Kitchen & Bath Remodeling in Staten Island Kitchens and baths for the Island’s roomy 1970s and 1980s houses
Much of Staten Island’s South Shore was built in the 1970s and 1980s, and its houses are large by city standards, many of them two-family. We redo their kitchens and baths from the drains and gas line to the last tile.
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Kitchen & Bath Remodeling in Staten Island homes
In ZIP 10312 (Annadale, Arden Heights, Huguenot) 45.0 percent of homes were built between 1970 and 1989, with a median year of 1982; in 10309 (Prince’s Bay, Woodrow, Charleston) the median is 1988. The houses are large for the city: 6.1 rooms at the median in 10312 and 6.3 in Tottenville’s 10307.
Two-unit buildings hold 22.5 percent of Staten Island homes, against 15.2 percent in Brooklyn, and 31.0 percent in ZIP 10302 around Port Richmond. In those houses one remodel often covers two kitchens and two sets of baths on separate floors, one of them rented, fed by one water service line.
Common problems in Staten Island
A new bath in a raised house
After Sandy, Build It Back served homeowners in all five boroughs, Staten Island among them, and raised many houses above the base flood elevation. In a house built to Appendix G, an enclosure below the design flood elevation may be used only for parking, storage and building access, so a new bath or kitchen goes on an elevated floor.
Kitchen and bath costs in the flood zone
In a special flood hazard area, the Department of Buildings adds the cost of the kitchen, the baths and every other alteration and repair in the same period, and compares the sum with the building’s market value. At 50 percent or more, the house must meet the flood rules for new buildings.
Gas piping with no inspection cycle
Local Law 152 has a Licensed Master Plumber inspect gas piping every four years in most buildings, but exempts one- and two-family homes, which hold more than four in five Island homes. Moving a range or adding a gas cooktop is the time to have that piping checked.
Vents in the historic districts
In St. George/New Brighton and St. Paul’s Avenue–Stapleton Heights, Landmarks requires a permit for interior work that needs a Buildings permit, and treats a new vent or louver in an outside wall as exterior work, so a range hood or bath fan is routed with that in mind.
Where we see it
- Annadale, Arden Heights and Huguenot Large houses of the 1970s and 1980s, with 6.1 rooms at the median.
- Prince’s Bay, Woodrow and Charleston Late-1980s houses, with 28.6 percent of homes in two-unit buildings.
- Tottenville The largest homes on the Island by median room count.
- Midland Beach and South Beach Raised houses where baths belong above the flood elevation.
Rules and paperwork
A second kitchen as an ADU
Under City of Yes, a one- or two-family house may add one ancillary dwelling unit of up to 800 square feet, in an attic, an addition, a basement or a separate building, if an owner lives on the lot. Basement and cellar units are barred on lots in the special flood hazard area or a DEP flood risk area.
How a call works in Staten Island
One shutoff for two floors
In a two-family house one water service line feeds both units, so shutoffs are planned with both households, and the floor not being remodeled keeps a working bath.
Elevation before layout
On a raised or flood-zone house, we confirm the design flood elevation first, because it decides where a new bath or the water heater can go.
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What is included
The work itself is the same in every borough. See everything our kitchen & bath remodeling service covers.
Kitchen & Bath Remodeling questions from Staten Island
Can we add a bathroom on the ground level of our raised house?
Not if the house was built to Appendix G: below the design flood elevation the space is limited to parking, storage and access, so the new bath is planned for an elevated floor.
Do we need a Landmarks permit for a kitchen in a St. George house?
Yes, if the kitchen needs a Buildings permit, and a new hood vent through an outside wall also makes it exterior work. Interior work that touches nothing outside can get an expedited Landmarks permit.
Can we put in a second kitchen for a parent?
As an ancillary dwelling unit, yes: one per house, up to 800 square feet, with an owner living on the lot, filed with the Department of Buildings as its own unit. A basement version is ruled out on flood-mapped lots.
Is the gas line in our two-family house ever inspected?
Not on a schedule, because the Local Law 152 inspections skip one- and two-family homes. When a range moves, the line is checked as part of the job.
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