Thank you for your comment. The imagery in your description is fantastic. I think I’m going to try my hand at this. What’s the worst that could happen?

I’m working on finding out the contractor so I can ban them from my coop.

I’ve been here for 2 years. I believe at least the tile flooring in the 2 bathrooms and kitchen all are subject to similar poor craftsmanship.

Regarding budget vs time, time is the limiting factor. I’m in a HCOL area and will be getting some estimates in the near future from contractors.

No tongue and groove in this one. I’d be looking at at least 90 sqft of tile. Pricey, but still much cheaper than going the contractor route.

Thanks for the comments! I’ve always hated the flooring in this room, but didn’t have the hands on experience to say why. My biggest concern at this point is referenced in another poster’s comment regarding floor leveling.

If it’s a matter of replacing tile, I can probably do a decent enough job, but I might be over my head if there’s significant problems with the sub floor.

I’ve kind of suspected as much for a while. I can feel certain other areas with a similar wobble.

It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but this is how I’m leaning as well.

There’s no give or flexibility to these. I’d say tile of some sort. Here are the sides and bottom:

100 year old building here. The floors were definitely not level prior to this project. This bathroom was originally two rooms combined into one and I’m sure the prior owner cut corners on the renovation.

It’s a hard, inflexible material. I have heard it referred to as composite.

Not sure if it changes anything, but they added what looks like a dark grout or potentially caulking between the wall/floor seam.

Yeah it’s a dark grout.

No, but my standards for humor might be.

Unfortunately there is no baseboard to speak of in the bathroom. Here’s a better picture of the floor meeting the wall. This extends all around the room.

I don’t think it is. Seems like a large format synthetic slate material.

It’s very possible this was installed poorly.

I’ve updated the original post, but no, not wood. Seems like a smoothed slate, I’d assume artificial material.

I did not do this installation, so any history of the install would be speculation.

I’d factor in child care for your costs. Not knowing exactly where in Brooklyn you are, but I’d wager day care of minimum of $1k/month (very low end) to $4k+/ month per child. Nanny care is an option, usually starting around $4k a month.

I’d also caution about timing your purchase. NYC reality is cut throat in the best of times but recent mortgage rate swings have left a lot of people “locked in” to the places they refinanced during the early covid days. This makes new properties on the market a rarity and highly sought after. Keep your down payment as liquid as possible and try to keep the timeline on your own terms. You don’t want to be forced out of your building and looking for a new place at the same time.

When you say NYC, do you mean Manhattan? Or are you just looking to stay in the subway vicinity?

You mention dink for the current situation, but what about kids in the future?