NY couple spend $3M on a home for their dog; now sell for $2.9M

Credit : Courtesy of Dr. Howard A. Rubin; Chris Kiely/Jump Visual When Howard and Suze Rubin, both 77, left their warm and cosy home in Florida for New York, they weren’t looking for a high-flying life in NYC. In fact, they moved to NYC for the weather. But they weren’t the ones chasing the cooler weather; their beloved dog, a bearded Collie named Buster, was. Florida may have a lot of beaches, but the sun wasn’t something good boy Buster could handle. “Summer is warm here, and you can’t really go out and play,” Howard told the Wall Street Journal. So the couple bought a home in NYC and spent nearly $3 million on renovating it before listing it on the market.A $3 million home built for one good boyPic courtesy: Dr. Howard A. RubinHoward, a technology consultant and professor emeritus of computer science at Hunter College, and Suze, a retired veterinary technician, school psychologist and volunteer EMT, lived in Boca Raton, Florida. But the weather wasn’t suitable for their beloved dog, Buster. So they decided to move. In 2019, the couple purchased a $1.825 million home in Pound Ridge, New York. The home sits on 2.76 acres. Built in 1996, the 5,000 sq. ft. mid-century modern home ca...