Have you also felt recently that we are living in crazy times? Whether it is politics, the media, various corrupting and addictive devices, multiple versions of truth, accelerating climate change, gyrating stock markets — it is all sometimes a bit much to handle. And all this uncertainty underscores one fundamental point about TCP.
We have always stressed resiliency and predictability of costs as values central to our ethos. In various ways, our clients view their houses as safe and healthy havens in this fast-moving and often chaotic world. You have a chance to slow down, focus on the few essentials that matter, reconnect with the timeless and forever natural.
Now it’s true more than ever. The forests surrounding our houses don’t care about the news, nor do they change over the decades. The streams, waterfalls and ponds you enjoy speak their own timeless language. And all of them change with the seasons rather than with the most recent fad or conspiracy theory.
On a more physical front, our houses and site design are fire-resistant, something we wrote about before in this blog series. And there is plenty of water around. The forests’ biodiversity changes as species like ash get gradually replaced but they remain vibrant, forever protected and wild. So, while we wish the whole world the very best in all sorts of scenarios the Catskills will do exceptionally well, whether your time frame is 5, 10, 50 or 100 years.
Do you want to live in a beautiful, exceptionally energy efficient house, shielding you from energy price shocks? A house that will be fine in a tornado or the exceptionally unlikely forest fire? How about unplugging from the maddening information sources for a period of your choosing? Getting your kids off the screens? Source your food from nearby farms? Slow down and go for a walk to your favorite waterfall on TCP property? You can wave to a neighbor getting ready for a barbecue as you pass by.
There is sanity in this world. Come and see us. Let’s be sane together.