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Breathe Easy

By HRES Staff
October 13, 2016

I have a friend with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), a horrible condition that entails her sucking on an oxygen tank daily and getting intravenous vitamin drips twice a week – just for living in the modern age. To make matters worse, her antiquated Southampton Village bungalow has been besieged with mold, so she’s looking to buy a new house. This is not an easy task...

Eco-Friendly Flooring

By HRES Staff
October 13, 2016

Tropical deforestation is responsible for 10 percent of all global warming emissions, not to mention obliterating critical habitats of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth. We can all do our part by cutting down on demand. Here are some worthy alternatives to exotic hardwoods...

Green With Envy

By HRES Staff
October 13, 2016

We live on one of the most exquisite spots on the planet, which should make us want to safeguard our environment. While some homeowners seem to care only for making a huge visual impact, others are concerned with not impacting the area’s natural beauty...

Market Watch

By Ruth Thomas
October 13, 2016

Many realtors agree that although the summer of 2016 got off to a slow start, the season is finishing strong as we head into fall. New construction and waterfront properties continue to be hot as are properties in the $1M-$3M price range...

Real Estate Redux

By HRES Staff
October 13, 2016

Debra Scott has lived on the South Fork on and off since her first summer here in the 1970s, when she was an au pair. She later worked as a waitress at the original Bobby Van’s when it was where World Pie is now, and of course, served all the literary lions of the day...

Sacred Space

By HRES Staff
September 16, 2016

If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own religion or wished you lived in a house of worship, you should take a look at the Greenport United Methodist Church. But don’t wait long; a good church is hard to find...

The Midas Touch

By HRES Staff
September 16, 2016

or years the go-to metal tone of choice was silver. Think polished chrome, as de rigueur in a Hamptons kitchen as a Braun coffee maker. But the modern kitchens and bathrooms so prevalent here now beg for a measure of warmth...

Barn & Vine Bridgehampton

By HRES Staff
September 16, 2016

Barn & Vine is a brand new home development strategically located in the beautiful hamlet of Bridgehampton and with 70% already sold, we had to find out why they are selling out so fast...

Building in the Hamptons

By HRES Staff
September 16, 2016

ou’ve finally decided: this is the year you’re going to build your own home in the Hamptons. But how do you get started? Do you choose an architect or a builder first? What about location: where’s a smart place to build? Is the budget you have in mind realistic?

Fiery Foliage

By Anne Halpin
September 16, 2016

Autumn is upon us, and here on the East End we get to enjoy some of the finest weather of the year, with cloudless blue skies above a landscape suffused in mellow golden light. Other days are gray, dramatically blustery and cloudswept...