Gone Fishin'
Ok - my annoyance at retarded zoning and clueless people has passed. So, let's talk fishing. As someone who is incredibly not handy with 'projects around the house', not talented at outdoorsy stuff like hunting, gardening, fishing, it's always a challenge when I aspire to turn over a new leaf and develop that side of things. Typically it starts and stops with a trip to an expensive outfitter like Orvis, dropping some coin, getting my line all tangled amongst a bunch of swearing and putting it all in the closet corner for some 'future usage'. Well, I guy I know - Tony - runs a service that I've known about for a few years but for some dumb reason I never connected the dots that his services might be of a lot of interest to my homeowners and local readers. He does fishing lessons - "fly fishing and light action spin" full and half day fishing trips on the local rivers in a driftboat. His fishing blog - And articles and videos - Sounds like the perfect way to spend the afternoon with your weekend guests (or even better, impressing that weekend girlfriend who's just getting to know the area - talk about 'instant cool' and facilitated 'relations' later on.) It's amazing when you realize you live somewhere and don't take advantage of the all the reasons other people come to the area to experience - like living in NYC and never going up the Rockefeller Center or Empire State building or visiting the Intrepid. Enjoy. Beware Tony's got an odd sense of Humor - lol.
A few of my favorite things...
Lucas' ipad creation ( I helped)....
Remedial photoshop farting around....
Stickers and stars from the Monkey Game...
An oar I bought at a local antiques store for my swanky apartment I'm furnishing in Saugerties, NY....
My favorite book-keeper.... Been with me from the very beginning when it was just me and her and a whole lot of debt....
My favorite barber shop in Saugerties, named Hot Towel, no less....
Playing around at the NYC boat show...
Downtown Saugerties...
Painting my apartment...
Home goods across the street...
My favorite farmhouse on StarJem road that we are closing on next week....
My favorite real estate company who gave me their exclusive front window, and who sold their first listing of mine in 7 days...
My favorite new Cottage 38 in Stone Ridge, NY...
My favorite smartest son and his good friend Woody in a cool NYC apartment overlooking the Statue of Liberty and the Hudson River ...
and his city friends, showin' 'em how to play in the woods, climb log piles and stamp on ice puddles to make them crack...
My favorite office wall of the roads I've built and named...
Lucas whooping it up on New Years Eve (yes, that's his real hair) ...
And New Years Eve Eve at Jeanne and Deb at Cottage 14... That's Bryce, Thom and Justen from the Tuthill Road gang...
Yahwza, I'm busy, and I fear it's just going to be busier than ever this year.
Sullivan County Homes
We have built a lot of homes in Sullivan County and I plan to keep on building. We typically concentrate along what I like to call the Delaware River Corridor which stretches from Pond Eddy to Narrowsburg. Here's some shots of our winter projects in this neck of the woods. Barn V above and below - a super neat house being built by Bill and Veronica. They have a young son named Patrick. On a road in Narrowsburg, where we are building/have built 6 homes, the clients came with a total of 6 young children.
The Big Barn is coming along nicely - we used a Slate Grey Siding, and in the foreground in the garage.
We have finished the insulation phase, and are now sheetrocking and adding wood to the ceilings.
And of course kick ass Farm 18 is moving right along. We should be ready for the electrical, plumbing and heating inspection, and then ready for the insulation.
And Ranch VI is hot on the tails of these other homes. Friends of the folks who bought Barn IV, this ranch is a lot like Ranch V, only bigger with a built out basement, on a more secluded piece of land.
With the one we have going on in Stone Ridge, and the one we are starting outside of Eldred, we should be able to keep very busy once again this winter.
Cottage 38 - Stone Ridge - Going into Contract
8 days on the market. In a brand new area. Using my new real estate/marketing team. Bam - Sold. Just like that. My realtor's jaw is still dragging the ground. For us over here at Catskill Farms, just another day at the office. Man I can feel the pins being applied to my voodoo likeness in offices across the Region. Nice Work Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty. 8 days on the Market. All the listings around it were on the market for 349 days, 569 days, or best yet, the 772 days.
