Behind the Hedges

CNN journalist Chris Cuomo and Purist editor Cristina Cuomo are signing off from their sweet Southampton summer home, as first reported at the NY Post. The airy home is not a huge mansion, at 3000 square feet, with five bedrooms and four bathrooms, but it manages to be both unpretentious, homey, and chic at the…
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It’s not really a treehouse, but it feels like one. We like the cozy, private feeling of this residence, which is waterfront on an inlet of the Peconic River. There’s 1.12 of an acre of land which includes 304′ of waterfront, and there’s even a dock. The main house isn’t huge at 2400 square feet,…
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Starting Saturday, March 2, the Rogers Mansion will display an entirely new set of historic photos from the Morris Studio Collection. George W. Morris began taking professional photos in 1892 when he opened his photography studio on Main Street in Southampton. When the shop closed in 2017, over 10,000 glass plate negatives were discovered hidden…
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Glamorous. Luxurious. Sumptuous. Also? Enormous! One of the properties in Keane Development’s Olde Towne enclave is now in contract. The 23,000 square foot house boasts every feature a buyer could dream of, including an indoor basketball full court and a rooftop putting green. 3.84 acres of rolling green lawns includes a 60 x 30 gunite…
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Back in 2014, this East Hampton property, with 3.5 acres of sumptuous landscaping by Ed Hollander, along with a 7,700-square-foot, 7 bedroom house, pool, and tennis, was listed for $11.9 million. The interiors were suffering a bit from the 90s (see below). After some price cuts, the property sold in 2015 for $9.5 million. It…
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This listing intrigued us because of the quick sale. We’re not sure why it sold so fast: the interiors are definitely tired and it’s not cheap enough for a teardown. Guess it was just some combination of the right location, right price, and right buyer. Location is very good, in the peaceful, pleasant Lanes, just…
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The well regarded Grassmere Inn B&B in Westhampton Beach has come on the market. Asking price for the 14-guestroom inn is $2.55 million, which is set on 1.03 of an acre of land. This place seems ripe for gentrification/hipsterification. There’s plenty of space in the 1885 Italianate mansion; in addition to the guestrooms, there’s a living room,…
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Paul Brennan has seen it all in his 40 years in the business. A Hamptons native, Brennan was mentored by legendary broker Allan Schneiderman; he then co-founded Braverman Newbold Brennan, later sold to Sotheby’s. In 1999, the year Brennan joined Douglas Elliman, he was instrumental in establishing the Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund in…
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The Hamptons real estate market right now is just like Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812: cutting! Slashing! Prices falling faster than the battle of Smolensk! Asks retreating like the Grande Armée!  Wait, where were we? Right. This appealing 3.8 acre property is on Burnett’s Creek (right off Mecox Bay). The asking price has recently been…
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We’ve been noticing for a while now that Springs prices have been heating up. Unfortunately, this is difficult to quantify easily, as none of the brokerage market reports breaks Springs into its own category. (Town & Country, which provides fairly granular data, distinguishes between “East Hampton Area,” which includes Wainscott, and “East Hampton Village.” Corcoran…
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