Calm and Cool in the Catskills

Does the perfect setting for a vacation home take your breath away or calm your soul after a hard week of work? Does it conjure up memories of wonderful vacations? As we make those important investment decisions, are we assured the environmental setting today won't change overnight and that the attributes of our dream homes will outlive the first year's mortgage? Don't we love to breathe in, see, smell and feel each new season as it surrounds us? Aren't we all thinking about smarter environmental choices, ready to take a step forward to protect the environment as we embrace its beauty?

Bethel Farms Estates, in the lush, fresh-aired Catskills of Sullivan County offers a design for living that provide all those assurances. The vision of respected land entrepreneur Charles S. Ramat, Bethel Farms Estates extends from childhood memories of the Catskills and the peaceful countenance of his current family home on a nearby farm. The vision offers private gated communities proximate to Bethel Woods performing arts center, and the quaint communities of Jeffersonville, Callicoon and Livingston Manor. From over a thousand acres Ramat owns throughout this area, The Birches in Bethel and The Meadows near Livingston Manor are the first offering five-acre parcels of pristine mountain settings for custom single-family homes. Coming soon are The Crest in Fremont and The Maples in White Sulphur Springs.

In areas zoned for one to one-and-a-half acre development, each parcel is typically 5 acres, designed to mitigate views neighbor-to-neighbor, as it minimizes site clearing and preserves old growth forests and meadows for open space. Covenants protect against future subdivision, protecting privacy and density for the future. Within this preserved land, extensive walking, hiking, biking and cross-country skiing trails are interspersed with viewing stations.

Bethel Farms Estates encourages green and sustainable development to meet the needs of each customized home, and will assist those interested in securing available grants for solar and photovoltaic and other innovative or LEEDs energy features.

Each custom family estate may be designed to meet their needs and interests. Common threads of exterior stone, wood, natural materials and muted earth tones will create a common aesthetic for homes and guest houses that complement the magnificent environmental setting. Regional architects and builders are available, most familiar with local materials, suppliers and labor, to facilitate development on your schedule now or in the future.

Bethel Farms Estates has not only preserved significant open space, it is designed with the interests of the greater community and natural environmental setting in mind. Parcels have been designed to preserve pre-development vistas available to the public as one travels through the general community.

After lingering to draw in the beauty within, Bethel Farms Estates are just minutes from the exceptional cultural offerings of Bethel Woods, the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, gourmet restaurants, children's activities and quaint villages perfect for a day of antiquing.

Bethel Farm Estates, less than a two-hour drive north of New York City brings the doorstep of nature and the sweeping beauty of the Catskills within easy reach. Sullivan County land and local development expertise brings gracious country estate lifestyle within the comfort of most budgets. Parcels start at $150,000.

The environment, now and for the future, is the central core design standard at Bethel Farms Estates. Committed to maintaining the area's natural beauty and environmental integrity Bethel Farms Estates both creates a community within and connects to the community beyond as a continuum in the area's natural setting and habitat.

For more information call (845) 794-2333 or visit the website at www.BethelFarmsNY.com.

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