Bill O'Reilly tears down classic cottage to make way for a mansion [View all]

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There are pics of this charming bungalow at the link.

“At this point, it was so unique, I can’t even remember the last time something like it was torn down,” says Theresa Eurell, a life-long resident and broker at Town & Country Real Estate who had the listing on the 1.5-acre property.

The former Abbey bungalow in Montauk on the oceanfront property purchased by Bill O'Reilly for $8.5 million. The property on Old Montauk Highway is located on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and bordered by acres of natural preserve. The 1940s classic shingled cottage (pictured) has been torn down to make way for a custom home.

The bell has been tolling for the Montauk of old for some time, but bulldozing Bill drove the final nail into this cedar-shingled coffin after buying the diminutive, two-bedroom, 600-square-foot shack for $7.6 million.
He already has begun pouring foundations for a new home, being built by the notorious McMansion developer the Farrell Building Co.


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