Clearly, Olivier Sarkozy is aware of the ache of renovating. The banker and ex-husband of Mary-Kate Olsen has simply listed his Manhattan townhouse for $11.5 million after buying it in 2014 for $13.5 million and spending the years in between gutting the place, the New York Occasions studies.
The 8,700-square-foot house was initially inbuilt 1860, adopted by renovations within the 20s by heiress Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan who bought 21 properties on the road and collaborated with architects Edward Dean & William Bottomley on their design. The house incorporates six bedrooms and 4 bogs, amongst many artwork studios, seating areas, and a library. Due to Sarkozy’s partial renovation, it wants new flooring and extra enhancements earlier than it will likely be livable.
Sarkozy, who’s the half-brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, bought the house shortly earlier than he and Olsen had been married and the couple labored on the renovation collectively up till their divorce in early 2020. They even referred to as in Montalba Architects, the agency Olsen and her sister beforehand employed to design the flagship location for his or her style label, The Row.
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Sarkozy did take away a few of the authentic particulars of the area, however lovely millwork, arched partitions and home windows, and coffered ceilings accent most of the rooms. The extra trendy upstairs area options clear white partitions and skylights, certainly very appropriate for an artist’s studio. Hunnewell Sorchan’s crown jewel of the townhouses, although, was the backyard that unfold throughout shared backyards. These yards stay a lot the identical at this time, because of a algorithm that prohibits homeowners from constructing excessive partitions or fences or storing trash cans within the yard, amongst different stipulations. Michael Bolla of Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty East Aspect Manhattan Brokerage has the itemizing.