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Quality surrounds you in this custom built 3 BR, 2 BA river home situated on 3.8 acres of manicured grounds w/breathtaking views of the river. This home features cathedral ceilings, spacious kitchen, bar, family room and decks for entertaining. Also includes 2 garages, addtl. storage building and deep water dockage. Call now for details.

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160’ Waterfront on the St. Lawrence, Just Shy of 1 Acre, 80’ Dock

Former Ramada Hotel, 28 rooms and 11000 sf Dining Room and Lounge, could be opened quickly if an elevator added, and refurbishing done. Two other buildings need more work, although two apartments recently renovated, and permits to add 4 more apartments could add income. 50 Boat Marina in operation and full, with a “Tiki Shak” for light food and beverages during the boating season. This property could be put back into operation quickly to benefit from the anticipated influx of Canadians coming to use the Air Service to Florida in October.

Exceptionally nice 5 berooms/2.5 BA river home situated on private 1.40 acres w/breathtaking ship views and sunsets. This home features open floor plan, cathedral ceilings, new addition in 2003, central air, hardwood floors throughout, 1st fl. Master BR/BA, screened-in porch and detached 2-stall garage. Also includes open boathouse w/protected deep water dockage and swimming.

Call now to preview this immaculate river home.

1000 ft. frontage serviced with Marina and fantastic view of Brockville and Islands. Call for Price. S34813

Up to 22+ acres 2000 feet of Shore Front.

Ogdensburg Prime Location. Call for Price. S32375

Beautiful waterfront home just off the North Pond with private dock. 3 BR, 2 BA & 1,440 sq ft. Deck off the dining room with breathtaking views of the Pond. Closed in porch for a den or a game room. New appliances, central air, 2 car attached garage both heated and cooled. Storage shed, large back yard that leads to water. Motivated seller!

Rare opportunity to purchase your own beach front cottage in Jefferson Park area of Lake Ontario! Enjoy breath taking sunsets, relaxing on the deck as you listen to the soothing sound of the waves rolling in, swimming, fishing, or simply taking a walk on the miles of sand beach...the choice is yours.

This Turn-Key cottage has been renovated from top to bottom offering you a great place to simply relax and enjoy. This lovely cottage has an open floor plan with cathedral ceiling and loft for additional sleeping space, a pellet stove, and a 24’x16’ storage barn w/ a full bath. It won’t last long! $295,000. S360402

Brick, 2BR, 2 BA home just a mile east of Morristown with St. Lawrence River frontage. 2+ acres stretching to NY Rte #37. Large modern kitchen with appliances leads into the dining area & living room with sun porch.

Electric heat & artesian well. Dock for your boat. Large garage with 2 overhead electric doors, above that an apartment with a kitchen and full bath for your guests.

4 Br, 2 Ba year round home * 249’ of Waterfront on Wilson Bay * modern eat-in kitchen with island plus formal dining room * newly painted interior and has new carpet * paved driveway and has shore well.

Lakefront Ranch boasting almost 3,000 SF w/3 bedrooms all w/ baths! This place is fabulous and one not to be missed! 3 fireplaces, 2 grand living rooms, open concept, main master bedroom is huge and offers sweeping lake views! Vaulted ceilings w/skylights, Attached 3 car garage, large deck with hot tub overlooking the panoramic 150’ of lakefront! Dock and 70’ boat ramp, paved drive, central AC, so many renovations done to include spray foam and added insulation making this home exceptionally energy efficient!!

A protected harbor is a unique asset for this Lake Ontario seasonal property * ranch style residence with 3 Br * open style kitchen, dining area and living room * large family room addition * very private area, at the end of a historical road.

It’s been a long winter...move right in and be ready to enjoy summer! Cozy 2 bedrooms, open floor plan, full bathroom, nice large deck and awesome permanent dock that is perfect for your boat and very protected with quick access to Lake Ontario! 2 car garage and over half acre of land going all the way up to the main road, you will have plenty of room for toys and parking! Close to the marina, restaurants and the St. Lawrence River & has public water too!

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This rare find boasts 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, over 2,200 SF of beautiful open living space, stunning hardwood floors, gorgeous kitchen with breakfast nook, Living room with FP, 4 season family room with gorgeous views of the water! Nice master suite, attached garage, vaulted ceilings, great deck entertainment space with beautiful lawn leading down to the over 100’ of level shoreline perfect for swimming, boating and fishing complete with a dock!

3 Bed/ 2 Bath, 1,100 SF! This is a gem that has been redone top to bottom, features and actual master suite w/ enormous open kitchen/dining/living room w/fp! All new carpet and pergo! Full laundry and A/C. Offers 94’ of gorgeous protected bay waterfront! Shared boathouse and awesome views! Make an appointment to see this today!

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• 3 bedrooms (2 with a balcony), 2 full baths • Formal dining with pocket doors for privacy • Enclosed front porch with bead-board walls & ceiling • Dock, garage built for storing boats and everything else • Overlooking Chaumont Bay

Well built cottage can be used as a getaway or year round home. Located on Lake Gay with all the amenities, drilled well, septic, radiant in floor heat and electric all new in 2007. Over 100 feet of water frontage with your own little cove. The cottage is 960 square feet with 2 beds, 1 bath and open kitchen/family room with wood stove. Plenty of room with a beautiful view.

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• Main house built in 2005 - 2 bedroom, 2 bath ranch • Master suite w/screened in hot tub, porch & sleeping loft • Breathtaking views from every room and upper & lower covered porches - deep water dockage, decks, garage • Guest cottage - 2 bdrms, full bath & private decks

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Contents > Autumn ’16 |

ON THE COVER |

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NNY WATERFRONT MLS |

2 LIFE ON THE WATER

From the St. Lawrence River to Lake Ontario and beyond, homes from $114k to $750k. |

FEATURED HOME |

6 a riverfront respite

A $669k listing in Cape Vincent boasts intriguing details with century-old surprises that delight. |

real estate roundup |

16 Senate action required

Columnist Lance Evans urges the U.S. Senate to act swiftly on the National Flood Insurance Program.

AMANDA MORRISON | NNY LIVING PREMIER PROPERTIES

n A Cape Vincent home on East Broadway is a timeless classic featuring 116 feet of waterfront.

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consumer q&a |

17 real estate tips, advice

Some common questions posed by consumers and expert answers.

Tara Marzano, Broker - (315) 788-7777

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~ Residential ~ Commercial ~ Recreational Land ~

• Beautiful year round raised ranch built in 1996 • Over 5 acres and easy access to 200 feet of water frontage & gorgeous views • Cathedral ceilings, bright kitchen with formal dining area • 2 bedrooms and full bath on first floor • Finished basement offers large open living/dining area, bar, full bath & kitchen • Separate guest cottage with living room, kitchen & bath

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• This home still carries all of its classic charm • Featuring most of its original woodwork & unique built ins • Mechanics have been updated to include wiring, plumbing, roof, furnace • Enclosed In-ground pool for complete privacy • Rare widow`s peak with amazing city views and cedar closet • Wrap around floor plan gives a warm and welcoming feeling

• 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, lots of closet space • Large eat in kitchen with newer appliances and lots of cabinets • Formal dining room and living room with gorgeous hardwood floors • Spacious first floor bedroom with sliding doors to back yard view of the Beautiful 13th Fairway!

• Gas fireplace and central air, attached Garage • Recent updates- new bathroom, furnace, roof & more!

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• 3,300 sq ft impeccable living space - open kitchen with formal dining room • Great room with beautiful hardwood floors & massive stone fireplace • First floor master with sitting area, bath and walk in closet • Upstairs loft feel with 2 bedrooms, full bath over looking great room • Beautiful outdoor views • Fully finished basement offers endless possibilities

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THE ESSENTIALS ADDRESS: 451 East Broadway,

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Cape Vincent, Jefferson County

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TYPE: Single family residential STYLE: Dutch Colonial Revival YEAR BUILT: 1904 LIST PRICE: $669,900 BEDROOMS: 5 to 7 BATHROOMS: 3½ SQUARE FOOTAGE: 9,360

(4,680 on the tax rolls) WATERFRONT: 116 feet SCHOOLS: Thousand Islands

Central School District Broker: Lake Ontario Realty Realtor: Amanda Miller Phone: (315) 778-1191 WEB: lakeontariorealty.com MLS# S354635 [Lake Ontario Realty photO]

The back porch boasts incredible views of the St. Lawrence River. The home features a covered patio, a boathouse and a garden shed on the property as well.

Treasure

STORY BY JOLEENE MOODY | PHOTOS BY AMANDA MORRISON

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A Cape Vincent

Listed for $669k, the East Broadway home boasts five to seven bedrooms and more than 100 feet of waterfront at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River

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laudia Blodgett LIVES in one of the most nos-

talgic waterfront properties in Cape Vincent.

Pieces of its past can be found in the corners of the boathouse, the garden shed, the attic and the servants quarters. These pieces come in the form of original furnishings, century-old tools, old-style bathroom fixtures, even pillars and railings that once donned the outside of the house.

For those who are intrigued by curious rooms, the third floor of the Dutch Colonial Revival-style home at 451 East Broadway boasts what Col. C.T Sacket, the builder and original owner, called his photography room. Small wooden pockets, perhaps 3-by-3 each, cover the top half of the wall above a long desk. Lift the desktop itself and you’re faced with at least 50 more pockets, likely for negatives.

To the right of the desk, upward of at least 200 hinged drawers cover the wall, each labeled something different.

They aren’t too big or too small, just the right size to fit gadgets and trinkets of all kinds.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Take a walk through the

Cape Vincent home, starting with the original Dutch door and ending with the boathouse and dock that rest quietly behind the house on the mighty St. Lawrence River.

The Dutch door can be split in the summer to welcome sunlight into the front room where two chandeliers hang modestly from the ceiling. While the ornate lights are not original to the 1904 home, the maple floors certainly are, sprawling through the front room and into the “big room” beyond.

The big room isn’t named that by mistake. At 42-by-26, this large living area is 1,092 square feet. It overlooks the river where tugboats and barges pass by regularly. Two built in floor-to-ceiling bookshelves complement the fireplace in the big room, giving it a comforting, homey feeling. This room can be shut off from the rest of the house by closing the two pocket doors that separate it from the front room.

Just off the big room is a tiny half bath and a set of spiral wrought iron stairs that seem to ascend upward forever. But of course, they don’t. The spiral stairs, which bring users to the second floor, are one of three stairwells throughout the Please see CAPE TREASURE, page 10

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Left: At 1,092 square feet, the “big room” features large windows and floor-to-ceiling bookcases on either side of a working fireplace. Above: Old pin-up photos line the back of a bookshelf in the attic area.

C.T Sacket, the home’s builder and original owner, was a photographer. Below: The main entryway of the home features a Dutch door.

FEATURED HOME CAPE TREASURE, from page 8

house. The primary stairwell is in the front room next to the Dutch door, and greets visitors when they leave the big room to move back into the front room. This is also where the entrance to the dining room is found.

Open enough to host a large family, the dining room features a bowed window that allows in plenty of sunshine to brighten the room. Turn from the window to the swinging door on the other side of the dining room and you’re looking at the entrance to the butler’s pantry.

A butler’s pantry is a small service and storage room usually nestled between a kitchen and a dining room. This is the case in this home. Walk through the pantry and you’re in the kitchen, which the Blodgetts recently renovated.

“This is where the original servant’s staircase is,” Mrs. Blodgett said. “It was blocked off when we moved here in 2000. It was just

a small cove where the previous owners had their refrigerator.

But we opened it up to bring back the originality of the staircase.

The now open staircase takes servants directly to their quarters on the second floor. Here, two servant bedrooms can be found, along with a closet for storage and a laundry chute that drops dirty linen and clothes into a basement laundry below.

Next to the servants’ quarters are two guest bedrooms, one that is now used as a sewing room.

Across from the servants’ quarters is the master suite, which could almost serve as a tiny apartment by itself. This suite has it all, including a master bath with a huge, oval-shaped tub and jets, a steam shower, and plenty of space to spin around three or four times with arms spread wide, if you desire.

The bedroom itself is spacious enough to fit a bedroom set and two fat, cozy chairs in front of a working fireplace.

Please see CAPE TREASURE, page 13

Left: A large dining room features hardwood floors and a bank of windows that bring in plenty of natural light. Above: A spiral staircase leads to the second floor.

The staircase was installed for one of the home’s original owners who feared being trapped in a fire. Below: An ornate bed completes a second-floor bedroom.

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Above: A chandelier casts its light in the main entry way. Below: A sitting area, complete with a fireplace, in the master bedroom.

Top left: Natural light pours in through generous dining room windows. Above: A book and oil lamp adorn a bookcase in a spare bedroom. Left: A “talking pipe” used for servants to communicate from the servant quarters to lower floors.

CAPE TREASURE, from page 10

ladies. They’ve been up here all this time.”

Another quadrant of servants’ quarters is also here, as is an open, spacious attic area that seems to have no purpose other than storage. To see it, you’ve got to duck low and move through a tiny area in the back of one of the rooms. It seems to be just another piece of the house that holds its own bit of mystery.

Outside in the back yard are the sunken gardens. Beside these gardens is a sprawling boathouse, a two-story garden shed, and a pergola. The backyard screams elegant and is ideal for entertaining. A porch off the back of the house only adds to the elegance.

With seven bedrooms and 3½ bathrooms — 9,360 square feet of space, including the full basement with seven rooms that include yet another bathroom and wine cellar — this piece of history seeks an owner who will honor its nostalgia as much as the Blodgett family.

With an asking price of $669,900, the house waits patiently for the right person to fall in love with it. So does Claudia Blodgett.

If that person is you, contact real estate agent Amanda Miller and schedule your visit today. It’s worth every step and staircase.

Joleene moody is a freelance writer, blogger and speaker who lives in Oswego County with her husband and daughter. Learn more at www. takeyourvoiceback.com.

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It’s breathtaking. Just to the right of the bedroom and up a few steps is another door that, when opened, offers a sleeping porch that overlooks the river. Now used as a painting room, the sleeping porch off the master suite can also double as an office or exercise room.

Back out in the hallway and to the right is what Mrs. Blodgett calls “the bridge.” This open hallway with a railing highlights a cove office area that overlooks East Broadway. This is where an original desk of the original owner still sits. Despite the desk being tucked in the open cove, the area still provides a level of privacy for anyone working there.

The third floor of this Cape Vincent home is for explorers.

Still in need of updates, this floor seems to hold the most character. This is where the photography room is. If you pull the books back from the shelves when you first walk in this room, you’ll find dozens and dozens of antique photographs of women pinned to the wall, some in brilliant hats, others holding a parasol, even more staring passionately back at you.

“These were C.T Sacket’s ladies,” Mrs. Blodgett said with a smile. “I don’t know why he collected them, but he loved the

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real estate roundup

Senate should take action on flood insurance program

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ith Congress back in session, Realtors and consumers are hoping the U.S. Senate takes action on flood insurance. There are several areas of concern, including reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program, or NFIP, before it expires Sept. 30, 2017.

The first of these is the “Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act” or H.R. 2901. In April the House of Representatives passed this unanimously 419-0. As of now, the Senate has not taken action on the bill.

The measure encourages the development of private market options where property owners lack access to affordable coverage under the NFIP. While Realtors support and believe in the necessity of a strong NFIP, a vibrant private flood insurance market will provide a choice of products to property owners looking to meet their individual flood insurance needs.

This bill clarifies that property owners may satisfy the federal requirement to buy and maintain a minimum amount of flood insurance with private mar-

ket or NFIP coverage. This continuous coverage provision is essential to allow homeowners to move between the NFIP and private insurance without punitive rate hikes. The provision fosters the growth of private insurance plans and also protects homeowners by preserving the NFIP as a viable choice, keeping homeowners from becoming stranded should private insurance options contract or become more expensive after

By LANCE EVANS

wide will not be able to obtain a mortgage or insurance to protect their property against the most expensive and common natural disaster in the U.S. — flooding.

The NFIP was created because of the lack of access to affordable flood insurance coverage in the private market. It also reduced the number of uninsured properties that otherwise would rebuild with taxpayer-funded disaster relief after major floods.

With all of the lakes, rivers and streams in Northern New York, our area has many properties that require flood insurance. It is vital to have a strong NFIP coupled with a consumer-friendly private insurance market that will provide property owners with the choices they demand. Our region’s Realtors join their counterparts and consumers across the country in urging the Senate to pass the bipartisan HR 2901. This is the first step toward Congress reforming and reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program before the end of next September.

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It is vital to have a strong NFIP coupled with a consumer-friendly private insurance market that will provide property owners with the choices they demand.

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major floods. It is important to note that the Financial Services Committee agreed to bipartisan improvements to strengthen the bill.

Another area of concern to Realtors and property owners is reauthorization of the NFIP, which needs to be done by Sept.

30, 2017. Without the NFIP, millions of homeowners and small business owners in more than 20,000 communities nation-

LANCE M. EVANS is the executive officer of the Jefferson-Lewis Board of Realtors and the St. Lawrence County Board of Realtors. Contact him at levans@nnymls.com.

It is a great time to buy or sell real estate.

The Jefferson-Lewis Board of REALTORS invites you to visit www.nnymls.com, then contact one of our members and let them show you how to in Northern New York.

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consumer Q&A

Some common questions from buyers

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By Lance Evans

efferson-Lewis and St. Lawrence boards of Realtors executive officer Lance Evans recently answered some common real estate consumer questions.

Is cash STILL king?

There is an expression that “cash is king.” However, is that true in real estate?

During my talk I noted that cash transactions normally make up about 25 percent of residential sale transactions nationally.

For 2016 so far, 35.7 percent are cash.

Locally, this year Jefferson County cash sales have accounted for 33.3 percent of residential sales (22 percent in 2015), 35 percent in Lewis County (26 percent in 2015), and 25.8 percent in St. Lawrence (22.6 percent in 2015). While St. Lawrence County as not followed the national trend, why have Jefferson and Lewis counties?

Looking at the median price — the price where half the prices are lower and half

higher — the cash sale median is $50,000 while the median for non-cash properties is $140,000. Many of the cash sales were due to foreclosure. In fact, about 55 percent of the residential listings that sold for $50,000 or less were foreclosure sales.

How has the increase in new rental properties affected LOCAL marketS? Any time there is a new product, it

will affect the market. Part of the reason that Jefferson County in particular saw a rise in the median price in the last fifteen years or so was the increase in new and renovated homes on the market. The same is true in rental. Realtor members work in the “for sale” and rental markets Please see QUESTIONS, page 16

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