Around for centuries and built from humble beginnings, the Cape-style home remains an enchanting, popular example of quaint architecture and quintessential American style. Beloved, practical, and cozy, the style first appealed to young couples just starting out and anyone interested in the perfect summer home. First popular across the country for its affordability—especially during the […]
For the last two centuries, the home style built with fanciful construction and a special dollhouse-like exterior—named after Queen Victoria, the longest reigning Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901—has captured the hearts of homeowners around the world. The Victorian architecture that first emerged in the 1830’s—and remained popular through the early twentieth […]
Contemporary style—which is not synonymous with modern style—began in the 1970s as a merger between traditional 21st century architecture and the creative influences of more modern times. Tapping design history and freely borrowing elements from past styles, the contemporary home introduces current lifestyle concepts to create a unique look and feel. The style integrates a […]
The Colonial-style home first developed out of the US Colonial period in the 1700s when colonists settled primarily along the Eastern Seaboard. Starting as a two-story home with one room on each floor, the style evolved from early European influences and eventually grew into the stately, four-over-four (four rooms on each floor) two-story home Long […]
The splanch is a hybrid model that combines features of both the ranch and split-level style of homes. It’s not a ranch, and it’s not a split-level—but rather, a three-level house inside a two-level skin. The signature feature of the splanch-style home is a separated, elevated living room that sits on its own floor in-between […]
In real estate, the original “modern”—also known as Mid-Century Modern—is technically antique. The real modern home—the post-modern home—emerged decades later, introducing unconventional, outside-the-box design that moved away from the rigidity of mid-century design rules to empower more personality and freedom for self-expression. Minimalism meets modernism. A direct reaction to modernism—yet also an extension of it—post-modern […]
Finding a satisfying and enjoyable place to live, work, and raise a family—with a little extra room for the occasional weekend adventure—is easy in the unique, spacious county that covers the eastern two-thirds of Long Island: the beautiful setting with a vast cultural scene known as Suffolk. Home to a range of top-ranked schools, short […]
In a surprising turn of events the Long Island Press calls The Great Migration, surges of New Yorkers are fleeing the city with their sights set on the more spacious suburbs, igniting competition for Long Island residential real estate, skyrocketing home prices in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and driving a market where homes sell within […]
We all know hindsight is 20/20. Unfortunately, most first-time home buyers don’t have the luxury of knowing just how the home buying process plays out. However, one first-time home buyer’s mistake is another first-time home buyer’s lesson. The real estate agents at Team Rita gathered nine of the most common rookie mistakes first-timers make so […]
In the market for a new home on Long Island? One of the first moves to make is landing on the right house style. The right style for your next home hinges on your unique needs, your personal taste, and your budget. And with a little history on the eight most popular house styles on […]
