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RESORT-STYLE LIVING IN THE HEART OF BABYLON
through their teen years and college
experiences.
The couple purchased the property
from Bret and Lynn Saberhagen
in 2001. Bret was a professional
baseball player for the Kansas City
Royals and the New York Mets and
played one year with the Boston Red
Sox.
“Most everyone remembers this
as ‘Oh, that's Saberhagen’s place,’
whereas we remind them that it is
now and has been the Sweeneys’
home for 19 years,” Sweeney quips.
Built in 1998, this eye-catching house
has eight bedrooms; six are en suite
including the master. There are
six full bathrooms and three half
bathrooms. The traditional-style
home embellished with romantic
balcony and porch offers a huge
eat-in kitchen that was redone with
cherry cabinets, new high-end appliances,
Miele subzero freezer and
refrigerator, Bosch dishwasher, GE
Monogram microwave, convection
oven and gas stove. There’s a formal
dining room and living room as well
as a den/family room, office, and
amazing gym.
The Sweeneys have fond memories of
the good times they’ve enjoyed while
living there.
“Several wedding and engagement
parties, multiple birthdays,
graduation parties, Fourth of July
fireworks; warm summer nights on
the patio enjoying sunsets; thunder
and lightning storms over the bay;
the frozen icicles on the trees after a
winter snowstorm,” Sweeney recalls.
“And most of all, raising our two sons
on the water, fishing for snappers,
crabbing, kayaking and sharing
great times with family and friends
with our backyard barbecues and
parties… It is truly a home for making
memories.”
While 2012 saw major renovations,
the couple notes that over the years,
there were too many home improvements
to mention. But some big
changes included the installation
of more than 90 new Andersen
Dine, entertain in style and take in magnificent water views in this open multiuse space.
windows, WallTech lifetime twotone
exterior painting, and adding
557 feet of docking. Other revamps:
the addition of solar panels to heat
the pool, the creation of waterfalls,
all new LED landscape lighting, new
walkways covered with Indiana
stone and brick pavers, and a newly
paved circular driveway with new
gate mechanisms and controls.
Sweeney says he and his family have
truly enjoyed everyday life in their
marvelous manse, and jokes, “I still
have to pinch myself every morning
when I wake up.”
Contact Tammy Ramsay, Licensed
Sales Associate at 516-319-8605.
A glam entry with sweeping dual
staircase features imported flooring
embellished with a sunburst
inset.
The warmth of cherry cabinetry mixes well with shiny new appliances
and custom touches.
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