Why you should buy their house in Sayville
Debra and Robert Abbate in the living room of their Maple Street home in Sayville. (Jan. 8, 2013) Credit: James Carbone
The Abbates have lived in their four-bedroom, two-bathroom Tudor since 1978 and raised their now-adult two children there. They added a heated 16-by-17-foot four-season room in 1985. A detached two-car garage is also on the .30 acre property Debra chats about her favorite features in the home:
“The home was built in 1928 and designed by a woman . . . She must’ve thought of things not normally found in homes then. There’s a set of built-in drawers in the bedroom. She put in two levels of laundry chutes that go right into the basement . . . and she put in a butler pantry and four (sets of) French doors in the living room . . .
"There’s an [outdoor] balcony off the master bedroom on the second level and because we’re set so far back from the road it’s a wonderful place to sit . . . to bring a cup of coffee or watch fireworks. We enclosed the screened-in porch and knocked down the wall between the porch and the living room. It gave us an open [area]. ...
"The neighborhood is lovely. We are perfectly located, within walking distance to town and the beach. We don’t get the traffic from town, but it’s nearby . . . Sayville is a very spirited community."
