How the Other Half Live: Beyonce and Jay-z's August Rental in the Hamptons

Rumor has it that hip-hop King and Queen and their little Princess Blue Ivy have coughed up a pretty penny for the month of August to rent an exclusive home in Hamptons.   The 31,000 sq foot home that they are renting is called the Sandcastle and was built by Joe Farrell, a Hamptons developer in 2005.   The home was originally listed for $59.5 million when it was built but has been dropped to the current price of $43.5 million. 
Apparently B and J got quite a deal with this rental as they are only paying $400,000 for the whole month of August when last year it was rented to  Cheryl Mercuris, a 40-something divorcée from Tampa with a direct marketing fortune for $500,000 for 2 weeks. 

Sandcastle is about 1.5 miles from the beaches and encompasses 11.5 acres. 

Here are some features of this glamourous property:
- 12 bedrooms, 12 full baths
- double living room with 2 fireplaces
- formal dining room with fireplace
- enormous professional chef's kitchen, butler's pantry and walk-in refrigerator
- 10-seat theatre with interactive seats
- upstairs the 2800 sq. ft. master suite has an exotic master bath with honey onyx slabs sitting room, wet bar
- children's entertainment center with virtual golf, skateboard half pipe, rock climbing wall
- media room with 5 plasma TV's
- in home theater room
- squash and racket ball court
- 2-lane bowling alley, full bar and disco,
- complete spa facility- jacuzzi, steam, sauna, and massage area
- 60 foot heated gunite pool with electric cover and underwater stereo
- underground garage with hydraulic lift
- sunken tennis courts 
- baseball field

 Wow. I don't know about you all but I could use a month at the Sandcastle.  Maybe B and J will invite me to tag along?!  I could be the nanny- I'm really good with kids :)

If you have an extra $500,000 and are looking to get away click here to rent it for yourself!
 
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