Julie Lasky

Primrose Hill is a northwest London neighborhood famous for its topography — the hill offers skyline views — and envy-producing, village-like charm. The district has Georgian- and Victorian-era terrace houses and many leafy trees. But even locals may not know of a little street that wends through it like a country lane.Hannes Witteveen, left, and

Co-op rules meant they couldn’t add a second bedroom, so they came up with an elegant workaround.Hardwood floors, beamed ceilings, exposed brick walls, working fireplaces — for many New Yorkers, the elements of a classic rowhouse are as toothsome as a dessert buffet at a wedding.Yet rowhouses have their downsides. If you’re a couple working

Instead of a conventional renovation, one New Yorker took a progressive approach. Now he pays almost nothing for energy, and the air is always fresh.In Astoria, Queens, amid a row of small brick houses built in 1945 with tile roofs and the occasional gable, sits a home vastly different from its neighbors.The hints are in

The tiny cabin, one of the few extant examples of a popular 1970s design, had no heat or toilet. But it was theirs for $85,000.One weekend in 2021, Gemma Warren was doing what she did every weekend: sitting over coffee in her home in Tulum, Mexico, combing through the real estate listings for cabins in