Trophy Houses

[JohnnySaxatilis]

I carry their bags at Oyster Harbors My friend does house checks during the winter on the island... these people literally pay people to walk through their house during the winter, and thats a full time job, need I say more? LOL

[Mugz]

My brother works finish construction on houses similar to these. He says some of the lumber is outrageous. $300 for a 10 ft piece of lumber....A customer recently came to them wanting a job done in Jamestown, but before he hires the company he's sending a crew of guys down to Key West , Fla for the month of October to work on his condo. If he likes their work, then they will get the Jamestown job.
Must be nice to have that kind of $$ to throw around.

[Rockfish9]

I see the same thing on lake winnipesauki...... their storage sheds are better/bigger than my house....they have care takers watch the property in the summer and winter...every once and awhile... they might stay there in the winter when they lower their standards and ski new hampshire instead of Aspen or Switzerland...I get the pleasure of waking them up with my auger( always after 7 )... one year had a woman come and tell me I couldn't fish out in front of her house... the reason .. she wanted to use her out door hot tub.. and I was disturbing her privacy.. my guess her mid winter romp was probably not with her husband...BTW.. i stayed put... she called the police.. they sent the wardens.. the wardens checked our licenses and told us to have a nice day...

[justplugit]

P. five years ago someone bought one of the most beautiful houses on a stretch overlooking Sampson in pristine condition. The view is breath taking.
Because it wasn't the largest house on the stretch they tore it down and built the largest one on the stretch,which took 3 years. IMO the new one is modern ugly compared to the old Cape Cod house.
Can't imagine someone buying a house as beautiful as that tearing it down and wasting 3 years not being able to enjoy it while the new one was being built.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by justplugit

P. five years ago someone bought one of the most beautiful houses on a stretch overlooking Sampson in pristine condition. The view is breath taking.
Because it wasn't the largest house on the stretch they tore it down and built the largest one on the stretch,which took 3 years. IMO the new one is modern ugly compared to the old Cape Cod house.
Can't imagine someone buying a house as beautiful as that tearing it down and wasting 3 years not being able to enjoy it while the new one was being built.

They probably rented one down the road while they were waiting.
We do a lot of work on Lake George, not much different. Buy a house for a million plus, tear it down and put up what you want.

[Sea Dangles]

A good friend is in the process of buying an 8M dollar teardown in Edgartown,the only thing he is saving is a 120' dock.I smell derby.