Hedges Index: Finding Home-Loving 4s

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The East End real estate and residential building markets have seen a considerable boom in 2020, with many summer visitors choosing to stay indefinitely and others looking to buy, rent or build–anything they can do to stay in this slice of paradise long-term. As the real estate market enters the fourth quarter of 2020, we…
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The Art of Architecture with Ric Stott

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“If a building can evoke an emotion, the designer can lift a person’s spirit,” says architect Richard Stott, AIA, LEED AP. “By lifting a spirit, the individual is happier, healthier and more productive.” An award-winning architect who has given Hamptons green design a golden touch–this past March, Stott Architecture received a LEED Gold rating from…
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Master Craftsman: Erling Hope, East End Maker

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Art and fabrication are often seen as opposite ends of the design spectrum–the former can be used to evoke emotion, introspection, inspiration, reflection, rebellion, communion, while the latter is created to serve a more practical function. Not so for the design work of East End maker Erling Hope, which transcends these limiting labels and exists…
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Real Estate Roundtable: Above and Beyond

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Extreme weather, extravagant requests, extraordinary times…nothing gets in the way of true professionals going the extra mile, even after a property has been sold, for their clients. Gather ’round as our gathering of Hamptons and North Fork real estate insiders share stories about how they’ve made every effort, and then some, for their buyers and…
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