Ellen and Patrick Trimarco

Patrick and I met at his used bookstore in Manhattan 3 years ago and agreed we had some things in common.  Once we started hanging out we were inseparable.  When we got our first place two years ago- we were looking for a large sunny apartment in a quiet neighborhood and were pleased to find exactly that on our first round of apartment hunting in Washington Heights.  We celebrated our new place together with friends and family and had many good memories there.

It was only a matter of time before we realized that the majority of our friends and family lived in Brooklyn and living in Washington Heights made it exceedingly difficult to casually meet up with them.  We started looking for a place in Brooklyn and had two main requirements: a place where I could grow plants and vegetables and a place with enough space for Patrick’s beautiful used books collection.  

Our apartment hunting had a rocky start and nothing seemed to match the ideal we had for our new lives in Brooklyn.  Finally we found an unusual and extremely charming 1-bedroom house attached to an apartment complex that reminded Patrick of a little beach house.  Being from Florida myself, this place just struck a chord in my heart as well and we fell in love with our new home.