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Real Estate
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Real Estate: She’s just not into designing ‘rich cribs’
Cutchogue designer and builder Eileen Santora is no rookie, and her work can’t be pigeonholed, except for this: She has absolutely no interest in being a designer to the rich and famous. And she needn’t worry. Whether the job is adding a deck, redesigning a bathroom or doing a complete home...
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Foreclosure of motel further stalls dredging at Case’s Creek in Aquebogue
It’s been nearly seven years since Cases Creek in Aquebogue was last dredged, and the Suffolk County Department of Public Works has refused to do it because it’s afraid dredging might cause a dilapidated bulkhead on the adjacent Dreamers Cove motel property to fall apart, county officials said. And now the...
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Real estate firms say first quarter sales numbers up in 2012
Buyers are swooping in for real estate deals that may signal a long-anticipated uptick in the local housing market, according to first-quarter real estate reports released earlier this month. Prudential Douglas Elliman’s Elliman Report shows 94 North Fork sales in the first quarter of 2012, up 34.3 percent from 70 sales...
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Real Estate: Are pet-friendly North Fork rentals on the rise?
There may be no need to howl about leaving a fluffy friend behind when renting a North Fork property, either for the summer or year-round. Some area real estate agents say they’ve seen an increase in pet-friendly rentals. Pets have traditionally topped rental restriction lists, but according to Mary Lentini at...
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Real Estate Transfers
Editor’s note: Listings prepared for Times/Review Newspapers by Suffolk Research Service, dated March 6-12, 2012. Aquebogue (11931) • Alejo, J & N to Labial, Robert, 65 Fox Run Ln (600-85-1-10.14), (R), $300,000 Baiting Hollow (11933) • Beal, S to Quagliata, Anthony, 85 Northgate Cir (600-61-3-43), (R), $415,000 Flanders (11901) • Burke, R & A to Malone,...
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Lawn experts: Unusual amount of weeds this season due to mild winter
As you roll out the lawn mower this weekend, don’t be surprised if the weeds encroaching on the Kentucky blue grass or fescue seem more abundant than in years past. Most winter annual weeds, such as doveweed, redstem filaree and chickweed, are typically suppressed by cold weather. Due to this past...
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Real Estate: Ours isn’t the only North Fork in the U.S.
The North Fork is known as the heart of Long Island Wine Country. But more than 1,800 miles west, another North Fork has its own fledgling wine industry. And the houses there, as well as in other North Forks around the country, are a bit more affordable than those here. The North...
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Special Report: Who pays the highest taxes on the North Fork?
This is Part II of a two-part series detailing which property owners pay the most taxes on the North Fork. This part covers Southold Town, while part I covered Riverhead. Think your property taxes are high? Be thankful you don’t get the bill for Robins Island. Then again, you don’t get to...
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Special Report: Who pays the highest taxes on the North Fork?
We decided to take a look at who pays the highest taxes in each town on the North Fork, starting today with Riverhead Town and continuing next week with the properties paying the most money in Southold Town next week. Most of the properties in Riverhead with the largest assessed values,...
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Real Estate: Native plants will keep birds and bees in your backyard
No bugs means no birds. That’s the terse reminder for anyone hoping to encourage a winged presence in their gardens from Diana Van Buren, president and program chair of the North Fork chapter of the National Audubon Society. Her advice? Start a backyard bee, bird and butterfly garden. “It’s not just an aesthetic...
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Real Estate: Local experts offer tips on finding the right contractor
It's tax return time. And for many area homeowners that means tackling those pricier projects on the to-do list. But if you're not a do-it-your-selfer, it will get even pricier with the cost of labor. Finding the right contractor at the right price can pose a huge challenge, but experts stress...
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Real Estate: Contents of ‘Quawksnest’ to be auctioned off in New York
With an asking price of $6.5 million, “Quawksnest,” a Cutchogue bayfront estate, might be just beyond most people’s budget. But you can buy a piece of the estate at a far more affordable price. More than 200 lots, including furniture and decorations, from Quawksnest, a Dutch Colonial home built by one...
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Real Estate: STAR tax savings are stagnant
Thanks to the state’s financial troubles, the STAR school tax abatement program won’t shine so bright next year. As schools, towns and other taxing entities labor to comply with the state law limiting property tax increases to no more than 2 percent a year, property owners are about to become familiar...
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Real Estate: Check out one of the North Fork’s more unique offices
The only rehearsing going on nowadays in this former Mattituck theater involves courtroom drama. In a building where 19th-century North Fork families once put on plays and operas, two trial lawyers now ply their trade as personal injury attorneys, giving a whole new meaning to the term “break a leg.” The unique...
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Photos: A performance hall transformed into law office
The office building of the law firm Goggins and Palumbo on Main Road in Mattituck once housed a theater and later a diner. Read more about the unique office and its maritime theme in this week's Riverhead News-Review. BARBARAELLEN KOCH PHOTOS...
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Real Estate: Has the warm winter played tricks on your plants?
Have your plants begun to bud? Is the kale in your vegetable garden already ready to harvest? This winter’s unusually warm weather has caused plants, fruits and vegetables to bloom and grow faster than normal. Some will be just fine, experts assure. But some might be in danger. Flower roots that are...
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Real Estate Transfers
Editor’s note: Listings prepared for Times/Review Newspapers by Suffolk Research Service, dated Dec. 13-26, 2011. Aquebogue (11931) • Riverhead Sound Assoc to Brenner, Rick, 86 Foxglove Row (600-45-6-31), (R), $517,400 Cutchogue (11935) • Case, C & K & D Trust to Herrmann, Douglas, 13105 New Suffolk Ave (1000-116-2-14), (V), $290,000 Flanders (11901) • Ranger Corp &...
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House of the Week
This unique two-acre estate, close to a Long Island Sound beach, offers a three-bedroom, two-bath home with two-car garage, plus three separate one- and two-bedroom log cabin-style cottages with water views. Location: Mattituck Price: $569,000 Broker: Community Sales, Mattituck, 631-298-9300...
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