Remsenburg Home Sale May Be Record-Breaker

The bucolic community of Remsenburg has long been known as a serene and understated enclave in the Town of Southampton—west of Westhampton, somewhat off the beaten path, and happy to stay that way. But with a residential closing this week north of $10 million, which may almost double a previous record set for a sale last September, is this sleepy hamlet destined for Hamptons home hysteria?

Maria Cunneen of Corcoran, who engineered the sale of Seatuck Lodge on Cedar Lane West, noted that, “Savvy buyers are looking west of the canal.”

Seatuck, which was listed at $12.5 million but sold for a currently undisclosed amount, most likely blows the previous record-setter on Club Lane, which sold for $7.6 million last September, out of the water. That sale in 2015 was the first residential property in the Remsenburg area to go for more than $5 million in five years.

Seatuck Lodge—built by school textbook author Alonzo Reed in the 1890s before it became a hunting lodge, then a family home—is nestled on over 7 acres on Moriches Bay. The completely renovated historic property features a nine-bedroom home, a windmill with an observatory, a four-bedroom cottage, a grandfathered boathouse, mahogany library, Zen gardens, a chicken coop, a saltwater pool, a tennis court, a private beach, a sauna, a fitness room and other trimmings.

“So much love went into crafting that home,” Ms. Cunneen said. “You can feel it.”

The New York City purchasers prefer to remain anonymous for now, but Ms. Cunneen offered that “it was a very smooth transition.” The type of home buyers who are drawn to Remsenburg, she speculated, “are not bar-hoppers. They’re people looking for country life and tranquility.” She described the property itself as “nostalgic and dreamy,” adding, “This is for people who are after serenity.” And she expects to see the market west of the canal continue to expand.

“The mentality for out-of-town buyers has historically been that a town needs the word ‘Hampton’ in it, but that’s shifting,” she said.

Seatuck Lodge is only an 80-minute drive from Manhattan. “These homes are becoming more than summer getaways now,” Ms. Cunneen said. “The proximity to the city is such a game-changer.”