Cortlandt Manor, NY

The town of Cortlandt has many moving parts: The villages of Croton on Hudson and Buchanan, the Hamlet of Verplanck, Cortlandt Manor, and right in the middle, the separate municipality of the city of Peekskill. Croton and Peekskill have their own school districts, so the vast majority of Cortlandt is served by the Hendrick Hudson and Lakeland school districts. This is the November 2011 market report for single family homes in Cortlandt covering Hendrick Hudson and Lakeland separately.

Hendrick Hudson Schools

November 2011- 6 homes closed at a median price of $427,500
November 2010- 2 homes closed at a median price of $610,000

11 homes under contract at a median asking price of $369,900
64 homes active at a median asking price of $407,000

Lakeland Schools-Cortlandt

November 2011- 6 homes closed at a median price of $302,500
November 2010- 6 homes closed at a median price of $295,000

18 homes under contract at a median asking price of $259,000
72 homes active at a median asking price of $334,9000

In both districts buyers have enormous options and plenty of available choices at asking prices that are below the median asking price of the sold inventory last month. The Hendrick Hudson school district, centered in Buchanan and in the southern part of the town has seen volume rise because more people are acting on the lower priced inventory. In the Lakeland school district on the north side of town, more people are also taking advantage of the lower priced homes.

With 11 homes under contract in Hendrick Hudson ("Hen Hud" to the locals) and 18 pending sale in Lakeland, it is clear that the market will be active going into the winter.

What can you get for around $300,000 in Cortlandt? We have a 2100 square foot contemporary on almost an acre with 4 bedrooms and 2 baths priced at $299,900. That was unthinkably low a few short years ago.

If you'd like to find a nice home for yourself in Cortlandt or the surrounding areas, register for a free Listingbook account and search the MLS like an agent.

All information is taken from the Empire Access Multiple Listing Service.

Are you looking for flooring for your Westchester home in Cortlandt Manor NY 10567? We know there are many choices..and sometimes the process can feel overwhelming. Whether you're looking for hardwood floors, tile, carpet, laminate flooring, or if you just want to refinish your hardwood floors, Floor Coverings International can help make the process fun and simple.

We are a shop at home service.

Our tagline is "We bring the store your door." This is important because first, you can see the colors in your lighting and color coordinate with paint color, cabinets and furniture. Second, it allows us to provide a true estimate for you. And, third, of course it is more convenient this way.

We provide guidance - Which is the best type of flooring for your environment and your budget? We'll help explain the pros and cons among the different types of flooring. Whether it's the kitchen, living room, bedrooms or bathrooms, we can help - different types of flooring work better in different environments so let us guide you. We can price out different options so you can compare across hardwood floors vs. carpet, or tile vs. laminate. We'll help you understand what is most practical for you/your family's/your pets' lifestyle.

Floor Coverings International provides design guidance on picking colors, style and layout. We love to help provide design advice. We want to help make your home look more beautiful - it's a reflection of you and our work. If it's hardwood flooring, we can help you pick the species and color of wood; if it's tile, we can advise you on design layout and patterns; if it's carpet, we can help you pick the right color; iff it's a backsplash, we can provide you tile and design ideas.

Bamboo Flooring and Cork - Floor Coverings International in a large supporter of environmentally friendly flooring. We love helping the environment too. So, whether it's bamboo flooring or cork or natural wool or sisal carpeting, we can help you. We also offer carpets that are recycleable and hardwoods that use recycled content.

Great installation and customer reviews. We just won the 2010 Super Service Award on Angie's List. In addition, we will supply you with over 30 references so you can check up on our work. While most of our customers prefer for us to take care of both the materials and installation, occasionally, some of our customers already have the tile, and just want us to take care of installation; others already have an installer and just want us to help with materials. Either way, we will give you top notch services

Flooring for Cortlandt Manor NY 10567 - Westchester County

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We are very reasonably priced. Our estimates are always FREE. And, because we are part of nationwide buying group (there are close to 100 of us across the country), so our pricing is very reasonable. We'll work with you to find a tile that works for your budget.

Floor Coverings International is your friendly neighborhood flooring store. We have done work on your neighbors' streets Cortlandt Manor including

• Harrison Dr
  
• Millington Rd
  
• Flanders Ln
  
• Valley View Rd
  
• Third St
  

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So, when you're looking for flooring for your home in Cortlandt Manor NY 10567 , give us a call at Floor Coverings International 914-937-2950 and let us "bring the store to your door."

Why it's important to hire a flooring company that specializes rather than a generalist or a handyman)...no offense to GC's of handymen. This is prompted by a phone call i got this morning from a customer.

Usually, it's better to hire a specialist rather than a generalist. I think fundamentally, we all grasp this concept. Who would you rather work on your brain if you need surgery? A general surgeon or a brain surgeon? How about your heart? If you need to list your propety as a short sale to avoid foreclosure are you going to hire any agent or one who specializes in short sales? You get the idea...the more you specialize in an area, usually, the better you are at that skill...and if you need to obtain materials, generally you can obtain them more cost effectively.

Now, getting back to construction, a lot of people will work with a General Contractor, especially when redoing a kitchen, to oversee the whole project given that it is so large and multi-disciplinary (you need flooring, cabinet guys, countertop fabricator, plumber, electrician, painter). I get that it is a lot of people and it can be confusing for a homeowner. Many of the General Contractors will sub out the work. The issue is that the General Contractor, as the name implies, is a generalist. They usually know a decent amount about everything (and some are better than others). But, they usually don't know everything about each specialty.

Here's the most recent example of something easily avoided, if a real flooring company was brought in:

Last year, my customer came to me telling me she wanted to buy hardwood for her kitchen. She already had a contractor for all of the installation for the whole ktichen and she only wanted hardwood. So, I spent many trips there and found some beautiful hardwood for her. It never occured to me that it would installed incorrectly.

So today, I get a call from her and the GC because the floor is buckling a bit. (It had been installed earlier this year). My initial inclination (which was correct) is that they did not allow sufficient space around the perimeter of the room for expansion and contraction. And, knowing that it has been incredibly humid the last few weeks, the wood is expanding and there is not enough room for it to go.

I talked to the GC some more, and asked him how he installed it. He said he nailed it into the plywood. I then asked if he also glued it? He asked why? I said because they are 5" planks and you are supposed to NAIL AND GLUE THEM. You do this when the wood is over 4.5" wide because they expand and contract more. He then asked how he would know to do this. I was a bit stumped and just said that any good flooring company or hardwood installer should know that. That's just the way it's done and I believe it's on all the official national hardwood sites for proper installation.

Now , if we had installed this, this never would have happened. Fortunately, I found a good (or good enough) solution for her and that is to get a dehumidifier. I warned her that she may also need a humidifier every winter as her wood may contract a bit more than she likes and she may need to use the humidifier each summer and/or during humid seasons. She's a bit annoyed as she doesn't want it to clutter her kitchen, but honestly this whole thing could have been avoided.

It pays to hire specialists. If you want to work w/ a General contractor, you should make sure that he/she has strong subcontractors or people that really specialize in each area that needs to get done. I'm not knocking General Cotractors...afterall, they add a ton of value in getting the work done and coordinating it. Just make sure it's a good GC with good experts. Flooring is only one specialty. Plumbing and electricity can be even more complicated and if you don't have someone licensed in these areas you could have much bigger problems than this (e.g. water leaking and causing damage to your home, having things not up to code, having something catch on fire, etc. You get the idea. Just be careful.

Are you looking for tile flooring and installation for your home in Cortlandt Manor NY?

Whether it’s a kitchen floor, bathroom floors and walls, an entry way or mudroom, or even a Kitchen tile backsplash, we can help you at Floor Coverings International.

We understand that it can be challenging to find the right type of tile for your floors, walls and backsplashes. What’s the right type of tile – ceramic, porcelain, tumbled natural stone, marble or granite? What’s the best style and color? What types are easiest to clean. Many customers seemed to get overwhelmed when they visit a tile store. Well here’s where we can help.

Floor Coverings International makes it simple by “bringing the store to your door.” That way, you can see the samples in your own lighting and color coordinate with your cabinets, walls and paint colors. We'll guide you through the process to pick out the right tile, color, size and shape and layout. We can help you design your tile floors and backsplashes and we can install it for you, too. We are a shop at home flooring store in Westchester/Stamford that gets the job from start to finish.

Tile Flooring and Tile Backsplashes in Cortlandt Manor NY 10567

With tile, it’s all about the installation, so you want someone you can trust. We just won the 2010 Super Service Award on Angie's List. In addition, we will supply you with over 30 references so you can check up on our work. While most of our customers prefer for us to take care of both the materials and installation, occasionally, some of our customers already have the tile, and just want us to take care of installation; others already have an installer and just want us to help with materials. Either way, we will give you top notch services

We are very reasonably priced. Our estimates are always FREE. And, because we are part of nationwide buying group (there are close to 100 of us across the country), so our pricing is very reasonable. We'll work with you to find a tile that works for your budget.

Floor Coverings International is your friendly neighborhood flooring store. We have done work on your neighbors' streets Cortlandt Manor including

• Harrison Dr
  
• Millington Rd
  
• Flanders Ln
  
• Valley View Rd
  
• Third St
  

Map of Cortlandt Manor NY 10567

View Larger Map

For more info on Ceramic/Porcelain/Natural Stone, check out these posts:

Porcelain that looks like hardwood. Yes, that's right.

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Should you install tile yourself?

So, when you're looking for tile flooring or backsplashes for your home in Cortlandt Manor NY 10567, give us a call at Floor Coverings International 914-937-2950 and let us "bring the store to your door."