About Jeffrey Collé

Jeffrey Collé

Jeffrey Collé

Home Designer - Home Builder

Jeffrey Collé has long been heralded as the premiere design-builder of the Hamptons, owing to his artistic, precise, and environmentally protective approach – and creative legacy and love affair for the South Fork that spans over four decades and continues to shape the landscape in untold ways. Deftly fusing the old with the new, Collé’s projects have earned international acclaim for their detailed innovations and designs, frequently gracing the pages of publications such as Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Forbes, House Beautiful, and New York magazine. 

Collé is distinguished by his uncanny eye, unwavering adherence to Old World craftsmanship, exacting standards of excellence, and use of superior, customized materials often painstakingly sourced from antique and contemporary findings around the globe. Quality is Collé’s unwavering mantra – while meticulously crafting magnificent East End homes to last for generations, he is well known to pioneer building innovations that foster his vision within the unique Hampton’s character and climate.

With a degree of professional pride rarely seen today, he leads a crew of highly skilled master carpenters, millworkers, and cabinetmakers who fabricate on-site to his precise specifications. Collé is well known to forge lifelong relationships with many of his delighted clients, who include local and international Wall Street moguls and luminaries such as Alec Baldwin, Donna Karan, and Billy Joel. 

Among his most notable projects to date is his work on the renovation of a 12,000- square- foot triplex penthouse at The Pierre Hotel in New York; the total restoration of a 28-room, 16,000-square- foot historic mansion in East Hampton originally owned by the Gardner Family; the record-breaking moving and relocation of a 20,000-square- foot mansion in Water Mill; a recording studio for Billy Joel; and the renovation and enlargement of the Pond House, the turn-of-the-century Stanford White artist studio on Georgica Pond. 

Collé’s most current building project is a 24,000 square-foot home on a 20- acre property, in collaboration with celebrity designer Stephen Gambrel and the internationally acclaimed architectural firm of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger. 

Collé is also passionately dedicated to safeguarding the Hamptons from overbuilding, opting for expansive lawns, gardens and orchards instead of crowding multiple houses on large parcels of land. Many of his homes feature generous reserves, protecting the beauty and agricultural origins of the Hamptons. On a 62-acre piece of ocean front property on Daniel's Lane in Sagaponack, Collé designed the subdivision to have just five houses and almost 45 acres of reserve. Thirty-four acres on Sagg Pond - purchased from the Lauder family - have only two lots and over 25 acres of reserve. And on a current project - a 40-acre parcel in Wainscott - the subdivision will have only seven homes, with plans for a 28-acre working organic farm shared by the residents. 

Collé’s love of building began early in childhood, as he worked alongside his father and grandfather in their Long Island construction business. He established his own company – JC Construction Management – in 1978, known today as Estates by Jeffrey Collé.

Elements of Distinction

As the paragon of quality design and construction in the Hamptons, Jeffrey Collé has chosen to consistently combine inimitable interiors with exquisite exteriors to create homes that are truly a haven from the winds and storms of life. His signature, traditional style sets each of the homes and estates he designs apart from their less distinguished counterparts, and he routinely chooses to use beautiful, enduring materials and finishes to create homes that are custom crafted to last for generations.

Old World Craftsmanship

By utilizing Old World craftsmanship Jeffrey is able to incorporate traditional features, using unrivalled materials that defy comparison to contemporary facsimiles. This allows him to create custom homes that are unmatched anywhere in or out of the Hamptons. The custom materials he chooses create unmistakable elements of distinction that fundamentally set his homes and estates apart. Painstaking details are hand-crafted by Jeffrey and his building team, creating a home that is a bastion of comfort and beauty in a world that is far too often harsh and distasteful. You’ll find that this type of detail work is rarely found in homes today.
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Highest-Quality Materials

These distinctive elements can be found in every aspect of your custom home: every floor, every ceiling, every wall, and every design element. It is Jeffrey’s belief that by using only the highest-quality materials in every facet of construction and combining them with the very best in construction methods, your home can become an enduring legacy that future generations will be able to treasure.

Creating real luxury requires using the absolute best materials and methods from inception to completion. It is a simple truth that it is in the details that you find true excellence, so please take time to explore some of the elements Jeffrey uses to create his homes of distinction.

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