Saturday, August 27, 2011

For Sale: The Real “Stepmom” (and “Bounty Hunter”) House


by HOOKEDONHOUSES on JANUARY 2, 2011

Stepmom movie poster-Julia Roberts-Susan Sarandon

One of my all-time favorite movie houses has to be the gorgeous 1850s Victorian with the wraparound porch in the Julia Roberts-Susan Sarandon tear-jerker Stepmom. It was one of the first movie houses I wrote about when I started my Movie Mondays series back in 2008, and it continues to be one of the most popular.

Imagine my excitement when I heard from the homeowner herself, saying she enjoyed reading my post and the comments about her house! Not only that, but she said she was putting the house on the market soon and would let me know as soon as it was listed.

Stepmom house driveway

Well, the house is now officially on the market, and she sent me the listing. It’s in Upper Nyack, New York, and the asking price is $3.375 million.

If the house looks familiar, but you never saw Stepmom, it may be because it was also used in the more recent movie The Bounty Hunter with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston, posing as a Bed & Breakfast called “Cupid’s Cabin.”

Gerard Butler & Jennifer Aniston-Bounty Hunter

The front door as shown in the listing:

Stepmom-front door

Would I kill for this front porch? Don’t tempt me.

Stepmom house-front porch

If the interior photos look familiar, it’s because the Stepmom sets were actually modeled on many of the real rooms in the house. Here’s the front door and staircase in the real house:

Stepmom house-staircase

And in the movie:

Stepmom house-entry staircase in movie

Stepmom staircase in movie

The living room in the listing:

Stepmom house-living room

The living room as it looked in The Bounty Hunter:

living room-Bounty Hunter

And how it looked in Stepmom (which was a set based on the real thing):

Jackie's living room-Stepmom

The real kitchen:

Stepmom house-kitchen

I especially like this eat-in breakfast nook with the tall windows all around:

Stepmom house-breakfast nook

Jackie’s (Susan Sarandon’s) kitchen in Stepmom:

Jackie's kitchen in Stepmom

The house has 8 bedrooms, 4 baths, and 6 fireplaces. It was built in 1854 and has over 5,000 square feet.

Stepmom house-stairs-landing

Here’s how that upstairs landing looks in the movie–you can see they were inspired by the real thing:

upstairs landing-Stepmom movie house

The listing describes the house as the “Extraordinary French Second EmpireVictorian gem ‘Glenholme,’” which boasts “Sweeping Hudson River Views from every room.”

Stepmom house-side view

For more photos and information, check the listing by Tiffany Kogen of Keller Williams Realty. Many thanks to Patrice, the homeowner, for sharing it with us! She also set up a blog where she has posted additional photos of the house that you can seehere.

P.S. If you missed my original post about Stepmom, click here.

TV/Movie Houses lists all of the others I’ve featured, including the sets from The Family Stone and Father of the Bride.

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