August 22, 2016 — Hamptons Real Estate Showcase – The Premier Luxury Home and Lifestyle Magazine

Ultimate Equestrian Living

By HRES Staff
August 22, 2016

In 1987 a horsey couple, Jane and David Walentas, purchased Carwyham, a 115-acre farm that had been owned for generations by the Corwith family till it was bought in the 1950s by local patriarch Sayre Baldwin. The Walentases...

Spirits Promise

By HRES Staff
August 22, 2016

“Please do not pity them. Instead help them; do something” is not just a motto for Spirit’s Promise, a Horse Rescue Program at Blossom Hollow Ranch in Riverhead, but a mantra. The founder, Marisa Charles, has rescued thoroughbreds, ...

116 Ocean Road

By HRES Staff
August 22, 2016

HRES: What’s the History of the property? Jane Peterson: This home was built circa 1906 and has had only three owners. Samuel Osborne Hedges, one of the founding families...

Market Holding Steady

By Ruth Thomas
August 22, 2016

As another great summer winds down in the Hamptons, the real estate market is experiencing an uptick in activity.

Going Native

By Anne Halpin
August 22, 2016

Have you ever dreamed of a landscape that’s less work to maintain, that doesn’t need lots of watering, or fertilizing or primping? Native plants can be the answer...

2016 Hampton Classic

By HRES Staff
August 22, 2016

There are only a few events each year in the Hamptons that still send chills down the spine. They are the ones people plan their social calendars around, the ones that mix nostalgia and that old time feeling of grandeur all into one bundle....

Realty Check Labor Day

By Zoe Langstrom
August 22, 2016

Fashion designer Stella McCartney has purchased a house in Amagansett for $1.5M. The relatively humble abode – three bedrooms, two baths – is sited on a mere .79 of an acre on the north side of the Napeague Stretch. But it does have...

Strong Connection to NYC & The Hamptons Lure Buyers to South Florida

By HRES Staff
August 22, 2016

Florida! Palm Beach, Miami, Jupiter Island, Coconut Grove: to this day, a whiff of glamour clings to those names. And for winter-weary New Yorkers, Florida is a perennially popular spot for a vacation or permanent home...

Equestrian Artists You Need to Know

By HRES Staff
August 22, 2016

After a career on Wall Street, Robert Hooke moved to London where he opened his own financial firm. While banking was always his primary career, art was his secondary. Even while still in New York he had been mentored by sculptor...

For The Carriage Trade

By HRES Staff
August 22, 2016

They might have been built to house horses and the fancy barouches and cabriolets drawn by teams of steeds. But these days – with their high-pitched roofs, loft-like interiors and historic provenance – carriage houses make desirable...