Georgica Pond, Estate of the Day
Today's estate floors me, mainly because of the price. It is listed at $40 million, which is not such a surprise in East Hampton, New York but for your money you don't even get an ocean view, just frontage on Georgica Pond. The home is a huge new 12,000 square foot mansion next to a 16 acre meadow reserve. The scale inside is grand with a 30-foot high living room with a dramatic wall of paned glass, French chalked paneling and hand-pegged parquet de Versailles floors. A whole chateau's worth of 18th century stone fireplaces seem to have been ripped from their homes and set into this new home, some at what seem to be odd proportions. The home also has a walnut paneled library, media room and the de rigueur massive family room/kitchen which opens to a Turkish limestone terrace with an infinity-edge pool and hot tub. There is also a separate two-bedroom guest cottage.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
just me Apr 6th 2009 2:24PM
Ridiculous, both the price and the house--it's just too big and out of place. It reminds me of Newport cottages, and although the Hamptons are uber-rich, its best when the homes are not so ostentatious. This one has stunning details but really, who lives like that anymore. Homes like this are monuments to the greed that have put us as a nation in the mess we're currently in.
DJ Apr 6th 2009 2:25PM
Granted, there's no decorating, but this house seems very sterile, inside and out. Nothing unique, nothing you wouldn't find in any other large home like it in a suburb of Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, Miineapolis, etc. And on top of the $40M pricetag, you're looking at spending another $3M to $5M on decorating and furniture.
tj Apr 6th 2009 3:15PM
The placement of the guest cottage seems very odd-smack in the front yard visible from front entrance. And the ceiling in the family room!! with the overscale fireplace!!
Bad design.
AZ Apr 6th 2009 4:02PM
Its not even in a nice part of the pond. I kayak the area often and usually skip that section because it is more of a swamp than a pond