East Hampton estate pairs private dock, pool and tennis court

A private dock, an all-weather tennis court and an oversized Gunite pool make 44 Georgica Close Road feel less like a trophy listing and more like a working summer base for someone who wants to stay on court. Set on 2.4 acres along the inlet of Georgica Pond, the East Hampton property is built around the rhythm of play, water time and privacy, with a six-bedroom, six-bathroom house in the middle of it all.

A compound built for actual use

The property is being marketed at $4,995,000 by Brown Harris Stevens Hamptons, with Andrea L. Ackerman as listing broker and Elizabeth Phenis as co-listing agent. Public listing data places the residence's construction in 1965, and the interior is described at roughly 5,400 to 5,500 square feet, depending on the source. That puts the house squarely in the category of a real summer residence, not just a placeholder on a big lot.

What makes it stand out for tennis buyers is the way the site supports more than one kind of day. The court gives you a place to hit, but the dock, pool and tree cover turn the rest of the property into a recovery loop. After an early session, the private dock opens directly onto the inlet for kayaking, canoeing and paddleboarding, while the Gunite pool gives the day a softer landing than a straight drive back into town.

Why the layout matters for a tennis routine

For a player trying to keep a summer rhythm in the Hamptons, the details around the court matter as much as the court itself. The stone walkway through mature trees gives the estate a sense of separation from the road and from the rest of the grounds, which is exactly what makes a private hit feel private. An all-weather surface, as listed in public property data, is also a practical plus in a market where damp mornings and changing coastal conditions can shorten a session.

The broader appeal is that the property lets one person, or a full house of guests, move through a full day without leaving the estate. You can hit in the morning, cool off in the pool, paddle from the dock in the afternoon and still have enough room for dinner and a crowd. In East Hampton, where buyers often have to choose between waterfront, acreage and a usable court, this address tries to package all three.

The land value story is the real power play

The asking price has been described as below land value, and that is where the listing becomes more than a lifestyle pitch. The existing six-bedroom house is not being treated as the only value on the site. Instead, the emphasis is on the property's pre-existing zoning and footprint, which the listing says could not be duplicated under current rules.

That matters because East Hampton's setback rules recognize legally preexisting nonconforming structures in some cases, and the town's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program is designed to address waterfront issues. In practical terms, a buyer is not just paying for a court and pool today. The buyer is also paying for the option to hold the site as it is or reimagine it into a larger waterfront home later, with the kind of pond proximity that current regulations would make difficult to recreate.

The listing's rebuild angle is unusually important in a place like Georgica Close. A property that already has the right footprint, the right setting and the right access can be more valuable than a blank parcel, even before the court is considered. For tennis buyers, that means the estate works twice over: as a summer-ready compound now, and as a future project with rare positioning on the pond.

Georgica Pond gives the address its cachet

Georgica Pond itself is a big part of the equation. The lagoon is about 290 acres and sits on the south shore of Long Island, separated from the Atlantic by a narrow sandbar. East Hampton Town Trustees open the pond to the ocean twice a year, in spring and fall, to manage salinity, oxygen levels and fish migration, a practice they say dates to pre-colonial times.

That long local history helps explain why a home on Georgica Close carries a different kind of weight than a standard East End listing. Clinton Presidential Library records also note Georgica Pond during President Bill Clinton's 1998 East Hampton trip, a reminder that this stretch of waterfront has long lived in the public imagination as part of the Hamptons' highest-profile summer geography. Add a dock, a pool and a tennis court, and the address becomes a complete seasonal system rather than a single amenity.

What buyers are really paying for

This is the kind of East Hampton property that shows how serious tennis and quintessential Hamptons leisure can live on the same site. The court keeps the game sharp, the dock and pond inlet widen the day beyond tennis, and the pool makes recovery part of the routine instead of an afterthought. With 2.4 acres, six bedrooms, six bathrooms and a rebuild path that current rules would be hard-pressed to duplicate, 44 Georgica Close Road is priced like a property whose value runs well beyond one sport.

What looks like a court at first glance is really a full summer pattern. The opening hit, the paddle, the swim and the privacy all line up here, and that is the kind of Hamptons setup that changes how a season gets lived.