I’ve always fantasized about having a country house like this–possibly because I’ve watched too many old movies that feature them, like Bringing Up Baby and Christmas in Connecticut.
This one may look like an old farmhouse that’s been renovated, but it was actually built in 2005 with authentic beams and fieldstone and lots of beautiful woodwork for added character. Take a look!
Readers have sent me so many funny real estate photos lately that I couldn’t choose just one to show you. Here are 5 of my faves!
#2. The listing describes “light-filled rooms,” but all the windows are covered in layers of fabric.
Do you have a favorite? Thanks to all of the readers who submitted these. If you find something unusual in the real estate listings, send it to me!
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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 Mondaysseries 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.
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.”
The front door as shown in the listing:
Would I kill for this front porch? Don’t tempt me.
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:
And in the movie:
The living room in the listing:
The living room as it looked in The Bounty Hunter:
And how it looked in Stepmom (which was a set based on the real thing):
The real kitchen:
I especially like this eat-in breakfast nook with the tall windows all around:
Jackie’s (Susan Sarandon’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.
Here’s how that upstairs landing looks in the movie–you can see they were inspired by the real thing:
The listing describes the house as the “Extraordinary French Second EmpireVictorian gem ‘Glenholme,’” which boasts “Sweeping Hudson River Views from every room.”
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 see here.
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.
