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My she’s yar says Prue Miller

31 Monday Jul 2017

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If you’ve got a hankering to (and the funds to)  bunker down in perhaps the prettiest part of upper crust America ignore Beverley Hills. Well, a bit strong there, ignore MOST of Beverley Hills and go take a peek at Suffolk County. In particular Southampton where this gem from Sotheby’s Southampton awaits you.

south big room7 Old Towne Lane was only built in 2016, but has created its own style. With a delicate Hamptons accent this home is at once bright, yet grand. I say that to differentiate that grand and flashy are two different things. There is a presence here that I just love.

I also would love to have a drink fridge that looks like this.

I would also love to be a size 8.

Neither of these things is going to happen.

South frontIt is close to other elegant hideaways such as Sag Harbour and Sagaponack (such dreadful names for such gracious places), and hangs on to its antecedents and ties to the old country country via The  Historical website.

But let’s just look at the pictures – and dream of a great weekend here – Katherine Hepburn might drop by, or Cary Grant … and absolutely no one from the Trump administration.

southmpton 2
south bedroom
southampton
dream home lounge

17,000 square feet, 4 acres ( gotta love imperial measures) and a ton of yum, all yours for $USD29.9m

 

Australia, we need more lakes and less Lycra – says Prue Miller

16 Sunday Jul 2017

Posted by Prue Miller in International Real Estate, Luxury Real Estate

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Australian real estate, lake house, luxury real estate, Prue Miller

Buchanan Boatshed
Buchanan upstairs
Buchanan top shot
Buchanan Front
Buchanan Lake

Call them dams if it helps, but what we’re missing from the laid-back, luxury property market down under is that chilled out, ever so still, LAKE.

Because what follows is the lake house. The Golden Pond potential (and if you haven’t even taken the time to see this movie, then frankly you don’t DESERVE a lake house) of a Scrabble led family retreat, and rediscovery. (As an aside, I have to say I think Jane Fonda is even better in Grace and Frankie than she was in Golden Pond. But I digress…)

Ocean view homes, the ones right on the water – are also majestic – but there’s so much going on. And worse still, people in all their Lycra loudness surge like a coconut scented tide for at least half the year. No, give me serenity with a glass-like finish and the security of a tree lined fiefdom.

Sothebys have a beautiful one for sale in Nashville at the moment.

A Main House, and a Guest House (it’s my blog so I can use upper case at random), plus the de rigueur Boat House can be found on the aptly named Kentucky Lane – overlooking Kentucky Lake. God, I’d buy it just for the address.

The house is aimed squarely at the lake; the great room a centre piece with what could only be called a glass altar, where the lake is praised, and cocktails (one hopes) partaken.

Four beds, four baths and lots of lovely land for the very reasonable price of $USD2.35m.

Yep, let’s get some of them thar lakes for down under. I need a Golden Pond moment or two.

LINKS:

The Lipman Group Sotheby’s International Realty

https://www.wellcomemat.com/embed/m3n7e356f0b7sep/

 

 

 

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