tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post230523866731886522..comments2023-11-05T01:14:14.295-07:00Comments on The Real Estalker: Sandy Gallin Is Doing It In The HamptonsYour Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14600002907755148264noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-2044252734797876562012-10-26T21:54:55.572-07:002012-10-26T21:54:55.572-07:00Any chance of a 2-for-1 deal with use of a private...Any chance of a 2-for-1 deal with use of a private jet for the commute thrown in?Alexowrtohttp://goldsilverfactor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-43268980720693212162009-09-14T10:57:22.106-07:002009-09-14T10:57:22.106-07:00I am so going to start decorating ALL the shelves ...I am so going to start decorating ALL the shelves of my home with thick, 600-thread count white towels. Then hire someone to dust 'em. Those towels are the definitive way to distinguish home decoration between the merely rich and super rich. Genius, M. Gallin!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-51037349263859501152009-09-12T07:53:56.623-07:002009-09-12T07:53:56.623-07:00Thanks for the posts mama! Loved it all. As usual,...Thanks for the posts mama! Loved it all. As usual, you make my weekend. Mwah!Terre Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14104136546556745338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-70392147069017497792009-09-10T09:47:01.793-07:002009-09-10T09:47:01.793-07:00I've lived my whole life in the Hamps, and agr...I've lived my whole life in the Hamps, and agreeing with Anon 11:36, that pond in August would be a mosquito city, as well as some very interesting huge hairy spider-life that eats the mosquitoes. Sticking the pool in that stagnant pond would be no sort of plus for me. Unless you enjoy being eaten alive when you emerge from your swim. <br /><br />Vastly overpriced. I do like the rich-casual Hamptons style of it somewhat. It's a little chilly, but this is a guy who's pals with Calvin Klein. And in any case, it's just a summer house- I'd say in use 3 months of the year rather than 6.<br /><br />Google Earth shows someone is building a big house right next to the long driveway, seems uncomfortably close to the Gallin house, even if it'll be hidden behind privet hedges. $32 mil is just nutty for this, even out here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-58891736856751737632009-09-09T13:14:18.083-07:002009-09-09T13:14:18.083-07:00I wonder if his life is as stark as the interiors ...I wonder if his life is as stark as the interiors of the homes he designs?<br /><br />They are beautiful, but there is something missing...money cannot buy everything I guess.<br /><br />I do love the pool by the pond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3644694526943966942009-09-09T12:36:10.528-07:002009-09-09T12:36:10.528-07:00$32million is a lot to spend on something that is ...$32million is a lot to spend on something that is so totally bourgeois.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-34399960282669279672009-09-09T12:08:03.295-07:002009-09-09T12:08:03.295-07:00Any chance of a 2-for-1 deal with use of a private...Any chance of a 2-for-1 deal with use of a private jet for the commute thrown in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91033548884705289502009-09-09T03:56:15.290-07:002009-09-09T03:56:15.290-07:00he's jerking it at the thought of having two &...he's jerking it at the thought of having two "$32M" properties (that might be worth $20 combined - in a good market). E-G-OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-68159292071114837212009-09-08T22:53:04.254-07:002009-09-08T22:53:04.254-07:00The link to more pictures of the Long Island place...The link to more pictures of the Long Island place doesn't seem to work. The other does.<br />That said, all the surfeit of obscene domicillary excess makes one wish for a US version of the French Revolution. You know when the aristocrats were marched to the guillotine and the have-nots marched into their palaces and took over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-78029103705811277542009-09-08T22:03:49.830-07:002009-09-08T22:03:49.830-07:0011:25 - The least expensive stackable at Sears is ...11:25 - The least expensive stackable at Sears is $875 so no idea what you are talking about at $675. And $875 doesn't get you a Maytag like the ones in this house. You're looking at more like $1200 a set.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-67308156947276013802009-09-08T21:09:05.243-07:002009-09-08T21:09:05.243-07:00anon 5:29, i completely understand the staging but...anon 5:29, i completely understand the staging but i feel like they were going for a jeff lewis kind of feel and couldnt quite grasp it.<br /><br />on a side note that pool is awesome--takes any infinity pool to a new level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-84005372234407178122009-09-08T19:36:38.869-07:002009-09-08T19:36:38.869-07:00As nice as that porch and the exteriors look, it&#...As nice as that porch and the exteriors look, it's just a bit too Amittyville horror for me...and looks like it would be bug-central with that pond so close to the house. Get the Off!LA Ad Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-91412238702852260242009-09-08T18:52:41.482-07:002009-09-08T18:52:41.482-07:00~sigh~
I desire, nay, covet!, that laundry room. ...~sigh~<br /><br />I <i>desire</i>, nay, <i>covet!</i>, that laundry room. Particularly if it contains a <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/7426976/index.cfm?clg=38&bnrid=3213001&cm_ven=Shopping&cm_cat=Shopping.com&cm_pla=default&cm_ite=default" rel="nofollow">rotary iron</a>. We had one when I was a child, and I <i>miss</i> it dreadfully. Going to bed in freshly ironed sheets was wonderful, but I am <i>not</i> going to iron mine by hand, and I have no housemaids. :-((<br /><br />If only I had a couple of grand and a place to put one!Lilithcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165155867167277588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-69336662643522064102009-09-08T18:17:31.702-07:002009-09-08T18:17:31.702-07:00Love it, love, love it, love it, love it. Just ne...Love it, love, love it, love it, love it. Just needs a 'real' homeowner to come in a invest some life and color into it. Have to agree with the above poster that for 32M I'd be looking for waterfront.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-78206664730047281632009-09-08T17:29:00.664-07:002009-09-08T17:29:00.664-07:00People, this is not set up to be someone's &qu...People, this is not set up to be someone's "home." It's meant to be a show palace that Sandy will invite 200 of his closest and richest friends to come and see in the hopes one of them will want to buy it.<br /><br />It's meant to be a very beautiful blank slate...that's why it's got no "life" to it.<br /><br />If you had seen shampoo bottles in the shower, a variety of appliances on the kitchen counters and various other signs of "life" you'd be complaining that the least Gallin could have done for $32M is remove the personal junk for the photos.<br /><br />The house is stunning. Magnificent really. But probably for half 32MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-26333940795054916702009-09-08T16:28:23.278-07:002009-09-08T16:28:23.278-07:00"Somehow as beautiful as this house is I can&..."Somehow as beautiful as this house is I can't seem to imagine any voices raised in laughter or anything else. Just a feeling."<br /><br />New York Queer sums it up perfectly. Remember the house with the winding staircase adorned with portraits of pet dogs...was it Brooke Astor's estate? Maybe not every ones taste, but it was a home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-8567242566407431722009-09-08T15:58:14.324-07:002009-09-08T15:58:14.324-07:00A lovely, lovely home, but really Miss Sandra Gall...A lovely, lovely home, but really Miss Sandra Gallin, $32,000,000? I mean bitch, please. Missy is in 6 million for the land, and somehow I don't think another $26,000,000 of value has been added to the property. Shabby chic and lots of towels can only take you so far. A little to late to the rodeo I'm afraid. The masters of the universe who would have snapped this home up two or three years ago are sitting on what's left of their net worth or sitting on their butts in jail. Timing is everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-27525672157499066562009-09-08T15:50:35.040-07:002009-09-08T15:50:35.040-07:00My preference would be that Sandy Gallin find a ne...My preference would be that Sandy Gallin find a new hobby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-24240169670101943162009-09-08T14:54:13.131-07:002009-09-08T14:54:13.131-07:00Beautiful house, just needs a bit of funk and some...Beautiful house, just needs a bit of funk and some fun. He must decorate it for the broadest appeal - we know it's not something that someone decorated to be lived in themselves. A new owner will make it more personal. <br /><br />But what's with the desk and the two chairs facing it in the MBR? Is someone having meetings there? I hate that kind of office setup in a house, but it's even worse in a bedroom. <br /><br />The pool-in-a-pond set up is kind of neat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-71384752513818687862009-09-08T14:49:40.525-07:002009-09-08T14:49:40.525-07:00I like it, but for i just dont see this as a 32 mi...I like it, but for i just dont see this as a 32 million dollar property. They cold, white walls in an almost contemporary shabby chic look, the grey shingle exterior and that long gravel driveways just dont work for me. I say it will sell for 11,950,000 at best. Good post mama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-3120351666513922762009-09-08T13:37:57.090-07:002009-09-08T13:37:57.090-07:00I like this place on many levels, but I can't ...I like this place on many levels, but I can't get past the feeling that, in pictures at least, it looks a little creepy. Picture almost every horror film you've seen with a house in the country where something bad happens, and it "feels" like this inside. It's pretty but it looks very cold to me.Grrrowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01819677831541014915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-10628320416875936842009-09-08T13:25:24.340-07:002009-09-08T13:25:24.340-07:00The well manicured gravel driveway in the Hamptons...The well manicured gravel driveway in the Hamptons is the only thing I liked about the east coast property, but I imagine being anywhere close to the gardeners when they are trimming it, would like being shot at in a combat zone.<br />BTW, the link to the additional Bridgehampton photos is bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-9468557369683755302009-09-08T13:25:05.439-07:002009-09-08T13:25:05.439-07:00Love the rack of freshly ironed white clothes in t...Love the rack of freshly ironed white clothes in the laundry room and I remember commenting on the white bath towels in the Bel Air manse, about 144 on those shelves compared with the mere 60 in the summer house. Perhaps one stays cleaner dipping in a Bridgehampton pool then one does in Bel Air. Be hell to get a nasty paper cut in either house. Go all Jackson Pollack on all that white.<br />Somehow as beautiful as this house is I can't seem to imagine any voices raised in laughter or anything else. Just a feeling.NewYorkQueerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687588117326859562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-36972870645879039572009-09-08T11:36:14.402-07:002009-09-08T11:36:14.402-07:00Nice house...though for 32 big ones, I'd want ...Nice house...though for 32 big ones, I'd want to be beachfront.<br /><br />As someone who spent summers on LI, wouldn't that pond be a breeding ground for mosquitoes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179311615101890268.post-55005278250761459462009-09-08T11:25:49.333-07:002009-09-08T11:25:49.333-07:00His renovations all seem to have the same look. B...His renovations all seem to have the same look. Bel Air, Hamptons, doesn't matter. Interchangable.<br /><br />As to the laundry room: those stackables are $675 at Sears. Not saying much for high end appliances in that area.<br /><br />All in all though, a beautiful setting and summer home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com