Cottage 40 Sold in Bearsville NY
Nothing stops our progress. Excuses are not in our vernacular. Not weather, not unpredictable labor supplies, not bullshit unexpected hurdles like dumbasses doing dumbass things. For 10 years we have plowed ahead, hitting our schedules precisely. Over, under and through all hurdles.
And here's Cottage 40, sold to a young family with a small child. A writer for one of the funny guys on TV late night. Delivering their house, with barely a drama, right on schedule. And it's a good one, especially when the sun hits it just right.
It's located in Bearsville NY, a hamlet within Woodstock NY. Inspired by Cottage 36.
A good look at how we turn over our homes. - Finished, clean, with the grass growing and the appliances working.
One of my favorite lights - a simple goose neck barn light sconce. With 1x10 pine siding, and stained 1x6 tongue and groove porch ceilings.
Coming in the front door, with the stairs to the left and fireplace straight away.
The home has 3 bedrooms, and 2 full baths. It sits on 6 acres.
We've been using the Nest thermastat, which is a smart thermostat that learns and adapts to the usage in the home.
Handmade Barn door and radiator. Match made in heaven.
Salvaged beam, locally harvested stained pine railings and radiator. Another match made in heaven.
Open the pearly gates for this shot - radiator, open treads staircase, local stone open mud room. Early American stain throughout.
Modest galley kitchen, with some modular rolling carts and cabinets to finish it off.
Serious open shelf system in the kitchen.
1st floor bedroom with stained window trim, cast iron basement heat.
Nice sink is what I said when I saw this number. It's got a retro old school rounded feel to it.
From the 2nd floor gang plank. Pretty hot.
Bedroom 2.
Some soft light on the pimped out bathroom with claw foot tub and stand-alone shower.
And the biggest bedroom of the 3.
Floor to ceiling stone with a TV cabinet.
Screened in porch lording over the back yard.
Going down into the basement with our board and batten look.
And the huge basement, walk-out.
Stacked stone retaining wall.
Nice shot.
That's about a wrap. Under $400k, under 6 months to build.
More homes and more progress
I'm still at my pad in Miami but I thought I would check in with a brief blog post.
A portion of my typewriter collection, some of those suckers weigh 60 pounds and take both hands to lift.
Our growth of this business shows itself in little and big ways. Here's our staging area for the assorted stuffs that go into our homes - toilets, lights, cable rail, door knobs, vanities, farm sinks, radiators - you name, we got it.
And our collection of trucks and trailers.
Sunset on the Biscayne Bay from the 15th floor.
A house we renovated and sold in 2004. Great new paint job.
Cottage 39 is a really great house that gets some amazing sunlight.
And Farm 20 and the Farm 20 garage is coming right along.
Stone going on the chimney.
Great looking Barn/garage.
And the green house area off the Barn.
Farm 19 is rounding that last bend and the painting starts in the inside this week.
The interior clean and the focus is on the staircase this week.
That's it. Later.
Catskill Farms, by the numbers
Founded - 2002
First Home Sold - 2004
Homes Sold 2002-2006 - 12
Homes sold since 2006 - 90
Average size of current home sold - 1500 sq ft
Number of homes sold in Sullivan County - 93
Number of homes sold in Ulster County - 7 (only started selling this year)
Dollars invested in Sullivan County - $34,000,000
Highest priced home built - $2,000,000
Lowest priced home sold - $165,000
Average price - $355k
Average lot size - 6 acres
Average time to build a house - 5 months, end to end
Amount spent on Google Pay per click since campaign inception - $251,000
Number of Google Impressions, all-time - 55,000,000
Number of Google click-thrus, all-time - 174,000
Amount spent in New York Magazine since campaign inception - $195,000
Amount spent in real estate commissions since 2007 - $85,000
Website visits per month - 13,000
Website page views per month - 50,000
Average time on site - 3 minutes
Blog readers - 3600 per month
Facebook Likes - 535
Employees - 7
Amount spent locally per month in labor, materials, good and services - $550,000
Number of typewriters in my collection - 36
And Lucas' new beach towel.
