265 Three Mile Harbor Road

A note before you settle in

"This house was built around one thing: the light coming off the water at the end of the day. Everything else we learned by living here. We've written it all down so you don't have to spend your first evening hunting for the light switches. Pour something. Walk out to the dock. You'll understand the house in about ten minutes."

Inside you'll find how the house runs — the pool and hot tub, the sauna, the outdoor shower, the dock and the kayaks. But also the things you only learn from a few summers here: which beach to hit at which tide, the farm stand that sells out of corn by ten, and exactly where to stand when the sky goes fully pink.

Treat it like your own while you're here. It's a living guide — ask the AI Butler anything it doesn't cover.

Your hosts — The Marlowe Family · 265 Three Mile Harbor Road

Welcome

About This Home

Welcome to the harbor.

A long gated driveway runs back through two wooded acres before the house opens up in front of you. That reveal is intentional — you leave the road behind, pass through the specimen trees, and the whole western sky over Three Mile Harbor arrives at once. The house is clad in charred black timber under a standing-seam metal roof, wrapped around a gravel courtyard, so it reads quiet from the drive and all water on the inside.

The palette is deliberate and dark: board-formed concrete, smoked and weathered oak, honed black soapstone, steel-framed glass. Walls of window pull the harbor straight into the great room, where a plaster-and-timber fireplace anchors one end and the kitchen island — a single monolith of black stone — runs toward the water. Downstairs, a board-formed-concrete lower level holds a media room, a gym, and a sauna.

Outside is where the house really lives: an infinity-edge pool that reads straight into the harbor, a spa, a cedar sauna, an outdoor shower, an outdoor kitchen, and a private dock with deep-water rights. It faces due west — so every clear evening ends with the sky going fully pink over the moored sailboats, watched from the pool's edge.

StyleModern Waterfront

Sleeps8 (4 BR)

Living Space3,500 sq ft

Lot2.0 acres

WaterfrontHarborfront + Dock

HeatingGas Hot Air

CoolingCentral AC

Fireplaces2

GarageAttached 2-Car

PoolInfinity-Edge

AlsoSpa · Cedar Sauna

PetsWelcome

Getting Settled

Running the House

The essentials for your first hour, in one place. Everything here is set up and working before you arrive — this is just so you know where things live.

WiFi

Get online

Network Harbor-House · password sunset-dock-2019. Fiber, strong throughout the house and out to the dock. A wired eero sits in the media closet if you need to reset it.

Climate

Heat & AC

Three Nest zones — Primary Wing, Great Room, Guest Wing. Gas hot-air heat, central AC. Leave zones you're not using at 68°F so the humidity off the water stays in check.

Entry

Doors & gate

The driveway gate code is #2650. Front and courtyard doors are Schlage keypads — your host will text the day's code. The mudroom door off the garage is the everyday door.

Power

If the lights go

A Generac whole-house generator kicks in within 30 seconds of an outage — common out here in a nor'easter. The main panel and generator disconnect are in the basement mechanical room.

Water

Shutoff & well

The house runs on well water with a whole-house filter and softener. Main shutoff is in the basement beside the pressure tank. Water's excellent, but a pitcher in the fridge is kept filtered for drinking.

Trash

Bins & pickup

Bins live in the garage alcove. Private carting runs Tuesday & Friday mornings — roll them to the top of the drive the night before. Recycling is single-stream; East Hampton is strict about it.

Entertainment

TV & sound

The great room and media room run on Sonos (app already loaded on the house iPad) and Apple TV. Log into your own streaming accounts and log out before you go. Speakers extend to the pool deck.

Checkout

Before you go

Start the dishwasher, strip nothing (housekeeping handles linens), close the pool umbrellas, lock the dock gate, and set all Nest zones to Eco. Leave keys in the mudroom drawer.

One thing worth knowing: the courtyard splits the house into two wings. If you've got the kids or guests in the guest wing, the primary wing stays completely private — different HVAC zone, different entrance. It's the whole reason the layout works for two families at once.

Grounds & Waterfront

The Outside Is the Point

Two acres, a heated pool, a dock, and a west-facing harbor. Here's how to use all of it — and a few things the listing photos won't tell you.

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The Pool

An infinity edge that reads straight into the harbor — the water line and the bay become one at dusk. Heated, controlled from the Pentair Home app on the house iPad; set it to 84°F and it's swim-ready in about two hours. The overflow trough runs on the harbor side, so don't be alarmed by the sound of moving water.

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Hot Tub

Separate from the pool, holds 102°F. The cover is heavy — two people. Best used at dusk with the pool lights on. Rinse off in the outdoor shower first; it keeps the water clean for the next soak.

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Cedar Sauna

Off the pool bath. Flip the wall switch, give it 30–40 minutes to reach heat. Ladle water on the stones for steam — there's a bucket right there. A cold plunge into the pool after is the whole ritual.

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Outdoor Shower

Cedar-enclosed, hot and cold, off the pool path. This is the one everyone ends up preferring all summer. Towels stack in the pool cabana; toss used ones in the bin, not on the floor.

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The Dock

Private dock with deep-water access — you can tie up a boat or launch the kayaks and paddleboards stored in the boathouse. The gate latch sticks; lift as you turn. Life vests hang inside. Lock the gate at night.

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Fire & Grill

Gas fire pit by the water (knob under the lip, igniter button beside it) and a built-in stainless gas grill in the outdoor kitchen, plumbed to the house line — no propane tank to swap. Long lighter's in the drawer below.

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Sunset Spot

Walk to the end of the dock, or sit at the fire pit. From roughly late spring to early fall the sun drops right over the mouth of the harbor. Adirondack chairs are stacked by the boathouse — drag two down.

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The Grounds

Landscaping is serviced Thursdays — you may hear mowers early. Specimen trees line the drive for privacy. Irrigation runs at dawn on its own timer; you never need to touch it.

Kitchen & Gear

What's in the House

The house is fully furnished and outfitted for a full kitchen and a full house. Here's the working inventory — appliances, systems, and the gear you'll actually reach for.

Item	Brand / Details	Location	Notes
Range	Bertazzoni Professional Series gas range — 6 burners, clock-face thermostat	Kitchen	Confirmed — badge visible
Refrigerator	Sub-Zero, fully integrated panel	Kitchen	Water/ice in door
Dishwashers (2)	Cove / Bosch — one by sink, one in butler's pantry	Kitchen + pantry	Pods under sink
Espresso Machine	Breville Barista — beans in the pantry	Coffee bar	Guide taped inside cabinet
Drip Coffee + Kettle	Technivorm + electric gooseneck	Coffee bar	For the early risers
Wine Fridge	Dual-zone, 46-bottle	Butler's pantry	Left stocked for guests
Outdoor Grill	Built-in stainless gas grill, plumbed to the house line	Outdoor kitchen	No tank to refill
Pool Heater	Pentair MasterTemp — Pentair Home app	Equipment pad	~2 hrs to swim temp
Hot Tub	In-ground spa, spillover to pool	Pool deck	Holds 102°F
Sauna	Cedar dry sauna, electric heater	Off pool bath	30–40 min warm-up
Washer / Dryer	Full-size front-load pair	Laundry room	Detergent supplied
Media Room	4K projector + surround, blackout shades	Basement	Remote guide on table
Exercise Room	Peloton, dumbbells, yoga mats	Basement	Log into your own Peloton
Generator	Generac whole-house, natural gas	Side yard / basement transfer	Automatic
Kayaks + Paddleboards	2 kayaks, 2 SUPs, paddles & vests	Boathouse	Vests required for kids
Beach Gear	Chairs, umbrellas, cooler, cart	Garage	Maidstone Park is 1 mi

Appliance brands reflect the home's finish level and are provided to help you find things quickly. If a model differs from what's listed, go with what's on the unit — and the AI Butler can walk you through any of them.

Art & Furniture

The Pieces in the House

Almost nothing here came from a showroom floor. The hosts collected the house slowly, and most pieces have a story attached. These are theirs to tell — take them with a grain of salt and a glass of something. Please treat the art and the custom furniture gently; a few pieces are one of one.

Courtyard · Sculpture

The Loop Chairs

The two ribbon-form concrete chairs in the gravel courtyard were cast on site the week the courtyard was poured. The story goes that the mason, a Springs old-timer named Enzo, built the mold from a single bent sheet of marine ply and swore he'd never make another. He didn't. They weigh close to 300 lbs each — lean back, they don't move.

Gym Hall · Photograph

The Monk in Red

The large portrait of a monk in a crimson robe watches the length of the lower hall. The hosts bought it from a traveling photographer in a Sag Harbor pop-up who claimed he'd waited three days at a monastery gate in Ladakh for the light. Whether that's true or not, they hung it where you see it last on the way to work out — "so you remember to breathe."

Kitchen · Painting

The Angular Cream Canvas

The black-on-cream abstract over the range is a 1962 study the hosts call "the Baymen." They like to say it's the harbor's fish weirs seen from above — nets, stakes, and current. The gallery tag actually read "Untitled." They prefer their version. Keep steam off it; the range hood pulls hard for a reason.

Great Room · Furniture

The Jeanneret Chairs

The teak-and-leather armchairs by the fireplace are Chandigarh-style pieces the hosts found at a Paris flea and had reconditioned in Red Hook. The leather is meant to look lived-in. The low bench beside them is a single slab of storm-felled oak from the property — the tree came down in a 2019 nor'easter and a local woodworker milled it in the driveway.

Bourbon Room · Table

The Baker's Table

The long primitive table in the black dining room is a 19th-century French bakery worktable, flour still ground into the grain. The two antique wooden paddles on the wall are real bread peels from the same region. The hosts serve the long, slow dinners here — phones in the bowl by the door, the linear light dimmed low.

Living Room · Drawing

The Charcoal Horse

The big gestural charcoal — all muscle and motion — was drawn by an art student the hosts met at Guild Hall who has since, they insist, "gotten quietly famous." They won't say who. It reads differently at every hour as the light rakes across it. Don't lean canvases or bags against it.

A note on the art: everything on these walls is original and, in a few cases, irreplaceable. Enjoy it — that's what it's for — but no tape, no re-hanging, and keep the charcoal and the photographs out of direct afternoon sun. If anything needs attention, text the property manager.

Quirks, Features & Easter Eggs

The things that don't fit in a listing sheet.

From the Hosts

"The whole house was rotated a few degrees for the sunset."

When they built it, the architect turned the great room's glass wall a little south of due west so the sunset lands dead center in the view from Memorial Day through September. It's not an accident. Sit on the left end of the sofa.

From the Hosts

"The courtyard is the best room in the house and it has no roof."

Sheltered from the harbor wind, it holds heat into the evening. It's where morning coffee happens. There's a gas heater on the wall for the shoulder-season nights — switch is by the primary-wing door.

From the Hosts

"You'll hear the osprey before you see them."

There's a nesting platform across the cove. A pair returns every spring and fishes the harbor at dawn. Binoculars live on the great-room shelf. Kids love this more than the pool for about a day.

From the Hosts

"The dock is a full ten degrees cooler than the deck."

The breeze funnels straight up the harbor. On a still, hot August afternoon when the deck is baking, walk out to the end of the dock — there's always air moving there. It's where everyone ends up.

From the Hosts

"There's a sailboat that moors off the point most of the summer."

A neighbor keeps a wooden sloop on a mooring just off the dock from June on. It's become the thing everyone photographs — it sits dead center in the sunset. Not ours, but it feels like part of the view. Low tide also opens a sand flat off the dock, good for clamming (rake and town permit in the boathouse).

From the Hosts

"The sauna-to-pool plunge is the reason we built both."

Sauna until you can't take it, then straight into the pool. Do it once and it becomes the nightly routine. The path between them is lit low so you're not fumbling in the dark.

Thing to Know	Detail
House iPad	Lives on the kitchen charger. Runs Pentair (pool), Sonos (music), and Nest (climate). Passcode is 2650. Please leave it plugged in.
Dock gate latch	Sticks in humidity. Lift up as you turn the handle. Always latch it at night — it's a safety thing with the water.
Outdoor shower	Left knob is hot and takes a slow ten seconds to arrive. Don't crank it — just wait.
Great-room shades	Motorized, on the wall keypad by the fireplace. "Scene 2" drops them just enough to kill the glare without losing the view.
Fire pit	Gas. Turn the key valve under the stone lip a quarter-turn, then press the igniter beside it. If it doesn't catch in a few clicks, wait 30 seconds and try again — don't hold it open.
Mosquitoes at dusk	It's a harbor — they arrive around 7pm in July. Thermacells and citronella are in the cabana. The courtyard and dock stay clearer than the lawn.
Beach parking	Maidstone Park (1 mi) needs no permit for guests before 9am / after 4pm; midday needs a town sticker. The green resident sticker is on the beach-cart handle.
Generator test	The Generac self-tests Wednesdays around noon — you'll hear it run for ten minutes. Nothing is wrong.
Trash	Private carting, Tuesday & Friday AM. Bins to the top of the drive the night before. Bears aren't a thing here, but raccoons are — keep lids latched.
Cell service	Verizon is strong, AT&T is patchy back here. WiFi calling is your friend; it's enabled on the house iPad.

The Harbor

"This Teardrop From the Eye of God"

You're on the shore of one of the oldest continuously inhabited places on the East End — a 900-acre salt pond and barrier-beach system that people have fished, hunted, and loved for something like ten thousand years. Knowing a little of it makes the view out your window read differently.

8000 BCA Paleo-Indian site just west of the harbor — among the oldest human traces on Long Island

4000 BCNative American artifacts dated across numerous sites ringing the harbor

Pre-1648The Montaukett winter here — sheltered shores, spring water bubbling from the ground, and shellfish worked into wampum

1648John Hand, an original East Hampton settler, gives his name to Hands Creek on the western shore

1700s–1800sThe Dominy family cuts wood at Dominy Point for their famous clocks and cabinetry, sold across the Northeast

1866Town records note "Ashawagh" — "a place in between" — the Montaukett camp beside the forked waters of Hands Creek

1888Thomas Moran, of East Hampton, paints Three Mile Harbor — now held by the Milwaukee Art Museum

TodayA NY State–designated Scenic Area of Statewide Significance: working harbor, moored sailboats, conservation land, and sunsets

The name is more literal than it sounds. The harbor runs about 2.3 miles top to bottom, but "Three Mile" measures the distance from the head of the harbor to the center of the villages of East Hampton and Amagansett. It was a working waterway long before it was a summer one.

Its sheltered shores held clams, mussels, periwinkles, whelks, scallops, oysters, and eels. For the Montaukett that meant food — but the shells also became wampum, and the making of wampum was one of colonial Long Island's major industries. They wintered here because it gave shelter and, remarkably, fresh water: springs bubbling up out of the ground. They'd hollow a log, set it over a spring, and make a cistern. Springy Banks Road, just up the shore, still carries the name of that small miracle.

"In winter the Montauketts chose campsites near Three Mile Harbor, where they fished and hunted, and enjoyed the sheltered shores with fresh water bubbling up out of the ground."

— Sylvia Mendelman, Three Mile Harbor: East Hampton's Priceless Gem (2003)

Across the water at Dominy Point, the Dominy family — East Hampton's celebrated clockmakers and cabinetmakers — cut the wood for furniture that shipped up and down the Northeast. And from 1878 until his death in 1926, the painter Thomas Moran lived in East Hampton; the man who helped talk Congress into making Yellowstone the first national park turned his eye on this harbor and painted it in 1888.

Much of that is still legible from your dock. You're looking due west across the widest reach of the harbor — nothing but open water and sky between you and the far shore, which is exactly why the sunsets do what they do. The town manages the whole system as parkland and conservation land, which is why the clamming is still good off the flat at low tide, and why the East End treats this shoreline as something closer to sacred than scenic. Writer Brian Sweeney, who has bicycled every inch of it, calls it simply "this teardrop from the eye of God."

The same shoreline, 1873. F. W. Beers, Atlas of Long Island — the ring marks where 265 Three Mile Harbor Road stands today, on the east shore of the harbor at the water's edge, just below the old C. Bennett homestead and a short way up from the Kingstown P.O. Tap to open the full plate. Public domain, via Geographicus / PICRYL.

1873 Beers map of the town of East Hampton, Long Island — the full plate — The full 1873 plate for context — Sag Harbor to Amagansett, with Three Mile Harbor at its center and the Atlantic along the bottom.

Local Guide

What We'd Tell a Friend

The things we'd point you to if you called and asked what to do. Distances are from the house. Reservations everywhere in season — book the day you arrive.

Spot	Why	Distance	Note
Maidstone Park	Closest beach — bay-calm water, great for kids, playground and ballfields	1 mi	No permit early/late
Albert's Landing	Quiet bay beach with a nature trail; sunset-facing, dogs love it	3 mi	Locals' favorite
Barnes Hole Beach	Small, low-key bay beach; rarely crowded	3 mi	Bring everything
Main Beach, East Hampton	The classic ocean beach — big surf, the postcard	6 mi	Permit or park in village
Louse Point	Kayak and windsurf spot on Accabonac; famous sunsets	4 mi	Very local

Place	For	Distance	Note
Bostwick's Chowder House	Lobster rolls, fried clams, the harbor lunch	3 mi	Casual, no reso
The Harbor / waterfront tables	Sunset drinks on Three Mile Harbor	3–4 mi	Book sunset seating
Nick & Toni's	The East Hampton institution — wood-fired, see-and-be-seen	5 mi	Reserve well ahead
Sam's	Village pizza and red-sauce — where the kids will be happiest	6 mi	Cash-friendly
Clam Bar / Lunch (Napeague)	Roadside seafood classics on the way to Montauk	8 mi	Worth the drive

Stop	For	Distance	Note
Round Swamp Farm	Prepared food, produce, the East End pantry run	4 mi	Go early, go often
Springs General Store	Coffee, sandwiches, the neighborhood porch	3 mi	Morning ritual
Citarella	Fish counter, cheese, wine — the serious grocery haul	6 mi	In the village
Stuart's Seafood (Amagansett)	Local catch and shellfish for a dock dinner	6 mi	Ask what's fresh
Farm stands (Springs)	Corn, tomatoes, flowers — sells out by mid-morning	1–3 mi	Cash box, honor system

Activity	Details	Who	Note
Kayak / paddleboard the cove	Launch from the dock at higher tide; hug the shoreline north	DIY — gear in boathouse	Vests required for kids
Clamming off the dock	Low tide on the sand flat; rake & town permit in the boathouse	DIY	Check tide chart
Sunset harbor cruise	Charters run out of the marinas up the harbor	Book ahead	$$
Boat / center-console rental	Tie up at the private dock; marinas rent by the day	Pro	Deep-water access here
Paddle to a bay beach	Calm-water crossing to Maidstone on a still morning	DIY	Morning is glass

Option	Details	Distance	Note
The media room	4K projector, surround, blackout shades — the house's rainy-day MVP	In-house	Popcorn in the pantry
Sauna + hot tub	Rain on the harbor from 102°F water is underrated	In-house	Best in a drizzle
Guild Hall	Art, theater, and talks in East Hampton village	6 mi	Check the calendar
Pollock-Krasner House	Jackson Pollock's studio in Springs — the paint-splattered floor	2 mi	Seasonal hours
Village shopping	Main Street East Hampton — bookstore, galleries, coffee	6 mi	Rainy-day stroll

Route	Details	Distance	Note
Hampton Jitney (Amagansett)	Coach bus from Manhattan; the classic way out	4 mi to stop	Reserve a seat
Hamptons Luxury Liner	Upgraded coach service, Amagansett stop	4 mi to stop	$$
LIRR (Amagansett)	Montauk branch; slower but scenic	4 mi to station	Cab from station
By car	Montauk Hwy to Springs-Fireplace Rd; gate code #2650	—	~2.5 hr from NYC no traffic
East Hampton Airport (HTO)	Private / charter arrivals	7 mi	Seasonal restrictions

265 Three Mile Harbor Road

About This Home

Running the House

The Outside Is the Point

What's in the House

The Pieces in the House

The things that don't fit in a listing sheet.

"This Teardrop From the Eye of God"

What We'd Tell a Friend

Who to Call

Represented by Sotheby's International Realty