About 419 Centre Island Road
Welcome to Split Rock Cottage, this fully furnished, renovated designer, Centre Island Cape may be the treasure you seek. In an exclusive community with beach and mooring rights, private police, it shares this island with grand estates and high profile individuals. Up the road, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club provides frequent sailing regattas – fun to watch. A six-minute scenic drive away, Oyster Bay Village offers charming restaurants, shops, waterfront center, and train station. About thirty-five-miles from Manhattan, you can escape the city and be home to your picture-perfect, blue and white cape in about 1.5 hours. This picture-perfect, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 8-room home will welcome you with a seaside atmosphere, sophisticated appointments, and a beautiful setting for grand, year-round entertaining. Just a short drive from the Locust Valley and Manhasset areas, offers you easy access to premier shopping, dining, theatre, universities, estate museums, and sports venues including golf, boating, equestrian facilities, horse trails, and nature walks. Whether you are searching to upgrade your lifestyle or want a weekend getaway from the city for yourself, or to reward an outstanding employee, or a perk for your favorite customer, this stunning party house is the answer to your dreams. As you turn into your courtyard, you feel right at home. Past lush plantings, charming front door, and front patio with umbrella, table, and chairs, a stone walkway leads between the house and storage shed to an outdoor kitchen and delightful Tiki bar that seats six, with wet bar, television, and water views. Steps descend to a large stone patio, winding lawn, many potted plants, water fountain, luxury seating, hot tub, shady umbrellas, and ample space to accommodate a crowd. Enjoy the firepit with friends or wash off sand and salt in the nearby privacy-fenced shower. A lovely side garden leads up to a deck with dining platform, second gas grill, and another comfortable conversation area. No matter the occasion, whether entertaining a few friends, holding a shindig, taking a hot soak, sunbathing, or enjoying a sunny breakfast, you will love your new home. The home’s interior boasts a charming foyer with shiplap walls, privacy-glass entry door, closet, and staircase with black iron-and-wire balustrade. Farm-style French doors open to a large study with adjoining bedroom and lovely full bath. Possible first-floor primary suite. The spacious, sunny living room offers water views, a wood-burning fireplace encased in Azui Macaubas polished porcelain and white leathered marble, a huge, framed-picture television, and reclining leather chairs and sofa. The adjoining great room features a vaulted ceiling and a stunning lapis-lazuli accent wall and skylights in the “bubble lounge” area. An L-shaped marble breakfast bar, with seating for seven, flows into the kitchen offering ample white oak cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, sliders to the dining deck, and a door into the one-car garage with lift, now used as a deluxe gym with door to deck. The second floor features a lavish Azui Macaubas polished porcelain and white leathered marble primary bath, an immense four-season, walk-in closet with water views, and a luscious primary bedroom- authentic alligator bed. The lower level provides room for fun with billiard table, coffee bar/beverage station-mini refrigerator, Sorrento game table (poker, roulette, chess, checkers, backgammon), and a striking designer bath. Additional features include two-zone climate control for central air and electric forced air; portable backup generator (propane or diesel); access panel in study; new roof in 2024; gutter guards; and cesspool serviced 2024. Just 800-avenue-feet is the local private beach where you can swim, paddleboard, kayak, and moor your boat. Come, sail across the harbor to Coopers Bluff or enjoy the famous lobster salad at The Clam Bar at Bridge Marina. Turn-key, Low Taxes! View 3D tour & floor plan.
