A house that lets you bring the outdoors in. Wrap windows on this open-plan home maks you feel like you're living in a garden. Inside this rambling gem, you will find all the amenities. Outside, there are three decks, a pool set among Maples and roses, hot tub, bar-b-q and plenty of space for entertaining. You're across from Shinnecock Bay and ten minutes to Cooper's Beach. The perfect locationThe Space:Lots of cozy corners for adults. Across from Shinnecock Bay. Just minutes from Cooper Beach. The kitchen is big enough for everyone to join in. Non-cooking "sous chefs" can watch & eat at the counter stools. There's a round table on the sun porch and a formal table with room for 10 - 12. Outside by the pool, a bar-b-que grill, dining table for 6 with umbrella. Lounge chairs plus plenty of seating. 3-decks ( side - with umbrella, chairs) front - has space for chairs, 2nd floor - water view.) Working garden, with herbs already planted for you.Indoors: First floor: 3 bedrooms, one adjacent to the sun-porch for added privacy, bathroom, kitchen and formal dining room.Second floor: Master suite with partial water view, bathroom w/jacuzzi with private gallery with daybed and sofa and 2nd floor deck. Basement: Media room with huge screen, bar, washer/dryer, bonus bed and bathroom # 3. Also, nanny suite with dry bar, microwave and small fridge. Gardens: Japanese garden by pool. Yard: Pond garden (currently in the works), massive lawn, all trimmed in flowers and set behind high privet hedge.Guest Access:All spaces of this fabulous estate rental are accessible to our guests.Interaction with Guests:We are available for our Hamptons villa rentals 24/7 within reason.The Neighborhood:The town was founded when settlers from Lynn, Massachusetts established residence on lands obtained from local Shinnecock Indian Nation in 1640. The first settlers included eight men, one woman, and a boy who came ashore at Conscience Point. These men were Thomas Halsey, Edward Howell, Edmond Farrington, Edmund Needham, Abraham Pierson the Elder, Thomas Sayre, Josiah Stanborough, George Welbe, Henry Walton and Job Sayre. By July 7, 1640, they had determined the town boundaries. During the next few years (1640–43), Southampton was further increased in population by 43 families.From 1644, the colonists established an organised whale fishery, significant in the history of whaling as the first in New England. They chased pilot whales ("blackfish") onto the shelving beaches for slaughter, a sort of dolphin drive hunting. They also processed drift whales they found on shore. They observed the Native Americans' hunting techniques, improved on their weapons and boats, and then went out to ocean hunting.[3]The first meeting house was on a hill that is the site of the current Southampton Hospital. The oldest existent house in the town is the Halsey House at 249 Main Street, which was built by Thomas Halsey, one of the first Englishmen to trade with the Shinnecocks.[4]Southampton has 47 public and private cemeteries,[5] not including Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, which is claimed as an Indian burial ground that is no longer in active use.[6] Southampton is named after the port city of Southampton in Hampshire, England.The Town of Southampton operates an official historical web site.[7] The site shows the locations of over 100 points of interest, historic markers, and historic districts as well as over 1500 photos.In 2005 the Shinnecock nation filed a lawsuit against the sta
