Cottage 23 - Offered tendered, Offer accepted
Did that take 2 weeks? Congrats to the NYC architect and Broadway composer who are joining the Catskill Farms family.
Cottage 23 -
This Cottage we started about 12 days ago, and the following snapshots demonstrate the controlled speed we drive everyday, including Saturdays, and some Sunday. Foundation takes about 7 days.
Day 1 and 2 of the framing.
Day 3 and 4 of the framing.
Existing inspiration for the current Catskill Farms Cottage 23. Day 5.
Another picture of Day 5 framing. Dean the framer will be done tomorrow, paving the way for the roofer, the electrician, the plumbers, the heating guys and the siding guys. Keeping this pace will allow for a 3 to 4 month build time, getting someone into this cottage by Christmas.
Cottage 17
The Painters hard at work on a HOT HOT day in Barryville, NY. Cottage 17 - one of 6 houses currently under construction - is moving full steam ahead.
And We're Off - Cottage 23 Construction Commences
Cottage 23 is a new design that was inspired by a neat little 100 yr old house across the street from where I eat breakfast Sunday mornings in Damascus, PA. It's a very nice house and as I've mentioned before, we look at thousands of designs in order to find a couple that work for us. Over the last couple of years I have probably perused15000 designs in all shapes and forms in magazines, roadtrips, internet design sites - and we've come up with exactly 43 that work for us. We are discerning - Just like our customers. And that probably explains why we are kickin' it bigtime in this monstrous recession - I love saying 'kickin it bigtime in this monstrous recession' because I know it really burns a few readers up who have wished for our demise for many years. But we've out-Sun Tzu'ed 'em all, and are getting ready to shortly expand our reach even further to become the only game in Town - whoops, my mistake, we already are.
Back a 400 ft driveway, Cottage 23 sits privately surrounded by large pines and oaks, stone walls and a little stream. We cleared a little more than usual, giving it a wooded pastoral feel. Hidden, but not isolated. Pretty, but not showy. Modest, but not annoyingly self-deprecating. Here's old Norm, the excavation master kicking more butt with his big machines. I mean, this guy really keeps us moving, working 7 days a week, to all hours. Lisa says 'he needs a girlfriend' but I like him single and focused.
We all ready got the foundation in - and the framers start on Thursday. So by the end of next week or so, we will have a house.
That is, a house for sale. And for those who follow our progress, it's a rear opportunity to jump to the head of the line. 2 bedrooms, bath and 1/2, vaulted kitchen ceiling, couple of porches, couple of acres, and for a couple of hundred g's, it can be yours.
