Greenwich Deep-Water Estate, Estate of the Day

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
May 4th 2010 at 1:01PM

Most real estate agents know enough not to photograph a house when it is decorated for Christmas. It only works if you've got a picturesque snowy cabin to sell and think it will move during the season when our hearts our filled with cheer. But that's not all that seems off about this home in Greenwich, Connecticut. The good news is that it is situated perfectly with direct Long Island Sound views. The bad news is that this home appears to have been left back in the 1980s when it was built. Gilding, vertical blinds, mirrored walls and curious bits of abstract art give the impression of a home that is in need of being brought forward a decade or two. The home opens with bronze front doors and a two story foyer featuring a marble "waterfall" wall and a koi pond.Floor to ceiling glass walls showcase the view. The paneled library/media room has a viewing screen which emerges from the ceiling. The property includes a separate two-bedroom apartment, seaside pool, poolhouse and private beach. It is listed at $22 million.
* Web #: 0065027

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DJ May 4th 2010 1:44PM

Are you sure this is a private home and not a small office building?

yuck.......

stalban9 May 4th 2010 3:48PM

I hope no professional agent took those photos - they're shockers! Nothing like checking out a too-dark room.
This is truly a house, not a home; soulless. Dated. Overpriced.

Aqualung May 4th 2010 2:24PM

Gross, that's a $22m tear-down.

Oliver Dueck May 4th 2010 3:25PM

Easily the ugliest $22M house I've ever seen.

denigod May 4th 2010 3:26PM

This should be a top story on http://lovelylisting.com/

Bill Holden May 4th 2010 4:50PM

Waiting to see Crockett and Tubbs step out from one of these rooms in that episode of "Miami Vice" they filmed in NY in season 2 -- agree with an earlier poster, easily the ugliest, most dated $22 mil home I've ever encountered, albeit on a beautiful parcel of land (which is the r.e. equivalent of a fat girl with a great personality). Nothing redeeming at all about it, doubt its architect mentions this one much nowadays when discussing his portfolio.

I'm sure some taste-depraved but uber rich hedge funder will snatch this thing up at some point......For $11 mil at most.

Mark Perkins May 4th 2010 8:20PM

You guys should be a little lenient on this house. It's ugly as sin, and more outdated than Andy Rooney with a fanny pack full of floppy disks at an apple store. But it USED to be cool.

Dave May 4th 2010 9:22PM

what's with this 80s office building? This is the worst estate of the day yet, and there have been a few garbage ones lately too.

There isn't a single redeeming quality about this house inside or out - plus there isn't even anything extravagant by 80s office building standards (which there should be for $22m).