His and Hers Cottages - Slide Show - NYTimes.com Laura Ann Jacobs, an artist, and Robert Pardo, an art dealer, live between two 1920s cottages, one in front of the other, on a small lot in Lake Worth, Fla. When Mr. Pardo asked Ms. Jacobs to marry him on their third date more than a year ago, she refused, saying that the only way she'd consider living together was in separate houses. Then he found the cottages, which were in foreclosure in 2010.