Priced out of the New York City real estate market, the couple rent an apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They decided to make their first home purchase a weekend house in the Catskills.
They had looked at about 30 houses during a four-month hunt for a country home last summer, and finally closed on the two-bedroom, one-bath home for $95,000 last September. Along with the house, a 700-square-foot 1920s cottage, the property in Sparrow Bush, a village in Orange County, N.Y., includes eight and a half wooded acres and a detached garage/barn 800 feet from the house.
Every weekend, starting in October, the couple drove two hours from their home in Brooklyn to the house, undertaking all of the necessary reconstruction themselves, except the re-roofing, which was done by a contractor. Both urbanites, neither had ever tackled a renovation before, but the project was thrilling to them.
“That’s the luxury of being a young, first-time home buyer,” Ms. Salway said. “It was empowering to see what we could do.”
This is a great story.
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This fab cottage is actually for rent via my select Catskills vacation rentals company, http://www.RedCottageInc.com . It's called Fox Ridge Cottage and as it's a brand new listing, the calendar is wide open. 845-985-7153.
How is it for rent if they bought it as their first home?
They rent in the city.
So basically that entire story in the Times was bogus? Or at least misleading?
It's not their primary residence, but it's the first home they've purchased. The article's title is “Second Home on a Starter Budget”.
I still think the article is a little misleading. It makes it seem like they are purchasing what most people would consider a second home to be their primary residence.
The story is much less endearing knowing that they're just purchasing an actual second home.
After checking around, apparently I was the only one who had the incorrect point of view on this story. My apologies.
So…what is the cabin near? Lakes? Rivers? Can you give us a map and a rate?
No worries. Fox Ridge Cottage has shared use of a swimming/fishing pond. It's about 10 mins from Port Jervis. Here's the link to the listing page itself. Rates link is at the top. http://www.redcottageinc.com/redcottageinc/rent...
No worries. Fox Ridge Cottage has shared use of a swimming/fishing pond. It's about 10 mins from Port Jervis. Here's the link to the listing page itself. Rates link is at the top. http://www.redcottageinc.com/redcottageinc/rent...