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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ...

SANDY AND TOM BREMMER
PROUD HOMEOWNERS OF

750 BURR STREET
SINCE 1999

WHAT MADE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH 750 BURR STREET?
We began our home search just looking for something interesting ... something with
character. We didn’t want the cookie cutter house that looked like everyone else’s …
and we wanted property. We found that unique space at 750 Burr Street. The home
was originally built in the late 1800s as a stable and converted to a house in the
1940s. We thought that the house was beautiful but we also had a vision for how we
could make it our own and get more enjoyment from it. While keeping the historic
character of the house, we blended it with modernized renovations and top-of-the
line detail.

I HAVE TO ASK … WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE TREASURE?
We’ve been told that New York gangster, Dutch Schultz, may have buried money on
the property before his murder in 1935. I guess there was a special on The History
Channel about it (laughing). While we were renovating, someone asked if they
could go over the property with metal detectors. No treasure yet, though.

CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE THE RENOVATION PROCESS ...
The construction on this house gave a lot of fine craftsmen the opportunity to be
creative because Tom worked right with them, constantly. They knew that Tom
wanted things that were unique, so whenever they had an idea for something
different they told him about it. Sitting down with an architect helped us to
envision the potential, like creating the master bedroom suite. The addition
included a large room for the bed, allowing us to turn what had been the bedroom
into a spacious sitting area leading to a private deck. Along with creating a master
bedroom suite, we also enlarged and modernized the Kitchen, and added a family
room.