Summerwind: A 10,000-square-foot estate with Mediterranean flair, boasting themed rooms inspired by Frank Sinatra, Peter Allen and Noël Coward. Six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, five fireplaces. Tunes from an antique Steinway player piano fill the halls, as Smithtown Bay ripples down below.
Eleven years ago, this house in Nissequogue was far from the grand vision it is today — shortly after Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon purchased the home for $870,000, it fell apart. "There was an existing structure here that was stylistically similar, but much smaller," said Conlon. "It was in need of a lot of renovation, so we started to figure out what that renovation was going to look like.
" Then they discovered an enormous crack in the foundation. "As we peeled back the layers of the onion, we found we had a rotten onion," Conlon said. Agents Conlon, left, and Postilio have appeared in the HGTV series "Selling New York.
" Credit: Adam Kane Macchia One rainstorm later, the house collapsed on itself — and the project went from a renovation to a total rebuild. Postilio and Conlon are celebrity real estate brokers for Compass with backgrounds in entertainment: They appeared in the HGTV series "Selling New York" and have a client roster that includes Barry Manilow and Joan Collins. The couple started to envision their dream house while staying at their Manhattan apartment.
The dining room. Credit: Adam Kane Macchia "It took three years to get through the planning phase," Postilio said, "be.
