Disgraced Matt Lauer’s 12 bedroom $44M Hamptons mansion is put up for sale following his divorce from Annette Roque
- Former Today show host Matt Lauer is selling Strongheart Manor following divorce to Annette Roque
- Bought the mansion from actor Richard Gere in 2016 while was collecting funds to pay for his divorce
- The 12-bedroom home comes with private beachfront and dock, a pond, pool and tea house
- Lauer was also not included in Today show 25th anniversary video featuring former presenters
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Daytime television personality Matt Lauer has put his huge Hamptons mansion up for sale after finalising his divorce from wife Annette Roque.
Sprawling Strongheart Manor in North Haven is going up for sale for about $44 million.
Lauer actually bought the house from Richard Gere for $36 million in 2016, as actor collected funds to pay for his own divorce to Carey Lowell.
At the time, the property’s lister Corcoran called the beautiful secluded home a ‘match made in heaven’
Daytime television personality Matt Lauer has put his huge Hamptons mansion ‘Strongheart Manor’ up for sale after finalising his divorce from wife Annette Roque. Pictured: The enclosed pond that sits between the main mansion building and the Peconic River shoreline
Lauer is reported to have bought Strongheart Manor from Richard Gere for $36.5million three years after it first went on the market at almost double the price. Pictured: A lavender garden in front of the main house
The house boasts a 300-foot shoreline onto Gardiners Bay on the north side of Long Island. There is also a separate pond (bottom left) which has its own bridge
Sunset comes in over the pond bridge looking out to the Peconic River which leads into Block Island Sound. The area has thousands of
The once-happy couple lived at the home together for only a year before they split over sexual misconduct allegations made against Lauer which led to him being axed from the Today show.
Today, drones and photographers have been circling the estate as the former television host attempt to make a smart profit on the showcase home.
The stunning property sits on 6.2 acres of gated land, with a 300-foot border with the Atlantic ocean.
The main 12-bedroom-12-bathroom mansion dates back to 1902 and has been fully restored in a chic design.
Dotted around the estate are an island-inspired tea house, a large pond with its own bridge, plus its own basketball court.
Incredible video created by Bespoke Real Estate shows off the home and its surrounds in explicit detail.
The once-happy couple lived at the home together for only a year before they split over sexual misconduct allegations made against Lauer which led to him being axed from the Today show
The property has 12 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms connected by a series of receptions and lounge spaces
After 14 years of ownership by Richard Gere and Matt Lauer, the main mansion building, which dates back to 1902, has been fully restored in a new chic design inspired by the island
The property was first valued at $65 million in 2013, but the price had been almost cut in half by the time Pretty Woman actor Richard Gere managed to sell it.
Gere acquired the house in a series of separate land deals between 2005 and 2008.
As the former couple move out, a market price bid would give Lauer an $8 million profit from the amount he paid Gere.
It is reported that Roque is planning to stay in the Hamptons with her children, while Lauer will now move into his own place.
Page Six reported that the divorce will give Roque $20 million in assets, and she will also keep the couple’s 40-acre $3.5 million Hamptons horse farm in Water Mill.
NBC viewers may have also noticed that Lauer wasn’t included in a Today show 25-year anniversary video on Thursday.
The property was first valued at $65 million in 2013, but the price had been almost cut in half by the time Pretty Woman actor Richard Gere managed to sell it. Gere acquired the house in a series of separate land deals between 2005 and 2008
As the former couple move out, a market price bid would give Lauer an $8 million profit from the amount he paid Gere. It is reported that Roque is planning to stay in the Hamptons with her children, while Lauer will now move into his own place
A small cottage that also comes as part of the estate. Page Six reported that the divorce will give Roque $20 million in assets, and she will also keep the couple’s 40-acre $3.5 million Hamptons horse farm in Water Mill
An aerial view shows to full extent of the property’s assets. From the sky you can clearly see the huge pond, the main mansion and two more small cottages