loudog's Blog: The Hudson Valley Area

This Modern Ulster County Farmhouse takes you back to yesterday when life was a little simpler and homes were simply built with spaces and forms that offered excitement. The combination of a modern innovative approach that offers class with the smart urban style makes this American Farmhouse unique and mesmerizing. The textures, forms and shapes utilized in the creation of this iconic farmhouse reflect fondly upon the classic upstate rural homes of yesterday. It is as if those who traveled the country roads pulled this home from tantalizing memories where huge white homes rested upon hills and were only gazed upon by those who dreamed of inhabiting them.

This home was designed to make you feel right at home and yet offer that sense of discovery that…

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Here in Ulster County, because of our easy access to New York City, we get a lot of celebs coming out here for a bit of country living. The celebrities we get as buyers usually demand absolute privacy using corporation names on office documents and meeting in absolute secrecy. The funny thing is that when it comes time to sell they use every branding tool available to them including telling the world who they are.

Among those celebrities is actor Willem Dafoe who is currently listed at 850,000 for his rubber-clad Modernist house located in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York. Dafoe has been twice nominated for an Academy Award for the movies "Platoon" in 1987 and "Shadow of the Vampire" in 2001. One of his latest work includes the part of the Green…

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Go Green, Go Eco-friendly. It seems everywhere you look you see buzz words like Carbon footprint, Global warming and Energy-efficient. These catch phrases have become part of our every day vocabulary (especially if you are in the real estate biz like I am).  As local real estate agents, we here at nutshell are doing our part to help Ulster County Green Real Estate.

If you are looking to purchase or build a home, ask your builder or real estate sales person about energy efficient home features.  In my market (the Ulster County Real Estate Market) there are more and more energy efficient homes are coming on the market that are considered to be

If you are already a homeowner, there are some very simple and inexpensive ways you can make your home…

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Nobody really knows exactly where the Hudson Valley Area starts and stops. As the term becomes more marketable it seems that it takes on a life of its’ own and grows in every direction along the Hudson River. From a real estate perspective, second-home buyers looking for the most bang for their buck are looking on the west side of the river heading more north into the Catskills, in search of more home buying value. Ulster and Sullivan Counties seem to be the destination of choice. Delaware County to the northwest, and Greene County, are second choices when selecting a second home.

  The east side of the river has a second-home market located mostly in Dutchess County. This area is popular with commuters working in the lower quarter of New York State… Read Full Post