Catskills - Sullivan County - Ulster County Real Estate -- Catskill Farms Journal

We have a lot of families from the NYC area in our homes now - over 100 over 12 years.  We win some, we lose some, we forge long lasting relationships.

Our folks over at Barn 3 decided to give up the fast life of NYC where they had carved out a successful little life with kids and wife and extended family near.  And then an interesting opportunity in the mid-west close to where they grew up presented itself and the another pivot in the life path.

But not before a note crafted on the last night in his upstate home that he, his wife and his 2 daughters made some memories - I can picture him by dim light with ink quill crafting this fine thank you and adieu.  And believe me his experience with us was not perfect, but the whole idea and appreciation of the way fortune has shined its bright light his way was fully realized.

Chuck,

Last weekend was our last weekend in Barn 3. As you know my work is taking us away from the east coast so we are going to have to part with it. After spent the past the past ten years growing a family and making friends on the east coast the move is far from easy.  Our friends will always be there and we will see them often and we will make new ones.  Our condo in Hoboken won't cause us to shed any tears. I feel like it's a really expensive box.  But we will miss our regular weekend trips to the 'Cottage' as the kids call it. By far the hardest thing about leaving for the family is saying goodbye to Barn 3.  The holidays, birthdays, friend visits, skiing lessons, refuse from hurricanes, and ...you get the picture as I could go on. The cottage gave us a family life outside the rat race, it's where we have some of best memories and seemed more like home then where we lived during the week.  

I wanted to thank you and your crew (special shout out to JK) for always being there (even in a hurricane..) if we needed help, had questions or needed a sanity check. It was nice to deal with a professional (btw it's hard to find a pro down here either!). You even got us hooked up w Eric at Nest and it's like we are dealing w CFs he is so good.  In the end what you do is not just building a home but building memories.  And not memories of fixing something that is broke at my retreat every weekend because I bought an old house but memories of going out and 'doing stuff' in nature.

Thanks for everything and stay in touch. I know if we ever build a home again I may need to leverage your architecture and design services from afar.

Take care

P.S. I see your mailbox is still there so I guess I owe you twenty bucks. And before we drive out of town I made sure my wheels were on extra tight.

Happy 4th to All

Nothing says love more than what our homes look like after a few years of homeownership as the landscape personalization takes hold.

720 sq ft Micro home in Barryville.

2400 sq ft home in Narrowsburg NY.  Farm 3.  Built 2003ish.

FARM 1!!!  Narrowsburg.

Barn 3.  Barryville NY.

Barn 6 Saugerties NY.

Micro, Barryville NY.

Arts and Crafts 3.  A total winner in Barryville NY.

Cottage 22.

Cottage 19, Barryville NY.

Cottage 13 Barryville NY.

Farm 12, Barryville NY.

Cottage 34, Narrowsburg, NY.

Farm 11, Narrowsburg NY

Farm 19, Narrowsburg NY

Cottage 14, Barryville NY.

Cottage 7, Barryville NY.

We are finishing up a bunch of houses over the next few weeks so there should be some hot houses

posted on this blog so stay tuned.

So to make things super full circle I'm thinking about getting a classic car - when I first moved to Sullivan from out of the City I tuned into a 1977 Jeep Cherokee.  Super cool  Stupidly expensive to maintain and run.  This wasn't one of those 'honey, this car is in the shop a lot', this was a 'big huge disaster expense'.  I know I'm not the only person who comes up here and buys an old automobile.

But I have had my eye on this 1968 Cherry Red Chevelle convertible with a 396 under the hood.  Now, I have no idea what that means, but I know it's a really nice looking car.  Though, on my test drive, I realized the car may inspire random conversations with strangers, something I've never enjoyed.

Tell me the shot in front of this awesome house isn't a good one?  Note : Good lighting helps.  As does taste.

So then we got My Man Lucas to a little pose with spiderman sunglasses, iron man pajamas top for the 3rd straight day (since I left his clothes bag in the car that went to the shop), pants without a belt (in said clothes bag), and the sock less shoe approach - which he was at first skeptical, then embraced.

Beside the fact that the back seat had no seat belts, I wouldn't tell his mom this that his car seat was totally free forming it in the back seat MadMen style, this was one killer ride and if you are thinking about touring our homes in Sullivan County, you might just be experiencing this up close and personal.

Farm 25 in Rhinebeck.  1550 sq ft.

Farm 27 in Narrowsburg. 1550 sq ft.

Ranch 9 in Narrowsburg.  2000 sq ft with finished ground floor.

Farm 26 in Narrowsburg. 1525 sq ft. (not spoken for, hint hint)

Farm 28 in Narrowsburg, NY.  1600 sq ft.

Stone Ridge Farmhouse - 3200 sq ft.

Barn 8 in Olivebridge NY.  2200 sq ft.

Farmhouse in Olive NY - 3200 sq ft.

Hudson River renovation.

Cottage 46 in Narrowsburg NY

And we got 5 more starting by August.