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Measuring is the best answer. It needs to fit the FRAME of the elevator as well as INSIDE the elevator. You also need to measure CLEARANCE for when you tilt/turn the sofa around any corners. (You should always ask your landlord if there is a larger service elevator and/or more clearance on the stairs).

Your backup option is to call a sofa dis-assember. (Yes, these exist. We have LOTS in NYC). He will come to your building (even in the middle of the night, like a locksmith) take apart your sofa out front (usually just the legs and/or back will do it) and then re-assemble it inside your apartment. It will cost you a few hundred $ but will save you purchasing a new sofa.

Is There a Formula to Determine if a Sofa Will Fit in the Elevator? Good Questions

5/7/12 10:49 AM

The short answer: Paint over it and move on with your life.

- You CANNOT withhold rent. You CAN put it in escrow if the landlord is not maintaining your apartment within you legal rights. But only IF they are denying you your legal rights.

- It doesn't look like mold from the pictures (but that could only be determined in person). If your landlord is correct and it is just water damage you cannot force him to pay to fix it. Yes, we tenants all think it would make sense to fix the problem now before it becomes worse for you and the people below you with water leaking in the walls. Your landlord will not think that. If it's not an immediate emergency he will just plaster/paint over it and leave it. And he can do that. Legally.

- I get it, I do. But YOU chose to mess with the paint job (without your landlord's consent?!) So YOU will just have to remedy it/paint over it to your cosmetic liking. You cannot make repairs/do demolition to your apartment if it is rented. And, again, I get it..if there is water in the walls we all know it will just bubble up again and look gross and you may have to do this again in a year or so. And what's what you will do.Why? Because you do not own your apartment. So you do not get to decide what is best for it or how much money it is worth pouring into it. When water finally starts pouring out of your wall or your neighbors ceiling THEN you can make the landlord pay to fix it. Until then... you're on your own.

How To Make My Landlord Deal with Water Damage and Mold in Bathroom? Good Questions

4/20/12 9:51 AM