Water Mill, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Feb 21st 2011 at 1:01PM

The Hamptons are full of lavish real estate and so it takes a lot to turn heads but this one in Water Mill, New York definitely does. Newsday reported last year that the home belongs to real estate principal and chef Andrew Borrok. According to that article, the kitchen alone with a a prep-kitchen, walk-in refrigeration, bakery and a finishing kitchen upstairs cost $3 million.

The home dazzles from the get-go with a a foyer that has a double staircase in cast bronze with silver and gold-leaf details and crowned by an early 19th-century, stained glass skylight. The home was built in 2005 and has a custom-designed copper roof and eight bedrooms. The four-acre property fronts has a heated gunite pool with a waterfall edge as well as a tennis court, a koi pond and a four-car garage. Property records show that he bought the property in 2003 for $3,687,500. It is listed at $58.5 million with Harald Grant of Sotheby's Realty.

Gallery: Water Mill, New York

Tags: estate of the day, hamptons real estate, new york real estate, water mill

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DJ Feb 21st 2011 1:40PM

Wow, this is one of those homes that defies objective comment.

On one hand, there is much to love - the location, the architecture, the fabulous grounds and the grand scale.

Yet on another, there is much to hate - the overzealous decorating, the bathroom, the clash and conflict in styles, the bathroom, the uber industrial kitchen, and the bathroom. Fortunately, many of those issues are cosmetic and easily repairable.

stephexus Feb 21st 2011 3:24PM

The bathroom makes me paranoid...like spikes might suddenly pop out of the lowering ceiling as I'm sitting on the toilet.

beanspants Feb 21st 2011 3:56PM

These are some bizarre photographs. Like they were taken with a camera phone or something. It makes the fit and finishes look worse that what they probably are.

Jane Feb 21st 2011 6:01PM

Gosh, it looks like they spent a lot of money to make it so hideous. Really, really awful.

JLS Feb 22nd 2011 1:23AM

This owner thinks his property has gained 55 million dollars in only 8 years? Even taking into consideration a reno effort that's absurd. He poured 3 mil of the 55 mil difference into the kitchen so where is the rest? The bathroom is a high anxiety mess. The kitchen is just odd and the pool isn't anything to rave about either.

There isn't 58.5 million dollars worth of anything here. It's a big oddly opulent mess.

Say something nice...okay-great curb appeal from the front exterior. Looks like a grand mansion. Oh well....

JLS Feb 22nd 2011 1:26AM

Forgot to add a compliment. The foyer is gorgeous and grand in an epic way. If I drove up and entered the foyer, I'd have loved it until I saw anything else.

It's a disappointment past that.