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Step Back in Time at These Historic Homes on Long Island
Long Island has a rich and fascinating history, filled with famous names, local legends, and historic places, each with its own stories to tell. Whether you love local history, historic architecture, or strolling scenic grounds on a sunny summer day, this is a great time of year to step back in time by visiting some of the wonderful historic homes on Long Island. Our real estate agents have more on five historic homes around Long Island for you to discover.
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5 Tips to Ensure Your Home's Showing Is a Success
The purpose of showing your home is to hook a buyer. You want the buyers to come through your house and be impressed - so impressed in fact, that they're ready to make an offer! You'll have one chance to make a great first impression on the potential buyers, so make sure to follow these five helpful tips to really make it count!
- Focus on the outside. Make sure that you don't neglect the outside of your home. Curb appeal can make or break the odds of someone even bothering to get out of the car to come in. If they pull up and see a home with a lawn that obviously needs edging and has an unkempt flower bed, they're going to wonder what else hasn't been cared for properly. You want the outside of your home to be spotless. Clean the s...
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Virtual Home Showings Today!!!
Laffey Real Estate, a leading residential real estate broker on Long Island, launched their Virtual Showing Platform in early April to much acclaim. The demand for virtual viewings is still strong. Visit Laffey.com/OpenHouse page to participate. Interested buyers can 
find homes to preview every Wednesday from noon to 1:00 pm via Facebook Premier and Laffey.com.
This is simple and safe home showings. Go to Laffey.com/OpenHouse page. Choose the property. Click on the Facebook Live button under the listing address. The open houses are scheduled in advance so the date and time is shown on the listing page as well. Visitors will be notified when they are registered and will recei...
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Famed Architect William K. Harrison Summer Home On the Market
Iconic Melville Estate Rich in History and Design Excellence
Greenvale, NY – Laffey Real Estate is proud to represent the sellers of this mid-century modern masterpiece by the famed Architect of Rockefeller Center, the United Nations Headquarters, the master plan for
Lincoln Center, the Perisphere and Trylon at the 1939 World's Fair and many other high profile historically significant structures in New York City.
Located in Melville at a very desirable address, the Harrison House imbues architectural excellence. This 3.6 acre private and masterfully restored estate is just as much a home as it is a work of art that celebrates form, material and the architect's penchant for circular spaces.
Harrison House was the place for the lively social and artistic "who's who of the time" hosting everyone...
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Historic Oleg Cassini Estate Sale is a Record Breaker
Greenvale, NY (August 29, 2019) – Laffey Real Estate is pleased to announce the sale of the late Oleg Cassini's sprawling 43 acre estate in Oyster Bay Cove. This is the highest recorded price for a home in Nassau County year to date 2019. Located at 313 McCouns in Oyster Bay Cove, the estate sold for $9,035,000 million in less than 260 days. Philip C. Laffey and Mark T. Laffey, Broker Owners, handled both sides of the transaction. .
"We have listed some amazing properties but this one was truly remarkable," explained Philip Laffey. "The history and celebrity of Cassini and his impact on the fashion world was found throughout the estate. Of course, the property itself really captivated the uniqueness and opulence of the Gold Coast age." According to a 1918 piece in Architecture Magazine, John Chandler Moore, Chairman of Tiffany & Company c. 1915 built the Oyster Bay Cove property tha...
