Real Estate:
The sale or purchase of a home, condominium, cooperative, commercial property or vacant land is one of the most substantial, meaningful, and important contracts one will enter in his or her lifetime. Our firm has successfully closed thousands of these transactions during the past forty plus years. Our practice includes not only local matters, but also surrounding counties as well as New York City.
Since we are an experienced and full service law firm, our attorneys can advise clients with respect to issues beyond the mere purchase or sale of real property. Questions relating to title, zoning, tax assessment, mortgage financing, board approvals, boundary issues, easements, brokerage commissions and obligations that may extend beyond the closing could be overlooked by attorneys with less experience.
We represent both sellers and purchasers with respect to re-sales of existing homes, condominiums, and cooperative apartments. We also have and continue to represent many local builders of new homes in the Rockland County area and surrounding counties. This experience provides our attorneys with the ability to represent purchasers of new homes and negotiable the most favorable terms possible for the purchase of a new home.
Our firm takes pride in the fact that our clients are advised to enter into contracts only after a full review of the terms of the contract with an attorney. The result is a knowledgeable clientele that can expect a successful conclusion of his or her transaction.
Zoning:
One of our firm's most concentrated and experienced areas of representation is in the field of zoning. From individuals proposing an addition to an existing home, the construction of a new single or multi-family home, small or large scale subdivision of land, commercial development, religious places of worship and schools, as well as mixed uses of property, we have successfully obtained approvals from many local planning boards, zoning boards of appeals, town boards and village boards of trustees.
The attorney is an important member of a team of professionals that must work together with the client in order to obtain a favorable outcome. During our many years of experience, we have developed close working relationships with local land engineers, surveyors, architects as well as many building inspectors, municipal attorneys, an other municipal professionals involved in the approval process.
While we stress the importance and practicality of working in cooperation with the subject municipality, we also can advise clients when it is appropriate to seek approvals notwithstanding concerns of the municipality or objections of surrounding property owners. We are also prepared to litigate for clients whose rights have been violated.
