Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Deluxe Condo in Quiet Neighborhood

This comfortable deluxe condo is located in “Jaboncillo” Escazu, in a quiet residential neighborhood. Schools are close by, malls and shops at 10 minutes distance and the internationally recognized hospital CIMA only 15 minutes away.

With a little less than 4000 square feet (375m2) it’s the biggest home of 8 in this condominium. The community is completely gated and there is 24 hour security. A secure underground parking includes 3 parking spaces for this condo.

This spacious house would be an ideal home for a family or executive couple wanting to be close to commodities and work. The house is tastefully decorated and comes with high valuable contemporary furniture.

The house is 3 stories high. At the ground floor there is a living with terrace doors to an outside garden, an office, a dining room, fully equipped kitchen with breakfast area, laundry room and maids quarters. The second floor counts with a hobby/TV area, large master bedroom with private balcony overlooking the central valley, private bathroom / Jacuzzi and spacious walk in closet, 2 bedrooms and bathroom.

The third floor has another bedroom – currently used as a gym, sitting area with vaulted ceiling, sauna / bathroom and balcony with great views.

The house holds a lot of storage space, but a separate storage room is included at the underground parking area. The construction is very solid. Finishing, doors and closets are made of Colombian hardwood. Bathrooms are equipped with high quality griffins. Hot water tanks on every floor.

The property is owned by a company and comes with 4 telephone lines.

Townhouse in Quiet Community

This house is located in Santo Domingo a quiet village close to the city of Heredia with all commodities you’d expect in a first world country.

Just outside Santo Domingo you’ll be driving in country side and coffee plantations. Great international schools close by.

The condominium counts only 35 townhouses and is completely gated. Twenty-four hour security.

The house has a living, kitchen, outdoor patio and half a bathroom at the first floor. The second floor has 3 small bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Possible to break one wall and join two bedrooms in a bigger one. Outdoor green area and lots of parking space!

Ideal for a couple wanting to retire or a professional couple depending on work close by.

Trejos Montealegre Condo

Excellent opportunity, last condominium left. This location has become the most desirable since it's very close to all commercial areas (Multiplaza, Plaza Rolex, Sareto, Cima Hospital and much more.

Great House for Sale in Rorhmoser

Thirty year well kept house in the best area of Rorhmoser just two blocks away from the President of Costa Rica Mr Oscar Arias house. This house with plenty of windows and light.

On the first floor after being received by a foyer to the left you will find an office a very spacious living room and the dinning room with a bar with access to the kitchen and great space for laundry and maids' quarter with bathroom. To the right of the foyer at the main entrance there is a TV room, full bathroom, an exit to the back yard or garden with swimming pool, sauna, BBQ and Jacuzzi.

On the second floor there is another TV room and three bedrooms; the master room with its own bathroom and the two other rooms share one bathroom.

Beautiful Spanish Colonial Compund

This wonderful home was built to the highest standards and follows a Spanish Colonial design. The home is complete with four bedrooms all with walk in closet, (the master bedroom has a private terrace), office and an apartment. Furthermore maid's quarters, laundry room and separate housekeeper building presently used as storage. The home has a spectacular swimming pool and tremendous mountain views. There is a great outdoor Bar BQ and entertainment area as well as beautifully manicured gardens around the property. The home has satellite dish and cable T.V. and tel. outlets in every room, alarm system and two phone lines. Country Club membership available as well. Great climate and very private. The perfect retirement compound!

Friday, May 1, 2009

Woolworth mansion gone from Prudential site

The listing for Winfield Hall, the Glen Cove estate built in 1917 for businessman F. W. Woolworth, has been removed from the Prudential Douglas EllimanWeb site. Nancy Donin, who had represented the property for the past year, says that the mansion has temporarily been removed from the market while negotiations are under way with a potential buyer who lives outside the United States.

The most recent asking price for the 16.30-acre spread was $19.5 million. In November, a source told REAL LI that the property’s owner, Martin Carey, had rejected an offer of $15 million from the Crown Prince of Dubai. At the time, Donin denied that report saying that the offer had been significantly higher, and that the potential buyer, whom she identified as “an Arab gentleman,” was not the Crown Prince of Dubai.

Carey, brother of former Gov. Hugh Carey, has had Winfield Hall on the market for several years, previously listing with Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty.

What David Paterson's childhood home sold for

The man who will be governor has solid Long Island roots that date back to the 1950s.

David A. Paterson, who assumes the state's highest office on Monday, grew up in a two-story white house on Carolina Avenue in Hempstead. Paterson's parents, Portia and Basil, moved their legally blind son to the area from Brooklyn so that he could be schooled in a mainstream classroom.

The home the Patersons bought in the late 1950's has undergone a few minor changes since it was built in late 1947, but remains essentially the same. Public records indicate that the six-room, 1,300-square-foot dwelling sits on just over a tenth of an acre of land. The family owned the house until 1988 when they sold it for $132,000. Property records value the house today at about $350,000.

The current owners of the home have told Newsday that when they pulled up the old brown shag rug in the home, some of Paterson's grade school report cards were found underneath.

David Paterson and his family now live in Harlem and maintain a residence in Guilderland, N.Y., near Albany.