The Million-Dollar Teardown
A couple years back, we had a great idea for a new reality show: Who Can Sell This Rubbermaid Shed in Sag Harbor for a Million? (We admit that maybe the title needed a little work.) Three local agents would compete to sell a Rubbermaid Big Max shed, with a luxurious 7′ x 7′ interior,…
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The Highest Priced Hamptons Homes on the Market Right Now
While the top sales of 2018 were notable for their geographic diversity, stretching from Southampton to Montauk, not so on the top 10 list of properties on the market now. One street–Billionaires’ Lane, also known as Meadow Lane, Southampton–dominates, with 4 entries out of 10. Southampton boasts 7 out of 10 entries, while the rest…
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Don Draper’s Summer Home Is in Quogue
This contemporary in Quogue was actually built in 1988 (when Don Draper would have been getting a little long in the tooth), but it was given a fresh midcentury look by its owner, architect David Neff. The most striking thing about the interiors now is the encaustic cement tiles that decorate the fireplace, kitchen backsplash…
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Southampton’s Beautiful Wyndecote Is Ready for the 21st Century
One of the original Southampton summer colony “cottages” is for sale. Wyndecote, built in 1886 by architect Robert Henderson Robertson (who also designed the Rogers Memorial Library) as his own home, has had a facelift. The property is currently owned by hedge funder Scott Bessent, who served as chief investment officer for George Soros’s family office…
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Rent Richard Avedon’s Former Montauk Estate This Summer
This property, one of the easternmost on Long Island, guarantees quiet in summer. And that’s why the current owners bought it. As The New York Observer wrote in 2000, “But a couple from about a half-hour down the road signed a deal in early April to buy photographer Richard Avedon’s 7.5-acre mini-compound for almost $9…
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Top 10 Hamptons Sales for 2018: Implications for 2019
If the top ten sales of 2018 in the Hamptons can be summed up in one word, that word would be “unremarkable,” according to Judi A. Desiderio, CEO of Town & Country Real Estate. The biggest sale was $40 million; in other years (such as the blockbuster 2014), that would have been a middling entry…
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Esprit Founder’s Updated Sag Harbor Gambrel in Contract
Jürgen Friedrich, who founded 80s fashion brand Esprit, and his wife Anke Friedrich bought this house–one of many they’ve owned and renovated in the Hamptons, including nearby 20 Union Street–because the place reminded Anke of German houses she’d known growing up. The house wasn’t for sale, but Anke bought it anyway, allowing the owners to…
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Beautiful Sag Harbor Home Was Never the Summer White House
20 Union Street, Sag Harbor, is a beautiful, historic home, no doubt about it, especially since it’s been given a makeover for the 21st century by one of our favorite designers, Steven Gambrel. But as sticklers for historical accuracy, we feel compelled to point out that the claim that the place was President Chester A….
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Chris and Cristina Cuomo List Their Southampton Home
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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