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TheReal Housewives of New Jerseystars have finally sold their 16-room, 9,100-square-foot home, Melissa confirmed via Instagram on Monday. According to property records, the home sold for $2.5 million on December 14. They had original listed it for $3.5 million.
“Our family home for the last 12 years is officially sold,” the mom of three captionedher post, sharing a slideshow of photos of the property. “We’ve made so many memories in this home. We were blessed to be able to share so many of them with all of you, @bravotv & the #RHONJ viewers. I love that I can always watch the reruns and remember the good times we had in it. I’m excited to start new beginnings with my family.”
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Melissa, 41, and Joe, 42, purchased the property, which is located in the affluent “Pond” section of Montville, for $950,000 in 2007, according toproperty records. They then worked together to design and custom-build the current home. Joe is a professional house flipper and real estate investor.
The couple, whowed in 2004,share three children: daughter Antonia and sons Gino and Joey. Joe is also thebrother ofRHONJcast member Teresa Giudice.
“My family and I have so many amazing memories in this house; Joe and I built and designed it from the ground up,” Melissa told PEOPLE back in 2017 of their decision to put the house up for sale. “However, we decided it was time for a change and we’re excited to see where life brings us next.”
The mansion has six bedrooms, seven-and-a-half bathrooms, and includes a recording studio, movie theater, two-story library, gym, salon, walk-in wine cellar and custom lounge. It’s set on over two acres of land, and the backyard features a pool, outdoor kitchen and entertainment space.
Key features inside the home include the double bridal staircase in the main foyer, a large center island in the kitchen and a marble fireplace in the great room, which leads out to the back patio.
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The post showed what Joe claimed was a before-and-after shot of the same home, writing, “Look at this flip worth $1.9m. Took me 6 months to turn this around. Ripped off the roof & added to the second floor. I think I might move in.”
“It was a new construction, the foundation was new,” Svensson toldGood Morning America, noting that Joe couldn’t have flipped because it was built so recently. “Everything about it was new. It was built from the ground up.”
Joe andMelissa Gorga.BACKGRID
“Joe has flipped hundreds of properties since he was 20 years old,” the representative said. “He has a very successful real estate business and relied on a social media person in his office who helped him with all that stuff. Unfortunately, it was just an error that person made that Joe didn’t catch.”
The rep continued: “He never intended to do anything but be truthful, and is sorry to have been misleading to his followers. Joe had helped fund that project and not flip it. It was a mistake and Joe’s going to definitely be more careful with what he’s posting in the future.”
source: people.com
