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After 10 years on and off the market, this sprawling East End property has finally sold.

And perhaps some things are worth waiting for. The enormous Southampton compound commanded more than any waterfront-free Hamptons home ever has, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The approximately 9-acre Linden Estate has spent the past decade hitting the market only to be taken off, then put back on and periodically being rented for some very Hamptons prices. When it rented for $650,000 a month to billionaire hedge fund manager Julian Robertson in 2016, The Post reported its asking price had wavered between $49 million and $59.5 million. Now, at last, it has finally sold — and for $70 million, to an international businessperson, agents involved in the sale told the Journal. 

That price puts the 18,000-square-foot home among the Hamptons’ most expensive sales of the year, said Corcoran’s Tim Davis, who held the listing along with Sotheby’s International Realty’s Harald Grant.


  The home boasts an indoor pool with a waterslide. TimDavisHamptons.com The home boasts an indoor pool with a waterslide. TimDavisHamptons.com

  There’s plenty of room for outdoor seating. TimDavisHamptons.com There’s plenty of room for outdoor seating. TimDavisHamptons.com

  The home has 12 bedrooms plus staff quarters, as well as this tony living area. TimDavisHamptons.com The home has 12 bedrooms plus staff quarters, as well as this tony living area. TimDavisHamptons.com

  The compound has spent the past decade on and off the market. TimDavisHamptons.com The compound has spent the past decade on and off the market. TimDavisHamptons.com

  Plush lounge spaces abound. TimDavisHamptons.com Plush lounge spaces abound. TimDavisHamptons.com

  An aerial view of the property. TimDavisHamptons.com An aerial view of the property. TimDavisHamptons.com

German fashion mogul Jurgen Friedrich and his wife purchased the estate, which was constructed circa 1988, for $8.5 million in 2002 before investing tens of millions into renovating it.

According to its last listing, it boasts a waterslide-equipped indoor pool, a 60-foot outdoor pool, a carriage house with an attached greenhouse and, in the terracotta-roofed main house, 12 bedrooms plus staff quarters and a leather-paneled library. The home’s name is inspired by its linden trees, which were part of its original landscaping, done by the firm founded by Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted’s sons.

While the Friedrichs certainly sold the property for much more than they paid for it (although how much they sunk into renovations is unclear), they weren’t so successful with their Plaza hotel apartment: The couple sold the Manhattan pad for $18 million last year after spending $25.49 million to acquire it in 2007, the Journal reported.

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