It 's definitely someone 's dream ; it 's just not our dream , '' said Andrew McCaul , a 37-year-old photographer who moved from Ridgewood back to Carroll Gardens , Brooklyn , in June -- exactly one year after buying a $ 580,000 three-bedroom Dutch colonial , in walking distance of town , with his wife , Sarma Ozols , 36 , and their son Aidan , now 2 .