The daughter of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon hopes that the pets she buried within the yard of her childhood dwelling in Connecticut will “haunt” Richard Gere, after the “Pretty Woman” actor bought the English country-style dwelling in 2022, then offered it to a developer who plans to tear it all the way down to make manner for a brand new luxurious subdivision.
“Just in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere – I do!” pop artist Lulu Simon, 30, declared on her Instagram tales Tuesday, the Day by day Beast reported.
Lulu Simon shared a screenshot of a submit that stated that the house in New Canaan “is being torn down,” whereas “preservationists are racing to salvage its 1930s charm,” the Day by day Beast reported. Lulu Simon has accused Gere of breaking a “promise” he made when buying the 32-acre property from her father in 2022. As a situation of the acquisition, Gere stated he “would take care of the land,” she stated.
Conference, in Philadelphia. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
A report by Mansion International stated that Gere, 75, bought the property for $10.8 million. The property really incorporates two buildings: A five-bedroom foremost home in-built 1938, and a three-bedroom cottage. Outside facilities embrace terraced patios, a pool, gardens, woodland trails, a rock-rimmed brook, a pure pond and a waterfall.
The “American Gigolo” star reportedly had preliminary plans to remodel components of the land right into a farm, the Day by day Beast stated. However he then rotated and offered it. Mansion International reported that Gere and his spouse, Alejandra Silva, 42, appeared to have offered the property in an off-market deal for $10.75 million — a slight loss.
The purchaser was SBP Houses, a luxurious, Connecticut-based actual property developer, the Day by day Beast reported. Lulu Simon expressed outrage over Gere’s failure to “actually move in” earlier than promoting it to a developer, who she stated plans to subdivide the property into 9 separate heaps.
The developer certainly plans to carve up the property into 9 vacant heaps, ranging between 2.2 and 4.8 acres every, the Day by day Beast stated, citing a report by native information web site CT Insider. The heaps will likely be offered empty, giving consumers the possibility to construct their dream properties from the bottom up.
Final April, Gere instructed Vainness Truthful España that he and his spouse have been planning to go away the USA and transfer to her dwelling nation of Spain. “She was very generous in giving me six years living in my world, so I think it is only fair that I give her at least another six living in hers,” Gere instructed the journal.
Lulu Simon doesn’t care about Gere’s need to please his spouse. One in every of three youngsters Paul Simon shares together with his third spouse, singer Edie Brickell, Lulu continues to be indignant that Gere let her household dwelling fall into the fingers of a developer. She shared one other photograph of Gere surrounded by photographs of canines and cats. “I hope my dead pets buried in that back yard haunt you until you descend into a slow and unrelenting madness,” she added.
