Posts Tagged ‘feeling’
What It’s Like to Own a Luxury Home
Posted in urban living
High-end Realtors and estate owners give an insider’s perspective.
Privacy and security are important factors when it comes to living in New York City.
Is it really all about champagne wishes and caviar dreams? While living in a multimillion-dollar home has its perks, it’s also a lot of financial responsibility. Some new homeowners overlook the details and work required to own a luxury home. However, it’s often worth the upkeep.
“Real luxury living is the features and the peace of mind and luxury of a hotel but the warmth and hominess of your own home and your 25 staff members,” says Wendy J. Sarasohn, senior vice president of residential real estate firm Corcoran Group, which serves New York City, Long Island, N.Y., and Palm Beach, Fla. Its clients range from Wall Street bankers to entertainment industry moguls. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: affordability, apartment, apartment building, area, attention, bar, beauty, beginning, budgeting, building, car, caviar, champagne, champagne wishes and caviar dreams, cinema, city, clients range, concierge, consideration, Corcoran, corcoran group, cost, decline, doorman, downstairs, economy, entertainment, estate, feeling, figure, financial responsibility, firm, fitness, fitness services, Fla., floor, fresh flowers, greeter, Group, growth, gym, Hampton, Hamptons, heating, home, homeowner, hotel, housing, industry, infinity, insider, investment, landscape, lifestyle, living, lobby, Long Island, lot, luxury, luxury apartments, luxury home, luxury living, maintenance, Manhattan, manicure, mansion, market, massage, massage rooms, matter, mind, money, month, mortgage, N.Y., nail, nail services, new homeowners, New York, New York City, off-season, one, Palm Beach, Pampered, party, peace, peace of mind, pedicure, person, Perspective, pool, president, price, privacy, private massage, property, Purchased, radiant floor heating, rate, Realtors, refrigerator, responsibility, room, sand, security, senior vice president, silence, staff, State, stock, summer, swimming, swimming pools, terrace, time, turnover, turquoise, upkeep, utility, velvety, vice, Wall Street, warmth, waterfront, Wendy J. Sarasohn, whirlpool, wine, wine coolers, work
Get to Know New Urbanist Communities
Posted in urban living
These small towns offer walkability and a close-knit atmosphere
In 1979, builder and developer Robert Davis founded the town of Seaside, Fla. on 80 acres of land he inherited from his grandfather. He hoped the new development would recapture the idyllic feeling of his childhood vacations by the Florida shore. Seaside is now cited as the first example of new urbanism, a design movement that strives to create walkable, sustainable communities with a diverse range of housing and jobs. As people react to the suburban sprawl prevalent in the United States, more new urban towns are cropping up around the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 20th centuries, atmosphere, builder, bungalow style homes, childhood, country, courtesy, design, developer, development, example, feeling, Fla., Florida, florida shore, grandfather, housing, jobs, land, Movement, New, new urbanism, Photo, photo courtesy, range, Robert Davis, Seaside, shore, solution, sprawl, Steven Brooke, Studios, suburban sprawl, sustainable communities, town, town atmosphere, United States, Urbanism, vacations, walkability