Perhaps Mayor Bloomberg would be interested? He could easily buy this White House; the other one requires a lot of work.
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Growing up as a little girl visiting the Hamptons where my parents worked as servers & landscapers seasonally, I have loved this house with all my being my entire life. I would stick my head out the window, enjoying the changing smell of the country like a happy puppy, curly hair flying. The first drive out of the season, my parents would always park in the church across the street and take me and my brothers' photos in front of this house, documenting our growth over the years against this gorgeous, glistening background. In summer we'd feed swans, in winter we'd admire the pretty little christmas tree on the pond. For the first time as adult, I returned to rented a house with friends out east for the weekend and cried when I saw the for sale sign. This house has been in my dreams and given me a thing of pristine beauty to strive for. Thank you for the architect, caretaker a and owner who gave us a place of magnificent beauty to mark our growth & bask in, at the end of a long, fighting & Billy Joel-filled car ride! Hope it is preserved for all time and one day in the far impossible future, to see inside!
Always one of my favourite homes to see in the Hamptons, it always looks so pristine from the outside. I can't say I love the interiors (I'm not a fan of the marble floors, like many commenting here), but the red geraniums, diamond-pane windows, and crisp landscaping always made such a classic impression. I hope the new owners take the same level of pride in the space.
Lovely, but a "mini-Versailles"? Looks nothing like Versailles.
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Interior design by Carmela Soprano?
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The interior is so ugly. I can't imagine living there without redoing everything.
I don't understand the fascination of marble as a building material. It is very nice for statutes in a museum. Very nice too, for potted plants or other decorative pieces. But for floors! Very difficult to maintain the original finish. Dulls and pits and shows wear in the traffic areas compared to the surrounding trim areas. And in the Hamptons with all of the salt air! Salt and marble do not mix well.
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@Robert Plautz More Florida than the Hamptons.
There used to be 2 giant trees flanking the driveway entrance. I think they must've been elms which likely succumbed to the ravenous Dutch elm disease. Having seen the house driving by for years, since the late 60's, long before the renovations, it's great to read the history.
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What a treat to see the house in the inside. When I was a kid on the way to Montauk this house served as my marker-“almost there!”
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I think one of the main reasons the house is so famous, which the writer left out, is that the house is the first house one sees, coming off 27E Montauk, as you make a left turn entering the village of East Hampton! Always wondered what was behind that white picket fence, as I gazed to my left and beheld that majestic, yet strangely unassuming home! Thanks for the tour...
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Seems kinda sad....all dolled up but not lived in. All that marble is way too much, just not right for this house.
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I too was worried about the marble, but the house's high ceilings and sheer vastness seem to accommodate it. Still, I prefer wood.
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@PeterR Yup. Hate the marble. Busy and cold (looking and feeling). I much prefer the warmth and patina of the wood parquet. If you don't like old houses, why buy one? Buy a new one.
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Beautiful! Red geraniums are one of my favorites, always elegant and understated. Does the furniture and auto come with the asking price? I might be interested! :)
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