Wolffer Subdivision In Sagaponack Advances

The size and layout of four future house lots at the Wölffer Estate are being ironed out now that Sagaponack Village officials have agreed to allow the owners to carve the new lots out of the east side of the property.

Recently the Sagaponack Village Board continued its talks with John Whelan of Stelle Lomont Rouhani architects in Bridgehampton, who is representing the property owners, Georgina and Joanna Wölffer, in their plan to develop the estate of Christian Wölffer.

The application remains in the preliminary phase. Under the current proposal, the developers will divide approximately 12 acres on Sagg Road into six lots. One lot already has commercial buildings on it, one will remain as 6 acres of open space, and the remaining four will be developed for single-family homes.

The development is finally moving forward after the property owners and Sagaponack Village officials went back and forth for years about where to locate the houses. The Wölffer family wanted to put them on the eastern end of the property, bordering the horse farm and rows of the vineyard. The village, however, believed the houses would be less visible on the west side of the property.

Finally, the village agreed earlier this year to allow the property owners to develop the east portion of the property.

The Wölffer Estate comprises some 180 acres north of Montauk Highway. The family has already preserved more than 125 acres through the sale or gift of development rights and easements.

If the land is developed as proposed, the two house lots bordering a new street—which was initially proposed as Sagg Pond Lane, but because one already exists, would instead be called Sea Breeze Lane—will be smaller than the other two. One lot will be 40,000 square feet; one, 47,000; and two, 58,000 square feet.

Mr. Whelan said the design phase of the project is winding down, and that there will only be two owners, who will decide what to do with the four homes. He also noted that great care is being taken to keep a country look to the estate, saying the driveway and street will be a country road with oil and stone that appears to be gravel.

We think it is going to be a nice project," Mr. Whelan said.

The project will go back before the board on Monday, August 10.

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