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Real Estalking

Navigating the wild and scary world of Real Estate in search of the perfect house.

SOLD: Carleton Villa – The Ultimate Fixer Upper

Posted on February 24, 2024

Carleton Island Lot 1, Cape Vincent, New York, This one has a serious Agatha Christie vibe to it!  Think about it - a deserted, crumbling mansion isolated on a secluded island, and an owner who died mysteriously on his first night sleeping in the house (for real!). Add a dark stormy night and you have the making of a first-rate ghost story.  No top-notch Hollywood writer or set designer could have dreamt up a setting any more perfect than this!   [caption id="attachment_41152" align="alignleft" width="261"] Paul Malo surveying Carleton Villa[/caption] I have to be...

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Historic Weekend Retreat Suitable For An Auto Baron

Posted on January 27, 2024

5966 Wellington Pl, Battle Creek, Michigan Now, for someone who has always been enamored by those rambling turn of the century country houses, and weekend estates built by captains of industry, oil magnates and robber barons, I had never imagined that an affordable (in relative terms of course) opportunity to own one would ever exist.  Now there are always historic Newport, Hamptons or Connecticut mega compounds coming on the market, but they all seem to come with $30, $40, or $80 million price tags and are of such a grandiose size...

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For Sale: A French Chateau (Weekend Retreat)?

Posted on January 2, 2024

Corrèze, France —Listed for €690,000 (approx. $755,000 US) So, something a little different (and well outside if my determined commuting tolerance).  Something I would not have initially considered, but ….. how about a 15th-century castle which comes with its own hamlet of outbuildings on a panoramic and private 15-acre property in the Corrèze region of France, a convenient 30-minute drive from the picturesque town of Brive-la-Gaillarde (or 5 hours from Paris). If you’re like me and have ever been to Europe, you can easily see yourself living there – not only...

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For Sale: Historic Island Lighthouse

Posted on August 24, 2023

Ok, how about this one: an 1867 active, automated, fully functioning gray stone Lighthouse on a remote island near the eastern end of Lake Ontario.  It is the oldest lighthouse on Lake Ontario and presides on over an acre of waterfront land, surrounded on three sides by a New York State operated “wildlife refuge” which has recently been sold. The lighthouse itself is 55 feet in height and, including the attached two-story limestone keepers dwelling, contains 2500 square feet of space all of which overlooks its own beach and 160...

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For Sale: Connecticut Island With A Rumored Pirate Past

Posted on August 8, 2023

6 High Island, Branford, Connecticut   Now, here's a fun little island getaway with an intriguing pedigree.  Located in prestigious Long Island Sound, just off the coast of Connecticut, in a collection of 365 tiny bumps of land known locally as "The Thimble Islands" (although I have no idea why), rests 6 High Island, a charming 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom cottage on it's own private 8-acre island sanctuary.   According to local lore, the Thimble Islands provided the perfect hiding place for the notorious pirate, Captain Kidd. Apparently, in the late 1600’s Captain William Kidd sailed up...

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