Hamptons Real Estate, Pt. II

Here it is, another snowstorm, and I'm daydreaming about Hamptons real estate again.

I just peeked at a fabulous place in East Hampton for the tidy sum of $11.5M. Taxes are an absolute bargain at a few ticks over $42K per year. "Mummy, have Jeeves pull the car around!" With six bedrooms and seven and a half baths, there'll never be a line for the loo, and all the best, it has a waterview.

There's another interesting property in East Hampton for a tad under $6M. Six bedrooms, (this must be a trend) seven and a half baths, and four fireplaces sound good to me. Not sure what the taxes are on the lovely cedar-sided house, but it does have a slate patio and pool.

My favorite piece of East Hampton real estate is a contemporary that's going for just under $3.5M. The pool looks spectacular and the taxes seem to be a marvelous bargain at under $8K. That math doesn't add up, but who am I to argue.

Ah but that's just East Hampton ... it's West Hampton and the water that make me want to forget the snow this morning ...

I saw a marvelous new sandcastle in Westhampton Beach for $3M. An absolutely fabulous chunk 'o real estate ... with amazing low taxes, to boot. When I land that big book with the big advance, I know just how I'm going to spend it ... and where ...