Speaker A
Hey, we just broke into Mariah Carey's house. Just kidding.
Exclusive tour of Mariah Carey's massive 27,000 sq ft Tudor estate in New Canaan, CT, featuring historic architecture, luxury renovations, and unique details.
Key Takeaways
- The estate is a rare historic Tudor home with significant architectural and historical value.
- It has been extensively renovated and modernized while preserving original craftsmanship.
- Mariah Carey was a recent tenant, adding celebrity appeal to the property.
- The asking price is just under $14.5 million fully furnished, a fraction of the estimated $40 million replacement cost.
- The property offers luxurious amenities, privacy, and unique features like secret rooms and a turret with Manhattan views.
Summary
- The estate is located in New Canaan, Connecticut, spanning 6.26 acres with three structures totaling over 25,000 square feet.
- Originally built in 1929 as a Tudor home designed by William B. Tubby, the chief counsel to the Rockefellers.
- The property includes a main house, guest house, and wellness center with extensive custom plasterwork and wood detailing.
- The estate has undergone multiple renovations, including an $8 million addition and a $6 million recent renovation.
- Mariah Carey rented the house for two years before moving out; the home is now listed for just under $14.5 million fully furnished.
- Notable features include Venetian plaster ceilings, imported limestone, Venetian marble floors, secret rooms, and a turret with views of Manhattan.
- The property is gated with a historic 7-foot tall, 1500-foot long stone wall built by a former mayor of Mexico City.
- The home offers a blend of historic charm and modern luxury, with heated floors, a formal dining room, a great room with 35-foot ceilings, and a snooker room.
- The replacement cost to rebuild this estate today is estimated at nearly $40 million, emphasizing its irreplaceable value.
- The video is hosted by Ryan Serhant and Danielle Malloy, showcasing the estate’s unique architectural and historical significance.
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Speaker A
This is our new listing, welcome to New Canaan, Connecticut.
Speaker A
This is an incredible compound, three structures, main house 18,000 square feet, guest house plus a wellness center.
Speaker A
There are features of this home, of the land, the acreage that I've never seen before.
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Originally built in 1929, this is a Tudor home from the Elizabethan era, and the details are spectacular.
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The opportunity to own this home doesn't just mean that you get something that has irreplaceable replacement value, but you get to be owner just number five of this home that was originally constructed in 1929.
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So, welcome to the property tour to probably end all property tours.
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Come on.
Speaker B
Coming.
Speaker A
Hi.
Speaker B
Hey.
Speaker A
I made it.
Speaker B
This house is massive, sorry, I was just around.
Speaker A
No problem.
Speaker B
I'm so glad you can make it here.
Speaker A
Everyone, this is Danielle Malloy, she started Serhant Connecticut with me.
Speaker A
We've been working together for a long time, actually like one of the first houses I ever sold in Greenwich.
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I don't know if you have that clip of me on the inner tube in the pool.
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We sold that house for $10 million.
Speaker B
Yes, we did.
Speaker A
This house is insane, this is a castle.
Speaker B
Yes.
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This is a castle.
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I mean, we we have over 25,000 square feet between three structures of property on 6.26 acres of property.
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Wow.
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I mean, you can see all the amazing details in this house.
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It's insane.
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He was a master plasterman that actually designed and did all of this gorgeous woodwork that you're seeing here.
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Custom plaster ceiling moldings.
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This is the room we call the parlor.
Speaker A
Yep, this.
Speaker B
Every room has a name.
Speaker A
I want to see this house, I mean, every room has a name like you just said and every room has a story.
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And just so everyone understands, the asking price is just under $14 million.
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Just under $14 million.
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Okay.
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And the lot size, the acreage size?
Speaker B
6.26 acres of property.
Speaker A
Okay, got it.
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And we are in a great part of New Canaan, Connecticut.
Speaker B
We are in an amazing part of New Canaan and you're just five minutes to town.
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Okay.
Speaker B
But you feel like you're in back country here.
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Yeah, that gate.
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Like the gate, the process, that stone wall.
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That was originally built by one of.
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That was originally built by the mayor of Mexico City, Carlos Hank.
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And he lived in this house.
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He lived in this house in the 80s and he built that massive stone wall.
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It stands almost seven feet tall, 1500 feet long.
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Um, and it's amazing.
Speaker A
Crazy.
Speaker A
Yeah, I was reading like the history here.
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The original home was built by like the general counsel to the Rockefellers.
Speaker B
Yes, so William B. Tubby was the original architect, he's a world famous architect.
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And he designed the home for the chief counsel of the Rockefellers.
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Wild.
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And then it went to the mayor of Mexico City and he put up the wall and everything.
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He built the wall.
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And now.
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Then the next family, they came in, they did an $8 million renovation.
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Oh my goodness.
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They built a 10,000 square foot addition onto the house.
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Oh my goodness.
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And then the current family, they came in, they reimagined, reconstructed, renovated the house.
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They spent another three years and $6 million doing a huge renovation of the house.
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And again, for context, when they moved out.
Speaker A
You rented the house to Mariah Carey.
Speaker B
I'm sorry, I forgot about that one other family that lived here.
Speaker B
Mariah Carey rented the house for the last two years.
Speaker A
Okay, got it.
Speaker A
So she has now moved out, no more recording here, and all I want for Christmas is someone to buy this house and move in here too.
Speaker B
Exactly.
Speaker A
Great.
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All right, show me around, we have 27,000 square feet to go.
Speaker B
All right.
Speaker B
Well, you have your dining room, your formal dining room here.
Speaker A
What is, is this the rotunda?
Speaker A
Where are we?
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That's the oval.
Speaker A
The oval?
Speaker B
The oval room.
Speaker A
Okay, got it.
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See this gorgeous formal dining space, this is all custom plaster.
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Venetian plaster, custom mural, gold fleck.
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Wow.
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I mean, this is gorgeous space.
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Crazy.
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Crazy, crazy, crazy.
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Like, just nuts.
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Like the stonework and everything is just perfect.
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But if you want to buy this fully furnished, like you said, it's 14 and a half million.
Speaker B
14 and a half.
Speaker A
Okay, got it.
Speaker B
Fully furnished, you can move right into this home.
Speaker A
All right, I'll follow you.
Speaker B
Okay, so we have the oval room.
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The oval room.
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This connects the addition to the house that was done.
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And all of this plasterwork was sourced from the same plaster house from the Windsor Castle.
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As you do.
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Why would you do it any other way?
Speaker B
Powder bath here.
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Sneaky door to the.
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Whoa.
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Oh.
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Shower.
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Every castle has to have secret rooms.
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Whether it's panic rooms or secret showers.
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You got to have them.
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This is, I mean, the architectural detail here.
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So this is the gallery hall.
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Oh my.
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This is all imported limestone.
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Oh my gosh.
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These are Venetian marble floors.
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This is insane.
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This is like one of the coolest houses I've ever actually seen.
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Like, just look at like, look.
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Oh my.
Speaker B
You're going to love this space.
Speaker A
What is this place?
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I am going to.
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I just want to show everyone.
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Like my day.
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This this house is on my calendar for 15 minutes, okay?
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15 minutes.
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Jipped.
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Jipped.
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15 minutes.
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I have longer conversations with random strangers.
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What, okay, what room is this?
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This is the great room.
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So you can see, I mean, again, all of this gorgeous imported limestone.
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Really, macaroni.
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Venetian marble floors, these are all heated, these floors.
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35 foot ceilings.
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Wild.
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How do you.
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Wait.
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The math is not mathing.
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How do I get up there?
Speaker B
So there is a stairwell that leads to the.
Speaker A
Oh, from over there.
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Oh, sorry, sorry.
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And that's the mezzanine level.
Speaker A
Okay, got it.
Speaker B
But the stairwell continues to take you to the turret, which you, I mean, I don't know if you have time to.
Speaker B
I mean, that'll take 15 minutes just to get to the turret.
Speaker A
What's a turret?
Speaker B
But that's that's the overlook.
Speaker B
It looks you can see out into Manhattan.
Speaker A
Oh.
Speaker A
From the turret.
Speaker A
Oh, that's like where you go up and you like you are here.
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In case of.
Speaker B
Snipers.
Speaker A
Snipers.
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Yeah, gotcha.
Speaker A
This room is insane.
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I'm just like the stonework.
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Like this is just wild.
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I mean.
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It's just nuts.
Speaker B
We've also been told by a local architect that this would cost nearly $40 million if you wanted to rebuild this today.
Speaker A
That's what I said.
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Outside.
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Like when I told them I was breaking in, but I wasn't really.
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Like the the replacement value here.
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You would never, you would never do this.
Speaker B
No.
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You couldn't replace this again.
Speaker A
This is the most insane thing I've ever seen.
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It's wild.
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Okay.
Speaker A
Let's keep going.
Speaker B
Did you want to step out to the.
Speaker A
Oh, you tell me.
Speaker A
Should we do all the inside?
Speaker A
Then we go outside.
Speaker B
We can do it in here.
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It's just a nice point.
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But we can we can finish.
Speaker A
We can go out there.
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We can do it every.
Speaker B
We can finish there.
Speaker B
We'll go head this way so you can see.
Speaker A
Oh.
Speaker A
What?
Speaker A
Should we ever see the kitchen or?
Speaker B
You know what, let's go.
Speaker A
No.
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Okay.
Speaker A
Okay.
Speaker B
Let's go to the kitchen.
Speaker A
We didn't see the big pool table.
Speaker B
So this is the homework room.
Speaker A
Oh, it's like the most normal room in the house.
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It's nice.
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I love that courtyard.
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Like it's just.
Speaker B
Yes, so this garden courtyard, so it it has every advantage point from from each side.
Speaker A
What?
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I mean, you can see the exterior.
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It's all masonry.
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Brick.
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100 year old slate roof.
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Wild.
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Wild.
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Like I.
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There's so much light that comes into this space.
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Adverbs, adverbs.
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Light right now.
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So you have your butler's pantry here.
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As you do.
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Yes.
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And it's in such great condition.
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Like Mariah did.
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I mean, did they have to fix it up?
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I mean, it's in pretty.
Speaker B
It's in amazing condition.
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Think about.
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She was been touring, so she she.
Speaker A
Yeah.
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She lived lightly here.
Speaker A
Yeah.
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But she did have her kids here.
Speaker A
Wait, we haven't even seen the snooker table yet.
Speaker B
Yes.
Speaker A
We got to go see the snooker.
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You want a snooker?
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The snooker table.
Speaker B
So this is more of the informal space.
Speaker B
So this is your family room.
Speaker A
Yeah.
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It's nice.
Speaker A
It is so cool.
Speaker B
Snooker table here.
Speaker A
I've never actually seen a snooker table.
Speaker A
Like it's just.
Speaker A
It's a it's a big pool.
Speaker A
It's like a California king bed, but for pool tables.
Speaker B
Right.
Speaker B
Larger table and then smaller balls.
Speaker A
Cool.
Speaker A
Okay.
Speaker B
So this is the conservatory.
Speaker A
Where you have like the wedding reception.
Speaker B
Correct.
Speaker A
Ooh.
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Again, all imported limestone.
Speaker A
Wild.
Speaker A
Cool, little bar setup.
Speaker A
So pretty.
Speaker A
It's just like, just gorgeous.
Speaker B
They love to do fundraisers here, the current owners.
Speaker A
Yes.
Speaker B
So here we have our office.
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Library, den.
Speaker A
Nice.
Speaker B
See all this painted inset wood panels.
Speaker A
So cool.
Speaker A
So cool.
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Bronze gilded fireplace here.
Speaker A
A lot of different types of millwork.
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You know, like it's just.
Speaker A
I don't know, I feel like this style is also coming back.
Speaker A
Like I can understand someone coming into a home like this.
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And just saying, where's my glass, where's my steel?
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I need something modern.
Speaker A
But I also feel like that's now becoming dated.
Speaker A
Because people really appreciate the craftsmanship here.
Speaker A
It's kind of the same thing.
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Like we talk about AI all the time now.
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And human talent and face-to-face contact has now become even more valuable.
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Because you don't know what's real anymore.
Speaker A
So, like anyone can put up a glass and steel structure.
Speaker B
That's right.
Speaker A
Right, on a great lot and have great views.
Speaker A
No one is going to ever rebuild this house.
Speaker A
And like play with the paneling between like soft.
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Right, all of this.
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You just.
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Wouldn't be able to.
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Again, it would cost you.
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40 million dollars at minimum to do this.
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Plus.
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Four years.
Speaker A
Four years.
Speaker B
Of renovation.
Speaker A
For sure.
Speaker A
So four years of cost, four years of life.
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$10 million a year to put this together.
Speaker A
Like.
Speaker A
Again, you just wouldn't do it.
Speaker A
So.
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This stay in class.
Speaker A
After you.
Speaker B
Okay.
Speaker A
I'm following you.
Speaker B
Okay.
Speaker A
You're the queen.
Speaker B
Okay.
Speaker A
Cool.
Speaker A
There's.
Speaker A
Oh my God.
Speaker A
That is a hallway.
Speaker A
Look at that hallway.
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For bedrooms.
Speaker A
Okay, how many bedrooms are this way?
Speaker B
There are five on suite bedrooms.
Speaker A
Five on suite.
Speaker B
And then eight total.
Speaker A
What's upstairs?
Speaker B
This is the fun space.
Speaker A
The fun space?
Speaker B
Yes.
Speaker A
You ready to see the fun space?
Speaker A
I thought the house was all fun.
Speaker A
There's like.
Speaker A
What about my snooker table?
Speaker A
Okay, we're upstairs.
Speaker B
Upstairs.
Speaker B
So this is another bedroom.
Speaker B
This is mechanicals.
Speaker B
This is the bunk room here.
Speaker A
The bunk room.
Speaker A
Cute.
Speaker A
It's like the bed and breakfast.
Speaker A
This is huge.
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Massive.
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Oh.
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So this is the fun floor.
Speaker A
Whoa.
Speaker B
Fun space.
Speaker A
The fun space.
Speaker A
There's a basketball hoop in here.
Speaker A
There's a bathroom.
Speaker A
What?
Speaker A
On Earth.
Speaker A
Crazy.
Speaker A
Oh, no, deflated.
Speaker A
Okay.
Speaker A
Yep.
Speaker A
It's insane.
Speaker A
Who would build this?
Speaker A
No, whatever.
Speaker A
Oh.
Speaker A
This is so cool.
Speaker A
This house is so fun.
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So obviously you have kids, you know.
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Let's go.
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Knicks.
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Oh.
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No.
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Whatever.
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Just show that one.
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Super fun.
Speaker A
That's what I I need a like a playroom floor.
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Like I grew up with a playroom.
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Zena now is like all in our space.
Speaker A
It's cool.
Speaker A
So then you have the full pool table.
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Hangout space.
Speaker A
And then you have a gym.
Speaker A
Okay, but there's a wellness center.
Speaker B
There's a wellness center which also has a gym.
Speaker A
Okay.
Speaker A
Multiple gyms.
Speaker A
Nice.
Speaker A
Who's Jim?
Speaker B
Who's Jim?
Speaker A
What?
Speaker B
Who's Jim?
Speaker A
Fitness.
Speaker A
I don't know why I bring you anywhere.
Speaker A
Ooh.
Speaker A
Ooh.
Speaker A
Okay, we got movie posters.
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I feel like I know what's about to happen.
Speaker A
Nice.
Speaker A
Movie theater time.
Speaker A
Great.
Speaker B
14 seat media room.
Speaker A
14 seat movie theater.
Speaker A
That's awesome.
Speaker A
It smells like leather.
Speaker A
It smells like new leather.
Speaker A
This is great.
Speaker A
How often did they watch Wild and Out in here?
Speaker B
I don't know.
Speaker B
Probably often.
Speaker A
Nick Cannon.
Speaker A
No.
Speaker A
What about owning Manhattan?
Speaker A
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker A
That's probably definitely what they watched in here.
Speaker A
It was a lot of owning Manhattan on that place.
Speaker B
So you can see this.
Speaker A
The quality was brought down to this level.
Speaker A
Yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker B
Unfortunately, this is locked.
Speaker B
But this is the wine cellar here.
Speaker A
Okay, you can kind of see in there.
Speaker A
Imagine if there was just like a little guy in there, like, help, help.
Speaker A
And then we just.
Speaker A
Like, sorry, it's locked.
Speaker B
So this is the garages and then this door.
Speaker B
We could go back up to the main level or this will take us to the guest house.
Speaker A
Got it.
Speaker A
Okay.
Speaker A
Perfect.
Speaker A
All right.
Speaker B
It's a four car garage.
Speaker A
So four car garage.
Speaker A
Yeah, it's a four car garage.
Speaker A
No cars in here now.
Speaker A
But it's deep.
Speaker A
With storage for the chandeliers.
Speaker A
Nice.
Speaker A
Cool.
Speaker A
All right, so then that's your guest house.
Speaker A
How many bedrooms is that?
Speaker B
So that's a 2500 square foot three bedroom guest house.
Speaker A
Got it.
Speaker B
That the current owners completely basically rebuilt.
Speaker A
Yep.
Speaker A
Careful, rock.
Speaker A
Big playground.
Speaker B
Playground.
Speaker A
Pool.
Speaker B
Gorgeous saltwater gunite pool.
Speaker A
Like I love the Tudor style houses.
Speaker A
They're just so cool to look at.
Speaker A
Like you feel like you are just living in a different era.
Speaker B
I mean, again, this is super private back here.
Speaker B
And you're only five minutes to town.
Speaker A
Insane.
Speaker A
Insane.
Speaker A
Little treehouse over there.
Speaker A
This is just beautiful.
Speaker A
It deserves a great owner.
Speaker A
To really like cherish this and love it and keep it up for years and years and years to come.
Speaker A
Because you'll never rebuild it ever again.
Speaker B
You'd never rebuild this.
Speaker A
Insane.
Speaker A
Again, like I'm obsessed with this image.
Speaker A
Like the chimneys, the turrets.
Speaker A
Like just the the circular driveways, the the courtyard fountains.
Speaker A
Like it's just.
Speaker B
Stone wall.
Speaker A
I know, it's insane.
Speaker A
So just over six acres.
Speaker A
In the heart of New Canaan, a couple minutes from town.
Speaker A
25,000 square feet across three structures.
Speaker A
The main house which has eight bedrooms, the guest house, the wellness center.
Speaker A
That could be whatever you want.
Speaker A
Slash recording studio.
Speaker A
You have that pool.
Speaker A
You have rolling fields.
Speaker A
You have the gardens.
Speaker A
You have the basketball court and tennis.
Speaker A
We didn't even see that.
Speaker A
Show that in drone.
Speaker A
That's insane.
Speaker A
And for just under $14 million, this property.
Speaker A
In Greenwich is $35 million.
Speaker B
It would be at least $35 million.
Speaker A
In Greenwich.
Speaker A
In the Hamptons, in Bridgehampton, this is $100 million.
Speaker A
So like it's all relative value.
Speaker A
I think this is awesome.
Speaker A
Okay, if anyone wants to buy this house.
Speaker A
Please reach out to Danielle Malloy.
Speaker A
We just listed this.
Speaker A
And if you're not following me on YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, all the things.
Speaker A
Go follow right now.
Speaker A
Okay, bye.
Speaker B
Bye.
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