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

… many househunting New Yorkers flip the script electing to rent here and buy a vacation house outside of the city where … … How far is it from New York City … On good days it takes about an hour and a half to drive there from the citywe … into this house and immediately turn around Its a historic home that was originally constructed in 1859 as an ice house …

By Mimi OConnor |December 3, 2018 - 1:00PM
From Brooklyn to Birmingham: One Park Sloper's no-regrets move

… Hudson River Think the term flyover states Think someone from Minnesota trying to explain how its different from … devoted borough booster may fantasize from time to time about having a yard warmer winters or just a lowerstress life … on the driveway and installing gutters That entire year moving from Brooklyn to Birmingham finding an apartment …

By Mimi OConnor |January 23, 2018 - 10:00AM
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 … that we would need this and should budget for it It costs about $80 a month Jamie Dutchess County We had pipes burst … was first published on July 15 2015 … Buy … Sales Market … Rent … The Market … Live … Improve … Escape … Second Homes … …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |June 29, 2017 - 2:59PM
Connecticut beaches that won't leave you missing the Hamptons

… When New Yorkers think beach the Hamptons or the Jersey Shore usually come to … the closest Greenwich only an hourandaquarter drive from NYC and the furthest Old Lyme just over two hours away Full … Fair and on rainy days matinee movies in nearby Niantic or Waterford … This story was updated on July 7 2016 … You …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 7, 2016 - 9:59AM