Hamptons Confidential: Randi Ball

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Randi Ball is an agent in Corcoran’s East Hampton office. After only five years in the business, she’s racked up an impressive number of sales and awards. She lives in Amagansett with her “Instagram-famous” dogs. Where are you from originally? I grew up on Long Island, Syosset. I did live in the city for forever,…
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Property of the Week: Church Lane, Westhampton Beach

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“Location, location, location,” says Aimee Martin of Saunders about this house, which she listed with Ginger Bittner Andrews. And indeed, 9 Church Lane is close to absolutely everything. Walk to the village green, the farmer’s markert and Main Street’s shops and restaurants; meanwhile, ocean beaches are half a mile away. The charming old place is…
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Hamptons Open Houses to Check Out This Weekend

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Open houses are a great way to find your next home, see inside a house that you have always been curious about, or just get design ideas. 57 Suffolk Street, Sag Harbor Open house: Saturday, August 31, 10:00AM-1:00PM; Sunday, September 1, 2:00PM-4:00PM Ask: $1.775 million Beds: 2 Baths: 2 Size: 0.08 acre; 1,028 square feet Features: 1880s…
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The History of the Huntting Inn

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The Huntting Inn is one of the oldest buildings in East Hampton. It was originally built in 1699 as a family home for the second Presbyterian minister of East Hampton, the Reverend Nathaniel Huntting, “for him and his heirs forever.” The Hunttings no longer own the place, but they did live there for nine generations. None of the…
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An Intriguing Estate on Quimby Lane, Bridgehampton

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You might think the most interesting thing about this property is the Balinese style of the buildings, but you’d be wrong. Sotheby’s listing agent Dana Trotter says, “What’s so interesting about it is that it’s never been on the market. The 32-acre plot that now comprises Quimby Lane was bought back in the eighteen hundreds…
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Hamptons Confidential: Martha Gundersen

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Martha Gundersen has had a stellar career as an agent on the East End; she recently moved to Douglas Elliman. A Massachusetts native, Gundersen fell in love with the Hamptons on her first visit. Now she lives in Amagansett with her husband and three rescue dogs. Where are you from originally? I grew up in…
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Property of the Week: Hampton Road, Southampton

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This rambling house has been owned by only two families since it was built in 1835. “It’s so charming,” exclaims Lynda Packard of Douglas Elliman, who is listing the property. “There are very few of these original houses with such a lovely history left. If you look at old Southampton village maps, it’s referred to…
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Hamptons Open Houses to Check Out This Weekend

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Open houses are a great way to find your next home, see inside a house that you have always been curious about, or just get design ideas. 136 Old West Lake Drive, Montauk Open house: Saturday, August 24, 11:00AM-1:00PM Ask: $2.499 million Beds: 4 Baths: 3 Size: 1 acre; 1,891 square feet Features: This Hollenbeck &…
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Promised Land

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Back in the day, when we drove past Napeague (known as “the straightaway” in our family) to get to Montauk, there’d be that familiar point where you had to hold your nose. “Here we come, kids!” my mom would call out. You were passing the fish factory, nicknamed Promised Land because it stank to high…
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