Laurel Hollow home built for fun, games

Fun times can be had by all -- including a race around an outdoor go-cart track -- at this sprawling Laurel Hollow ranch house listed for $2.475 million.

The seller had the single-lane track installed 11 years ago for a now-grown son. In addition to the track, the property features an in-ground pool, two waterfalls and two ponds.

"It's just magic," says Marion Matros of Shawn Elliott Luxury Homes, who is the listing agent with husband Benjamin. The house, built in 1978, is on a "very private" 3-acre parcel and is an "entertaining paradise" for both adults and children. Inside the 13-room, five-bedroom, 61 / 2-bath home is a sports bar, wine cellar-tasting room and a game room with a variety of arcade machines as well as a golf simulator, all negotiable with the sale.

The house also has maid's quarters, four fireplaces, a gym, an attached two-car garage and beach rights. -- VIRGINIA DUNLEAVY

TUNNEL VISION

A five- bedroom, 7 1/2-bath brick Colonial in Sands Point with unusual features has come on the market for $5.299 million. The 7,700-square-foot home, built in 2007, includes a study and sitting room inside one of its turrets and an underground tunnel that runs from the basement in the main house to the side of the garage, which can be used as a wine cellar.

Additional amenities include two fireplaces, teak floors, built-in intercom and alarm systems and a central humidification system for the main house. There's also a state-of-the-art kitchen featuring imported granite floors and two Viking stoves and a finished basement that includes a home theater and a gym.

Outside, the 2-acre property boasts a heated gunite pool and cabana with its own kitchen and bath, plus multiple fruit trees and a courtyard entrance.

The property is listed with Batul Morbi of Shawn Elliott Luxury Homes & Estates.-- LARA EWEN

PLAYHOUSE INCLUDED

A waterfront Cutchogue property, listed for $2.25 million, has a feature not often seen in a listing -- a furnished playhouse. Listing agent Sherri Winter Clarry of The Corcoran Group says the furnishings will stay for the right price.

The property is on a country road on more than 150 feet of Baldwin's Creek, with views of Peconic Bay. The Cape-style house was built in 1960. There's also a guest cottage with custom mahogany woodwork, a dock for two boats, a pool, hot tub and a pond. -- VALERIE KELLOGG