By Bill Primavera
By Bill Primavera The caller was interested in an historic Sears-Roebuck Catalogue house I had listed in North White Plains, but he wanted to make sure that it was not “purple” as he said it appeared to him online. “If
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera – When I sat down with my lawyer, Dan Tota, in Yorktown Heights, it was to discuss his project of installing crown molding in his home. But after we talked for a while, I was as interested in
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera – When I received the e-mail from Vicki Jimpson-Fludd, a real estate agent with Better Homes & Gardens Rand in Briarcliff Manor, to have my historic house listing in Ossining join a group of other historic houses in
Read MoreAs told to me, it was a LMAO kind of story that may get lost in translation when cleaned up, but I’m assured first hand it’s true. A woman who owned a condo was in bed for the very first
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera – When we moved to Westchester in the early 1970s, our home had a curious architectural twist: the front and the back were switched, as is frequently the case with 18th century farmhouses. At some point, the previous
Read MoreBy Bill Primvavera – For years, from a style perspective, we’ve preferred the clean sleek look of hardwood floors over wall-to-wall carpeting, especially since we figured out that the costs were comparable. From a health consideration, we’ve had the perception in
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera – When I was in college, I appeared in a play called “The Madwoman of Chaillot” by Jean Giraudoux with the actress Linda Lavin, who would later go on to achieve fame as “Alice” on television. Most stunning
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera – When my family moved to the south when I was eight years old, I was amazed with some of the colloquialisms I heard that were so foreign to my ear transplanted from South Philadelphia. Like one from
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera – After a year of great upheaval in my personal and professional domains, having moved to a new residence and expanded space in my office building, I was feeling off kilter. I was a little uncomfortable in my
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Now is the time of year when you can enjoy evening meals outside, either on your patio or pool side. I enjoyed that for years before my recent move to a fifth-floor condo, where I don’t have
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