Farmhouse 63 SOLD Ulster County Saugerties, NY
Catskill Farms announces the sale of Farmhouse 63 in Ulster County - Farmhouse 63 / Saugerties, NY Real Estate / Catskill Farms (thecatskillfarms.com)
Memorial Day Washout
Wow, what a weekend washout. We needed rain bad, real bad, up and down the east coast where I have some projects. We were trying to get grass to grow at 3 homes in Phoenixville and get some transplanted trees and landscaping to take root at my home here in Milford. Conversely, the dry weather has been a bonanza for progress on the construction front since mud and rain are our enemy. So, for it to rain from late day Friday to Mid-Day Monday allowed me to breath a sigh of relief for my plantings (and gave my wells a break) while not skipping a beat on the construction projects. I also spent the weekend holed up with my son, brainstorming on some marketing ideas for our 300 acres in North Branch. Rarely does 3 days offer such opportunity for non-distracted thought.
And there was no hedging it. It was serious shitty weather. Cold, constant rain, all day. It wasn't as if the sun popped out and then went in. Maybe that was for the best - to kill hope early, and let people adjust their plans.
Kind of hurtful, just when the pandemic rules were loosened, to have a solid weekend of lost leisure and business. Though, maybe it was for the best, - with the mask rules rescinded, and lots of unvaccinated people running around, maybe it's best we all just stayed home.
My son and I are working on a massive Range Rover lego project - the instruction manual is 500+ pages. It's one of those old school original Rover's, and, though the motor doesn't actually start, everything else does including the shocks, steering wheel, front tow rope, etc... We've gone through lots of emotions during our 20+ hours so far, and probably have another 20+ hours to go. High victory, low defeat, turning on each other, regrouping. As long as we reconcile throughout the journey, it will have been a great father and son adventure. Lucas found an Ogor to drive the wheel-less vehicle.
Pole barns are amazing structures. Ours went up in a jiffy.
And some pics of the glorious land we purchased in North Branch. Some of the most magical and inspiring land I've ever owned. (I have a lot more photos but damn blog is saying they are 'too large' to post).
Catskills Real Estate
I came across this 'farmhouse design blog/newsletter' this morning, and while not perfect, not bad either. Some nice designs, in part of whole.
The Times Herald Record went out of their way to exclude us from their Sullivan County real estate story. As the single largest investor in Sullivan County over a 2 decade period, exclusions like this are purposeful. The crown of the king lies heavy, and there is little doubt our day to day, year to year, decade over decade effort has far exceeded even our most well-heeled colleagues operating in the same real estate space. I'd venture there is no company operating in Sullivan County that has generated all of its operating cash and profits right here in SuCo, as opposed to bringing money from somewhere else to invest here. I guess fair enough, when you dominate a marketplace as thoroughly as we do, when you are responsible for most of the speculative thinking and example setting, it gets boring, as a story.
We are building a pole barn storage facility in the town of Cochecton, to augment the logistics and transportation and truck storage of our crews in Sullivan County. Hope to do some light sawmill work too. Our main offices moved from Eldred to Wurtsboro, which is much more center of the action for us, the hub of the wheel.
We close on 2 homes next week, continuing a slew of closings that will take place over the next 9 months.
We also did 2 new deals on homes under construction.
Bought 3 new pieces of one-off building parcels.
And closed on 200 acres in North Branch NY, with 23 ready to go building lots.
My pool project is picking up steam, and while we won't make if for the Memorial Day party I had hoped, it won't be long.
Fire Side Chats, By Chuck
Bypassing the written form as of late, I've taken to doing some videos, which actually capture the essences of my business message of that day a lot better than the written form, if for no other reason because you can chase and roll out complimentary themes and ideas as you free verse - whereas, in the written form, not only is that a big effort to go off on tangents, from a purely mechanical perspective, most people can't be expected to read that much prose.
Catskill Farms' Owner Chuck Petersheim and his insights into Time and Opportunity
Catskill Farms' Owner Chuck Petersheim shares some thoughts on recent sales, the year that was, and honest dealings.
