Home Improvement in Manhattan

Manhattan bathrooms are often compact, but the building rules and logistics — not just the tile — shape the price: waterproofing over occupied units below, protecting common areas and working within building hours all factor in. We give a free, itemized on-site estimate so your number reflects your apartment and your building. Ask us about tiling or a full bath.

Yes — estimates are always free and on-site across Manhattan, from the UES and UWS to Chelsea, Tribeca and the Financial District. Because prewar and high-rise apartments each have their own quirks, an in-person walkthrough is the only accurate way to price. Call 917-455-1583 or request an estimate.

Painting a Manhattan apartment is usually priced by the room or square footage, driven by prep, coats and trim more than by size. Prewar walls often need patching and skim work first, which is where a quality job is won or lost. We give a free estimate that itemizes walls, ceilings and trim — see what is included on our painting page.

Almost always. Most Manhattan co-ops and condos require an alteration agreement and a Certificate of Insurance (COI) naming the corporation and managing agent before any work begins. We provide a properly worded COI on request so your board and managing agent can approve without delays — just send us the building’s requirements.

Yes — we schedule around freight-elevator reservations, permitted work hours and building quiet times, which most Manhattan buildings enforce strictly. We coordinate the elevator window and service-entrance access with your managing agent or super up front, so day one starts on time instead of stuck in the lobby.

There is rarely parking, so we plan for it: compact deliveries through the service entrance, materials staged to the freight elevator, and hand-carried where needed. We keep loads small and timed to building rules so we are never blocking the loading dock or the sidewalk. It is the kind of logistics that keeps a Manhattan job moving.

Yes — Theo’s Home Improvement is licensed and insured, and we issue a Certificate of Insurance naming your building and managing agent, which is exactly what a Manhattan building requires before work starts. Ask for the COI with your estimate and we will have it over quickly.

Protecting common areas is both courtesy and a building requirement. We lay masonite and floor protection on the path from the elevator to your door, pad the freight elevator, and mask and cover inside the unit so dust stays contained. Buildings notice — and it keeps your neighbors and managing agent on your side.

We serve all of Manhattan — the Upper East and Upper West Sides, Chelsea, Tribeca, the Financial District, Harlem and beyond — plus the rest of NYC. Start dates depend mostly on your building’s approval timeline; once the alteration agreement and COI clear, we move quickly. Explore our tiling, painting and molding services to begin.