In April 2014, the couple Olivier Sarkozy-Mary-Kate Olsen purchased a house from 1920 in the district of Turtle Bay in Manhattan for $13.5 millions so €11.4 millions. This double city house of almost 800 sq. m with garden, bought to David Deutsh, is a real oasis of greenery flooded with sunlight. From November 2015, the couple launched themselves into a titanic project of renovation. But it will never be achieved, as the couple’s divorce has been pronounced in January.
Therefore, the property has been put on the market for $11.5 millions (€9.75 millions) by Sotheby’s International Realty. A drop in value due to unfinished works and the fact that the house cannot be inhabited.
The rooms are bare, many walls have been knocked down but the old specific elements have been kept, as the two fireplaces, the coffered ceiling and its 7 meters of height in the living room.
For buyers interested in this exceptional private mansion, it is worth noting that the annual “property tax” comes to more than $101,870, that is to say €86,315.
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