Montauk may evoke surf shacks and beach bashes, but the scene on “The End” is growing up fast — along with its housing prices.
“Montauk wasn’t really known as a $10 million-plus market — that’s starting to change,” says Michael Cantwell of Bespoke Real Estate, which specializes in marketing Hamptons properties asking for over $10 million.
Indeed, more than a dozen homes on the market in Montauk have reached (or leaped past) that price point. For example, 14 Maple Street — a striking six-bedroom, 7,300-square-foot mansion built in 2015, situated across the street from Montauk party spot Gurney’s Resort — is on the market for $14.5 million.
Designed for indoor/outdoor living, the property (complete with an infinity pool, spa, 1,000-squarefoot roof deck and 2,500-square-foot Carrara marble patio) wouldn’t look out of place on Southampton’s prestigious Meadow Lane. “In Southampton, it would be another really nice house, but in Montauk it really makes a statement,” says Chris Coleman of Saunders & Associates, who’s marketing the property.
“The owners designed it themselves to take advantage of the dynamite view. It sits 125 feet above sea level. They call it ‘cloud nine.’ ”
Another stunner, at 230 & 234 Old Montauk Highway, is asking a whopping $21 million (with Corcoran) and also takes advantage of Montauk’s unique topography. The glass walls of the two-building, four-bedroom, retro-modern retreat — perched on a hill above the ocean — allow light to play off the buildings’ strong lines.
Other lures to the 5,700-square-foot home? Five fireplaces, geothermal wells and a heated infinity pool. But the priciest showstopper on the Montauk market is down the road, at 42 Old Montauk Highway.
The 35-acre estate features a five-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot mansion that’s asking an impressive $48 million with Brown Harris Stevens.
The oceanfront, pond-adjacent getaway (designed by architect Frank Hollenbeck) was inspired by a Chinese teahouse, evident in its Asian-influenced, blue-tiled roof. Inside, it’s all about light, marble and amenities — including a movie theater, four fireplaces, an elevator and a 10-foot triangular skylight.
Maybe the edge of the world isn’t so far way.
