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Recorded Deeds: 08.09.18

Recorded Deeds: 08.09.18

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.
By
Star Staff

AMAGANSETT

DS Hampton Homes L.L.C. to Savcay L.L.C., 7 Beach Plum Court, .92 acre, June 29, $4,245,000.

P. Bistrian III to A. and V. McInnes, 5 Devon Woods Close, 1.53 acres, June 14, $3,000,000.

P. Scherer to 43 Sandpiper L.L.C., 43 Sandpiper Lane, .91 acre, June 13, $4,500,000.

 

BRIDGEHAMPTON

E*Trade Bank to G. McGown, 982 Noyack Path, 2.21 acres, June 21, $999,000.

C. and J. Buchner to J. Levine and S. Hyman, 49 Butter Lane, .31 acre, May 8, $1,650,000.

J. Stabile and M. Pereira to T. O’Shea and K. McGee, 195 Hildreth Avenue, .27 acre, June 4, $1,475,000.

J. Rosbash to 374 Paul’s Lane L.L.C., 374 Paul’s Lane, 1.39 acres, May 31, $4,760,000.

 

EAST HAMPTON

New York Condo L.L.C. to A. Harris and J. Greaux, 12 Austin Road, .51 acre, June 1, $1,200,000.

F. Roth 2001 Trust to D. and M. Fried, 120 Accabonac Road, .43 acre, June 5, $925,000.

S., G., and W. Hartwell Jr. to 100 Town Lane L.L.C., 100 Town Lane, 1.1 acres, May 14, $685,000.

C. Matzen to C. Kenney and M. Sherwin, 26 Scallop Avenue, .86 acre, June 12, $1,250,000.

M. and M. Bacal to P. Pacheco, 1 Short Lane, 1.9 acres, June 4, $1,207,500.

E. Richards to A. and A. Brick, 69 Oyster Shores Road, .48 acre, May 29, $2,650,000.

A. Calligeros (by devise) to Walden Pines L.L.C., 137 Swamp Road, 2.9 acres (vacant), June 21, $900,000.

 

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

Middle Lane EH L.L.C. to 58 Middle Lane L.L.C., 58 Middle Lane, 1.8 acres (vacant), May 23, $7,000,000.

 

MONTAUK

Westhampton Realty to 35 Hoppin L.L.C., 2 Captain Kidd’s Path, .31 acre, May 23, $2,050,000.

JEMCAP SD II L.L.C. to Heasley, Derrah, and Daniel, 26 Elm Place, .5 acre, June 13, $965,000.

F. Kamau to H. Elgart, 64 South Elroy Drive, .5 acre, April 3, $2,142,500.

CB Montauk L.L.C. to B. and M. McMullen Jr., 10 Birch Drive (vacant), May 10, $1,950,000.

 

NORTH HAVEN

Thea and Golf L.L.C. to E. Stegich and D. Weiss, 8 North Haven Way, 1.84 acres, May 22, $3,650,000.

 

NOYAC

K. Price and S. Coff to A. Masoud, 2226 Noyac Road, 1.8 acres, June 14, $2,226,000.

L. Brindle Trust to C. Siefert and P. Maurides, 95 Ridge Road, .34 acre, May 29, $795,000.

M. Luini-Martegani to S. and A. Arakas, 127 Laurel Valley Drive, 1.3 acres, June 7, $1,500,000.

 

SAG HARBOR

M. Eicke to Sag Harbor Yacht Club, 42 Burke Street, .75 acre, June 26, $2,900,000.

Curto, Curto, and Curto to S. and L. Fogelson, 16 Northview Hills Court, .92 acre, June 26, $2,750,000.

West 125th Realty Co. to D. Loulmet and S. Butler, 268 Main Street, .26 acre, June 7, $2,500,000.

 

SAGAPONACK

J. and J. Nakos to A. Hicks, 260 Topping’s Path, .84 acre, May 30, $925,000.

 

SPRINGS

H. Schwatzman to M. Huang II and King Jones, 19 Pond Lane, .46 acre, June 22, $865,000.

J. and M. Botsacos Jr. to H. Ramos and J. Tumminello, 168 Tyrone Drive, .43 acre, June 12, $775,000.

S. Collins to M. Yesalonis, 105 Cedar Drive, .22 acre, June 11, $490,000.

P. Connors to I. Lubin, 19 Manor Lane, .71 acre, April 12, $774,150.

A. and L. Hoffman to T. Maguire and Sanderoff, 24 Manor Lane, .71 acre, June 8, $876,000.

Three Mile Harbor Holdings to G. Jackson, 8 Malone Street, .32 acre, June 22, $625,000.

P. and V. Capuzzo to JFS Homes L.L.C., 14 Delavan Street, .46 acre, June 12, $715,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

Employees Vow to Follow Krupinski’s Lead

Employees Vow to Follow Krupinski’s Lead

Ray Harden, left, and Stratton Schellinger said Ben Krupinski would have wanted Ben Krupinski Builders to go on after his death. The two are the new owners.
Ray Harden, left, and Stratton Schellinger said Ben Krupinski would have wanted Ben Krupinski Builders to go on after his death. The two are the new owners.
Durell Godfrey
Determined to carry on his legacy
By
Taylor K. Vecsey

When Ben and Bonnie Krupinski died in a plane crash last month, along with their grandson and the pilot, East Hampton mourned the passing of a couple who had been so generous to the community. Their sudden loss shocked employees at Mr. Krupinski’s many enterprises and they were determined to carry on his legacy. 

At Ben Krupinski Builder, a high-end general contractor with offices in East Hampton, Southampton, and Connecticut, two longtime employees not only stepped in to fill Mr. Krupinski’s void, but quickly put together a plan to take over the business. Stratton Schellinger of Sag Harbor and Ray Harden of East Hampton, longtime managers for the company, announced this week they are the new owners of Ben Krupinski Builder, which was founded in 1986. Mr. Schellinger started working as a carpenter for Mr. Krupinski 31 years ago, and Mr. Harden joined Mr. Krupinski 16 years ago. 

The men, who are 55 and have known each other their whole lives, said it was Mr. Krupinski’s wish that they take over the business and they often had discussed doing so. They did not expect it to occur under such circumstances, however. 

“It was a shock. It still is actually a shock,” Mr. Harden said from the company’s office on Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village. “Ben would want his business to continue on. He told us many times,” he said. 

“I’m still used to Ben’s Escalade. I see an Escalade, and I think it’s Ben,” Mr. Schellinger said. “I lost my friend and mentor. You see somebody five to six days a week for 31 years; you don’t realize how intertwined in your life they are.” Overseeing “scores of projects” and wanting to ensure the quality of work Mr. Krupinski was known for, the men did not have much time to grieve.

The Fowler house, a landmark at the intersection of Springs-Fireplace Road and North Main Street in East Hampton, was one of the projects underway at the time of Mr. Krupinski’s death. It was almost falling down, with a tree growing through its back wall. The house is believed to have been moved in 1890 from its original site at Indian Field in Montauk, during the relocation of the Montaukett Tribe. According to town documents, what once had been dilapidated and abandoned could be one of the most historically significant structures in the town. Mr. Krupinski had donated the work to restore and preserve it. Mr. Schellinger said they had made great strides and that the work would be completed in only a few weeks.

“He was really excited about that project,” Mr. Harden said, explaining that Mr. Krupinski grew up two houses away. “He stopped there every day to make sure that something was happening. He treated it like a normal job. I knew he wanted to see it done.” 

The Fowler house was just one of Mr. Krupinski’s generous community efforts. He also oversaw without charge the construction of the children’s wing at East Hampton Library, the new Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, and the reconstruction of the Amagansett Presbyterian Church’s Scoville Hall.

Recorded Deeds: 07.19.18

Recorded Deeds: 07.19.18

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.
By
Star Staff

AMAGANSETT

B. O’Connell to V. Kasturi and S. Huang, 85 Mulford Lane, .15 acre, May 14, $775,000.

R. Friedenberg to R., C., and M. Dahlem, 145 Atlantic Avenue, .4 acre, May 16, $3,400,000.

 

BRIDGEHAMPTON

K. Vosters to A. Wolfgang Trust, 137 Halsey Lane, .34 acre, May 4, $3,190,000.

K. Vosters to R. Wolfgang Trust, 143 Halsey Lane, .4 acre, May 4, $2,610,000.

Fairhills Two L.L.C. to LBank 518 Trust, 4 Shady Path, .94 acre, May 18, $4,000,000.

Seidler Properties to 308 Saga-ponack Road, 308 Sagaponack Road, 1.07 acres, May 23, $2,400,000.

 

EAST HAMPTON

T. Fitzmaurice (by referee) to US Bank National Association, 19 Powder Hill Lane, 1.33 acres, April 26, $1,121,460.

NORI Contracting Inc. to Winakor Family L.L.C., 9 Cattalo Circle, .66 acre, April 30, $2,500,000.

J. and L. Lumelleau, to J. Brown and K. Fink, 2 Trail’s End Road, 1.24 acres, May 9, $1,740,000.

A. Jacoby to D. and R. Tannebaum, 16 North Cape Lane, .63 acre, May 14, $965,000.

14 Old Orchard Lane Trust to M. and P. Butler, 14 Old Orchard Lane, 1.39 acres, May 17, $3,685,000.

E. Chaloner to Randlett and Mendelsohn, 54 Ancient Highway, 1.5 acres, May 21, $900,000.

 

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

J. Pincow to C. and K. Zuk, 364 Accabonac Road, .81 acre, May 11, $1,037,500.

E. Schwarzman/Katz to JABR L.L.C., 209 Further Lane, 1.31 acres, May 15, $5,950,000.

M. and P. Butler to J. Danella, 49 La Forest Lane, 1.14 acres, May 16, $10,000,000.

T. Silverman to M. Tuthill, 14 Winslow Avenue, .55 acre, May 16, $970,000.

BC 16 L.L.C. to E. and D. Curland, 20 Baiting Hollow Road, .92 acre, May 18, $7,025,000.

D. Swanton (by executor) to 

J. Trust Morrongiello, 73 Day-ton Lane, .19 acre, May 18, $1,150,000.

L. Prager to 62 Osborne Lane, 62 Osborne Lane, .52 acre, June 7, $2,200,000.

 

MONTAUK

W. Cullen to M. and L. Hess, 15 Fairmont Avenue, .44 acre, Dec. 28, $1,268,040.

C. Brady to Rauft and Less-ings/Bittle, 236 Edgemere Street, Unit 146, April 18, $175,000.

J. Daniello and P. Person to N. and B. Walsh, 129 Grant Drive, .11 acre, May 3, $1,200,000.

Stone Lion Inn L.L.C. to 51 South Edgemere L.L.C., 51 South Edgemere Street, 1.25 acres, June 1, $7,100,000.

 

NORTH HAVEN

28 Payne Avenue L.L.C. to W. and J. Beeton, 28 Payne Avenue, .8 acre, May 25, $2,350,000.

 

NOYAC

W. Halsey to J. and S. Moeller, 26 Long Beach Lane, .14 acre, May 8, $760,000.

L. Smith to F. Abbracciamento, 57 Chestnut Street, .17 acre, May 14, $540,000.

J. and R. Sholomon to EZ Breezy L.L.C., 2736 Deerfield Road, 1.14 acres (vacant), May 24, $550,000.

 

SAGAPONACK

S. Harwin to 625 Hedges Lane L.L.C., 625 Hedges Lane, 1.6 acres, May 16, $5,500,000.

 

SAG HARBOR

M. Kelly to 31 Meredith L.L.C., 31 Meredith Avenue, .22 acre (vacant), May 22, $450,000.

J. Ritter, and K. Strong to Halsey Whaler House, 27 Howard Street, .12 acre, May 23, $1,250,000.

W. and J. Beeton to Maydel L.L.C., 8 Dartmouth Road, .59 acre, May 24, $4,400,000.

 

SPRINGS

M. Siegfried (by devise) to G. Bowen and M. Nosal, 19 Fanning Avenue, .09 acre, May 11, $525,000.

D. Koda to J. and L. Goldsmith, 66 Shadom Lane, .91 acre, May 17, $930,000.

W. Dessoffy to T. Hantz, 77 Tyrone Drive, .43 acre, May 17, $565,000.

 

WAINSCOTT

J. Arandia to Cury and Dias de Almeida, 11 Broadwood Court, .96 acre, May 10, $980,000.

 

WATER MILL

W. and D. Gorin to 214 LNP L.L.C., 214 Little Noyack Path, 2.72 acres, May 3, $1,837,500.

MBJ3 L.L.C. to 30 CIR L.L.C., 30 Cobb Isle, lot 3-25.003, 1.57 acres, May 17, $6,750,000.

J. and D. Gotlib to T. Albright and H. Chung, 23 Deer Run, 1.05 acres, May 18, $3,100,000.

R. Raciti to P. Marber, 124 Narod Boulevard, .34 acre, May 23, $4,225,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

Keeping Account: 07.19.18

Keeping Account: 07.19.18

Local Business Notes
By
Star Staff

Wine Stand Trunk Show

Tomorrow, the Rose & Rex trunk show will join with the Styleliner at the Wolffer Wine Stand on Montauk Highway in Sagaponack for a toy sale from 5 p.m. until sunset. There will be space for children to play during shopping. 

The trunk show will continue on Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. at Joey Wolffer at 11 Madison Street in Sag Harbor.

Back at the Wine Stand, on Saturday a workshop for making pompom charms will take place with @theneonteaparty from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Those wishing to participate have been asked to register in advance by emailing [email protected]. There is a $35 fee, which includes materials and a pompom maker to take home.

Dealers Descend at Mulford

Dealers Descend at Mulford

Tents on the grounds of the Mulford Farm will be chockablock with all manner of decorative items and artworks this weekend from an array of vendors, including Hampton Gather, whose selections are pictured above.
Tents on the grounds of the Mulford Farm will be chockablock with all manner of decorative items and artworks this weekend from an array of vendors, including Hampton Gather, whose selections are pictured above.
The focus this year is on vintage decorative items for the home and garden
By
Mark Segal

More than 50 art and antiques dealers will take up residence this weekend under white tents on the grounds of the Mulford Farm for this year’s East Hampton Historical Society’s antiques show.

The focus this year is on vintage decorative items for the home and garden as well as art. Classic rattan and bamboo furniture, lighting, textiles, architectural elements, American and European country decorated furniture, Art Deco, garden ornaments, wrought-iron accessories, industrial items, paintings, trade signs, period jewelry, weathervanes, and mirrors will be for sale.

The weekend will kick off with a preview cocktail party tomorrow evening from 6 to 8:30. Tickets to the show, which will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, are $10. For those who want a head start, early admission at 9 is $20 both days. Cocktail party tickets are $150 and include return visits over the weekend, with tickets for those 40 and under priced at $100.

Scott Sanders, an interior designer, is the honorary chairman of the cocktail party, proceeds from which will benefit the historical society. “The most wonderful thing about this show is to experience the passion that every single vendor has for their particular specialty,” said Mr. Sanders, who has a house in East Hampton.

Regarding trends in antiquing, Maria Vann, the historical society’s executive director, noted the increasing popularity of 19th-century décor, while Brian Ferguson, an antiques dealer and manager of the show, reported clients mixing modern with top-of-the-line 18th and 19th-century furniture, art, and folk art. 

Richard Barons, the society’s chief curator, heard from a dealer in Hudson, N.Y., that people are looking to blend the industrial with the American farmhouse look. “He said that posters, plank-seat kitchen chairs, art student paintings from the 1960s, folk art birdhouses, and even quilts were selling again.”

Tickets can be purchased by calling the historical society, online at its website, or at the gate. The show will close at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and at 5 on Sunday. 

Kitchen Table Front in War on Ticks

Kitchen Table Front in War on Ticks

The dining table doubles as an assembly line for Lisa-Jae Eggert, left, and Jennifer Decker of 3 Moms Organics, who mix, fill, and label every bottle of their TickWise Protector repellent themselves.
The dining table doubles as an assembly line for Lisa-Jae Eggert, left, and Jennifer Decker of 3 Moms Organics, who mix, fill, and label every bottle of their TickWise Protector repellent themselves.
By
Carissa Katz

Two large measuring cups of coconut oil, shea butter, and beeswax bubbled in a water bath on the kitchen stove on Friday, as Jennifer Decker and Lisa-Jae Eggert of 3 Moms Organics sat at a dining table filling four-ounce plastic bottles with a concoction of witch hazel, distilled water, vinegar, and essential oils aimed at repelling one of nature’s most feared pests. 

So far, every unit of their TickWise Protector tick and bug repellent and TickStick has been made right there in Ms. Eggert’s kitchen and dining room in Springs, the odor of lavender, lemongrass, and citronella wafting out to the driveway.

“We started doing each bottle by hand, with essential oils and droppers,” Ms. Decker said. “It took hours and hours,” said Ms. Eggert, who is known as L.J.

That was in April, when they first launched the business, spending $1,200 apiece to get it off the ground. They bought the oils in two-ounce jars and the bottles in batches of 42. 

Their first challenge, as orders increased, was how to quickly produce “not just 5 but 100 bottles,” all of them uniform, Ms. Decker said. 

Once they earned a little money from initial sales, they purchased a machine that automatically portions out more exact measurements so they could up their production speed to meet growing demand. Their early runs with the machine were “almost a little Lucy and Ethel-like,” Ms. Decker said. 

Three months later, with their own mini assembly line set up at the kitchen table, the duo can fill 100 bottles in about 15 minutes, even while talking to a reporter.

“We work really well together,” Ms. Eggert said. “Maybe because we were both in the restaurant business, we can multitask.”

Now they’re ordering essential oils in five-pound containers and bottles in cases of 1,300 at a time. Their repellents are sold by 22 retailers across the East End, “and everybody we’ve sold to has come back for more,” Ms. Eggert said. 

Long before they founded the business, the two friends, both of whom suffered from tick-borne illnesses, had been making their own mixtures from essential oils known to repel ticks, mosquitoes, and biting flies: cedarwood, rose geranium, citronella, rosemary, lemongrass, lavender, and tea tree.

“Friends were asking me to make it for them,” Ms. Decker said. 

“It wasn’t about making money,” Ms. Eggert said. Rather the whole business was spurred by the desire to keep themselves, their family, and their friends as tick-safe as possible. “We’re trying to stop tick-borne diseases one bottle or one stick at a time.” 

They have good reason to be on that mission. 

Ms. Decker and her young son had the alpha-gal allergy, contracted from a tick bite. He also had ehrlichiosis. 

Ms. Eggert was sick for a decade with Lyme disease, babesiosis, and ehrlichiosis, and also had the alpha-gal meat allergy. But it gets worse. 

She and her husband at the time were each diagnosed with multiple sclerosis within three months. Less was known then about the myriad effects of Lyme disease, the symptoms of which can resemble those of hundreds of other diseases. “We both had the rash,” she said, and yet neither tested positive for Lyme.

What followed for each of them was a years-long odyssey of doctor vis-its and misdiagnoses. Her ex-husband couldn’t walk. He shook uncontrollably. An M.R.I. showed dozens of lesions on his brain, she said. 

Meanwhile she had facial palsy, couldn’t move her limbs, and her arm moved uncontrollably. She found herself staggering into walls and forgetting basic things like how to turn on a faucet or tie her shoes. “I wouldn’t even get into a car with my kids.” Her own M.R.I. showed eight lesions on her brain. She was diagnosed with lupus and fibromyalgia, had two knee-replacement surgeries, two kidney surgeries, and suffered from heart problems and hearing loss. 

And yet, “I kept getting sicker,” she said. Seventy-five doctors later, a Lyme expert in upstate New York diagnosed her with Lyme disease and babesiosis. She took an oral antibiotic for nine months for Lyme, and an antimalarial drug for six months for babesiosis. After the initial nine months on the oral antibiotic, she was on an intravenous antibiotic for another three.

“By the third day, all my heart problems subsided, all my kidney problems subsided. I was able to eat again, sleep again.” 

Her ex, on a different but parallel journey to recovery, had to learn to walk and talk and cook again, she said. 

“So this is why I said, ‘We need to protect ourselves,’ ” Ms. Decker said, listening again on Friday to her friend’s story. “My kids were getting bit at school and at playgrounds, at everyday places I would go.” Tick repellent wasn’t optional, and if they were going to put it on themselves and their children every single day, they wanted to use something that was safe for direct skin contact. 

They use their own products religiously, but “nothing is 100 percent,” Ms. Decker said. They might spray shoes, pant legs, and covered areas with a repellent containing DEET, and then spray hair, legs, arms, and faces (but not the eye area) with their organic repellent. “Keep your socks pulled up, wear light clothing, check yourself,” and not just once a day, but many times, Ms. Decker advised. 

Their repellents can also be used on dogs and horses, but not on cats, which lack an enzyme in their liver that would allow them to process the oils. 

“The stick is the product I really wanted to start with,” Ms. Eggert said, “but it took a while to get there. It would crumble, it would melt.” Eventually, they found the winning formula, a mix of coconut oil, beeswax, and shea butter with all the same oils as the spray plus vanilla. It was that combination that was melting in the water bath on Friday, and would then be poured into deodorant-style applicators where it would solidify again. 

On their website, the stick goes for $20, a four-ounce bottle for $18, and a two-ounce bottle for $10.

“This winter, we are going to do some lice-prevention stuff, some body scrub, and make this product all winter long,” Ms. Decker said. 

“We stopped going around and taking samples to people,” she said. “We wanted to make sure to take care of the 22 retailers we had. . . . It says on our label, made ‘with love and integrity,’ and if we got too big, we couldn’t take care of the people that trusted us.” 

Their retailers include Marders in Bridgehampton, the Springs General Store, the Montauk General Store, Round Swamp Farm in East Hampton, and Emporium Hardware in Sag Harbor.

And as for that third mom in the 3 Moms business name? “The third mom,” Ms. Eggert said, “is the consumer.” 

“Who takes better care of you than a mom?” Ms. Decker asked.

Metal Man, ‘a Real-Life Superhero’

Metal Man, ‘a Real-Life Superhero’

Von Strauss has hauled more than four million pounds of scrap iron, steel, and castoff appliances to salvage yards like this one, the Gershow Recycling Center in Medford.
Von Strauss has hauled more than four million pounds of scrap iron, steel, and castoff appliances to salvage yards like this one, the Gershow Recycling Center in Medford.
Courtesy of Metal Man
Four million pounds in 12 years: the amazing adventures of a king of scrap
By
Johnette Howard

It takes a smart person to know his destiny when he gets a peek at it, and it takes an even bigger person to make the leap of faith once he does. Von Strauss, for example, is a classically trained pianist with a college degree in business. He lives in Islandia now, but his family has a house on the Napeague stretch in Amagansett and he’s played in a series of local rock bands over the years, and written over 1,000 songs. (“None of them published yet, but I’m working on it,” he says.) 

Yet it wasn’t until a buddy asked Mr. Strauss if he could accompany him to the Hamptons to pick up an engine block and take it to a recycling yard that his life really pivoted. After a week of rambling around together and peppering his friend with questions about “scrapping,” Mr. Strauss bought himself a brand-new Toyota Tundra truck, printed some fliers and business cards featuring an Atlas logo he lifted off Van Halen’s “5150” album, and broke off on his own.

That was 12 years and four million pounds of scrap metal pickups ago. 

That’s how Metal Man was born.

“Now I’m a real-life superhero,” Mr. Strauss said with a laugh. “People call and say, ‘Hey Metal Man, get over here.’ I put on my black pants, my Metal Man shirt and steel-toed boots and I go to work every day. I go scrapping anywhere from Remsenburg to Montauk. And it’s a great job, a great job. I love it. I own my own business. Make my own hours. Meet all kinds of people. And I get paid every day. Sometimes I get up at 3:30, 4 a.m. to start and get home late at night, feed my cats, pass out, and do it all over again the next day.”

  It helps that in addition to having a tireless work ethic, Mr. Strauss has a mathematical mind and gregarious personality. He can quote the current price per pound of everything from aluminum to grade 1 iron to mixed steel by heart. He knows the best spots to take scrap metal to at any given time — Crown Recycling in Riverhead, Two Brothers in Farmingdale, the Gershow Recycling yards in Farmingdale and Medford.

He’s built a reputation for being a man of his word and he’s made a lot of friends along the way too — contractors, builders, business owners, real estate agents, homeowners, you name it. It’s not unusual for him to get 12, even 15 calls a day. Many folks hear about him by word of mouth. Mr. Strauss said one of his most gratifying moments came when he got a call from a homeowner on Further Lane in East Hampton who gave him the security codes to her house to pick up some things unsupervised even though they’d never met, because, as she told him, “You come highly recommended.”

Mr. Strauss said his late father — an ear, nose, and throat doctor who passed away in 2003 — “would’ve been really proud. I just know it. I mean, how amazing was that?” 

Over the years he has collected a lot of other stories about memorable pickups or unexpectedly lucrative scores. He remembers “a stretch there in 2011 when prices skyrocketed and I couldn’t miss. I was making no less than $800 a day and I paid off my Tundra, paid off my Prius, was able to put my daughter through college.” 

He told a story about Hans Van de Bovenkamp, a well-known Dutch sculptor in Sagaponack, who called him once to take away what turned out to be a treasure trove of high-end scrap: “Marine stainless, red brass plate, which at that time was $1.65 a pound. That job was like backing up the truck and saying, ‘Open the vault. Just throw all the money in here.’ ” 

Mr. Strauss said he made $12,000 on that gig in just three days. Then he went back unbidden and gave the sculptor a $1,000 cut. “He was very thankful I suggested it. I said, ‘You don’t look like you need it’ and he said, ‘No, I don’t. But it’s nice to know you care.’ ”

 Mr. Strauss laughed and said that was fun. But his “weirdest job, by far” was a pickup at a house that was undergoing a gut renovation. When he and his buddy Glen arrived, they found a giant safe in the basement that was six feet high and weighed over 1,000 pounds. The contractor who called was skeptical that removing it was possible. But Mr. Strauss eyed the scene had a superhero idea.

He and his friend pivoted the safe on one end back and forth, back and forth till they got it near the basement’s Bilco doors. They laid two ramps on the stairs leading outside, lashed a chain around the safe and tipped it on its side so it rested on the ramp. 

Then they attached the other end of the chain to Mr. Strauss’s Tundra.

The construction workers  — about 30 of them, Strauss said — were all on their lunch break by now and watching raptly as he climbed into his truck and inched it forward till the chain attached to the safe was “nice and taut.” 

“Then Glen gave me the signal, I gunned the engine, the truck flew forward and that safe came flying up out of the Bilco doors and actually caught air. I mean, this thing literally came shooting out of the stairs, flew up in the air, and then stuck in the ground! Sideways! Like a bottle rocket that fails.”

Mr. Strauss laughed again. 

“It was absolutely great,” he said, “because all these construction workers who were watching all this, they couldn’t believe it. After the safe came flying out of the doors and crashed, they were all standing and cheering ‘Metal Man! Metal Man! Metal Man!’ ”

The Metal Man can be reached at 631-335-5939.

Recorded Deeds: 07.26.18

Recorded Deeds: 07.26.18

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.
By
Star Staff

AMAGANSETT

P. Williams to J. Dieli and J. Steadman, 583 Lazy Point Road, .4 acre, June 14, $700,000.

Beach House Investment to R., N., and N. McElroy, 9 Devon Woods Close, 1.6 acres, May 24, $4,200,000.

D. Stathakis to M. and A. Leifer, 15 Maidstone Drive, .48 acre, May 23, $2,025,000.

 

BRIDGEHAMPTON

F. and S. Baig (by referee) to U.S. Bank National Association, 136 Clay Pit Road, 1.6 acres, March 23, $862,996.

J. Silvestri and C. Risoli to 29 Farm Field Road, 29 Farm Field Road, .92 acre, May 14, $4,290,000.

M. Culp and Bronston-Culp to 98 Pointe Mecox Lane, 98 Pointe Mecox Lane, 1.04 acres, May 23, $8,150,000.

 

EAST HAMPTON

DJ Real Estate Partners to R. and K. Shepherd, 12 Old School House Lane, 1.85 acres, May 11, $2,125,000.

S. Tekiner Trust to M. and G. Adib, 2 Great Oak Way, 1.9 acres, May 14, $1,750,000.

G. and P. Smith and D. Thompson to East End Realty Development, 370 Pantigo Road, .61 acre, May 23, $1,600,000.

M. Abrams and Lam, to H. Vazquez and J. Cheung, 3 Historical Court, .73 acre, May 24, $975,000.

J. Matano to MMAGDALIN L.L.C., 54 Whooping Hollow Road, .46 acre, May 23, $975,000.

E. Rievman to E. and D. Schwartz, 37 Cosdrew Lane, .46 acre, May 29, $895,000.

B. Cohen, B to Carefree 5th Street, 409 Route 114, 3.8 acres, June 12, $1,450,000.

 

MONTAUK

A. Cook to C. and D. Orlando, 23 Fort Pond Road, Unit 74, May 21, $625,000.

NOYAC

C., T., and R. Meeker to J. Moehlenhoff and Smyth, 23 Stoney Hill Road, .74 acre, May 22, $1,395,000.

J. and J. Mies to A. Mistri and R. Somers, 253 Northside Drive, 1.17 acres, April 20, $1,395,000.

 

SAG HARBOR

F. Gottfried to R. and S. O’Brien, 18 Bridge Street, May 3, $643,000.

48 Madison L.L.C. to AEAS-1803 L.L.C., 48 Madison Street, .46 acre, June 11, $7,000,000.

Harrison Street Properties to Green Barn Holdings 2, 20 Grand Street, .36 acre, May 14, $999,900.

 

SPRINGS

Score Construction to Hillside Lane Corp., 80 Sycamore Drive, .47 acre (vacant), May 17, $260,000.

Score Construction to Sunshine Shores Inc., 84 Sycamore Drive, .47 acre (vacant), May 17, $260,000.

M. Suter to R. Winchell, 2 Folkstone Road and lot 1-43, .5 acre, May 22, $650,000.

L. Nuter and P. Chagares to J. Segilia and J. Esposito, 31 Lincoln Avenue, June 1, $800,000.

M. Vargas to B. Ordonez Albarracin, 77 Copeces Lane, .27 acre, May 24, $450,000.

Lightman and Milano to S. Wittman, 1 Hollyoak Avenue, April 29, $750,000.

 

WAINSCOTT

4 Osborn Farm Lane to M. 

Frishberg, 4 Osborn Farm Lane, .52 acre, April 6, $3,790,000.

 

WATER MILL

R. and C. Boehning to S. and M. Tesser, 378 Water Mill Towd Road, 3.95 acres, June 8, $3,800,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

Options at Khanh Graphics

Options at Khanh Graphics

“It’s really awesome to have a one-of-a-kind piece that you can wear around town.”
By
Star Staff

Tucked into an alleyway between Newtown Lane and Park Place in East Hampton, the new Khanh Graphics offers customers of all ages a chance to design and print their own images, photographs, and logos onto everything from T-shirts to mugs to hats and baskets. 

The unassuming shop, owned by Khanh Ngo, whose businesses also include Khanh Sport and EH Eyewear, boasts heating presses, embroidery machines, and all sorts of blank products ready for customization. It opened in June. 

Alex Dunham, the store’s manager, works with customers to brainstorm ideas and decide on a printing process. “It’s really awesome to have a one-of-a-kind piece that you can wear around town,” he said in a release. “When people ask you where you got it, you can tell them you made it. So, that’s kind of cool.”

Prices vary depending on the process — embroidery, vinyl, or heat sublimation — and “canvas” chosen, starting at $25 for embroidery, $34 for vinyl wall lettering and signs, $30 for vinyl printed T-shirts, and $28 for embroidered hats.

The shop is in the alleyway between Breezin’ Up and Scoop Du Jour. 

Keeping Account: 07.12.18

Keeping Account: 07.12.18

Local Business Notes
By
Star Staff

Chamber Goes Yachting

The East Hampton Chamber of Commerce will hold its July happy hour and mixer on Tuesday starting at 5 p.m. on a yacht supplied by Charles Charters. Steven Ringel, the chamber’s executive director, will inform guests of “summer doings and other pending projects,” and complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served courtesy of the Golden Pear. Admission is $10 for nonmembers, free for members. 

Charles Charters was started four years ago in Palm Beach, Fla., by Charles Giambalvo, a Long Island native, and his wife, Karen. This year they followed their snowbird clients home for a summer on the South Fork.

Rent a Chauffeur

Brian Pfund is opening an on-demand chauffeur service for those carefree and convenient nights out. Drivers can be rented by the hour and will wait for you while you enjoy your night, or take your car on any errands you might need and return to pick you up. 

Drivers can be rented for $40 per hour. “It’s cheaper than, say, Uber or Lyft,” Mr. Pfund said. “If you were to, say, go from Sag Harbor to Montauk, the ride would be $100 each way, so if you’re going out for four hours, this is cheaper.” 

Reservations can be made by calling 631-823-2338 or emailing [email protected].