Almost everyone seems to be moving to Florida – including Tommy Hilfiger, who threw away his $ 45 million Greenwich mansion for warmer pastures.
The 69-year-old American clothing mogul and his wife, former model Dee Ocleppo, 54, have finally closed the sale – teased exclusively by The Post in November – of their 13,344 mansion. square feet. The 22-acre property on 30 John Street, which I have owned since 2010, has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and three restrooms.
“The house does not feel very big because it is comfortable and warm. They used almost every room. He welcomes you, “listing agent Janet Milligan of Sotheby’s International Realty Greenwich Brokerage told The Post.
The house has hand-painted fabric walls, a carved mill, wide tin and limestone floors, textile wall coverings, a wine cellar and a tasting room. An 18th-century French fireplace is among six fireplaces, and the master bedroom has two bathrooms, two walk-in closets and a work desk, according to Realtor.com.
The entrance has a carved wooden staircase. The formal dining room has wooden paneling, and the large kitchen has exposed wooden beams and a breakfast room – plus the house has a home theater.
“[Ocleppo] it has a Turkish heritage, so the Turkish-inspired decor is really special. She made the theater a very nice, comfortable room where you just want to watch movies all day. It has a car of candy, popcorn, sofas and different levels of chairs, ”said Milligan.
Outdoors, the house has fountains, a koi pond, a swimming pool, an all-weather tennis court, a rose garden, a boxing knot garden, a topiary garden and a lawn overlooking Long Island Sound. The house has a four-car garage, plus a two-bedroom guest house with its own two-car garage, according to Realtor.com. They even had a greenhouse, which once housed orchids, and a chicken coop with three roosters and at least a dozen chickens, Milligan told The Post.
“As you approach, you go up a hill and you can’t see the house. As you walk down the alley, it’s perched there like a pearl, ”Milligan said. “It’s the highest point in Greenwich, and on a clear day you can see New York City.”
This is the eighth house that the couple has renovated and sold in the last 35 years. They bought the house for $ 31.37 million in 2010 and are said to have spent millions of euros renovating the house, including replacing the terracotta tiles on the roof with exact custom replicas of the originals. They hired Andre Tchelistcheff Architects, as well as interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, as well as Cindy Rinfret from Rinfret, Ltd. for renovations, according to Town & Country.
“Initially there was an indoor pool and they turned it into the most spectacular family room. You never knew it wasn’t there before, it did so well, “said Milligan, who added that the new family room has French doors, a wet bar, a seating area, a TV and a pool table. .
Their Greenwich home was built in 1939 and designed by Greville Rickard for real estate investor Charles Vincent Paterno. The house was later owned by art collector Dr. Joseph Hirshhorn, whose collection is now in the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, according to Realtor.com.
Sally Slater of Douglas Elliman represented anonymous buyers who bought the property through an LLC.
“They are not spectacular people. They’re just trying to start their lives in Greenwich as opposed to where they were, “Slater told Real Deal.
Hilfiger and Ocleppo will move to Palm Beach, Florida, for favorable tax and other unnamed reasons; the couple sells their house in Miami and is looking to buy a new house in Florida, they told the Wall Street Journal in September. Hilfiger also sold its Plaza Hotel penthouse in 2019 for $ 33.25 million and a Palm Beach mansion for $ 35 million in 2017.