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One of the Hamptons’ hidden treasures is Pembrooke Fine Landscapes, a boutique landscape design/build company that for ten years has worked with select clients. Pembrooke’s founding partner, Bill D’Agata, is as talented as he is meticulous, overseeing the smallest detail.
It used to be that a media room was de rigueur in the upscale Hamptons residence. Not so any longer. Ditto for wine cellars. While awfully nice (especially for oenophiles), they’re a bit passé. Gyms are still the norm but yoga rooms are much more now. Homeowners on the South Fork are nothing if not trendy.
What better way to spend some warm summer days and cool summer nights in the Hamptons than listening to great music at the theaters, clubs, and other venues. As August arrives, the sounds of summer can be heard from Westhampton Beach to Montauk as live musicians perform all across the Hamptons.
The Hampton Classic is internationally known for its spectacular displays of accomplished riding, and its sponsor and spectator donations. From high-profile celebrities to beginning riders, the Hampton Classic offers a full immersive equestrian competitive experience, with a wide spectrum of activities focusing on animal welfare and the betterment of the local community.
Billionaire playboy Stewart Rahr, has put Burnt Point, his Wainscott estate, on the market for, gulp, $95 million, according to the New York Post. “Stewie Rah Rah, the No. 1 King of All Fun,” as he calls himself, set a New York state record when he bought the property for $45 million in 2004.
For the past decade, Gary DePersia has considered himself fortunate to represent and sell the homes being built in the Hamptons by M & M Custom Homes, an organization founded some 15 years ago by Marc Underberg and Michael Axelrod. Starting with the development of real estate and the building of houses on the Gold Coast of Long Island and western Suffolk county, M & M Custom Homes came out to the Hamptons a decade ago to offer exceptional homes, both north and south of the highway, from East Hampton to Southampton.
Large and shingle-style are often the first words that come to mind when thinking of homes in the Hamptons. In the last few years, one of those descriptions has changed. The ubiquitous “shingle-style” home has some people looking around for a more modern house, one with the warmth of tradition but with modern details for clean lines and convenience.
HRES: As two very successful brokers, what is your business philosophy? Enzo & Fredrik: Both Fredrik and I believe that luxury has no boundaries. Our clients and customers are the same and we are both strategically positioned where luxury buyers and sellers are.
Marcia is a serious businesswoman who knows how to have fun. An expert in her field with 25 years of experience living and working in the surrounding areas of Remsenburg, Westhampton Beach, Quogue to East Quogue.
Nestled amid 40 acres of sprawling green paddocks, Annette and Matt Lauer’s Bright Side Farm feels like a true retreat from the hustle and bustle of the Hamptons. The construction of the barn marked a realization of the Lauers’ shared dream of creating an idyllic retreat, preserving the essential elements of riding in a facility that was designed exclusively in the interest of both horse and rider.