The children’s bedroom in this Coxsackie house has actually cute wallpaper, as shown in this listing photo.
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Four Seasons Sothebys International
Part of living in New York City is thinking about moving out of New York City. Each month, we’ll round up the best listings within commuting-ish distance, places where entire houses go for the cost of a “junior one-bedroom” (or less), but you’ll have to fix your own toilet.
This week, we have four pools and a charmingly kooky Byrdcliffe Arts Colony house with a rock pedigree.
Four-bed, four-bath; $2,500,000
This photographer-owned Hamptons house comes with a sizable pool, as shown in this listing photo.
Photo: Douglas Elliman
The longtime home of the photographer Richard Imrie (he photographed Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles, among others) and a modern farmhouse with “rustic elements,” per the listing. It’s a cedar-shingle four-bedroom, four-bath (the wood is hand-hewn from Pennsylvania Amish country) that tried for $4.9 million over the summer but recently returned to the market minus a neighboring parcel and with nearly a 50 percent price chop. Does that count as a deal? It’s a newish build (2003) that comes with discreet solar panels, a swimming pool, and an open kitchen with plenty of counter space. The ceilings are high and beamed; the floors are wide-plank. The details are nice — nothing too showy. A barn serves as a studio or party spot, depending on your preference. Buying the house gets you beach rights for all that Southampton has to offer. And there’s a wood-burning fireplace for the offseason.
How do I get back to the city?
Take the LIRR from Westhampton and get back in just over two hours.
So what do I do if I live there?
Swim in your pool and go clamming. Party in the barn.
Four-bed, three-and-a-half bath; $1,625,000
The kitchen featured in this Germantown listing photo is the draw, with a huge A-frame floor-to-ceiling window.
Photo: Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty
Another farmhouse, this time trading the ocean for the woods. There are four bedrooms and three and a half baths. The kitchen is a stunner, with custom cabinetry, a Wolf induction range, and a floor-to-ceiling A-frame window to light it all up. New oak flooring and custom millwork throughout. There’s also a new HVAC and septic system and an option to buy it fully furnished, which means it’s truly turnkey if you’ve ever stayed at Inness and liked it. There’s also a two-car garage that includes a “flex space” for a studio or a pool room for the heated saltwater out back. Near to all the shoppy shops and restaurants of Germantown.
How do I get back to the city?
Take a two-hour train from Rhinecliff.
So what do I do if I live there?
Grab a beer at the Suarez Family Brewery and go kayaking in the Tivoli Bays.
Five-bed, five-bath; $2,450,000
This Coxsackie compound comes with 148 acres of land and a main house with a wraparound porch, as shown in this listing photo.
Photo: Four Seasons Sothebys International
This 1940s compound sits on 148 acres, which is 147 acres more than you’ll ever need. The light-filled main house has a wraparound deck, a kitchen with terra-cotta radiant-heat tile floors, and a wallpapered kids’ room that is actually cute. (Replacing wallpaper is a headache.) You also get two bonus structures — a two-floor cottage with sage-painted floors and a kitchenette that currently serves as sleepaway-camp-esque getaway for the kids, judging from all the twin beds and twee prints. Plus, a cabin that is being used as the pool house. The grounds themselves are beautiful (yes, you have grounds) and include an ancient catalpa tree and a fenced-in wildflower garden.
How do I get back to the city?
It’s a two-and-a-half-hour drive.
So what do I do if I live there?
Go to the Hi-Way drive-in movie theater. Or never leave your compound!
Four-bed, four-bath; $3,500,000
The John Storyk–designed house has slanted walls and curves throughout, such as the entryway featured in this listing photo.
Photo: BHHS HUDSON VALLEY
Not long after architect and acoustician John Storyk designed Electric Lady Studios for Jimi Hendrix, he designed this charmingly kooky house in the historic Byrdcliffe Arts Colony. Built in 1969, this redwood-clad home comes with a Poggenpohl kitchen, a heated Gunite pool, and a guest apartment with its own entrance. The highlight, though, is in its design — playful and curvaceous, all warm materials and light. It’s everything one might expect from the mid-century party homes of the era. Per the listing, “town-approved plans exist for a separate structure with its own septic and driveway entrance” — if those nine acres make you ADU-curious.
How do I get back to the city?
It’s just over a two-hour drive.
So what do I do if I live there?
Go to Silvia for dinner and get the whipped-butter pita.