Geezus, 22,000,00? I didn't even go inside.

Oh, my, it is lovely.

Click on the photo and you can see all the rooms, spectacular.

It's HUGE! I love the grounds. The decor likely would be moved when sold....

I really like the house. I like the comfortable, non-ostentatious furnishings and the overall relaxed feeling of the house. It looks and feels like a home.

Love it.

Voila, click on the pictures and take a look. It's also a highly desired neighborhood, if one has the money. :)

Blfenton, I agree about the furnishings. Very nice but not over the top.

Can you imagine paying a $111k monthly mtg. payment?

I wish I knew who lived there and why they're moving. Twelve years isn't a long time to live in a house.

If I started a Go Fund Me page, do you think I could raise the funds? lol

ETA: I just noticed the house was built in 1891. Now I really want it!

Wow, that is really beautiful! Love all the beautiful woodwork, although the kitchen and DR have had the woodwork painted. But overall, really well done.

Overall, a very beautiful home, and a comfortable vibe.

Oakley, thank you for posting this house. It is absolutely, gorgeously perfect. It is very elegantly furnished without being frou frou or over the top.

Wow...tasteful and gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!

Love every bit of it right down to all the bedding, except the painting over the fireplace. They sure own a lot of sofas. I bet some have never been sat on. I especially like the sunroom. The house is gorgeous and the gardens are impeccable. Lots of upkeep, but I presume if you can afford that house, you can afford someone to manage the property. Nice to see the soccer nets and basketball net in the pool. Kind of makes the place seem more relaxed.

Because it's too hot outside to do anything, I've been spending a lot of time looking at expensive houses. Including those in England and France.

I would say about 80% of large and beautiful houses (on the outside) are all decorated the same inside. Is "Modern" the term I'm looking for? All very cold looking.

The few houses I've looked at so far in Greenwich all seem to have that comfy feel to it.

I sent the link for the house to my DH this morning. He didn't think we could manage $111k a month. lol

Gorgeous house and grounds...thanks for sharing it.

Good grief it's mere blocks from the turnpike! If there's one thing I don't want when I spend 22 mil on a house it's highway noise. That constant hum when you're outside - no thank you.

SOCK MONKEY! I'm in lust!

Darn, this link doesn't provide any photo for me to click on, so I can't see the house.

I'd have to have boatloads of money for that house, AND money to pay the staff to keep it going, with all the gardening and housework. Definitely the home of the uber rich captain of industry type. Not my dream, because I know the price that gets paid for having that kind of money. Beautiful though, not overdone like some houses at that level I have seen.

Picky, when you open the link do you get the large photo at the top of the page? If so, at the bottom right of the photo is a small photo that you click on.

If you can't see it, google "44 Mayo Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 house for sale."

Dlm, it has a large sound barrier and it's made where no one from the hwy can see the houses. I'm sure a lot of them commute to NYC which is ideal.

22,000,000 and I still have to share a bathroom? That's what I always think when I see double sinks/vanities. I WANT MY OWN and I thought that by adding 21,750,000 to the price of my current home I could have it!

Seriously dreamy house. What a life to live there, I can't even imagine. Beautiful timeless look to the furnishings, restful colors, just beautiful.

Hell yes. It's not even my style, but I could adapt. :)

oakley, thanks for the tip! I got no pic at all on the original link, so I googled as you advised and viewed it under the Zillow listing.

The home and grounds are stunning! I loved the furnishings and found them all elegant but homey at the same time. The only tiny thing that didn't 'go' IMHO was the colourful modern painting above one the fireplaces, as it seemed out of place with everything else in the room. But obviously any new owner can choose whatever they prefer in the way of furnishings and accessories!

It must have had major changes because old Victorians didn't have that many baths.

Oakley, I have a weakness for patterned carpets, too!

Maggie, out of all the houses I've looked at, this is the only one I've seen where I could move in and make no changes.

Picky, I"m glad you could see the pictures!

Kitty, it's not a victorian, it's an english manor house.

Cattyles, when we replace the carpeting in the bedrooms I think I'm going to go with a pattern. Yeah, in my dreams! I wonder what the price difference is between a pattern and a solid carpet?

It is a beautiful house.

Slightly, but only slightly off-topic, I grew up in Greenwich and remember when Martha Moxley was killed. She was a few years older than me but had gone to the same junior high where I would go the next year. We heard about her murder through the worried whispers of our parents. But according to my mom, within a few days the worrying stopped. Nobody feared for a killer on the loose. They all believed Skakel had done it.

Jo

Jojo, I wonder if Skakel really did it? I have no clue. I had never heard of the murder until I read Dominic Dunne's book.

I was too young at the time to have much of an opinion on the subject. But over the years, I've come to believe that he did do it. Wealth had its privileges and all that.

I raised my family in a town nearby Greenwich. If you want to read a story that will really shock you, read this one. The crime happened in 1986,

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kelly_(rapist)

Oh, I really like that little house out back. #27 I think in the photos.

Those houses are lovely, but too big to live in, for me. We 'grew up' playing in a Kirtland Cutter home and it had some of those same details. Similar sized rooms, but more like photo #14 in style.

Interior (back in the day)

And now....this is the largest room and it's not as big as it looks in the picture. Believe it or not, the balcony used to be the master bedroom and the other bedrooms were on the opposite side of the house. The library, dining room, sunroom and other main floor rooms were all smaller than this one. It was for dances and such, back in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Now they have weddings there and I'm guessing those upper level tables are probably bistro sized.

Jojo, how in the world was Kelly allowed to buy a plane?? I feel sorry for his parents, after losing two sons I can see why they'd help their other one. His mug shot makes him look guilty.

LL, the house is pretty interesting. I could handle living there during the Christmas season, but that's all.

Big houses are nice if you have a large family. But no way would I live in one if there were no children around, unless I had house guests every weekend. lol

Oakley, the question troubled us was why did the parents financially support him when he was on the run for eight years in Europe? We all kept asking ourselves, what would we do?

I thought his brother's died before he did the crime, but they didn't. I agree, that's pretty insane to help your kid escape & pay for his lifestyle.