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What It’s Like to Own a Luxury Home
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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 »
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Trending Towards Urban Living
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A growing migration out of the suburbs is leading to higher demand for urban properties
High fuel prices and walkability are key factors in many downtown buyers’ decision.
The quintessential American dream used to include a suburban house with big yard, but homebuyers are increasingly dreaming of a walkable urban lifestyle along with their dog and two kids.
Flight from urban areas began after World War II, when thousands of returning soldiers and their young families needed inexpensive housing. In Leviitown, an early Long Island, N.Y., suburb, developers built more than 17,000 virtually identical Cape Cods. The development served as a model for later ‘burbs, and the middle class migration out of the city continued until a peak in the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
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Get to Know New Urbanist Communities
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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 »
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Get That Small-Town Feeling Near a Big City
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New urbanist communities’ accessibility recall the best of the past
If you want a traditional small-town feel without moving to the middle of nowhere, consider a place like Promenade in the city of Hercules, Calif.
Built near the waterfront of the San Francisco Bay and about 20 miles northeast of San Francisco, the houses have a historical look with Victorian, Craftsman or Italianate design. All have front porches to encourage neighborliness, are built close together and garages are, in many cases, located in the back of the houses or accessible by alleyways. Streets are narrow to slow down traffic. Read the rest of this entry »
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