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It’s open season for Montauk’s million-dollar trailers.
As the Hamptons market stirs back to life ahead of summer, a fresh wave of listings at Montauk Shores suggests the oceanfront enclave’s improbable run isn’t fading — it’s just getting started again.
Two homes hit the market within days of each other this week, The Post has learned, signaling what brokers say is the beginning of the busy selling season on the East End.
A compact, two-bedroom unit at 100 Deforest Rd. Unit 6 — spanning roughly 600 square feet — is asking $2.15 million, while a larger, custom-built residence at Unit 719, with two bedrooms and two baths across 960 square feet, is seeking $2.895 million.
Both command prices that rival — and in some cases exceed — traditional Hamptons homes on a per-square-foot basis.
“Spring is the busy selling season in the Hamptons and Montauk. Once the weather turns, properties show at their best, and buyers are focused on getting into a place on the East End in time to enjoy the summer season,” Compass agent Greg Burns, who represents both listings with his brothers, Matt and Ryan Burns, told The Post.
The two homes underscore how the once-humble trailer park has evolved into one of the Hamptons’ most unusual high-end micro-markets.
Unit 6, which last sold back in 2024, offers what brokers describe as an “A+” setting, with panoramic ocean views and immediate proximity to Ditch Plains Beach — one of Montauk’s most sought-after surf spots. From the front door, it’s just steps to the sand. But this home will require someone ready to renovate and customize it.
Unit 719, by contrast, represents the newer, more polished side of Montauk Shores. The home was custom-built and has been featured in Architectural Digest, with a more contemporary layout, private outdoor space, and a scale rarely seen in the community.
Burns noted that while it is farther away from the ocean, it is “an oversized unit” and a rarity, noting that it is a “custom-built, turnkey” location where “no one will ever be able to build next to it” and that “it has its own yard.”
Despite their differences, both listings point to the same underlying draw: proximity to the water in a setting unlike anywhere else in the Hamptons.
“To me, it’s always about the accessibility to the ocean, sort of like the laid-back lifestyle that takes place in there,” Burns said. “It’s, like, a place where kids can kind of roam freely. So it’s really about the lifestyle community … and the access to one of the best beaches in the Hamptons.”
That appeal has transformed Montauk Shores over the past few years.
What began decades ago as a loose collection of surf shacks and seasonal campers — a place where beachgoers once “camped out” near the dunes — has steadily morphed into a high-priced coastal enclave.
The shift has been dramatic. Sales activity surged in recent years, with prices doubling in 2023 and bidding wars becoming increasingly common. In one staggering deal, a unit sold for a record $3.75 million in an off-market transaction — a sale Burns himself helped broker.
Still, he cautioned that the outlier price may not be easily replicated.
“I really think that’s kind of an anomaly trade, like a one-off,” he said.
Even so, sellers continue to test the upper limits.
Earlier listings in the community have pushed into the mid-$3 million range, including one asking roughly $3.5 million that has lingered on the market since late 2025. Others that launched in 2023 and earlier this year also aimed high, reflecting both optimism and the challenge of pricing such a niche product.
One unit was recently taken off the market for aiming too high. Time will tell whether the once laid-back environment that put Montauk Shores on the map and lured top buyers is losing its luster.
For previous buyers, the calculus isn’t strictly about square footage. Comparable budgets elsewhere in the Hamptons might secure a larger traditional home — but rarely one so close to the shoreline.
“You could find a house for $3 million, but maybe not as close,” Burns said. “You’re essentially living on the ocean. I mean, you’re not going to get that.”
That trade-off — size for location — has become the defining equation at Montauk Shores, where even modest footprints can command premium prices thanks to their setting.
And with winter now in the rearview, the seasonal rhythm is kicking in again.
“I think we had a pretty brutal winter,” Burns said. “We’re trying to forge ahead … people are starting to think about summer.”
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