Richard Gere’s Connecticut Mansion Is Being Stripped from the Inside Out After His Move to Spain: Watch

• Richard Gere and woman Alejandra sold their New Canaan, Conn., location for $10.75 cardinal successful October 2024 
• While nan spot is group for demolition, Hudson Valley House Parts is moving to salvage historical pieces wrong earlier it gets nan wrecking ball
• The mates and their 3 sons moved to Spain successful 2024 to beryllium person to Alejandra's family

Richard Gere’s erstwhile Connecticut location whitethorn beryllium scheduled for demolition — but nan historical pieces wrong it will unrecorded on. 

In May, it was revealed that nan New Canaan, Conn., abode that nan Pretty Woman prima and his woman Alejandra sold past October is scheduled for demolition successful bid to make room for a nine-property improvement connected nan site.

The mates let spell of their sprawling spot for $10.75 million up of their large move to Spain pinch 3 of their sons. The brace stock Alexander, 6, and James, 5. Alejandra is besides mom to son, Albert, 11, pinch ex-husband Govind Friedland. And Richard shares boy Homer, 25, pinch ex-wife Carey Lowell.

While, they precocious opened up astir their plans to move backmost to nan U.S. successful a fewer years, it seems they'll person to find a caller family location erstwhile nan clip comes.

The 1930s location will soon beryllium gone forever, but nan salvage experts astatine New York-based Hudson Valley House Parts are moving difficult to sphere nan architectural gems inside, arsenic elaborate successful a caller Instagram Reel. 

The video originates pinch an overhead changeable of nan monolithic property, offering a nonstop position of nan home’s surrounding greenery and now-empty excavation successful nan backyard. 

It cuts to 1 of nan beforehand doors framed pinch 2 achromatic columns and a transom window, and surrounded by ornate achromatic trim. 

Inside nan home, a integrative tarp covers nan floors successful 1 of nan surviving areas outfitted pinch a fireplace. The surrounding walls look to beryllium wholly stripped arsenic nan institution useful to dismantle immoderate components of value. 

Another clip pans complete solid French doors that unfastened into a bare room surrounded by windows. 

“For nan past period we person been fascinated by this property arsenic our squad has been moving connected location salvaging galore architectural elements,” Hudson Valley House Parts writes successful nan caption.

“Formerly owned by Richard Gere who purchased nan spot from Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, this 1930s location is scheduled for demolition pinch nan volition of dividing nan 32 acres into 9 ample lots," nan caption continues.

The institution besides expressesdtheir gratitude that “the proprietor understands nan value of preserving nan home’s humanities fabric,” and they statement that nan “Greek revival beforehand portico, formed chromatic wellhead and carved limestone mantel are connected their measurement to grace caller homes crossed nan country.”

Additional pieces they were capable to salvage see nan “cerused oak library, sets of French doors, alloy bay windows, casement windows, ancient bluestone and more.”

The spot features six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, a pool, aggregate gardens and a three-bedroom impermanent cottage. Per a erstwhile listing pinch Sotheby's, location are "period details" connected show passim nan home. 

Before trading nan property, Richard and Alejandra, 42, had lived successful nan location for 2 years aft purchasing it successful 2022 for $10.8 million. The Runaway Bride prima reportedly wanted to move it into a workplace astatine 1 point, according to section outlet, nan New Canaan Advertiser​​.

However, family life took them successful different direction.

Richard first teased their move to his wife’s autochthonal Spain successful an April 2024 interview pinch Vanity Fair Spain, contempt having lived successful nan United States since they sewage joined successful 2018. 

"For Alejandra, it will beryllium awesome to beryllium person to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture," he said astatine nan time. "She was very generous successful giving maine six years surviving successful my world, truthful it is only adjacent that I springiness her astatine slightest different six surviving successful hers."

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Despite relocating, Alejandra admitted that their family does person plans to move backmost to nan U.S. astatine immoderate constituent successful an April question and reply pinch nan Daily Mail.

“For a fewer years [we’ll unrecorded successful Spain], and past travel back,” nan publicist and activistic said astatine nan time. “But we're ever coming back. We'll travel backmost present successful nan summertime because we person nan kids astatine camp. We conscionable person to equilibrium our lives location and here."