Seinfeld Gets $40M Hamptons Home
.c The Associated Press
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) - His show was about nothing. His new house in the Hamptons is about $40 million.
Jerry Seinfeld agreed to pay that for a 12-acre East Hampton beach estate that once belonged to rock star Billy Joel.
As the masters of a new domain on exclusive Further Lane, Seinfeld and new wife Jessica Sklar will be with the beautiful people during the summer months.
Neighbors on Seinfeld's street include ``Saturday Night Live'' creator Lorne Michaels, designer Helmut Lang and writer James Brady, and that's just the tip of the Hamptons' social iceberg. Steven Spielberg and ``60 Minutes'' producer Don Hewitt own homes on the island's East End, while frequent summer visitors include Sean ``Puffy'' Combs and Donald Trump.
When it comes to keeping up with the Joneses, Seinfeld is more than holding his own. Billionaire Revlon boss Ronald Perelman's East Hampton estate is worth a mere $15 million.
Seinfeld and Sklar already share a home on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Details on how the purchase came about were limited. Jerry was shopping for a Hamptons retreat, he was turned down a couple of times, and yada yada yada ... he bought a $40 million home.
Comedian Paul Reiser brought Seinfeld and Joel together. Joel reportedly gave the Seinfelds a personal tour of the property, which the Piano Man purchased in the mid-1980s and redid in the style of a Mediterranean villa.
Joel's move is work-related. He wants a home on Long Island's North Folk, closer to a recording studio where the Grammy winner is working on a classical music album.
Seinfeld, 45, is a native of the far-less-tony Long Island town of Massapequa. He and his wife were married on Christmas Day 1999.
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