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BELTRAN'S HOUSE
Former Met Carlos Beltran's Sands Point estate has hit the market for $5.8 million, according to property and real estate records.
Apparently, the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder has a knack for music -- the more than 7,500-square-foot home includes a karaoke bar.
Built in 2005, the seven-bedroom, six-bath, two-half-bath house comes with a pool, a theater, a gym and an outdoor stone bar and kitchen. The property is more than 2 acres.
The home features a courtyard in front as well as coffered ceilings, a great room with a barrel ceiling, French doors, a cedar roof and copper gutters, according to the listing.
Mary Rohan of Laffey Fine Homes is the listing agent. -- VALERIE KELLOGG
BIGGEST, COSTLIEST LOT
A Baiting Hollow property for sale is believed to be the largest and most expensive lot currently on the market on Long Island. The asking price for the 187.5-acre plot is $32 million.
Four brothers -- Harold, Cyril, Ambrose and George Wulforst -- bought the land in 1951 and focused on farming potatoes. Eventually, they handed the property down to their children. After more than 50 years of family farming, the 14 heirs of the Wulforst brothers are selling.
Rob Church, who is married to heir Kathy Wulforst, says the special thing about the land is that it is cleared, drained, leveled and graded already so it can be developed easily. The farm also holds four fully functional barns. There are two working wells and two places to access water and electricity.
The property falls within an Agricultural Protection Zone. This means 70 percent of the land, or about 130 acres, must be preserved for uses such as a farm, polo club, vineyard or a horseback-riding academy, says Richard Hanley, planning director for the Town of Riverhead. Any large structure would have to be approved by the planning board. The remaining 56 acres can be subdivided into 81 residential lots at about 30,000 square feet and sold.
Kim Granatell, a cast member of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," looked at the property when she was shopping around the North Fork over the summer.
Nicole LaBella of The Corcoran Group is the listing agent. -- ALEXANDRIA PARKER
A LEISURAMA HOUSE
In the early 1960s, you could walk into Macy's and, for less than $12,000, purchase a beach house in Montauk containing everything from furniture to color-coordinated toothbrushes in the bathroom. About 200 of these turnkey Leisurama homes were built there; many have been updated and made into year-round residences.
This one-bedroom, one-bath home is a rare find -- much of its original design has remained intact, including an original carport and paneling throughout. Listed for $575,000, "the home has been meticulously maintained -- it would be nice to find a homeowner who can appreciate the home's history," says listing agent Roberta Hunt of Keller Williams Realty.
Hunt says a few changes have been made to the home, including the removal of the original Murphy bed. And there have been several updates, such as central air-conditioning, a backyard deck and a fireplace in the living room. A deck on top of the carport, most likely another update, "is ideal for sunbathing or stargazing," Hunt says.
The home is on a 75-by-100- square-foot lot only a short walk from the community's private beach on the Long Island Sound. -- MARY BETH FOLEY
