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A Done Deal
I SEEM TO HAVE BOUGHT A HOUSE today. It was very unceremonious. No fanfare. No champagne. Just signing papers. At one point, I said to my lawyer, ‘Did I buy the house yet?’ She said, ‘You signed the deed, so, … Continue reading
Posted in LONG ISLAND, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged attorney, closing, cottage, Hamptons, house purchase, insurance, interest rate, lawyer, mortgage broker, Springs, taxes, title closer
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Moving Blues
THIS MOVING BUSINESS is starting to get to me. I’m doing two simultaneous moves from my 2BR Boerum Hill duplex: one to a 1BR garden floor-through a couple of blocks away, and one to a cottage in Springs, a few … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, LONG ISLAND
Tagged antique dealer, architect, Big Apple, Boerum Hill, closing, duplex, East Hampton, Flatrate, floor-through, Hamptons, LONG ISLAND, mortgage broker, permits, Sag Harbor, Springs, State Street, stoop sale, storage unit, title search, Town of East Hampton
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