Six-time Grammy Award winner and 1999 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Long Island’s own Billy Joel once again intends to sell the same Village of Oyster Bay home he first listed in May 2023 before it was pulled back last November.
Originally purchased for $22 million in 2002, the 26-acre waterfront property is on sale for around the same $49.9 million price tag; notably, the Hicksville-raised singer also placed his Sag Harbor mansion on the market in 2023 for $49 million, as Newsday reported.
Nicknamed “MiddleSea” as a reference to the first note pianists are taught, and for its picturesque peninsula locale, the 500 Centre Island Road destination has been regarded as the essential cornerstone of the North Shore’s “Gold Coast,” according to Business Wire.
“This estate epitomizes the ultimate in luxury living,” said Emmett Laffey, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Laffey International Realty. “Every detail, from the architecture to the landscaping, has been carefully curated to maintain the essence of the property while elevating it to meet today’s highest standards. It is truly a remarkable, world-class property.”
Features at the Malibu-style Beach House, Guest House and Gate House trifecta at the MiddleSea compound include: a 20,000 square-foot main residence, gourmet kitchens, five bedroom, eight bathrooms, 2,000 feet of private beach and a 180-degree view of the same Long Island Sound that plighted his bayman narrator in 1990’s “The Downeaster Alexa.”
Thirty-feet cathedral ceilings, a spa, ballroom, wine cellar and bowling alley are in tow as well.
Though he “retired” in 2008, as was the framing of his iconic Shea Stadium-closing concert performances that summer, over the past decade-and-a-half Joel has ceased to fade from the spotlight for too long, if at all—and especially so on the local front. He wrapped his longtime Madison Square Garden residency this summer, six months after releasing his first new song in years, aptly entitled “Turn the Lights Back On.”
“Just because I’m selling that house doesn’t mean I’m leaving Long Island,” the 74-year-old, who debuted at 22 with 1971’s Suffolk-colored and coded “Cold Spring Harbor,” urged audiences during his 2023 New Year’s Eve set at Elmont’s UBS Arena, according to Page Six.
Continuing said point, Joel quipped: “I’m just gonna spend a little more time in Florida like old Jewish guys from Long Island do.”
Further renovations were commissioned nearly a year ago after no buyer went to close in its initial six-month listing. Per the realty group tasked to land its next owner, the legacy home has preserved its classic integrity and charm while also modernizing its scenery in form and function alike.
Additional high-profile public figures who have called this upscale residential village area their home include Sean Hannity and Rupert Murdoch.
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