |
| Gas range | Bertazzoni MAST244GASXE, stainless, 23.81 in wide |
| Microwave hood | XO XOOTR24BS, stainless, 23.88 in wide |
| Dishwasher | Miele G5482SCVI, panel ready, 17.625 in wide |
| Sink | Blanco 522414, white, 23.44 x 17.75 x 9 in |
| Basket strainer | Blanco 240319, white |
| Faucet | Franke FFPS3450, steel, 1.75 GPM |
| Backsplash tile | Tile Bar Angela Harris Flatiron Green, 24 x 48 in |
| Switches and outlets | Lutron CAR-15-GFST-WH, CARS-15-TR-WH, CA-1PS-WH |
Bar alcove
| Element | Specification |
|---|---|
| Mirror and shelves | Clinton Glass, custom arched mirror with three tempered glass shelves |
| Shelf support | U-channel, 1/2 in glass, measured on site |
Bathroom
| Element | Specification |
|---|---|
| Shower enclosure | DreamLine SHDR-0960720-01, polished chrome and clear, 56 to 60 x 72 in |
| Shower valve | Kohler Rite-Temp K-8304-KS-NA, pressure-balancing with service stops |
| Shower valve trim | Kohler Artifacts K-TS72767-3-CP, polished chrome, cross handle |
| Transfer valve | Kohler MasterShower K-728-K-NA, 3/4 in, 2 or 3 way |
| Transfer valve trim | Kohler Artifacts K-T72770-3-CP, polished chrome, cross handle |
| Showerhead | Kohler Artifacts K-72773-CP, single function, 2.5 GPM |
| Shower arm and flange | Kohler Artifacts K-72796-CP, polished chrome |
| Handshower | Kohler Artifacts K-72776-G-CP, single function, 1.75 GPM |
| Slide bar | Kohler Artifacts K-72798-CP, 30 in, polished chrome |
| Shower hose | Kohler MasterShower K-9514-CP, 60 in metal |
| Shower drain | Infinity Drain UCP 42 clamping and CDIQ 42 floor drain, cast iron |
| Shower drain cover | Infinity Drain KD 5-PS, polished stainless, 5 x 5 in |
| Toilet | Kohler San Souci K-4007-7, black, one-piece round front, 1.28 GPF |
| Lavatory faucet | Pfister LG49-HLSC, polished chrome |
| Medicine cabinet | Rejuvenation Oliver inset mount, black, 20 x 30 in, four glass shelves |
| Wall tile | Daltile 4.25 x 4.25 in glossy, Biscuit and Garden Spot, laid as a checkerboard |
| Tile liner | Akdo Liner Tulip, polished black |
| Floor tile | Daltile DK162HEXGMS1P hexagon, Arctic White with black |
| Shower and room saddles | Caesarstone Jet Black, polished, 4 in deep |
| Recessed lights | WAC Ocularc R3BSD-FWD-WT, 3 in square, 1800 to 3000K dim to warm, three |
| Switches and outlets | Lutron CAR-15-GFST-BL and DVCL-153P-BL, black |
Doors and joinery
| Element | Specification |
|---|---|
| Sliding door track | Johnson Hardware 100SD 6HDPASS heavy-duty bypass, 72 in |
| Door hardware | Emtek 2212US26 narrow oval, polished chrome, 2 x 7.25 in |
| Bedroom doors | Dykes Lumber solid core, white, 24 x 84 in, two |
| Door frame molding | Dykes Lumber 14FJWINDSOR primed pine, 1 x 4, 24 linear ft |
| Paint | Benjamin Moore primer and semi-gloss |
The result
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Questions this project answers
My co-op board wants insurance certificates and paperwork. Who actually handles that?
The contractor does, and on a job in a building this size it is the first thing that happens. Before any work started here, the contractor filed all required insurance certificates with the Department of Buildings, obtained the permits and paid the fees to the governing city agencies, and undertook to coordinate every work procedure with local authorities, building management and the board of directors. Plumbing and electrical were done by separately licensed trades, each arranging their own permits, inspections and sign-offs. Ask to see that language in a firm’s own drawings before you sign.
How do I protect my building’s hallways and keep my neighbors happy during a renovation?
In an occupied building it is a filed plan, not a courtesy. This job sat inside roughly 702 apartments across 19 floors, all lived in throughout. The tenant protection plan committed to keeping egress clear at all times, containing dust to the work area and cleaning it at the end of every working day, removing debris often enough that it never piled up, maintaining sanitary facilities, controlling pests, and holding noise to 8am until 5pm Monday to Friday with nothing on weekends or holidays. If a contractor cannot tell you what their plan says, they have not read it.
Can a galley kitchen this narrow take real appliances?
Yes, if you choose the appliances before the cabinets. This kitchen runs a Liebherr refrigerator at roughly 25 inches, a Bertazzoni gas range just under 24, an XO hood at 24 and a panel-ready Miele dishwasher at 17 and a half. All of them are full-height, properly vented units rather than compact substitutes. The cabinetry was then drawn around those dimensions, with a C-channel pull in place of handles so nothing projects into the walkway.
Is a checkerboard tile floor or wall expensive to do?
Not necessarily, and this bathroom is the argument. The wall is not a patterned or custom tile. It is two colors of the same stock Daltile 4.25 inch glossy square, Biscuit and Garden Spot, set alternately by the tiler, with a polished black Akdo liner where the pattern stops. The cost is in the setting rather than the material, and because both colors are stock you can still buy a replacement box in five years. A printed pattern tile gives you neither.
What are change orders, and how do I avoid being overcharged by my contractor?
A change order is a written amendment to what was agreed, and the way to keep them rare is to specify everything before work starts. This job’s materials list names every item with a manufacturer, a model number, a finish, a quantity and who is buying it, MyHome or the client. Where something genuinely could not be fixed in advance it says so rather than pretending: the bar alcove is recorded as custom, to be confirmed and measured on site during construction, because an arch in an older building is never quite the shape the drawing says. A scope that names its unknowns is the one least likely to surprise you.
