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

Old School Real estate blog in the Catskills. Journeys, trial, tribulations, observations and projects of Catskill Farms Founder Chuck Petersheim. Since 2002, Catskill Farms has designed, built, and sold over 250 homes in the Hills, investing over $100m and introducing thousands to the areas we serve. Farms, Barns, Moderns, Cottages and Minis - a design portfolio which has something for everyone.

Monday, August 22, 2016

Ulster County NY Real Estate

We started with Sullivan County Real Estate, and after 7 or 8 years we dipped our toe into Ulster County Real Estate, and have never really looked back.  If we build 16 homes a year, probably 6 are in Sullivan County, 8 are in Ulster County and then 1-3 in Dutchess County or even Columbia County.

Real estate in the Catskills is diverse and we spend a lot of time scouting and analyzing land for purchase - counter-intuitively, with all the trees and lack of density, it's still sort of hard to find good land that affordably accommodates a cute little (or not so little) home.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

The Shack, Narrowsburg NY, in the News

Our friend Bridie who bought our littlest house we ever built - though we do have a few planned - got herself featured in a fun article in Curbed.  Note she swears she is wearing shorts, not a skirt.

It's a good little story about a good little house in a good little town.  If you could add up some way all the benefits these SuCo towns get from our marketing and building efforts, the results would probably be eye-popping.




Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Ranch 16 - Lake Front in Barryville NY- SOLD


This Lake Front Ranch in Barryville NY is one of our few homes directly in a lake - a deep water, mountain fed lake at that.

Since Jim and Doug helped us tweak this Ranch, it has become one of our favorites, or should I say, one of our clients favorites.




We build these big wide bleacher stairs facing the lake.



And the rest sort of speaks for itself.





















There you have it - another one dreamed up built and sold.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Farmhouse in Columbia County, NY - Finished

This Columbia County new, old farmhouse kicks-it with a smart use of interesting materials and technologies. Charles Petersheim takes us through the sales and building process in this new video.

Charles Petersheim, Catskill Farms (Catskill Home Builder)
At Farmhouse 35
A Tour of 28 Dawson Lane
Location
Rock & Roll
The Transaction
The Process
Under the Hood
Big Barn
Columbia County Home
Catskill Farms History
New Homes in the Olivebridge Area
Mid Century Ranch Series
Chuck waxes poetic...
Catskill Farms Barn Series
Catskill Farms Cottage Series
Catskill Farms Farmhouse Series
Interviews at the Farm ft. Gary
Interviews at the Farm ft. Amanda
Biceps & Building
Catskill Farms Greatest Hits
Construction Photos
Planned It
Black 'n White
Home Accents at Catskill Farms, Part 2
Home Accents at Catskill Farms, Part 1