Mill Neck home for sale has French style, pool, tennis court

A beige stucco exterior frames the dark wood double doors of a gated estate in Mill Neck. For decades, Christy Porter, 74, has visited the home as a holiday or dinner party guest, she said.

Today, though, her relationship to the Cleft Road property is different. Today, the 7seven-bedroom house is on the market for $4.65 million — and Porter and her daughter, Tina Teagle, are working to sell it.

"When people look at houses today, they don't want a cookie cutter house, they want something like this," said Porter, of Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty.

Through the front doors, a foyer with checkered marble flooring and a marble fireplace foreshadow the design of the rest of the house. Porter described the residence, which property records say was built around 1970, as a non-traditional Colonial reminiscent of the French style.

"Because it has high ceilings, it has very large windows, and so it brings in a lot of sunlight," Porter said.

Upstairs, French doors off the primary suite lead to a Juliet balcony overlooking the property. The suite offers its own two bathrooms. The house has five full bathrooms and two half-bathrooms. The second level is accessible by elevator.

In addition to a more formal first-floor entertaining space, there are a family room and breakfast area off the kitchen, she said.

Outside, there are a heated swimming pool and a tennis court. Taxes on the 5.17-acre property, which falls within the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District, total $41,212 annually.

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"But the key is that you don't feel it's a big, big house," Porter said.

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A beige stucco exterior frames the dark wood double doors of a gated estate in Mill Neck. Through the entrance, a foyer with checkered marble flooring and a marble fireplace foreshadow the design of the rest of the house.

The seven-bedroom house, with its five full and two half-bathrooms, is on the market for $4.65 million. Taxes on the 5.17-acre property, which falls within the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District, total $41,212 annually.

"When people look at houses today, they don't want a cookie cutter house, they want something like this," said Christy Porter, who has co-listed the property with her daughter, Tina Teagle, for Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty.

Porter is familiar with the home on a personal level, too. As friends of the sellers, Porter and her family have long visited the house as holiday or dinner party guests.

Porter described the residence, which property records say was built around 1970, as a non-traditional Colonial reminiscent of the French style.

"Because it has high ceilings, it has very large windows, and so it brings in a lot of sunlight," Porter said.

Upstairs, French doors off the primary suite lead to a Juliet balcony overlooking the property. The suite offers its own two bathrooms. The house has five full bathrooms and two half-bathrooms. The second level is accessible by elevator.

In addition to a more formal first-floor entertaining space, there are a family room and breakfast area off the kitchen, she said.

Outside, there are a heated swimming pool and a tennis court.

"But the key is that you don't feel it's a big, big house," Porter said.

By Arielle Dollinger

arielle.dollinger@newsday.com@aridollinger

Arielle Dollinger joined Newsday as a staff reporter in 2022. Previously, she covered local and national news as a freelancer for The New York Times, Newsday and other outlets.