For sale: Spend between $200,000 and $300,000 and you’re in the sweet spot, says broker David Knudsen. This will get you a house in one of the popular hamlets or more acreage away from downtown. There’s plenty for less, though, given that property values were decimated by the recession; many New Yorkers who don’t own in the city are becoming homeowners out here. Broker Nancy Fredericks says business has been brisk since last fall. “Now we’ve got the little shops and restaurants that were missing before.”
Callicoon Center
An 1860 four-bedroom cedar farmhouse on two and a half acres with a stone house fit to be used as a studio and fruit trees on the property.
Price: $249,500
Agent: Nancy Fredericks, Catskills Castles
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Narrowsburg
A stone-and-clapboard farmhouse built in 2010 on six and three-quarter acres, with a “rocking-chair porch,” a bluestone fireplace, a stereo system wired throughout the entire house, and a back deck overlooking a spring-fed pond.
Price: $375,000
Agent: Nancy Fredericks, Catskills Castles
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Roscoe
A two-bedroom, one-bath contemporary atop a mountain on 11 acres. It’s somewhat rugged terrain, so you’ll need a four-wheel-drive to negotiate your way around the property.
Price: $245,000
Agent: Randy Florke, the Rural Connection
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Lew Beach
A four-bedroom, four-bath shingled Arts and Crafts home on nine acres in the posh Beaverkill Falls section of town. The house comes with its own generator and membership to the Beaverkill Mountain Club.
Price: $969,000
Agent: Judy Van Put, Judy Van Put Realty
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Livingston Manor
A five-bedroom, three-bath mansion on 100 acres overlooking the trout-filled Willowemoc Creek. The property also comes with a pool and a pond, plus tennis and basketball courts.
Price: $5,000 a week; $15,000 a month
Agent: Jennifer Grimes, Red Cottage Inc.
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Grahamsville
A three-bedroom, two-bath with a loft on 43 acres. Includes a hot tub and satellite Internet connection.
Price: $250 a night; $1,400 a week; $6,500 a month.
Agent: Jennifer Grimes, Red Cottage Inc.
Photo: Courtesy of the brokers
Barryville
A two-bedroom, two-bath shingled cottage built in 2008 with a deck, working fireplace, and washer-dryer.
Price: $295 a night.
Contact: airbnb.com/rooms/11-33-456
Photo: Courtesy of the brokers
Callicoon
A four-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath near town with a porch overlooking Callicoon Creek.
Price: $150 a night; $800 a week; $2,000 a month.
Agents: Tom and Joe Freda, Matthew J. Freda Real Estate
Photo: Courtesy of the brokers
Roscoe
A five-bedroom, three-bath, three-story Victorian with 50 feet of private frontage on the Beaverkill River. The house comes with a barbecue and 50-inch plasma TV.
Price: $1,900 a week from June to August.
Agent: Jennifer Grimes, Red Cottage Inc.
Photo: Courtesy of the brokers
Craig Murphey (left) Ten Eyck Street and Union Avenue, Williamsburg. Early in the morning of October 18, 2007, Murphey was biking home from escorting his date to her South Williamsburg apartment. According to police reports, Murphey attempted to outrun a gas truck turning left on Ten Eyck Street. His pelvis shattered on impact, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. In his honor, over 40 friends have since received tattoos that read BE BETTER. Frank C. Simpson Linden Boulevard near 175th Street, St. Albans. Simpson, a janitor returning from the evening shift at a Con Edison facility, was hit by a Dodge Stratus on November 9, 2006.