Escape from New York

Suburbs

One NYer's housing hack: Own a house on a lake in Suffolk County, crash in Bushwick during the week

By Mimi OConnor |January 10, 2020 - 1:00PM

Renovation

How to renovate a vacation home on a $20,000 budget when you work full-time in NYC

By Mimi OConnor |December 3, 2018 - 1:00PM

Escape

Snow in April, but there's space for days: One young family's move from Jersey City to Portland, Maine

By Mimi OConnor |March 1, 2018 - 12:00PM

Escape

From Brooklyn to Birmingham: One Park Sloper's no-regrets move

By Mimi OConnor |January 23, 2018 - 10:00AM

Second Homes

5 homes for sale in Hawaii, where there's no winter and prices are... lower than Manhattan

… mean a heftier tax bill for many particularly for wealthy homeowners in New Jersey Westchester County and Manhattan … for … $479000 … 160 Kahana Ridge Dr Maui … Maui is Hawaiis secondlargest island It and the surrounding waters are home … … Escape … Beach … Suburbs … Second Homes … Escape from New York … taxes … 5 homes for sale in …

By Rebecca Fishbein |December 21, 2017 - 2:00PM

Second Homes

13 reasons why owning a vacation home is nothing like your apartment in the city

… youve saved the money managed to find the perfect second home and actually purchased it youre still in for quite a … challenges and surprises One New Yorker who owns a second home in the Hamptons told us she forgot to pay her water … that we would need this and should budget for it It costs about $80 a month Jamie Dutchess County We had pipes burst …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 29, 2017 - 2:59PM