05. 3675 FORT CHARLES DRIVE, NAPLES, FLORIDA Sold Price: $36,490,000 Listed and Sold By: Jane Wood and Emma Beckmann, John R. Wood Christie’s International Real Estate Naples’ priciest home sale of the year, this waterfront home offers 10,000 square feet of living space, with five bedrooms, six-and-a- half bathrooms, and a four-car garage. Despite being hit by several damaging hurricanes in the past five years, Naples’ luxury real estate market remains robust, according to Ron Howard, executive vice president of sales for John R. Wood Christie’s International Real Estate.
06. BRIDEHEAD ESTATE, DORCHESTER, U.K. Sold Price: Approx. $36,600,000 Sold By: David Hebditch, Carter Jonas Christie’s International Real Estate Bridehead Estate, which encompasses over 2,000 acres of England’s coastal countryside and is one of the country’s largest estates, traded hands for the first time in seven generations this year. The Grade II* listed property is home to dozens of buildings, including a 19th-century Regency manor with an indoor pool, the entire historic village of Littlebredy, and The Valley of Stones, a 250-acre National Nature Reserve. In the U.K.’s luxury home market, discerning buyers are seeking properties that offer plenty of acreage and privacy.
07. 23 LUDLOW LANE, PALISADES, NEW YORK List Price: $26,125,000 Sold By: David Sanders, Christie’s International Real Estate Group Listed By: Richard Ellis, Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty The sale of this 8,000 square foot Victorian Gothic home broke the record for the most expensive single-family home sale in Rockland County and Snedens Landing, an upscale community referred to as “Hollywood on the Hudson” for its numerous celebrity residents. Built in 1874, the eight-bedroom home, known as Neiderhurst, overlooks the Hudson River and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The seller, a Manhattan- based interior designer, acquired the estate in 2011 and spent several million dollars and several years renovating and restoring the property.
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