Tom Petty’s 5,300-square-foot California lake house retreat, dubbed Casa Della Madonna, was put up for sale for $5.895 million following his sudden death in the fall. The villa is breath-taking, but is even more special because of its beloved, late owner who enjoyed the home for many years.
Approximately six months after listing it for $2.25 million and just days before making headlines in the New York Times for allegations of sexual assault, film producer and former Weinstein Company studio executive Harvey Weinstein sold his Westport, Connecticut home for $1.65 million.
East Hampton’s legendary Grey Gardens estate resembles nothing of the decrepit structure featured in the eponymous 1975 documentary that profiled its eccentric residents, “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale and “Little Edie” Beale. After a massive renovation and restoration, it came up for sale for the first time in decades in February, asking just shy of $20M.The home had quite the year, receiving a $2 million price cut in April, going into contract in October, and officially closing for $15.5 million in December.
Earlier this year, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin shelled out $12.585M for a 9-bedroom, 13-bathroom mansion in the Massachusetts Heights neighborhood of the Washington D.C. The house was sold in an off-market deal.
A wonderfully bright moment of the year took place when it was announced that Prince Harry and Suits actress Meghan Markle are engaged to be married. We took a closer look at Nottingham Cottage, the cozy residence on the Kensington Palace grounds where the future bride and groom-to-be will be residing.
After nearly 20 years of calling the former dairy farm home, Harry Connick Jr. and his wife are selling their family compound in New Canaan. The 4.61-acre estate hit the market in June asking $7.5M.
Before a shocking scandal erupted around Matt Lauer in November, news of a price reduction on his Sag Harbor house broke. After almost a year on the market, the home lowered its ask in June from nearly $18M to $14.9M. At the end of 2017, the bucolic estate is still languishing on the market.
NBC fired longtime Today show anchor Matt Lauer following seriously disturbing allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior and the news dominated both domestic and international headlines. New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office disclosed that they are revisiting Lauer’s early-2017 purchase of a 16,000-acre farm, as there was a condition that the owners “must continue to be of good character.”
Merrywood, the McLean, VA estate where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis spent much of her childhood, hit the market in June asking $49.5M. Later in the year, Jackie O’s childhood summer home in East Hampton, Lasata, went into contract.
Jon Hamm has added a new home to his bi-coastal real estate repertoire for close to $3.4 million. The sleek residence in the celeb-favored Los Feliz area offers four bedrooms and five bathrooms and captures California’s breezy, indoor/outdoor lifestyle.The Mad Men star also made real estate moves on the East Coast in 2017, making his Upper West Side penthouse available to rent.
