Quogue home: I'm tall, treed and have a mudroom

Thursday February 9, 2012 11:20 AM By Lisa Doll Bruno

Photo credit: Handout | First person blog - 9 Postfields Lane, Quogue - $1, 995,000

Combing through real estate listings can be entertaining — especially when you come across a description so unusual that it makes you smile (and take notice, which is really the point). Take, for example, this traditional-style house for $1.995 million being built in Quogue that takes on a first-person description.

Attention-grabbing right out of the box, it starts with: “Please pardon my appearance! I am just being constructed on an acre of land that can also accommodate a tennis court. However, I am keeping my trees until my new owner decides they want tennis or not.”

Chances are, whoever reads this will continue and get a kick out of what comes next: “I am tall with 9-foot ceilings ... I have a pantry, laundry room, mudroom and a two-car garage.”

The author, Michele Wilkinson of Jean Carbone Real Estate, who is marketing the 4,600-square-foot house, says that since it was under construction, she decided to make the listing a “little more unique.”

As it turns out, her plan did generate a few calls, she says.

Playing it straight for now, the five-bedroom house also features two fireplaces as well as seven custom baths, a separate guest wing, a custom kitchen with an open breakfast area that opens to a covered porch and a heated, 20-by-40-foot gunite pool. “It’s a beautiful home,” Wilkinson adds.

Since the house is near completion, Wilkinson recently tweaked the introduction, omitting the pardon my appearance line.

Tags: Jean Carbone Real Estate , Rich Cribs , creative marketing