Luxe 45-acre Bucks County estate lists for record $14.5M

A Bucks County estate has landed on the market for $14.5 million, which, if it fetches that price, would be a record sale in the area.

The Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, estate includes an 18,000-square-foot mansion with seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms that sits on just under 45 acres, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported.

Cary Simons of Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty has the listing.

Owners Steven Grabowski and wife Cheryl Olsten have owned the home – which has a wine cellar, media room, game room and exercise room — since it was built in 2008, the outlet reported. 

The landscaped grounds have indoor and outdoor pools.

The home was designed by architect Allan Greenberg, while the interior was designed by Mariette Himes Gomez.

Simons said one of the selling points of the home is that it sits between, and is easily accessible to,  Philadelphia (55 miles) and New York City (75 miles).

It’s the second large estate in the Philadelphia area to land on the market in recent months.

In March, Rockefeller family descendants sold a 210-acre Philadelphia-area estate for $24 million, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The property, known as Kirkwood Farm, was originally listed by the scions of the oil magnate William Rockefeller for $30 million, Compass agent Lavinia Smerconish, who had the listing, told the outlet.

The estate, which has been used most recently as a hunting club, dates back to the late 18th century and has five farmhouses that are between 1,750 and 2,900 square feet. The residences, which are located in Willistown on Providence Road, had been rented out, the Journal reported.

Meanwhile, hedge fund manager and minority owner of the Arizona Coyotes Andrew Barroway sold his Gothic Revival-style home outside of Philadelphia for $9.26 million after spending around $35 million to build it, the Wall Street Journal reported.

A trust tied to the family of digital advertising company Catalyst Experiential’s CEO Thaddeus Bartkowski bought the home and the 32-acre property it sits on. Bartkowski had been renting the estate for a little over a year before buying it at the discounted price.

Multiple agents, including Harrison Todd of Keller Williams, Lavina Smerconish of Compass and Paramount Realty USA, were involved in the deal.

— Ted Glanzer