Real Housewives of New York Legacy star Dorinda Medley is selling a piece of her iconic Blue Stone Manor property ahead of the premiere of her new show, The Golden Life.
PEOPLE reported that Dorinda is selling just under 3.7 acres from her famed Great Barrington, Mass., estate for $1.2 million.
“The buildable parcel, which comes with its own private entrance and access road, is surrounded by protected conservation land with views of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York on all sides.”
Dorinda boasted, “When you’re on this property, it’s unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. I always say, the minute I go through the gates, time just stops. You leave everything behind. It’s like you’ve entered into a whole different world. It’s peaceful and calm and restorative, in a way words can’t do justice.”
Selling a piece of Blue Stone Manor wasn’t something the former RHONY star ever expected to do. However, over the past year, she began taking a closer look at the sprawling land. During her estate planning, Dorinda discovered that the home she previously believed was on roughly nine acres of land actually encompassed nearly 20 acres spread across nine separate lots. “I thought to myself, ‘Why do I need 20 acres? It just felt excessive.”
“I thought to myself, ‘I don’t want to pay all these taxes on this land I’m not even using.’ It felt wasteful, because the land I own is so far away from the house. I don’t use the land like they did when the home was first built. It isn’t necessarily for the property anymore.” In fact, the extra acreage was so removed from The Manor that Dorinda had long assumed it was owned by someone else.
“I go on a lot of long walks, especially in the fall. And for years and years, I’d been walking on that land thinking I was trespassing on someone else’s property the whole time! I’d say to anyone who was with me, ‘We’re gonna walk the horse trails, but I don’t know who owns it so we gotta be quick.’ Turns out, it’s me! I own it!”
“I hope whoever buys it builds a beautiful historical home here. Something that really fits into the spirit of this special, special place.”
