Escape from New York

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

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

… You might live in a New York City apartment and really long to have an actual house But the economics of owning an … Brasington and Matthew de Groot embarked on a weekend renovation project in 2016 when they purchased a fixerupper … despite our parents thinking we were absolutely nuts for doing such a thing to hardwood floors We think they came out …

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

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

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

Suburbs

Connecticut beaches that won't leave you missing the Hamptons

… and often dramatically less expensive than the ones on Long Island or in New Jersey … The basics … Connecticut has 24 … Island Weve chosen four of these towns to profile with the closest Greenwich only an hourandaquarter drive from NYC and … is more like it Dont miss For kids the Maritime Aquarium Stamford Museum and Nature Center and the Stepping Stone …