Richard Gere’s $17m home demolished after outcry from Paul Simon’s daughter

Richard Gere’s old house has been demolished.

The $US11 million ($A16.8 million) New Canaan, Connecticut property that the Golden Globe winner and his wife, Alejandra Silva previously owned is no longer standing, according to Hudson Valley House Parts founder Reggie Young as reported by the New York Post.

“We recently checked in and the house has been taken down,” Mr Young told People. The outlet also obtained a picture of the demolished property.

“We are grateful that the buyers allowed us time to salvage and get everything out,” Mr Young added.

Mr Young also confirmed that the architectural pieces from inside the house are at Hudson Valley House Parts’ New Jersey location “and will eventually find homes where they are reused.”

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The Connecticut home that was once owned by Paul Simon and Richard Gere. Picture: Hudson Valley House Parts/Instagram

Richard Gere sold the house for under $US11 million in 2024. Picture: Hudson Valley House Parts/Instagram

Richard Gere and his wife, Alejandra Silva moved from the US to Spain to be closer to Silva’s family. Picture: Getty

The 32-acre site is reportedly now being used to construct a nine-property development by the new owners.

The mansion had six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, three powder rooms and multiple fireplaces.

The property also featured a separate guesthouse, a pond, a pool and a courtyard.

Gere, 76, sold the house for $US10.8 million ($A16.4 million) in an off-market deal to real estate developers in October 2024.

Shortly after the sale, the “Pretty Woman” actor and Silva, 42, moved from the US to Spain to be closer to Silva’s family.

“Alejandra was very generous in giving me six years of living in my world, so it’s only fair that I give her at least another six years of living in hers,” Gere shared during an interview with Vanity Fair Spain in April 2024.

Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, purchased the home in 2002. Picture: Getty

Paul Simon’s daughter, Lulu Simon. Picture: Instagram / lulusimonofficial

Lulu Simon aggressively called out Richard Gere for selling her childhood home. Picture: Lulu Simon/Instagram

Gere and Silva initially bought their Connecticut home for $US10.8 million ($A16.4 million) in 2022 from legendary singer Paul Simon, who paid $US16.5 million ($A25 million) for it in 2002 with his wife, Edie Brickell.

After Gere’s sale last year, Simon’s daughter, Lulu Simon, slammed the actor and claimed he vowed to “take care” of her childhood home when he purchased it.

“​​Just in case anyone was wondering if I still hate Richard Gere – I do!” Lulu, 30, wrote in an Instagram Story last month.

“He bought my childhood home,” Lulu continued. “Promised he would take care of the land as [a] condition of his purchase.

“Proceeded to never actually move in & just sold it to a developer as 9 separate plots.”

Lulu also shared an edited photo that showed her old childhood pets surrounding an image of Gere, and wrote, “I hope my dead pets buried in that backyard haunt you until you descend into a slow and unrelenting madness.”

Parts of this story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission.

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