A Cottage by the Bay, Springs

This Springs house sits a two minute walk from the swimming bay, with Bostwick’s on the Harbor at the end of the street taking the sunset over Three Mile Harbor. The listing claims the best sunset in the Hamptons, and the geography is on its side: the harbor mouth faces almost due west, and the bar’s deck faces the harbor mouth.

Four bedrooms and three baths, stylish and simple in the correct proportions, with the outdoor space carrying its share of the living: a generous yard, an outdoor shower for the walk back from the bay, and room to spread a long lunch outside. Nothing in it is precious, which is what a beach-adjacent house should be.

Eight minutes by car to East Hampton town, ten to the ocean beaches, and walking distance to EHP Resort, the coffee shop, Rita’s Cantina and Maidstone Park. It sleeps seven and books by the night on Airbnb.