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327 Georgica Road features an allweather tennis court.

PURE PROPERTY PURE PROPERTY

From restored classical beauties to an amenity-driven modern estate, exceptional homes on the East End are waiting to be lived in. BY NANCY KANE

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a piece of history, complete with every modern convenience, is listed with Mary Slattery at Corcoran, asking $6,995,000. Built by George White, a colorful character—he was both a gold prospector and whaling captain—his house is known as the Captain George White House and, at 159 Main Street, it sits at the gateway to charming Southampton Village.

The west wing was originally built around 1750 and the east wing a hundred years later. The original structure underwent an extensive renovation and expansion in 2016, elevating this classic home to the standards of today’s discerning house seeker. Now, the main house features four levels of living space with seven bedrooms, including a generous rst oor primary suite with access to the gardens. The main house also has a replace and two guest rooms on the lower level. There is a two-story chef’s kitchen, replaces in the parlor and library, and a fully furnished lower level with a media room, wine cellar, gym, billiard room, sauna and guest room. A 900-square-foot pool house, complete with kitchen and full bath sits adjacent to a 20- x 40-foot gunite pool with spa and outdoor shower. There’s even a detached three-car garage and separate artist studio amid lush and mature landscaping.

In the estate section of coveted Georgica, Rylan Jacka, an Associate Broker at Sotheby’s International Realty, has a beauty at 327 Georgica Road in East Hampton, asking $9,450,000. Privacy is yours with this gated traditional at the end of a cul-de-sac, set on 1.2 acres. The property features an all-weather tennis court, basketball half-court, heated gunite pool and spa, and pool house with wet bar and full outdoor kitchen. Inside, entertaining is a breeze with a formal dining room, spacious living areas, a professionally equipped kitchen with breakfast bar, a sunroom and a covered dining veranda with a large bluestone terrace. Homeowners will enjoy a theater, billiards room and gym. Two guest suites on the built-out lower level as well as a separate primary suite over the two-car garage offer overnight guests their own space to relax and unwind.

A classic, rustic aesthetic in the dining space of the Captain George White House

30 Hampton Street’s recent renovation preserves the 19thcentury charm of the original home.

THE FRENCH CONNECTION ALTER EGO

Sag Harbor Village’s original Hannibal French House at 30 Hampton Street, built in 1830, has been restored to its historic beauty by Dragana Vlatkovic, a local designer and engineer known for her meticulous mindfulness and historically sensitive restoration techniques. Hannibal French was a whaling entrepreneur and his home featured classic, of-the-period rooms with soaring ceilings, large windows and elegant French doors. Vlatkovic re-milled and reset the original wideplank pine oors, restored ornamental scrolls in the staircase and had the windows custom made to t the originals (and made them energy ef cient).

Bright, open living spaces include two original replaces with restored mantels and lead to a substantial new rear addition—with a primary suite above, and a nished lower level features a chef’s kitchen with quartz waterfall island and top-of-theline appliances. A casual multipurpose area that is part of the kitchen wing draws plenty of sunlight and has a replace for cozy winter meals. Special touches such as a built-in desk, a butler’s nook and separate pantry complete this room, which opens to a covered mahogany porch with a view of the backyard.

The landing upstairs has a built-in antique French notary cabinet, and the primary suite features a sunny writer’s alcove, two custom walk-in closets, a gas replace and a soaking tub in an Italian tiled bathroom. A nished walkout lower level offers a bedroom and media room, bar and of ce or gym and laundry room. Tall privet, gorgeous hydrangeas and mature trees line the property and frame a new gunite pool. Asking $5,995,000, the listing is with Lylla Carter and Krae Van Sickle of Saunders. He sells homes in the dunes, and he’s artistically inspired by them. Renaissance-man realtor Raphael Avigdor, who has been named a Top 10 producer for Douglas Elliman in Long Island for a decade, has, he says, “a second persona…the truth is, it’s a third or fourth persona.” A selection of works by Avigdor the photographer (he’s also a sculptor, author, designer, samba drummer, linguist and award-winning documentary lm producer) will be exhibited at Rebecca Hossack’s C25 booth at The Market + Art Design show, August 11-14 at Nova’s Field in Bridgehampton.

The series of undulating dunescapes shot in the Southern Sahara desert in 2018 represents one facet of the artist’s dynamic, globe-trotting aesthetic, on view at raphaelavigdorphotography.com. No barren wastelands, these dunes project a golden, optimistic life force, much like Avigdor himself. “I’m a person-person,” he says. “I meet more real estate clients at Art Basel and other art shows, where people come to the booths and nd out a little bit about me. Real estate allows me the luxury of pursuing my other dreams and goals.”

The dunes portraits—“art that shifts with wind and storms,” Avigdor says—are a natural t for homeowners on the East End. “One of the many themes that attracts homeowners here is waves. Sand dunes are the waves of the desert.” —Jim Servin

Raphael Avigdor is an eclectic creator and top seller for Douglas Elliman.

Avigdor

Avigdor turns his lens to the Sahara dunes.