Clintons Check Out House

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — President Clinton interrupted his fun-in-the-sun vacation Saturday to walk through a potential home in Westchester County with his wife and daughter.

The Clintons squeezed in a visit to a four-story Colonial north of New York City before heading to the Hamptons on Long Island for a weekend of fund-raising parties.

Clinton brushed aside a question about what he wanted in a home.

“Some place nice and airy that will make Hillary happy--that’s what I want,” the president said. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, standing a few yards behind him on Air Force One, laughed.

Mrs. Clinton is scouting real estate just north of New York City. If she decides to run for the U.S. Senate next year, she will need to establish residency by election day.

The Clintons spent nearly two hours inspecting a white Georgian Colonial in Chappaqua that an agent said is listed at nearly $1.7 million. It has a swimming pool in the backyard and an exercise room on the top floor.

The house is screened by evergreens at the end of a cul-de-sac called Old House Lane, in a community described by neighbors as a quiet area with good schools.

“It’s a very nice house, but we don’t have any announcement to make,” Clinton said after the visit. It was the only house the Clintons saw Saturday.