This $175 Million House In The Hamptons Is...Underwhelming
Source – A sprawling Southhampton estate will soon hit the market for a whopping $175 million, The Post has learned — and its sky-high asking price not only makes it the priciest listing on the tony East End, but also across all of New York state.
Located on Jule Pond and built for the Ford family — yes, the car company — this property spans 42.12 acres and includes a massive 20,000-square-foot, 12-bedroom home.
The current owner is reportedly portfolio manager Brenda Earl, a former partner at equity fund Zweig-Dimenna. She purchased the property at at 90 Jule Pond Road, which dates back to 1960, in 2002, as The Post revealed at the time.
The property boasts the largest ocean frontage in the Hamptons — 1,286.1 feet, or nearly a quarter mile long — and also includes unobstructed views of Mecox Bay to the east and the Atlantic to the south.
If it sells for this mighty asking price, 90 Jule Pond Road stands to crush the national record set in 2014 by activist investor Barry Rosenstein. He snagged an 18-acre beachfront spread in nearby East Hampton for a massive $147 million, as The Post also reported at the time.
Wait- what? Am I missing something? A few million, sure but one-hundred-seventy-five? No. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. Where’s the helipad? Where’s the safe room? Where are the tiger cages? It’s not even on the water. You have to walk through a fucking pond to get to the beach. You know why it’s listed at one-hundred-seventy-five million? Because it’s in the Hamptons. That and it was owned by Henry Ford. This blog’s about to do an about face.
Oddly enough I was thinking of Henry Ford earlier today while standing in line for a Burrito. I was admiring the speed and efficiency at which they crank out their product when it hit me; restaurants wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Henry Ford. I mean they would, it would just take them forever to make anything. I’m talking assembly lines, try to keep up. Which may be the single greatest invention in the history of mankind. It’s definitely the most beautiful. They had a team of nine people make my burrito. Nine. It took no longer than thirty seconds for them to create and deliver a delicious, tightly wrapped, diarrhea inducing burrito. I’m starting to well up just thinking about it. What I’m trying to say is that assembly lines are taken for granted and so is Henry Ford.
So on behalf of myself, thank you Mr. Ford. Without you I’d still be standing in line. I hope everyone who reads this blog has newfound appreciation for the Ford family and all they’ve done for the burrito industry. And to the readers who expected a real-estate blog, you’re welcome.
Come to think of it, maybe that price tag isn’t very high after all. Kind of a bargain to be a part American history.
Alright fine the house is pretty sweet: