Mansions

Thursday, March 10, 2011, by Sarah Firshein Photos via SPLIA via Old Long Island Land’s End, the Sands Point, N.Y., estate rumored to have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s vision of Daisy Buchanan’s house in The Great Gatsby, has surely seen fairer times. The colonial revival is spending its final days as a decaying, peeling mess … Continue reading »

Wednesday, July 20, 2011, by Rob Bear In Sands Point, N.Y., one of the many “inspirations” for The Great Gatsby, the vaunted architecture firm of McKim, Mead, and White designed this imposing French Norman masterpiece in 1927. Over the years, the place had descended into a measure of disrepair, with wood-framed screens obstructing the view … Continue reading »

Monday, April 18, 2011, by Rob Bear On Saturday, a Long Island developer made good on his promise to demolish Land’s End, the Gold Coast estate said to have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. CBS News was there to catch the gruesome act on camera and interviewed owner and developer Bert Brodsky, who … Continue reading »

SELLER: Citibank (formerly owned by Nic Cage) Place: Los Angeles, CA Value: $ 2,782,500 SIZE: 6,312 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms Your Mama understands really nicely that several of the young children can not bear another spilled believed or diatribe about the seemingly ceaseless actual estate woes of financially embattled Oscar winner Nic Cage. … Continue reading »

If you long to gaze daily on the view enjoyed by visitors to Mount Vernon, you may want to consider owning the spectacular home at 7808 Southdown Road just south of Alexandria. This classic Colonial-style mansion, built in 2006 by Bart Boucher, rests on two-thirds of an acre overlooking the Potomac River. Though Old Town … Continue reading »

Group Looks To Sell Mansion To Aid Local CharityPortion Of Profits From Sale Of La Jolla Mansion Will Help Passion 4 K.I.D.S., Company SaysPOSTED: 8:21 pm PDT July 21, 2011UPDATED: 1:22 pm PDT July 22, 2011SAN DIEGO — A local charity looking to find a new home for toddler Izaiah Wallis and his family could … Continue reading »

The Kennedy home in Kalorama. (Larry Morris/ Getty Images) We’re sorry. You waited too long to make an offer, and Ted Kennedy’s Kalorama mansion is gone — sold, for $6.5 million, to the Republic of Gabon. The senator’s widow, Vicki Kennedy, quietly shopped the stately columned house for several months before officially putting it on … Continue reading »

The Boulevard Estate 4137 Boulevard Place, Mercer Island WA 98040 The Boulevard Estate on Mercer Island received plenty of attention in the past year for its top-of-the-market $32 million price tag, which was eventually reduced to $28.8 million. The 7 bedroom, 11.25 bath home was listed on the NWMLS until a few months ago, and … Continue reading »

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – The house is not visible from the road. It sits on a hill, under a grove of trees, and is at the end of a long, winding driveway. In its day, the late 1820s and beyond, the house was among the most important homes in Madison County. Its original owner, Joseph Laughinghouse, … Continue reading »

Set in a 23-hectare wooded landscape, Updown Court, Britain’s most expensive property, has been on the market for six years but has been unable to find a buyer. Photo: Getty Images WHO would live in a £70 million ($A105 million) house like this? It’s 4650 square metres of Surrey real estate with 103 rooms, 27 … Continue reading »