Madonna gets a ‘deal’

When it was reported in the New York Post that Madonna had gone to contract on a house East of Lexington Avenue, the snort of derision from the elite uptown brokerage community could be heard all the way back to her hometown of Bay City Michigan.  The location was described as the ‘outer fringes’ of the Upper East Side by Josh Barbanel in the  New York Times

It all makes more sense when according to The Mirror, we read that Madonna is pretty torn up that she had to turn over her beloved Ashcombe Manor to Guy Ritchie in her recent divorce.  Apparently she is looking to reproduce that  lifestlye right here in New York City.  Will Madge be spotted feeding chickens in the garden?

Her new Georgian style house  is one of the widest in Manhattan at 57 feet.  It has 26 rooms , nine fireplaces ,a 38 foot wide drawing room and  3000 square foot garden.  All a Material girl needs for a Country Life in the city.

It also turns out that she was a savvy negotiator, paying 32.5mil, not the 40mil as rumored.  A whopping 28% off the original 45mil asking price.

Photo: Madonna at Ashcombe house (Vogue Magazine)

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