When rock legend Billy Joel and his wife, Katie Lee set their sights on this La Gorce Island estate, it became their mission to own it – and now they do.
Nevermind that at the time that the celebrity couple fell in love with the island manse, the original builder still inhabited it – Joel and his wife had their hearts set on the
Biscayne Bay
villa - so they met the owner’s asking price of $13.5 million.
The beautiful stone structure features 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms and sits majestically on a 303,310-square-foot lot. No doubt a large part of the home’s appeal for Joel was the use of beautiful natural materials. A variety of different stone is used throughout the villa. The palm-lined driveway for example, paved with gold travertine, as well as the columns outside, are composed of solid marble.
One of the home’s bathrooms is outfitted in onyx; another is composed of European limestone. The living room features a hand-carved stone fireplace and mantel. The home’s window sills and moldings are all imported travertine, and there are semiprecious stones sprinkled throughout the house, making the house a real gem here in South Florida
-- Taken from "Stone in Love" by Allison Edwards Summarized by Valentina Mandarin of MLR Realty
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