Billy Joel asking $37.5 million for his mansion on Long Island

Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:53 PM

Billy Joel asking $37.5 million for his mansion on Long Island

Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada

our years after purchasing an estate with picturesque views of Oyster Bay Harbor, 57-year-old singer Billy Joel has listed the place for sale with a prominent ...

 

CENTRE ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) - The Piano Man is movin' out. our years after purchasing an estate with picturesque views of Oyster Bay Harbor, 57-year-old singer Billy Joel has listed the place for sale with a prominent real-estate firm.

Joel, who paid US$22.5 million for the property in 2002, now has an asking price of $37.5 million. For that, a buyer will get a 3,700-square-metre brick, gabled house containing five bedrooms with three full baths, three half-baths and eight fireplaces on 5.8 hectares with 470 metres of shoreline on Oyster Bay. There's also a guest cottage and a pool house by the beach.

Joel's spokeswoman, Claire Mercuri, told Newsday: "Billy is a Long Islander and still maintains a property in Sag Harbor." She declined further comment.

Other amenities include a gym, music room, wine cellar, outdoor pool, bowling alley and tennis courts, and a domed-roof indoor pool room, which has been converted into a space for Joel's grand piano.