Where to get public information on a house

try propertyshark.com

Thank you for the info on propertyshark.com. Does anyone know if there's also a place in Southampton Village to look up property information---for instance if I'd like to know who the builder was, zoning violations, etc. I'm sure there must be some municipal center, but I don't know where.

I would assume all county type info will be in Riverhead and town info I think is 116 hampton rd.

you can play around this directory as well
http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/NY_Suffolk.htm

Also, your Realtor has access to public records related to earlier purchases and sales of property.

I feel more comfortable doing my own research. I don't find realtors in the Hamptons to be all that forthcoming!

I think you can just go to the town offices in Southampton. We did as much to find out who owned some farm fields near our house and how they were zoned.