Hamptons shingle-style home on Sagaponack Pond lists for $26M
The last home on Seascape Lane sits at the end of a long gravel driveway. Situated on the north side of Sagaponack Pond, the home has windows frame views of the pond, the Atlantic Ocean, neighboring farms and preserved land.
The six-bedroom, 8½-bath house on a 1.09-acre parcel is on the market for $25.95 million. Annual taxes on the property, which falls within the Sagaponack Common School District, total $24,833.
"It's your classic sort of Hamptons, shingle-style home," said listing agent Deborah Pirro, of Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty. "It's timeless in its architecture and fenestration, and it's just very organic in the way that it's placed on the land."
Surrounded by natural sea grass and trees native to the area, the 2008 build appears a longstanding part of its environment.
"It just sort of rests as if it's always been there, and it hasn't," said Pirro, who has co-listed the property with Diane Anderson Barry. Marilyn Clark and Raquel Lopez, of Sotheby's International Realty, share the co-exclusive with Pirro.
Barry and her husband, Daniel, bought the property in the mid-2000s and hired architect Faruk Yorgancioglu to design the current structure. The couple hired interior designer Steven Gambrel to decorate. Over the years, they rented the property to others.
Amenities include fireplaces throughout the home, and outside a stone fireplace, a pool and adjacent cabana. Inside the cabana, there are a steam shower, sauna and changing room.
"And then, of course, there's a gym above the garage," Pirro said.
The home's heating system is fueled by natural gas and forced air. The house is cooled by central air conditioning. Pirro said the kitchen has five sinks — one wet bar, one vegetable sink and three large, farm sinks.
"The flow of the house, the light, the palette used — the attention to every detail was incredible," Pirro said.
To Daniel Barry, the distinction between this home and others is its location. When beachgoers crowd local sands in the summertime, Barry said, the home's residents do not have to worry about parking a car. The beach is a quick paddle across the water.
"There are a lot of houses on ponds all over the Hamptons, but this is unique because the other side of the pond is the ocean," he said. "It's literally a three-minute paddle on a kayak or a board to get there."