Farmhouse 26, Narrowsburg NY - SOLD
Farm 26 in Narrowsburg left the nest a few weeks ago. (forgive the gas tank and stuff on the porch - been hard getting photos in this weather).
6 1/2 acres, a down hill walk to the Delaware River, a few miles outside of town.
Open first floor including the fireplace/living room, kitchen and dining room. There's also a first floor bath and first floor bedroom, for those of you planning ahead.
Shower waiting for the glass.
One of the two bedrooms.
The other one.
Good looking tasteful bath.
Custom Stairs in the center of the first floor define the space.
And a gas fireplace and a milk white salvaged planking wall. Also, we did a iron/steel surround on this fireplace, which added to it's industrial appeal.
Finished basement.I think we invested $2.4m in Narrowsburg NY in 2014, and that doesn't come close to counting the economic multiplier once our clients move in and start eating out and hitting the local bait and tackle shop (not a code name for strip joint). One could argue that the Homes of Catskill Farms have greatly increased the odds of success on Main Street Narrowsburg, or at least changed the experience from one of daily survival to one of modest prosperity.
Local Communities, Snow and the Show Must Go On
So the Catskills got some snow over night. Since I crossed 3 counties last night and this morning, I was able to see 3 different snow fall melodramas. We had two families coming up in the morning, and they braved it so I braved it. I'm only one person (albeit a pretty energetic one) so sometimes we have to double up on sales appts which is always fun and interesting. This tour started in Rhinebeck then to Saugerties and then to Kerhonkson and Olivebridge area. Both groups arrived before me, and were joking each other cause they came from the same part of Brooklyn and were all wearing the same winter jacket from Canada that I guess is all the warm rage this winter - I missed the memo. One family had two children, the other was pregnant with the first.
As the owner of a business that deals with a lot of towns in a a much more micro way than most, I have the distinct pleasure of seeing the how sausage is made on a very local level. The nuances and issues I have personally taken an interest in over the past few years have ranged from a local trucking law, overzealous zoning disguised as anti-gas drilling initiatives, flawed town tax reassessment, a 10% tax increase in Highland, a proposed $300,000 deck overlooking the Delaware River in Narrowsburg, and lately the inclination of the local 1% to discourage two interesting business investments in the Town of Highland.
All of these efforts have one thing in common - I'm hugely outnumbered by the local intelligentsia, the support I get for the efforts is strong but quiet among the community, each time have affected change at some level (even if that change is only slowing down a flash mob of momentum about some issue or another) and without a doubt have more tested perspective than those who I debate. The tendency of the local affluent Sullivan County-ians to follow the dubious lead of people they'd laugh out of the room in their real lives in the City is a strange side show up here in this poor, rural area.
As Winston Churchill said - To Change is to Perfect - but all too often up here in the 2nd poorest county in the State, any change is rejected because they like it poor, empty and without any evidence of earnest local improvement.
NY Times, 2005
To my point in my last post -
NY Times Narrowsburg Article 2005.
Honestly, not much has changed from this description and vibe, for better or worse.
