The Most Expensive Listing in Greenwich, Connecticut, Is This Massive Home on the Long Island Sound
The recently renovated 12,492-square-foot house with a private beach is on the market for $49.5 million.
BY ZOE ROSENBERG
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MARCH 8, 2024 | MANSION GLOBAL
The recently renovated 12,492-square-foot house with a private beach is on the market for $49.5 million.
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A waterfront Greenwich, Connecticut, mansion in the exclusive Mead Point community, where previous residents have included former president Donald Trump, has come to market for $49.5 million. It’s now the most expensive active listing on the market in the famously costly town about 30 miles north of Manhattan.
The 1.6-acre property that sits on the Long Island Sound hit the market this week with Jennifer Leahy of Douglas Elliman. The sellers, who declined to comment for this story, purchased the home in 2012 for $10.6 million, according to listing records. Its new price tag reflects a full gut renovation and a roughly 3,500-square-foot addition to the original structure undertaken by Cormac Byrne and Significant Homes in 2014.
The original portion of the stone home dates to 1928 and while the exterior reflects the house’s original appearance, all of the interior details are new, from the curved main staircase to the wood-paneled sitting room.
Previous residents of the estate have included former president Donald Trump.
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“Everything is new,” Leahy said. “Everything that’s honoring the past is honoring the past, it’s not from the past.”
She said that the home feels eminently liveable and not stuffy. In its design and layout, the sellers “have fun with some color and some accent choices, which allows the house, although it is formal, to be very warm,” she said. “This is a house you want to be in—it lends itself to just relaxing.”
The 12,492-square-foot home has six bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms including a primary suite with two walk-in closets, a spacious five-piece bathroom and a balcony overlooking the Sound. There’s also a double-height formal living room, an office, a home gym, and two powder rooms including one with de Gournay gold-leaf wallpaper.
The property went under a full gut renovation.
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While the interiors deserve attention, Leahy said it’s the home’s property that’s the real standout.
“You have a beautiful life on the water,” she said. “Not only is the wildlife incredible, but the beautiful thing about Mead Point is it’s a little bit further from the highway so you just have this very tranquil spot. You’re seeing the migration of animals, you’re watching ospreys hunt in the summer, you’re watching crabs come ashore.” The property has a small private beach as well as a dock and outdoor pool.
She added, “If this was in Palm Beach, it would be triple the price.”
Several neighboring homes in and around the guard-gated community are for sale or have recently traded hands. An adjacent property that came to the market last year sits on approximately 2 acres and features an 11,200-square-foot French Chateau-inspired home and is seeking $47.5 million.
Also last year Copper Beech Farm, a roughly 50-acre estate just north of Mead Point, traded hands for $138.83 million making it the most expensive home ever sold in the state of Connecticut. Prior to selling, the estate was connected to a limited liability company tied to Bridgewater Associates, the hedge fund founded by Ray Dalio.