The nuts and bolts
3 bedrooms
3 bathrooms
2,733 square feet
.85 acres
House proud
This property in Hampton Bays, east of the canal, has been in the same family since 1947, and was significantly updated and expanded in 1993, adding a story for a primary bedroom suite and small artist’s studio. Recent (2025) cosmetic updates include refinishing the hardwood floors on the first floor and replacing the deck.
“This really is a nice, spacious, comfortable home that someone can come in and make their own,” says Jennifer McLauchlen of James R McLauchlen Real Estate Inc., who is representing the listing. The current family owners include an artist who painted from the studio, inspired by the expansive views over Shinnecock Bay to Meadow Lane. The home is filled with generous light and the expansive yard has been well maintained with natural landscaping.
What’s the plan?
The first floor offers plenty of space for gathering: a 143-square-foot dining room, 270-square-foot family room and 300-square-foot living room; the latter two rooms have wood-burning fireplaces—one brick and the other fieldstone. The glass-paned back wall offers access to the deck through French doors. There are two bedrooms on this level and a full bathroom. The second level features the 255-square-foot ensuite primary bedroom with a walk-in, a cedar closet and a 9 x 9 space formerly used as a painting studio but easily adapted as a home office or sitting area. The basement level, currently used as workspace and storage, is easily adapted to other uses and has a full bathroom.
What’s cooking?
The 225-square-foot eat in kitchen features country-style wooden cabinetry, some with glass-paned upper cabinets, topped with Formica. There is generous storage space, and the laundry closet is adjacent.
What else?
There is extensive attic space adjacent to the upstairs primary bedroom suite, offering an opportunity to enlarge the bathroom and/or provide additional storage.
Amenities and more
- Swimming pool
- Bay-facing deck
- Two fireplaces
- Access to the Sunrise Terrace Beach Club
- Built-in irrigation for the gardens
One cool thing
The home was originally owner-built from a Weyerhaeuser 4-Square home kit—similar to the popular Sears and Roebuck houses, which are now very desirable. The original plans were designed for an L-shaped ranch over a drive-in cellar/garage with adjacent workshop, storage, and utility space. The cellar was designed to be a space for home projects, showering after boating or the beach, cleaning fish and storage.
Agent’s callout
The prior generation of ownership cultivated annual and perennial gardens. And, true to its location name, McLauchlen says, “the new owners would have a unique opportunity to reestablish them—huckleberries, black raspberries, beach plum, Rosa rugosa, prickly pear cactus, bearberry, British soldier moss, and native wildflowers.”
Location, location, location
“Sunrise Terrace is a unique, safe, well-established, family-friendly, retirement-friendly, neighborhood,” says McLauchlen. This home is 2.6 miles from Hampton Bays, and 2.4 from the center of Shinnecock Hills and 5.6 miles from Southampton. Nearby are the Southampton Peconic Beach and Tennis Club, Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, National Golf Links Of America, with its historic- landmarked windmill; and Meschutt Beach.
Details
6 Huckleberry Lane East lists for $1,895,000 and the details can be seen here. There will be an open house Sunday, July 27, 2:00 to 4:00pm.
