Richmond Hill Gets This Old House-Approved

Is this the year for Queens to shine? Richmond Hill was just voted the best place in the state to buy an old house, and the title comes from none other than This Old House magazine (the show recently did their first ever NYC renovation in Brooklyn). A spokeswoman for the mag told NY1, "We picked Richmond Hill Queens because it's got lots of old homes that retain their beautiful original period details like wrap around porches and interesting siding details and things like that." She also notes that a starter home there will likely cost you less than $300,000. And what's this? The founder of the Richmond Hill Historical Society says, "for the price of a studio in Manhattan or in Park Slope or parts of Brooklyn, you can get an entire house here complete with a pool and porch. And maybe if you are lucky, a sleeping porch on the second floor." Okay, we were sold with the whole sleeping porch thing, but would you make the move? Either way, maybe this will help get the district landmarked, which has been an ongoing battle for over a decade. And perhaps This Old House can help out Far Rockaway next.