New Hampshire
$18.5M Rye home: Straws Point now boasts top 2 highest-priced home sales in NH history
RYE — Straws Point has produced another member of the exclusive eight-figures single-family home club.
A five-bedroom, nine-bathroom residence on the Atlantic Ocean at 17 Straws Point has sold for $18.5 million, the second-highest-priced single-family home sale in New Hampshire history, according to Seacoast Board of Realtors statistician John Rice.
In December 2022, the nearby home at 30 Straws Point sold for $25 million in an off-market closing, more than doubling the state record at the time, according to Rice.
The waterfront Rye neighborhood has now claimed the top two spots in New Hampshire.
“I think this price point says more about the location and quality of the construction,” said Jim Giampa, co-owner of Carey and Giampa Realtors, whose firm brokered the transaction. “Just because a home is in the Seacoast region doesn’t mean it will command big dollars unless the location and property are exceptional. This area has plenty of room for buyers and sellers in all price ranges.”
The owner of 17 Straws Point originally listed the property last August for $25 million, attempting to fetch the same total as its former neighbors at 30 Straws Point. A listing price drop then brought the property down to $22 million.
What is known about buyers of Straws Point homes in Rye
County deed records show the buyer of 17 Straws Point is Granite Shoals LLC. State business records do not identify the owner of the LLC, which was created at the start of May. Portsmouth attorney Douglas MacDonald is listed as its registered agent.
The seller of the estate was 17 Straws Point LLC, for which Michael Millward is the principal, according to state records.
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A deed for the sale was filed with the county on Friday, May 17.
A non-disclosure agreement prevented Giampa from identifying the buyers of 17 Straws Point. Giampa also represented the buyers of 30 Straws Point, Mary Lou and Peter LeSaffre, in late 2022.
“This is a really special home that was designed and constructed to take advantage of the amazing ocean views from Kittery to the Isle of Shoals to Cape Ann,” he said of the property. “Most of the custom features were crafted on-site by Houghton Builders so the quality of construction is extraordinary. It is equipped with everything you could want in an oceanfront estate (with) a gym, movie theater, wine cellar, infinity pool and more.”
The 17 Straws Point residence was built over the span of two years and was completed in 2018. The 10,000-plus-square-foot house contains a pool table, a wet bar, a fireplace, cathedral ceilings, a bathhouse, an outdoor patio and an elevator.
Rye property records show the town’s last assessment of the home valued it at almost $7.1 million.
Rice, statistician for the Seacoast Board of Realtors, cited New England Real Estate Network data to identify 17 Straws Point as the second-highest-selling single-family home in state history. He cautioned that those records do not account for properties sold by homeowners without the assistance of a licensed broker.
Annual taxes on the property exceeded $48,000 in 2022, according to the listing.
“Each room in this architectural gem showcases meticulous attention to detail, radiating sophistication and class,” the listing adds.
According to Rice, the current third-highest-priced single-family home sale in New Hampshire came in June 2023, when a Meredith residence on Lake Winnipesaukee sold for $14 million in an off-market deal.
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One person was seriously injured in a small plane crash in Newport, New Hampshire, on Sunday.
Newport police and fire responded to Parlin Airfield shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday for a reported plane crash. When they arrived, they said they found a private, single-engine plane in a wooded area off the end of the grass runway.
An off-duty Newport police employee had witnessed the crash, and assisted Newport fire personnel in removing the pilot from the plane. The pilot sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and was flown by medical helicopter to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
The pilot’s name has not been released. They were the only one in the plane at the time of the crash.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, with assistance from local, state and federal authorities.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has further information is encouraged to contact police at 603-863-3232.
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s office said a man who allegedly shot two people in Hampton Beach died by suicide when confronted by police.
In a joint statement, the state Attorney General’s office, State Police and Hampton Police Chief Alex Reno identified the man as Tyshawn Cooper, 21, of Taylors, South Carolina, who was declared dead at the scene.
Initially, officers responded to reports of a shooting at about 1:19 a.m. Sunday. Police said they located a man and woman suffering from gunshot wounds in the area of 29 Ocean Boulevard.
Officers found a man who matched the description of the suspected shooter at the intersection of P Street and Ashworth Avenue. During their interaction, police said the man pulled out a handgun and raised it, then shot himself in the head while an officer also fired.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy Sunday and determined the cause of death was suicide.
The 23-year-old man and 25-year-old woman who were shot were taken to the hospital for treatment of their injuries.
The shootings remain under investigation.
The Attorney General’s office said it will also investigate the police officer’s use of deadly force, though the officer that fired did not cause Cooper’s death. No other injuries were reported.
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