October 14, 2009 – 8:17 pm
From the Babylon Beacon: The replica of the Fountain, originally located at the corner of Main Street and Deer Park Avenue in Babylon Village some 100 years ago, will be replaced thanks to the very hard work of committee chairman Dr. Chris Proto, committee co-chairman Judy Skillen and Leg. Wayne Horsley and other committee members. [...]
September 14, 2009 – 7:04 pm
Gary was stuck working on Sunday, so I took the baby out to enjoy the nice weather. Along the way we stopped to see this open house which I had had my eye on for the past couple weeks. 202 Livingston Ave MLS# 2218564 – Zillow Page Ask $439,000 3 bedrooms – 2 baths – [...]
September 13, 2009 – 1:45 pm
A slow Sunday here at work, so here are those open house reports that I promised you. Yes, they’re from two weeks ago. What’s your point? I did a little experiment with these three. I took my Flip video camera along and left it running while I was in the house. It wasn’t quite as [...]
September 9, 2009 – 12:42 pm
I’m at work today, but I saw this on Newsday.com just a few minutes ago. Woman, 70, struck by car in Babylon Village A 70-year-old woman was struck by a car and seriously injured early Wednesday as she tried to cross Montauk Highway in Babylon Village, just down the block from her retirement home, Suffolk [...]
August 13, 2009 – 8:46 pm
I saw this house last week on Thursday during the “agent open house”. I asked specifically about the school district and the agent assured me that the south side of Village Line Road, where this house sits, marks the northern border of the Babylon Village school district. 84 Village Line Rd MLS# 2209043 – Zillow [...]
August 5, 2009 – 10:32 am
Ten houses in Babylon for the month of May 2009. That’s a big haul and reflects a bit of a surge in the real estate market generally. There’s been some buzz about an increase in home sales in May nationwide, but you need to remember that those numbers aren’t seasonally adjusted. Year over year (comparing [...]
August 2, 2009 – 11:44 pm
Here it is, the summer of blog. Sorry I missed day one. I just suck, is all. You can see that we’ve really caught the real estate bug when were going to see houses way out of our price range. 142 Livingston Ave MLS# 2205934 – Zillow Page Ask $569,000 3 bedrooms – 2 baths [...]
Thanks to all-star commenter Blog Olevich for pointing me toward this one. All this time looking at houses in Babylon and this is my first FSBO — that’s For Sale By Owner for those of who aren’t in the know. By the way, I’m thinking of adding a Babylon FSBO listing page to the site. [...]
Here’s a golden oldie for those of you (like me) that like the 100+ year old houses. We saw this one last week with our Realtor, Tom McGiveron. 395 Park Ave MLS# 2196769 – Zillow Page Ask $370,000 3 bedrooms – 1.5 baths – Colonial Taxes: $5,982 – Village Taxes: $696.60 We got there a [...]
Hey, is this thing on?
It’s been relatively quiet here on HIB. The wife and I are still looking but I’ve let my blogging slip a bit. I’m planning to change that come August. This August is going to be my summer of blog. What’s the deal? At least one blog post a day, every day, from August 1st to [...]