Thursday, April 25, 2013

Your Mama Hears...

...that just a few short months after hunky Hollywood hot shot Ryan Reynolds dropped $2,350,000 on a 1.75-ish acre country spread in the drop dead gorgeous rolling hills and dales of Bedford, NY, he and his stylish missus, in-demand actress Blake Lively, have had a real estate change of heart and surreptitiously shelled out $5,700,000 for a bigger country spread just over four miles away on a meandering rural road in posh and scenically bucolic Pound Ridge, NY.

Property records show the estate in question was actually purchased about five months ago, in November 2012, by a opaquely named trust that happens to link back to the very same swanky Beverly Hills attorney's office to which property records for Mister Reynold's Bedford (NY) and Los Angeles (CA) homes point. While that—ahem—evidence of acquisition by Mister Reynolds and/or Missus Lively-Reynolds may be circumstantial, at best, Your Mama recently received an unexpected covert communique from a local source—let's call him Les B. Aneyewitness—who tattled that he has many times seen the couple's cars entering and exiting the property and that moving trucks recently hauled belongings from their Bedford house to the Pound Ridge house in question. Good ol' Les went on to snitch that the Pound Ridge residence in question has been subject to an extensive renovation the last few months.

Not for lack of trying, Your Mama was unable to unearth even a single, proper digital listing for the property so we surmise the whole deal probably went down off market. The Westchester County Tax Man and other online resources do show, however, that the original section of the 21-room Colonial-style residence was built in 1860 and sits on nearly 12 fenced and gated acres. Tucked privately behind a thick wall of dense foliage and mature trees, the quintessentially pastoral property offers up vast tree-dotted lawns, a swimming pool fenced and set well away and across the curving drive from the house, and an inky private pond.

The 8,892 square foot house, again according to various online resources, encompasses seven bedrooms and six or maybe seven bathrooms. There appears to be additional living space with another few bedrooms and bathrooms in the detached-barn like-structure at the head of the swooping driveway.


Make of Mister Aneyewitness's eye witness account(s) of the Lively-Reynolds real estate matter what you will, children, but until you read about his in one of the more respectable property gossip columns in a major newspaper this is all just a morsel of otherwise unconfirmed celebrity real estate rumor and gossip.


As far as we can tell from our entirely unscientific research, Mister Reynolds continues to own the Hollywood Hills house he bought in October 2007 for $1.715 million and has attempted to sell a couple of times in the last few years including in September 2011 when it was listed (at a loss) for $1,599,000. Neither Your Mama nor Les B. Aneyewitness located an active online listing for the couple's country spread in Bedford and—natch—we don't have any idea what their plans for the place may or may not be.

Aerial Image: Bing

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe they will keep it for out-of-town guests. Her sister owns a B&B. Can you get permits for a B&B in Pound Ridge?

Anonymous said...

richard gere has a b&b in bedford. the bedford post inn... maybe you are right, they may be opening a b&b

Anonymous said...

"Les B. aneyewitness" described as a male. Clever!

But the below quote was tough. It took me three tries to get through it. And I loved every minute of it!

"Make of Mister Aneyewitness's eye witness account(s) of the Lively-Reynolds real estate matter what you will, children, but..."

kbitten said...

How the other half lives: buy one house to live in while looking for and renovating a larger property. Move in when renovations are finished and get the other place ready to flip.

Anonymous said...

I think I know where the house in Bedford is. It's not a location you would think A-list actors would live. Not that private. The road at the end of the driveway is semi-busy(as busy as it gets). And if it wasn't for a little thatch of trees you'd see right into the property/house from the road.

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Anonymous said...

Perfect for Ryan to entertain male "guests" ...

I feel for Hollywood leading men.

truckie said...

The house overlooking the reservoir is nice, but it's right next to the 22. A local was killed crossing that road a few months ago. Not a good location if you want privacy or have young kids.

Sandpiper said...

Mama,
Haven't heard you mention Svetlana lately. Did she tear off in her Porsche Boxster S after being sick and tired of picking up socks after you and The Good Doctor Kooter?

Oh, and about feature, nice trees. What else can I say.

bentley said...

It's tacky when one must cross the driveway to access leisure activities. Dodging the cars en route to the pool? No, thank you.

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Anonymous said...

They sold the Bedford house on May 1:

http://westchester.blockshopper.com/property/55-20-00-062-005-0001-003-000-0000/1349_old_post_road/