Maxwell Wiesen, Coldwell Banker (203) 869-1711; www.maxwellwiesen.com TAXES: $5,000 a year PROS: Reduced from the original $1.6 million, this house has a deep backyard with extensive stonework and gardens.
However, when officials visited the house for an inspection, they found extensive landscaping in the backyard, a new deck and a retaining wall on the side of the property that had been constructed to delineate an area for parking.
Instead of the usual scorched-earth concrete backyard, the developers planted extensive gardens along the rear.
Each court became a building lot for a four-bedroom two-and-a-half-bath shingled colonial with dark wood floors, extensive moldings, a covered front porch and backyard deck.
That, I think, gives us a very clear idea that Iroquois agriculture in the late 1600s was not backyard gardeners but rather very extensive acreages of agriculture planted by sophisticated farmers who knew exactly what they were doing.
Dan Kramer found out his new neighbor was planning extensive renovations last summer when he overheard an architect talking in the backyard next door.
Mining was so extensive that one town councillor remarked that "a coal mine in the backyard was not uncommon in Wigan".
But it's the extensive cocktail list, with drinks named after city neighborhoods like the Carondelet Sazerac ($8), and a backyard patio that keep the aficionados coming.
Most people in New Jersey are blissfully ignorant of the network of mosquito experts protecting their backyard barbecues, but in fact the state has the oldest and arguably the most extensive program in the country.
Atari is happily the owner and/or manager of an extensive library of more than 200 games and franchises that include brands like Centipede, Missile Command, Pong, Test Drive, Backyard Sports, and Deer Hunter.
