Southampton mansion back on market for $34M

A snazzy six-acre Hamptons estate is back on the market in the Southampton enclave of Fordune.

The property, at 17 Channel Pond Court, was listed this week for $34 million, Mansion Global reported. The estate — two parcels that were merged into one — features a 16,000-square-foot home built by the sellers.

The shingle-style mansion has eight bedrooms, nine bathrooms and four powder rooms. There’s a conservatory for dinner parties, a screened-in porch and an old-fashioned English library. That’s not the only English touch; an English garden circles a pond.

The main house includes a “Zen” space, wet bar with a snooker table, piano and wine cellar. The owners recently made over the home after spending the height of the pandemic there. They even upgraded the security, although Fordune is already a gated community.

Other exterior elements include a pool, tennis court, glass-domed solarium, art studio and a rooftop viewing area with views of Mecox Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. There are also hedges everywhere around the property, adding to its privacy motif.

The owners of the Channel Pond Court home have not been disclosed. They purchased the land for a mere $660,000 in 1997, according to a property history on Realtor.com. The house was put on the market for $37 million in April 2019, marked down to $28 million in November, then pulled off the market two months later, just before the pandemic.

Douglas Elliman’s Michaela Keszler has the listing, along with Joseph Savio.

Fordune includes the former estate of Henry Ford’s grandson, a piece of which Australian hedge fund manager Greg Coffey bought just over a year ago. The investor purchased the home at 90 Jule Pond Drive for $105 million, one of the most expensive residential sales in the history of the East End.

— Holden Walter-Warner