Islip house with helipad, half-pipe breaks record with $3.85 million sale price
This home broke a sale record in Islip after closing for $3.85 million. Credit: EPM Real Estate Photography
An Islip property with a helipad and a half-pipe sold for a record-breaking $3.85 million last week.
The closing price of the Maple Street home is the highest paid in Islip in more than 20 years, confirmed Jonathan Miller, CEO of real estate appraisal firm Miller Samuel in an email.
There was a sale for the same price in West Islip in November, Miller said.
The 4.3-acre expanse is made up of two parcels: a 1.91-acre waterfront plot that hosts a four-bedroom, six-bathroom house, and an adjacent 2.43-acre plot with a helipad, property records and listing agent Nicholas Campasano confirmed. Listed for $3,999,999, the property had been on the market for over a year, Campasano said.
"We said, 'what is this lot worth? What would just this house be worth?' And that's kind of how we came up with the number that we went to market with," said Campasano, who co-listed the home with Jade Rodriguez for The Agency Northshore.
The property sports a half-pipe. Credit: EPM Real Estate Photography
The house is 4,999 square feet, property records confirm. The property also includes a detached seven-car garage and a tree house with central air conditioning, Campasano said.
Other amenities included an indoor-outdoor speaker system and a basketball hoop, he added. The treehouse, finished in cedar, has a deck that overlooks Champlin Creek.
The kitchen. Credit: EPM Real Estate Photography
Campasano attributed the time the house spent on the market to $68,260 in annual property taxes.
"Even for a higher-end home in the area, that still is a pretty large tax bill," he said.
A treehouse on the property has central air conditioning. Credit: EPM Real Estate Photography
In selling the home, Campasano said he tried to show buyers the potential the opportunity the property presented.
In marketing the listing, Campasano took a helicopter ride from Farmingdale to Islip alongside a videographer to shoot aerial footage of the property. A second videographer on the ground captured the landing, Campasano said.
The agents also had skateboarders come in to do tricks on the half pipe for marketing material, he said.
"You're not just buying a trophy property, but you are also buying something that you technically could develop down the road if you ever wanted to," he said. "That's one of the ways we were able to overcome that hurdle of a high tax bill there."
The house is 4,999 square feet, records confirm. Credit: EPM Real Estate Photography
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