Imus' House Will Cost You $30M
By LEANNE GENDREAU and JASON BRAFF
Updated 9:46 AM EDT, Wed, Jul 29, 2009
For $30 million, you can have talk radio legend Don Imus’ huge waterfront compound in Westport and break a local record at the same time.
The $30 mil the controversial radio personality is asking for is the same price he wanted in 2006 when it was on the market for about a minute before he changed his mind, Westport Now reports.
What do you get for the price? A 10,000 square foot Georgian Revival in the Green Farms neighborhood with some pretty amazing views, a new two-bedroom guesthouse, 10 garage spaces, eight fireplaces and a private beach, among other fabulous features.
If Imus gets what he's looking for, he'll be raking in some serious coin for the house. He bought it in 1997 for $4.6 million, did some work that was completed in 2000, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The $30 million would also set a new record for Westport property and win the battle of the talk show hosts.
Phil Donohue has the record of $25 million, Charles Zylstra of Nicholas Fingelly Real Estate, told the Wall Street Journal.
The sprawling beauty of a home will also cost the new owner more than $130,000 a year in taxes. Yikes!
The 68-year-old Imus, at one point, was taking in up to $10 million a year for his radio services. He recently announced that he is battling prostate cancer.
Take a photo tour of the waterfront mansion on a site for Connecticut's finer homes.
First Published: Mar 27, 2009 3:11 PM EDT
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