A Nassau County listing is so grandiose in style and stature that it must be out of a Nelson DeMille novel.
Fitting, as it was the famed author’s former home.
Mr. DeMille, who died in September at 81, bought the 0.7-acre property in 2001 for $2.9 million. He tore the existing house down and replaced it with a 9,731-square-foot Tudor-style manse. It’s now for sale by his estate for $5.5 million.
The author, who was raised in nearby Elmont, N.Y., always wanted a house on the Hill, a ritzy neighborhood in Garden City, and jumped at the opportunity to buy the property, said his son, the writer and director Alexander DeMille.
Nelson DeMille tore down an existing house in Garden City, N.Y., to build this Tudor-style mansion. Credit...Tyler Sands/Sands Media House