A different kind of second home
Fresh Air Land Co is a design-build company founded in 2023 by three partners: a high-performance builder, a BigLaw attorney turned broker/developer and an operations specialist. We build a small number of architecturally distinct homes on private parcels in the Catskills, with the kind of mechanical and material discipline that's typically applied to primary residences in the city or the Hamptons.
The result is a second home that performs as well as it looks and looks like it belongs exactly where it is.
How we think about design
Where a house sits on its lot determines everything that follows. We site each home to maximize privacy, preserve the existing tree line, and track the path of light through the day. Floor-to-ceiling glass, screened porches and outdoor living areas aren't amenities, they're the architecture doing its job. Inside, materials are chosen not to contrast with the landscape but to continue it: FSC-certified hardwoods, natural stone, custom millwork that ages into the setting rather than fighting it.
The goal is simple: you shouldn't feel like you've left the woods when you walk inside.
The build standard
Every Fresh Air Land Co home is built to the same high-performance specifications.
Your home, not our template
Buying during pre-construction isn't a compromise, it's an advantage.
We work collaboratively with every buyer throughout the build process, including with your interior designer if you have one. Fixtures, finishes, cabinetry details, flooring selections, these decisions get made together, not handed to you after the fact. The architecture and the performance specification are set. Everything inside is a conversation.
Now building
Our first project is Beehive, a small enclave of four homes on private lots in Accord, just two hours from Manhattan and a world away from the Hamptons scene and price point.
The first home, 79 Beehive Road is sold and under construction.
The second, 78 Beehive Road, is available now during preconstruction.
$2,900,000 · 4 Bed · 4 Bath · 3,069 SF · 5.6 Acres
The Team
Joseph A. Satto (Sales, Marketing & Strategy) The owner of Fresh Air. A former attorney turned real estate broker/developer.
Jonathan Eklund (Design & Construction) President of Ecostruct, a Passive House and LEED-certified design/build firm in Brooklyn and President of Reich/Eklund Construction, a design/build firm with four decades of work on the East End of Long Island. Leads construction on every Fresh Air Land Co build.
Kyle Needham (Operations and Sales) With the Fresh Air organization since 2015. Runs day-to-day project execution and supports sales across active developments.
Learn more
We put together a complete guide to Fresh Air Land Co; Who we are, how we build, how the financing works, and what's available now at Beehive. It's the same document we share with prospective buyers, and it covers everything this page summarizes in a lot more detail.