Category Archives: PROPERTIES FOR SALE

3-Acre Mini-Farm with Vintage Outbuildings in Dutchess County 110K

Posted on March 7, 2019 by cara

Fired up with enthusiasm after writing my first blog post in ages, I remembered why I started blogging in the first place, more than ten years ago. My very first post, “In Search of the Perfect Beach House,” in December … Continue reading →

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Nearly Untouched 1829 Townhouse in Historic Center City Philadelphia $550K

Posted on September 26, 2016 by cara

IT’S ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF, that a grand 1829 townhouse like this, now on the market (<- Sotheby’s listing with many more photos) for only $550K in a primo Philly neighborhood, should remain in such antique condition to the present day. Not that the … Continue reading →

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Vintage Cottage on 2/3 Acre, East Hampton, N.Y. 580K

Posted on April 17, 2016 by cara

IF THIS HOUSE HAD COME UP when I was in the market a few years back, I would have seriously considered it, even though Sotheby’s is advertising it as a teardown. (The address is 110 Old Stone Highway, East Hampton, NY. … Continue reading →

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Historic Upstate New York Farmhouse 350K

Posted on March 28, 2016 by cara

THIS LISTING COMES DIRECT TO YOU from a longtime blog reader of mine, Lillian DeMauro, who is selling her late 18th century house outside Andes, New York, in Delaware County’s Catskill Mountains, under three hours from NYC. Looks and sounds … Continue reading →

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Two Cute North Fork Oldies, 450K & 399K

Posted on August 23, 2015 by cara

NOT ONE BUT TWO genuinely antique houses hit the market last week on Long Island’s North Fork, where farmland, farm stands, vineyards and wineries abound, and the feeling is of an earlier time. The front-porch charmer, above, said to date from … Continue reading →

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