Once the most expensive Hamptons listing west of the canal, the grand 16,000-square-foot Atwater estate at 66 Seafield Lane in Westhampton Beach is now in contract for $16.75 million. The sale is going through Douglas Elliman superbroker Enzo Morabito. Designed by Lincoln Memorial architect Henry Bacon in 1903 as a summer estate for coal baron William Cutler Atwater, the…
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On Friday, December 2, Douglas Elliman agent Melissa Pintauro hosted a gathering to launch a Dress for Success clothing drive, which is continuing through the Friday before Christmas at her firm’s Sag Harbor office. The event sought to bring attention to the Dress for Success organization, which empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing…
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Mary’s Marvelous in Amagansett, the first of the business’s two locations, is closing its doors and hitting the local real estate market as a long-term lease for $625,000 in key money. The deal, through Douglas Elliman brokers Richard Kohr and Lori Macgarva, includes all existing equipment, but not the property or the Mary’s Marvelous name, which will…
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Bravo released the first trailer for their new Montauk-set reality show, Summer House, this week, and looks like it celebrates everything the people of Montauk are fighting to keep out of the once quiet fishing village. That said, if you remove last summer’s soon-to-be-famous renters, the show’s titular house is a lovely and serene place—and…
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After more than two years on and off the market, Susan Lucci has reportedly gone into contract to sell her palatial East Quogue oceanfront home, Four Winds, for just shy of $20 million, according to Page Six. Lucci first listed the 7-bedroom, 7-bath, shingle-style home at 20 Dune Road with Douglas Elliman power broker Enzo Morabito…
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Counting up from 17 to 550,960,120, Hamptons real estate numbers are making headlines all over the map this fall. Read on to find the hottest local markets, celebrity listings, unique rentals and more. 17 – Number of homes sold in Montauk during the third quarter of 2016, according to Town & Country Real Estate’s Home…
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In the spirit of Thanksgiving, our roundtable of real estate experts and insiders share what they are most thankful for about being part of the local market in the Hamptons—living here, working here, the joys of the past and what lies ahead. “With the holidays fast approaching, it is time for all of us to…
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In our Thanksgiving Issue of Behind the Hedges, we thank the associate real estate brokers and real estate salespersons who help make our community great. Here’s to the best… Due Diligence The best listing agents sell property based on substance. Before even marketing the property, these agents understand that they are brokering a specific property that…
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Grey Gardens, the iconic East Hampton home made famous by Albert and David Maysles’ 1976 documentary of the same name, is available to rent for the week of Thanksgiving and Christmas this year for $7,500 and $12,500 respectively. The 6,000-square-foot former residence of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale—relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis who…
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The world is looking at an uncertain future following this week’s election—America could be in peril or it could be of the verge of greatness (“again”), so now is a good time to hedge your bets. And the best way to do that might just be to buy an oceanfront home with its very own bunker!…
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