Millionaires Who Live in Surprisingly Small, Modest Homes
53. Mark Ruffalo
Net Worth: $35 million*
Purchased For: $3.5 million*
Sq. Footage: 2,856-Square-Feet
In 2017, Mark Ruffalo took a loss on his charming Sackett Street apartment. He sold it for $3.125 million, though he bought it for $3.5 million in 2015. The Marvel star’s former home has four bedrooms, multiple fireplaces, and a huge, blue-stone garden. The townhouse is decorated with light, airy colors that are designed to create as much space as possible.
The home was previously configured to be a triple-family home, but it was renovated into a very spacious single. The sunroom on the ground floor is fitted with beautiful French doors, which lead out to a deck and garden.
54. Anne Hathaway
Net Worth: $80 million*
Purchased For: $3.495 million*
Sq. Footage: 4,120-Square-Feet
Anne Hathaway and her husband, Adam Shulman, recently put their Upper West Side apartment on the market. The two-bedroom, two-bath co-op has a lot of cool details, including original interior moldings, French casements on the windows, and white oak floors. These were enhanced after a renovation by Gramercy Design.
One of the top features of the penthouse is its large, private terrace, complete with views of the San Remo and the Dakota. The terrace also has a dining area. The building itself was built in the early 1900s as part of eighteen different structures from famed architect Percy Griffin.
55. Donna Karan
Net Worth: $450 million*
Purchased For: $11 million*
Sq. Footage: 6,000-Square-Feet
Fashion designer Donna Karan has a lot of properties, but the most “Zen” one on the list is certainly her Manhattan penthouse. Karan bought the $11 million home after her six-month lease at a property on Wooster Street ran out. The Manhattan home became her permanent residence with her late husband, Stephen Weiss.
When she bought it, it needed a lot of work, but Karan was up to the challenge. The entire space is designed with every bit of flair you might expect from Karan, who combines dark, brooding colors with white walls. The one-bedroom apartment is 7,000-square-feet, and it provides Karan with beautiful views of Central Park.
56. Kevin Bacon
Net Worth: $45 million*
Purchased For: $2.5 million*
Sq. Footage: 8,500-Square-Feet
Actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick own a lovely country home, right in the same neighborhood as Meryl Streep. The Hollywood couple also owns homes in New York, L.A., and Massachusetts, and their country abode in Amenia, NY, is a nice getaway from those bustling areas.
The pair’s farm has alpacas and horses, and the grounds go for miles. In 2014, Bacon’s neighbor put her home on Sharon Station Road up for sale, and the seventeen-acre property featured a Dutchess country home. It went on the market for just under $4 million, though the seller did have trouble finding a buyer.
57. Tina Fey
Net Worth: $75 million*
Purchased For: $9.5 million*
Sq. Footage: 2,300-Square-Feet
30 Rock star Tina Fey lives in New York City, as you might imagine, and she owns a condo worth $9.5 million. At first, the sale price of the residence was $7.5 million, but Fey bought it with the intention of combining it with another unit—the one below that she owns. The condo has four bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms.
The apartment has a total of ten rooms, as well as an elevator landing. The building itself is thirteen stories, and it was built before WWI. Though Fey’s condo has two fireplaces, she says that she never uses them, as they make the apartment “too warm” in the winter.
58. Claire Danes
Net Worth: $35 million*
Purchased For: $6.876 million*
Sq. Footage: 3,640-Square-Feet
Hollywood couple Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy sold their $5.95 million SoHo loft in the fall so that they could move into a four-story, four-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom West Village townhouse worth $6.876 million. The seller was David Shaffer, a famous psychiatrist, as well as Anna Wintour’s ex-spouse.
Shaffer turned quite a profit on the residence, as he bought it in 1990 for $1.79 million. It took him years to offload, and there were failed attempts in 2008 and 2009 before, in 2014, Danes and Dancy came along. Highlights of the home included a courtyard, terrace, library, and roof garden. The building was originally built in the late nineteenth century, giving the abode a historic flare.
59. Jerry Seinfeld
Net Worth: $950 million*
Purchased For: $4.35 million*
Sq. Footage: 3,400-Square-Feet
Jerry Seinfeld lives on the Upper West Side in The Beresford with his wife and three kids. The 211 Central Park West apartment, and he got it for around $4 million in the late 1990s. It’s pretty close to where his fictional Seinfeld character called home on the show.
The Beresford is one of the most luxurious buildings in New York. It is a twenty-three-floor “pre-war” building that is just three minutes from the American Museum of Natural History. It has had celebrity residents like Meryl Streep, Tatum O’Neill, Diane Sawyer, Calvin Klein, and Isaac Stern call it home, and condos there now go for $14-$23 million.
