Daryl Hall’s Catskill Mountain Estate Takes a Price Cut
By Lucas on Dec 03, 2012
When we think of Daryl Hall, we think of “Rich Girl.” Such a catchy tune. Bigger fans of Daryl Hall probably watched his web series, “Live From Daryl’s House,” where he would host amazing artists and they’d bless our ears acoustically - pretty cool actually. Well, that house is for sale, and has recently taken a pretty severe price cut.
The famous house was originally listed for sale in 2009 for $16 million. We guess that price wasn’t received well since it has been lowered to just $8.75 million.
We don’t really understand why $16 million was such an issue. The house itself, at 957 Huckleberry Rd. in Millerton, New York, is a restored antique and rests on 245 acres of land - overlooking the Catskill Mountains.
This amazing plot of land isn’t this home’s original site though. Hall found the two Georgian-style homes around Hartford, Connecticut - one of them dated back to 1770, and the other to 1786. Hall had them disassembled, transported to Millerton, and then rebuilt.
Apparently, Hall is a restoration fanatic, and used historians, architects, and carbon dated wood to piece the homes back together. The two homes are now attached by a great hall. Even the furniture inside the home is historically appropriate. Of course, the home does have modern technology, but the structure itself is historically accurate.
The four-bedroom, seven-bathroom home spans over 8,400 square feet, and features an indoor pool, exposed stone walls and wood, and soaring ceilings. There are also a number of barns on the land, and as guest house, as well.
So, once again, we don’t understand why $16 million was an issue. We’ve seen tasteless celebrity homes sell for way more. Madonna just listed her Manhattan duplex for $23.5 million, and it’s not nearly as awesome as Hall’s home - in our opinion.
Hall is currently working on another restoration project in Connecticut, and it will supposedly serve as his new primary residence.
What do you think of Hall’s historic estate? Is $8.75 million a steal?
