The former home of Roone Arledge, who basically invented the modern televised sports landscape wtih a show called Monday Night Football, has sold. 382 Barons Lane, Southampton, was listed in 2017 asking an eye-watering $55 million. In November, the oceanfront property closed for $38 million, a hefty discount.
Why did the property take so long to sell? After all, there are 4.5 acres of land, including 430 feet of direct oceanfront, and views to farm fields to the north. We think the house itself was holding it back. For an 8,225 square foot house, the rooms all feel closed off and small. Add to that interiors that are beige, cream, taupe, and oh right, more beige, a kitchen straight out of the first George Bush administration, and you have not what high-end buyers are looking for these days. The place seems not to have been updated a jot since being built in 1991.
So will the bulldozers be marching along to Southampton? We wouldn’t be surprised. What do you think? Let us know in the anonymous comments below.
382 Barons Ln, Southampton, NY 11968
