A touch of Garrison colonial elegance set on a country road. It’s what buyers will find at 66 Fisher Road in Medway. This is combination property, offering unique outdoor amenities and a well-maintained interior with plenty of family-friendly square footage.
“There is a one-stall horse barn on the property, so, by all means, bring your pony. But there’s also an updated and spacious floor plan inside. There’s a lot to see here,” said Realtor Carolyn Chodat of Classic Properties Realtors.
There is much to see, a beautiful spring day offering a blue-sky backdrop to the pleasant backyard, which includes a large play set in addition to the one-stall barn. Good for storage or a hobby enthusiast, the barn could easily be repurposed if the equestrian life is not your plans. The fenced backyard with additional land beyond is well suited for young families and features established perennials and hardwoods. The front boasts equal green space, historical Fisher Road lazily winding by.
The home has large rooms with lots of living space, beginning with a 25-by-13-foot living room. The current homeowners have chosen to flip the square footage, using this space as their formal dining area. It works well in either format, the front-to-back room boasting hardwood flooring, exposed wood-beams and spot recessed lighting. Harvey replacement windows are found throughout the home, bringing improved energy efficiency and an easy-clean design to the mix. While we entered the living room via right off the foyer, we find traditional dining room square footage, 11 by 13, located left off the center hall entry. The dining room features wainscoting, chair rail and hardwood flooring. Painted in a contemporary apple-green palette, this sunny spot is readily converted from toy room to its original use.
As sizable kitchens go, this grand space, 16 by 24, is primed to rival most homes at a median price point. It’s been updated and well-maintained, the oak cabinetry boasting newer hardware, brushed nickel fixtures and easy maintenance ceramic tile flooring. Painted in cherry red, the lower half of the kitchen walls feature barn-board wainscoting in white, offering in an eye-catching effect. Triple windows border a spacious casual dining area while the workspace boasts white appliances, built-in microwave, full pantry closet and glass-front cabinets for display and storage. An updated half bath is located nearby.
Accentuating the living space is a 13-by-25 family room. It features a wood-burning brick fireplace flanked by sconces and Arts & Crafts style windows. Painted barn-board siding brings a touch of rustic charm, opening to an inviting three-season porch. Views are private and expansive with a surround of sliding glass doors. The three-season porch opens to a deck, the perfect arrangement for indoor/outdoor entertaining.
2012年3月29日星期四
2011年12月14日星期三
Where 1 +1 Equals a Roomy 25 Feet
For more than three decades, the Turners and Usdans lived side by side in two of the smallest 19th-century brownstones in Manhattan. Now, they are ready to move on, again in tandem: They put their twin, 12?-foot townhouses on East 78th Street on the market together.
In the arithmetic of New York real estate, one plus one often equals far more than two, and the families are working together to sell their tiny homes to a single buyer as a 25-foot-wide mansion. The asking price: a combined $11.95 million.
From the street, the compact townhouses are mirror images of each other. With the exception of the building numbers, one in brass, the other in ceramic tile, they already appear to be a single building.
Inside, the rooms measure a maximum of 11 feet wide. They are smaller where there are fireplaces or built-ins, and they are far narrower in the center, where one can just about touch a finger on a stair banister and the other on the far wall.
Yet the interiors are remarkably different: one is glitzy and modern, the other preserves Victorian touches.
In Manhattan, there are only three homes under 12 feet wide, with the slimmest at nine-and-a-half-feet on Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, according to city tax records.
But there are about 60 houses between 12 and 13 feet wide, the logical result of a grid of streets laid out in 1811 with standard lots that were 25 feet wide and could be divided. These small lots can be a tough sell, in the age of McMansions in the suburbs and sprawling penthouses in the city.
So the hope on East 78th Street is to sell the well-preserved houses on a quiet residential block off Lexington Avenue to a family or a developer looking to create a single 25-wide mansion by breaking through the wall between the houses.
"Somebody could create a gorgeous piece of architecture," said Anne Snee, a Corcoran broker who helped the Turners buy their house in 1977 and is now working with both families.
It is not clear whether an eventual buyer would remove a staircase and open up and preserve the existing features, or tear down both houses and start from scratch. The houses are just outside the bounds of an historic district, and the property can be developed for commercial as well as residential use.
This has raised worries on the Upper East Side.
"We are always concerned when older and more or less intact buildings are getting torn down to be replaced with something new on a block that has a lot of character," said Tara Kelly, the executive director of Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts.
Pamela Usdan, a television producer, and her husband, Morton, a yarn manufacturer, bought 153 East 78th Street in the spring of 1978 for $185,000.
That was only about six months after Jon Turner, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, and his wife, Margaret Helfand, an architect and former president of the American Institute of Architects' New York Chapter, paid $165,000 for their slightly smaller house.
The two families kept their rear yards open, separated by a row of hedges with an opening, so that they could borrow each other's yard when holding parties or barbeques.
The couples spent many New Year's Eves together and were friends over the years, according to Mr. Turner. They hired a contractor to restore both facades at the same time.
In the late 1970s, as the city recovered from a deep fiscal crisis, real-estate prices were depressed. Mr. Turner said he and his wife bought the townhouse on the rebound after being outbid by a few thousand dollars on a co-op on Central Park West with a 50-foot long park view. Their bid on the co-op: $78,000.
The Usdan house is fiercely modern with black walls for accent and track lighting; walls and even a ceiling in one room are covered with mirrors to expand the sense of space.
Next door, Ms. Helfand, though known for her contemporary designs, restored and preserved ornamental plaster details in the ceilings, and saved old molding and etched glass pocket doors in the living room.
After his wife died of cancer in 2007 at the age of 59, Mr. Turner decided to spend most of his time at an apartment he owns San Francisco. Mr. Usdan had died the year before at age of 70.
In the arithmetic of New York real estate, one plus one often equals far more than two, and the families are working together to sell their tiny homes to a single buyer as a 25-foot-wide mansion. The asking price: a combined $11.95 million.
From the street, the compact townhouses are mirror images of each other. With the exception of the building numbers, one in brass, the other in ceramic tile, they already appear to be a single building.
Inside, the rooms measure a maximum of 11 feet wide. They are smaller where there are fireplaces or built-ins, and they are far narrower in the center, where one can just about touch a finger on a stair banister and the other on the far wall.
Yet the interiors are remarkably different: one is glitzy and modern, the other preserves Victorian touches.
In Manhattan, there are only three homes under 12 feet wide, with the slimmest at nine-and-a-half-feet on Bedford Street in Greenwich Village, according to city tax records.
But there are about 60 houses between 12 and 13 feet wide, the logical result of a grid of streets laid out in 1811 with standard lots that were 25 feet wide and could be divided. These small lots can be a tough sell, in the age of McMansions in the suburbs and sprawling penthouses in the city.
So the hope on East 78th Street is to sell the well-preserved houses on a quiet residential block off Lexington Avenue to a family or a developer looking to create a single 25-wide mansion by breaking through the wall between the houses.
"Somebody could create a gorgeous piece of architecture," said Anne Snee, a Corcoran broker who helped the Turners buy their house in 1977 and is now working with both families.
It is not clear whether an eventual buyer would remove a staircase and open up and preserve the existing features, or tear down both houses and start from scratch. The houses are just outside the bounds of an historic district, and the property can be developed for commercial as well as residential use.
This has raised worries on the Upper East Side.
"We are always concerned when older and more or less intact buildings are getting torn down to be replaced with something new on a block that has a lot of character," said Tara Kelly, the executive director of Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts.
Pamela Usdan, a television producer, and her husband, Morton, a yarn manufacturer, bought 153 East 78th Street in the spring of 1978 for $185,000.
That was only about six months after Jon Turner, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, and his wife, Margaret Helfand, an architect and former president of the American Institute of Architects' New York Chapter, paid $165,000 for their slightly smaller house.
The two families kept their rear yards open, separated by a row of hedges with an opening, so that they could borrow each other's yard when holding parties or barbeques.
The couples spent many New Year's Eves together and were friends over the years, according to Mr. Turner. They hired a contractor to restore both facades at the same time.
In the late 1970s, as the city recovered from a deep fiscal crisis, real-estate prices were depressed. Mr. Turner said he and his wife bought the townhouse on the rebound after being outbid by a few thousand dollars on a co-op on Central Park West with a 50-foot long park view. Their bid on the co-op: $78,000.
The Usdan house is fiercely modern with black walls for accent and track lighting; walls and even a ceiling in one room are covered with mirrors to expand the sense of space.
Next door, Ms. Helfand, though known for her contemporary designs, restored and preserved ornamental plaster details in the ceilings, and saved old molding and etched glass pocket doors in the living room.
After his wife died of cancer in 2007 at the age of 59, Mr. Turner decided to spend most of his time at an apartment he owns San Francisco. Mr. Usdan had died the year before at age of 70.
2011年12月5日星期一
Amorosa Village largest project for Burbank Housing
The Amorosa Village affordable apartment and town house community, located at 1300 Pebble Creek Drive in southwest Santa Rosa, started taking residents last spring.
Built at a cost of $29 million, construction was financed by the Housing Authority of the city of Santa Rosa, and finished with additional federal stimulus funding. The project received the support of the Department of Economic Development and Housing.
Amorosa Village is the multi-family portion of the existing Dutton Village at 2740 Dutton Meadow Drive.
With a total of 150 units, Amorosa is the largest of 46 developments built to date by Burbank Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the supply of low-income housing in Sonoma County.
Phase II, with 53 units, was completed in June, and Phase I, with 97 units, was finished in September. Fifty two of Phase II’s units are targeted to households at 30, 50 and 60 percent of area median income along with one unrestricted manager’s unit.
“Amorosa is like a small rural town with its own community pavilion, resident gardens, mail room, laundry, two playgrounds (one for small children), a basketball court, and two acres of outdoor space for picnics and barbecues. There are also several small plazas dispersed within the village for communal living,” said Larry Boughton, construction department manager with Burbank Housing.
“Every unit has a view and the village offers a feeling of openness. You don’t feel cramped in. Durable finishes and plumbing fixtures were used that don’t need replacement as often. We also incorporated extensive ceramic tile flooring and a 50-year rated roofing system.”
Amorosa is comprised of two and three story buildings with flats on the first floor and town homes above.
With an average of 30 units per acre, the complex covers five acres on a parcel that once served as farmland.
There are 17 buildings on the site with a total of 160,000 square feet of living space. Units include 480 to 500 square foot studios, plus one, two and three bedroom units up to 1,000 square feet. All ground units are accessible with seven units completely outfitted with special features to aid the physically challenged.
Buildings are divided into smaller sections connected by breezeways to allow for natural ventilation and daylight.
Cutting edge physical plant facilities, such as condensing boilers, produce radiant baseboard heat and hot water achieving energy savings 40 percent more efficient than levels set by state standards.
Midstate Construction was the general contractor and the Structural Design Group provided engineering support.
Hunt Hale Jones Architects created a contemporary design with traditional residential details. This combination allows larger scale apartments to become a bridge between legacy home concepts and major infill housing styles.
“One of our goals was to create micro neighborhoods within Amorosa Village enhanced and identified by different color schemes,” said Bob Iwersen, project designer and manager with Hale Hunt Jones Architects.
“Some 17 paint colors were used, including a blend of tints and hues, to give each building a distinctive look. This rich palate was created by color consultant Leslie Tipple of L.T. Designs.”
Each building was constructed as a wood frame structure with an acrylic stucco exterior, concrete and steel stairs and landings, metal railings and perimeter fencing as well as attractive balconies topped off with metal roofing.
The village landscape includes large grassy areas shaded by deciduous native trees and shrubs. Vegetated bioswales were placed in parking areas to channel and absorb runoff from the hardscape and treat water before it enters the storm drain system, in keeping with best management practices.
Organized in 1980, Burbank Housing builds and manages family and senior low-income rental housing and creates home ownership opportunities through its mutual, self-help program.
Built at a cost of $29 million, construction was financed by the Housing Authority of the city of Santa Rosa, and finished with additional federal stimulus funding. The project received the support of the Department of Economic Development and Housing.
Amorosa Village is the multi-family portion of the existing Dutton Village at 2740 Dutton Meadow Drive.
With a total of 150 units, Amorosa is the largest of 46 developments built to date by Burbank Housing Development Corporation, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the supply of low-income housing in Sonoma County.
Phase II, with 53 units, was completed in June, and Phase I, with 97 units, was finished in September. Fifty two of Phase II’s units are targeted to households at 30, 50 and 60 percent of area median income along with one unrestricted manager’s unit.
“Amorosa is like a small rural town with its own community pavilion, resident gardens, mail room, laundry, two playgrounds (one for small children), a basketball court, and two acres of outdoor space for picnics and barbecues. There are also several small plazas dispersed within the village for communal living,” said Larry Boughton, construction department manager with Burbank Housing.
“Every unit has a view and the village offers a feeling of openness. You don’t feel cramped in. Durable finishes and plumbing fixtures were used that don’t need replacement as often. We also incorporated extensive ceramic tile flooring and a 50-year rated roofing system.”
Amorosa is comprised of two and three story buildings with flats on the first floor and town homes above.
With an average of 30 units per acre, the complex covers five acres on a parcel that once served as farmland.
There are 17 buildings on the site with a total of 160,000 square feet of living space. Units include 480 to 500 square foot studios, plus one, two and three bedroom units up to 1,000 square feet. All ground units are accessible with seven units completely outfitted with special features to aid the physically challenged.
Buildings are divided into smaller sections connected by breezeways to allow for natural ventilation and daylight.
Cutting edge physical plant facilities, such as condensing boilers, produce radiant baseboard heat and hot water achieving energy savings 40 percent more efficient than levels set by state standards.
Midstate Construction was the general contractor and the Structural Design Group provided engineering support.
Hunt Hale Jones Architects created a contemporary design with traditional residential details. This combination allows larger scale apartments to become a bridge between legacy home concepts and major infill housing styles.
“One of our goals was to create micro neighborhoods within Amorosa Village enhanced and identified by different color schemes,” said Bob Iwersen, project designer and manager with Hale Hunt Jones Architects.
“Some 17 paint colors were used, including a blend of tints and hues, to give each building a distinctive look. This rich palate was created by color consultant Leslie Tipple of L.T. Designs.”
Each building was constructed as a wood frame structure with an acrylic stucco exterior, concrete and steel stairs and landings, metal railings and perimeter fencing as well as attractive balconies topped off with metal roofing.
The village landscape includes large grassy areas shaded by deciduous native trees and shrubs. Vegetated bioswales were placed in parking areas to channel and absorb runoff from the hardscape and treat water before it enters the storm drain system, in keeping with best management practices.
Organized in 1980, Burbank Housing builds and manages family and senior low-income rental housing and creates home ownership opportunities through its mutual, self-help program.
2011年4月26日星期二
X-Men 2: Rise of the Brotherhood
Professor X: The X-Men's mentor, Charles Xavier is reunited with his old friend Erik Lenshirr, but soon his friend is the greatest enemy the X-Men have ever faced.
Cyclops: Scott Summers remains the field commander of the X-Men and has grown in confidence now that he and Jean are together. Scott's loyalty is put to the test when his brother, Alex Summers returns as a member of Magneto's brotherhood of mutant supremacy.
Iceman: Bobby Drake continues to play the part of practical joker. He is reckless and often finds himself in trouble of many different kinds.
Angel:Warren Worthington III remains a member of the X-Men and supplies the money required to keep he X-Men going and to upgrade the Xavier institute. he ends up in a relationship with Magneto's daughter, The Scarlet Witch and is heartbroken when he has to fight her.
Beast: Hank McCoy is still trying to come to terms with his new fur which is still changing, it is edging from grey fur to blue fur. Hank helps Xavier draw up plans for a new machine named Cerebro.
Marvel Girl: Jean Grey is still struggling with her powers but has chosen to keep her struggle a secret from the others. The Phoenix which speaks in latin and says it has come to cleanse the world remains a voice in her head. Jean is now dating Cyclops.
Magneto: Charles' old friend Erik Lenshir returns after their arguement at the beginning of the last film. He has decided to give Xavier's idea of helping mankind a chance. He brings with him his children, Pietro Maximoff and Wanda Maximoff, Cyclops' younger brother, Alex Summers, a young mutant with toad-like abilities, Mortimer Toynbee, and Jason Wyngarde, a secretive mutant who is hard to trust. Magneto sees a group of mutant prosecutors led by Graydon Creed attack Mystique and force her to drop he baby into a river. Mystique then describes to him her time in the Triskelion. This urges Magneto to take his mutant followers and Mystique to form the brotherhood of mutant supremacy and start a war against the humans. only the X-Men stand in his way
Havok: Scott Summers' younger brother, Alex Summers coped better with the plane crash and is learning control over his mutant power, the ability to discharge waves of force and heat. He was separated from Scott after the plane crash and was found by Magneto. When Magneto forms the brotherhood, Havok joins him but defects back to the X-Men near the end of the film.
Mystique: Raven Darkholme was captured by sentinels and held in the Triskelion. she escaped with the other mutants that were freed at the end of the first film. Raven then disguised herself as a normal human and married a wealthy australian count named Graydon Creed. She had 2 sons with him. the first, Victor Creed, was a mutant with enhanced senses. the only thing that gave him away as a mutant was his extra sharp canines. Raven quickly put him up for adoption before Graydon noticed his mutation. the second she had a few years later, it was Kurt Wagner, he was obviously a mutant as could plainly be seen. his skin was blue like his mother's true form and Graydon realised Raven was a mutant. Mystique was attacked by Graydon and his fellow mutant-haters and dropped Kurt into a river. she was saved by Magneto and she told him of the horrors humanity had put her through. this urged Magneto to create the brotherhood of mutant supremacy. She was his second in command.
Toad: Mortimer Toynbee is a mutant with Toad-Like abilities, he is completely devoted to Magneto and joins his brotherhood in a flash.
Quicksilver: Magneto's son, Erik can hardly stand the sight of him, he bears the face of his mother, who was a beautiful homo-sapien. Magneto despises himself for loving a normal human. he much prefers Pietro's sister, Wanda Maximoff, who is in his opinion, much more powerful and looks a lot less like his human love. despite being hated, Pietro continues to follow Magneto and joins his brotherhood.
Scarlet Witch: Wanda Maximoff is Magneto's daughter. she loves her brother Pietro dearly and tries to defend him from Magneto when possible. She is one of the very few known class-8 mutants (the most powerful mutants). She dates Angel but betrays the X-Men and joins the brotherhood. At the end of the film after Magneto is defeated, she and Pietro beg Xavier for forgiveness which Xavier gives them. he urges them to stop living in their father's shadow and make something of their lives. Wanda mutters something about joining the Avengers
Mastermind: Jason Wyngarde is a shifty mutant who can cast illusions. He is fairly rich and does not seem to have a motive for joining Magneto's brotherhood. it is revealed in the third film he was actually a spy for the Hellfire Club.
Graydon Creed: Graydon is an wealthy australian count who marries Raven Darkholme not realising she is the mutant known as Mystique. When he discovers she is a mutant and he has fathered 2 mutant sons by her, he rallies a group of mutant haters to attack her and he causes her to drop the young baby Kurt Wagner into a river. Graydon and his army are stopped from killing mystique by Magneto. Magneto kills Graydon to make an example of him to other mutant protesters.
Cyclops: Scott Summers remains the field commander of the X-Men and has grown in confidence now that he and Jean are together. Scott's loyalty is put to the test when his brother, Alex Summers returns as a member of Magneto's brotherhood of mutant supremacy.
Iceman: Bobby Drake continues to play the part of practical joker. He is reckless and often finds himself in trouble of many different kinds.
Angel:Warren Worthington III remains a member of the X-Men and supplies the money required to keep he X-Men going and to upgrade the Xavier institute. he ends up in a relationship with Magneto's daughter, The Scarlet Witch and is heartbroken when he has to fight her.
Beast: Hank McCoy is still trying to come to terms with his new fur which is still changing, it is edging from grey fur to blue fur. Hank helps Xavier draw up plans for a new machine named Cerebro.
Marvel Girl: Jean Grey is still struggling with her powers but has chosen to keep her struggle a secret from the others. The Phoenix which speaks in latin and says it has come to cleanse the world remains a voice in her head. Jean is now dating Cyclops.
Magneto: Charles' old friend Erik Lenshir returns after their arguement at the beginning of the last film. He has decided to give Xavier's idea of helping mankind a chance. He brings with him his children, Pietro Maximoff and Wanda Maximoff, Cyclops' younger brother, Alex Summers, a young mutant with toad-like abilities, Mortimer Toynbee, and Jason Wyngarde, a secretive mutant who is hard to trust. Magneto sees a group of mutant prosecutors led by Graydon Creed attack Mystique and force her to drop he baby into a river. Mystique then describes to him her time in the Triskelion. This urges Magneto to take his mutant followers and Mystique to form the brotherhood of mutant supremacy and start a war against the humans. only the X-Men stand in his way
Havok: Scott Summers' younger brother, Alex Summers coped better with the plane crash and is learning control over his mutant power, the ability to discharge waves of force and heat. He was separated from Scott after the plane crash and was found by Magneto. When Magneto forms the brotherhood, Havok joins him but defects back to the X-Men near the end of the film.
Mystique: Raven Darkholme was captured by sentinels and held in the Triskelion. she escaped with the other mutants that were freed at the end of the first film. Raven then disguised herself as a normal human and married a wealthy australian count named Graydon Creed. She had 2 sons with him. the first, Victor Creed, was a mutant with enhanced senses. the only thing that gave him away as a mutant was his extra sharp canines. Raven quickly put him up for adoption before Graydon noticed his mutation. the second she had a few years later, it was Kurt Wagner, he was obviously a mutant as could plainly be seen. his skin was blue like his mother's true form and Graydon realised Raven was a mutant. Mystique was attacked by Graydon and his fellow mutant-haters and dropped Kurt into a river. she was saved by Magneto and she told him of the horrors humanity had put her through. this urged Magneto to create the brotherhood of mutant supremacy. She was his second in command.
Toad: Mortimer Toynbee is a mutant with Toad-Like abilities, he is completely devoted to Magneto and joins his brotherhood in a flash.
Quicksilver: Magneto's son, Erik can hardly stand the sight of him, he bears the face of his mother, who was a beautiful homo-sapien. Magneto despises himself for loving a normal human. he much prefers Pietro's sister, Wanda Maximoff, who is in his opinion, much more powerful and looks a lot less like his human love. despite being hated, Pietro continues to follow Magneto and joins his brotherhood.
Scarlet Witch: Wanda Maximoff is Magneto's daughter. she loves her brother Pietro dearly and tries to defend him from Magneto when possible. She is one of the very few known class-8 mutants (the most powerful mutants). She dates Angel but betrays the X-Men and joins the brotherhood. At the end of the film after Magneto is defeated, she and Pietro beg Xavier for forgiveness which Xavier gives them. he urges them to stop living in their father's shadow and make something of their lives. Wanda mutters something about joining the Avengers
Mastermind: Jason Wyngarde is a shifty mutant who can cast illusions. He is fairly rich and does not seem to have a motive for joining Magneto's brotherhood. it is revealed in the third film he was actually a spy for the Hellfire Club.
Graydon Creed: Graydon is an wealthy australian count who marries Raven Darkholme not realising she is the mutant known as Mystique. When he discovers she is a mutant and he has fathered 2 mutant sons by her, he rallies a group of mutant haters to attack her and he causes her to drop the young baby Kurt Wagner into a river. Graydon and his army are stopped from killing mystique by Magneto. Magneto kills Graydon to make an example of him to other mutant protesters.
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