There’s just over 11 acres of land, which is generous and makes for privacy quiet, all on four separate parcels.
Let’s see how the numbers are stacking up this autumn. These are the highest closings recorded since Labor Day by Zillow. $16.4 million 289 Parsonage Lane, Sagaponack Original asking price: $21.9 million Time on the market: 1.5 years Size: 11,665 sq ft / 2.0 acres $12 million 134 Narrow Lane E, Sagaponack Original asking price: $12.5…
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This is now the third property we’ve written about recently that’s approaching half off the original asking price. Originally listed at $8.99 million, it’s now asking $4.9 million. This is really a very nice house and garden: nothing to complain about here at all. Yet no one has purchased it over the years it’s been…
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Well, the property sold fairly quickly, anyway: the listing came onto the market in August and now it’s contract. And why not? It’s lovely inside and out. We really like the dark exterior, which feels fresh. So do the interiors, although the house was built ten years ago, it feel bang up to date in…
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This is a very interesting property on Shelter Island’s southern tip. Oak Tree Lane runs along West Neck Point, and this is basically the last house on the point, so your neighbors will mostly be fish.
Hamptons real estate is trend-driven–more so than other markets. The combination of well-heeled buyers and a second-house market means that buyers here are more interested in the next big thing here than elsewhere. Last autumn, the word was that small (meaning 3000 square feet and under) was the new large. But that hasn’t panned out,…
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Well, OK, maybe it could if it had front pillars made of candy canes and a gumdrop chimney, but other than that, this sweet cottage right near Three Mile Harbor is just as cute as could be, from the shingled exterior to the beamed interior. There are two fireplaces, two-three bedrooms, and two baths in…
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7 Nautilus Court in Hampton Bays closed two days ago. Listed originally about a year ago for $2.4 million by Joseph Savio and Enzo Morabito of Douglas Elliman, the property closed for just over $1.8 million. The seller was architect and interior designer Maria Capoferri, founder of Capoferri Design. She’s known for her work in luxury markets, including super-yacht design–we have to…
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This is just simply a great beach house. Why? It was built back in 1968, but it’s been well loved and maintained over the years, so it still looks fresh and up to date. Nothing is too fancy or elaborate for a place that’s going to be filled with wet sandy feet. Nor is it…
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Remember that wonderful day just about a year ago when Behind the Hedges was the very first in the world to trumpet the news that America’s king and queen of music, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, had purchased on Briar Patch Lane in East Hampton? Good times. Ever since then, everyone in the Hamptons has been dying to…
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