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...crime-ridden, poverty-stricken town instead of a picturesque movie-set on the banks of the Charles. So if we take Yale as a model, perhaps the UC should spend a little less energy screening Finding Nemo and more time scouring the real estate listings for a stately mansion perfect for the kind of “dirty, big room parties” Harvard can only dream about...
Initially, I had been a bit skeptical of the purchase, never having seen this former Mansion of Sullivan County and having heard enough about its quirks to know that it would be cold and old. As most coddled only children do, I worried about how my parents could possibly manage their lives without me around and was naturally a bit reserved about their exploits into both canine matters and real estate. But though the car ride to the new house and its dysfunctional plumbing may prevent me from having them do my laundry every few weeks...
...Mansion of Sullivan County changed everything. After a three-year quest, they had finally found the one, and promised we would move into it soon enough to have Thanksgiving dinner with stuffed haddock, a compromise my parents had to make when I turned annoyingly pesco-vegetarian on them. Evidently, the fact that the property was called “Dream’s Landing” on the deed was irresistible to my father. It blinded him from the property’s very un-mansion-like faults: broken windows, malfunctioning heating, ancient plumbing, peeling wallpaper and even holes...
...part owner of the family mansion formerly known as the Mansion of Sullivan County. We signed the papers today at 2:30. Our real estate lady gave us a pumpkin pie to celebrate and our heating man gave us his own maple syrup and a cup with his company’s name on it… The house is furnished with the 3 chairs we bought at auction and a blue...
...description missing from the web page I’d received months before was that it was actually formerly known as the Mansion of Sullivan County, with formerly being the key word. The wallpaper was ripping off and most of the radiators had never been connected. But it’s a lovely place, with a gorgeous curving front staircase, eight intricately detailed fireplaces, and plenty of doors and nooks and crannies. As with any new house, there’s the fun in discovering the hidden secrets. The bathroom wall had a torn yellowed piece of antique newsprint pasted...