Sold - Farm 61 in Olivebridge NY

 We had the honor and pleasure of selling on of our new farmhouses today, a 3 bedroom 1.5 bath marvel, with a finished well-lit basement that added another 600 sq ft, and a bathroom.

The home sits on 4+ acres, and has plenty of porch and deck to enjoy.  We started this home as a spec home, meaning without a prearranged buyer - a type of 'if we build it, they will come' sort of thing.  Come they did, and the young couple who purchased it should be pretty comfy in their snazzy little home in Ulster County NY.  I mean, these homes are really neat, and you don't have to take my word for it since one could say I'm biased - the marketplace over and over says it when they come back onto the market - they sell quick, they sell for good money.  Over and over.  The amount of money - realtors, homeowners, contractors, pool guys, gardeners, landscapers, tax collectors - is really unfathomable in its immenseness.  

I think my friend Rob in one of my cottages call it the 'economic cross-multiplier' - which I'm sure is a common term for all you hoyti toyti business school grads (or actually grads that learned much in college) - but to me, it was a new phrase that encapsulated what I knew for a fact - that day to day, year to year, decade to decade - that the impact on the economic vibrancy of these towns we work in is, frankly, gigantic.

Congrats to the new owners.  Welcome to the 'hood.  Sold for the mid $500's, all in, including land, permitting, house construction and basement buildout.

Life in the fast lane

I don't know if I've used that title before, and I'm too lazy to go find out.  Typing on my new MacBook Air, my 3rd since 2012.  I like this piece of equipment - my first one rocked, my 2nd had some bugs, and hoping for the best on this one.

So much action, seriously, and no room for anything unexpected in the production force, which is never a good bet to make.  Life always happens.

My residence for 10 years, in Eldred NY, just got rented for a good price.  The woman who rented it on behalf of their family was literally in labor as she was nailing down the lease - I think her exact words were 'I'm in labor, so I end this email abruptly you know why'.  First time for everything but a great real life indicator of how tight the market is.




This new home in Callicoon NY had 3 bids in the same weekend, two of them doctors from Manhattan.



This house just going up also just went into contract to a couple who had been looking for years -



The Mini-barn with views in the Beechwoods outside of Callicoon just went into contract -



Barn 36 in Saugerties, under contract



Farm 57, some old tune, under contract -



Multiple bids, under contract



Multiple bids, under contract



Signed up before we got started and locked in this Ranch -



And the one over the river outside Rhinebeck, Under Contract.



Small Olivebridge farmhouse, under contract.


And 3 or 4 more pending.

Picking up 4 pieces of new land in Olivebridge, and 16 pieces in Saugerties.  Have added to our construction team, counting my blessings I moved attorney firms last year (in order to keep up) and relying on a lot of long-established relationships to keep us motoring.  This is not the time to be putting together a team - like I was in the last super boom of 2003/2004, when no one needed work, and you got stuck with the c or d team who overcharged you and and produced not the best work and you were lucky to have them.

Interesting times indeed.

Olivebridge NY - New Home for Sale Information, $495,000

Interestingly, for all the things this blog is and has been, it's never really been used as a looking-forward tool for what we are building, where we are building, and when it will be available.

But with inquiries coming in fast and furious and everyone wanting to talk on the phone for some reason, I'm trying to figure out how to best inform this hungry buyer segment with what we have in the works.

THIS IS A SIMILAR HOME PREVIOUSLY BUILT.



WHAT - 1550 SQ FT 3 BEDROOM, 1.5 BATH ON 4 ACRES.  600 sq ft of decks and covered porches.

WHERE - OLIVEBRIDGE, NY ON THE CORNER OF RT 3 AND HANNA LANE

WHEN - FOUNDATION IS IN.  FRAME ROOF AND WINDOWS IN BY END OF JUNE.  OCTOBER FINISH.

HOW IT WORKS - SIGN UP NOW, AND WORK WITH US ON THE INTERIOR SELECTIONS SUCH AS PAINT, FLOOR STAINS, KITCHEN, COUNTERTOPS, TILE LIGHTING, PLUMBING AND A HOST OF OTHER FUN SELECTIONS TO PERSONALIZE THE HOME.

FLOORPLAN
https://www.catskillfarmsfarmhouseseries.com/option-c-floorplans#shed (THEN SCROLL DOWN TO FARM 32)

PRICE - $495K.

DESCRIPTION -
Excellent spot in Olivebridge, in the shadow of Ashokan High Point, just 5 miles from the Ashokan Reservior and the endless hiking, biking of the Catskills.  This floor plan allows for 3 bedrooms and a lot of living space on the first floor.  Full walk-out basement could add another 600 sq ft in the future.  A covered front porch and a screened back porch expands the house.  Land is private and gently sloping.

This back profile will not be exactly the same but you get the idea.





The interior is 1500 sq ft +, has 1.5 baths, a wood burning fireplace and open floor plan with a separate but equal glass encased dining room.  Light enters easily to every nook of the home, on the first floor and second.  Wide plank floors, fun hand rail systems, classic tile, functional kitchens all combine to illustrate why Catskill Farms has been the go-to design build for the last 2 decades.



It's a good looking home for sure, but it also is highly functioning - with whole house airconditioning, spray foam insulation that allows you to heat your home with a candle and cool it with an ice cube, on demand hot water heaters which produce hot water only when you ask for it and a whole house bumper to bumper warranty.

Appraises without an issue, and fully financeable.