By Bill Primavera The bathroom. When you think about it, while it may not be the room you spend the most time in, it’s probably the room you visit most times during the course of the day. If you’re in
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera As a realtor, I’ve experienced buyers and sellers who seem perfectly nice and normal throughout the sales transaction until the possibility that they may suddenly lose their cool over something minor. Such was the case when one
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera As a realtor, I always stress to clients the important the condition of their front door is. The front door can be the key to a home’s personality, either reflecting the condition of the space within –
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Living happily at Trump Park in Shrub Oak, my wife and I were recently offered by management the opportunity to have our windows cleaned, a chore that hadn’t been done for about two years. From our top-floor
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Around this time of year, I start to see large paper bags filled with leaves parked by the roadside, and I have two thoughts. First, I regret that I no longer have the occasion to rake leaves,
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera It’s been almost five years since I gave up two-story living in a colonial single-family house for a one-floor luxury condo. The most noticeable difference during that time is that I’ve gained weight! For most of my
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Last week, I got really ticked when my heating and air conditioning system suddenly went on the fritz after only five years of service. I’m always impressed when I learn about how homeowners get long-term service from
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Judy Garland (as Dorothy Gale) said it best in “The Wizard of Oz:” There’s no place like home. Never has that rung truer than during the past few months when all of us have been quarantined in
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera As a realtor, I am very aware that many of our city neighbors are traveling north to seek housing that is more distanced from the teeming crowds that make Manhattan one of the most exciting cities in
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera My homebuying history involves three purchases. The first was a wonderful town home in the historic neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. The second was a large historic home in northern Westchester and my current residence is in a
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