Welcome to Great Period Houses of the Hudson Valley
Because only 5% of residential properties in the Hudson Valley qualify as Great Period Houses they are difficult for buyers to find easily as they are distributed over hundreds of broker's listings.
Rod
Blackburn, broker, architectural historian, writer and restoration
consultant, has solved this for you by providing access to the best
period houses of all periods, from Colonial to Modernist, starting right here on this comprehensive website.
In
addition to delivering period house listings to your computer to
match your criteria, Great Period Houses website is a font of important
information on
* Hudson Valley real estate market trends,
* Access to Rod Blackburn’s regular magazine column The Real
Estate Report, highlighting issues and opportunities in
buying, selling and renovating Great Period Houses
* Access to nearly all property listings in the entire Hudson Valley, if you have the time to look.
* Highlights from the books and articles I have published on Great Period Houses.
In
addition to these services, I personally will act as your buyer’s agent
(usually at no cost to you) to identify the best period houses for your
needs, accompany you to each one, evaluate their qualities and price,
negotiate the purchase and consult on appropriate restoration work. No
one else provides this range of knowledge and experience in this field.
FAQs
1. What do you mean by Period Houses? Not just old houses?
2. What is the advantage of retaining a Buyer’s Agent? What are the alternatives?
3. What are the kinds of period houses we are likely to visit in the Hudson Valley?
4. What is the point by point sequence of events in vuewing and buying property?
5. What should we do about lining up a mortgage; how early in the process?
6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each county for great houses, life style and culture?
7. What can we get in the way of a period house for each price level from $250,000 to $5m? Show us pictures.
8. Tell us more about Rod Blackburn; his background, philosophy, what others say about him?
9. What kind of experiences will we likely have with contractors, local help, neighbors?
10. We are interested a particular county (or town), give us a thumbnail sketch of its qualities.
11. What should we be aware of (or beware of) as buyers> What issues will we run into?
12. How can we get skilled, reliable and fairly priced contractors and workmen?
13. We are sure there are many more things to know about that your Real Estate Reports probably cover.
Show us the list and the reports by subject.
If you wish to keep in touch with what is happening in real estate in the Upper Hudson Valley region,
you will want to receive our latest Real Estate Report (market conditions, issues of buying, selling
and renovating in our area) plus answers to your inquiries, newest
listings of period houses, special events, publications, lectures.
For this no-charge opportunity, do sign on with us.
Great
Period Houses website is widely acknowledged for its expertise in
period architecture and for exceptional land parcels which can be
developed into distinctive landscapes for period style new homes.
While we are located in Columbia County, the entire Hudson River Valley is our home and we will help you make it yours.
From this page forward you will discover a comprehensive look at the upper Hudson River Valley, its life styles and properties.
