Townhouse Lifestyles Blog

Once again this year, in addition to the annual Village Halloween Parade, October 31st promises to bring out a veritable parade of pint-sized, adorably costumed youngsters hell-bent on scoring treats and scaring parents and each other. While urban trick-or-treating is nothing like the suburban version, it has its perks (apartment buildings can be...

With its crimson brick facade, stepped gables, and graceful archways, this four-story 1886 townhouse at 383 West End Avenue is one in a row of eight. It’s a legal two-family dwelling (so there’s rental income potential) currently being used as a single-family home. The building’s stained glass transoms, original fireplaces, and winding staircase reflect the...

A townhouse brokerage market leader since 1990, Vandenberg, The Townhouse Experts ® has an obvious passion for what they do. Headed by husband and wife team Dexter Guerrieri and Jane Van Den Berg Ordway, who are townhouse owners and investors themselves, Vandenberg has consistently been a market leader for listings and top-of-market...

We at Vandenberg – The Townhouse Experts® are elated to announce that our Team is now affiliated with Douglas Elliman Real Estate, New York City’s largest and most prestigious brokerage! Douglas Elliman Chairman Howard Lorber personally recruited us to anchor and grow the Elliman townhouse division. Our team structure will...

Every summer, Preservation Volunteers, a non-profit co-founded by our president, Dexter Guerrieri, hosts volunteers from France to help preserve historic sites in the United States. Brooklyn preservationists Everett and Evelyn Ortner and Dexter co-founded Preservation Volunteers in 2002, after they toured Europe and saw the exceptional work of REMPARTS, a French...

When early “developers” began building townhouses in the 1800s, New York City’s population was going through its biggest period of growth in its history. Merchants, bankers, and other members of the burgeoning middle class created new demand for single-family housing, and residential-building as an industry experienced its first boom. Townhouses...

Those of us who live in townhouses in New York City belong to a small circle.  We choose townhouse living because we want the autonomy and privacy it affords, we have a love for a townhouse’s architecture and craftsmanship, and we share a profound sense of participating in our city’s rich...

Dear Friend, I thought I'd start a series on the history of Townhouses in New York City. I'll try to keep it short, but there is certainly much to say! Enjoy. 120 years ago, architects and early 'developers' began building New York City Townhouses as we know them today. These single-family homes...

At long last it is feeling like spring in New York City! Been trying to think of a way to celebrate? Flowers on your front stoop is an easy, affordable gift to yourself and the neighborhood.  My wife and partner Jane and I have been decorating our stoop with flowers...

Have you ever wondered how you can buy a townhouse in New York City? We've simplified the process of how to buy one into a 60 second video.

July 24th through August 6, 2016, four wonderful volunteers worked at Conference House Park on Staten Island and historical Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Their projects included reglazing and restoring windows on the Visitor's Center at Conference House, as well as headstone balancing and waxing the famous "Angel of Music" sculpture that marks Louis Moreau Gottschalk's...

“Townhouses are the pinnacle of what a lot of people consider the very finest thing they can buy in New York City after they’ve already bought their condos with the view on a high floor.” ~ Dexter Guerrieri