John Travolta can’t offload $5M Maine mansion Kirstie Alley first showed him

Practically two years attempting, John Travolta is having a tricky time promoting his 20-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion in Maine.

The star first listed the house in February 2021 — seven months following the loss of life of his spouse Kelly Preston.

Situated in Isleboro, Travolta has saved the preliminary $5 million price ticket, regardless of a quick second off the market.

Travolta, 68, designed the house with Preston again in 1991, after they had been simply newlyweds.

His late “Look Who’s Speaking” co-star and fellow Scientologist Kirstie Alley was the one who first confirmed them the property on the time.

Spanning 10,830 sq. toes, the whimsical property was reworked from the “spooky,” “darkish” and “somber” historic home into the final word vacation area, a spot to host their 55-member household, the couple instructed Architectural Digest in 1999. 

The “Grease” star referred to as it the “60-day marathon” of redecorating — from the second they bought the house that September in order that it will be prepared in time to host their household for Christmas.

The hilly 50-acre property on one of many highest factors of the island sits on The Bluffs, the place a dock offers boat entry.

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With flower-patterned wallpaper and eclectic plush sofas, the mansion seems to be extra like what you’d count on out of your nice aunt than from the good John Travolta.

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They redid the kitchen, refurbished the English vintage furnishings, put in a hotel-size furnace and hand-picked furnishings.

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After the primary Christmas, they introduced in inside designer Christopher B. Boshears to make the mansion extra homey.

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Fully redesigning the 42-room cottage-style home, in-built 1903, options embody a fieldstone fire in the lounge, a built-in bar space, an ideal eating room with a fire and a kitchen with a walk-in fridge.

John Travolta’s Maine mansion that he constructed together with his late spouse has been in the marketplace for practically two years. Kirstie Alley first confirmed them the house in 1991.

Located on 48 acres of land, the outside boast open fields with ocean views, a non-public dock on Sabbathday Harbor, strolling paths and backyard areas, the itemizing notes.

The first bed room encompasses a non-public solar porch, with an ensuite lavatory that comes with a claw-foot tub and a separate bathe.

The “Grease” star and Preston, who died of most cancers at age 57 in July 2020, reworked the “spooky,” “darkish,” and “somber,” historic home into the final word Christmas vacation area to host their 55-member household.

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From marrying and shutting on the home in September to internet hosting the household Christmas only some months later, it was a “60-day marathon” of redecorating, Travolta instructed AD.

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“Your complete third flooring of the house is a magical play area full with 4 separate themed bedrooms and a full lavatory, a college home, a library, a diner, and a performing stage for countless leisure,” the itemizing says.

The gated house, often known as the Drexel Property, has a sq. tower with a steep pitched roof. It's distinctive in its juxtaposition of the Tudor and shingle kinds, based on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations.

Through the renovations, youngsters and household had been prime of thoughts within the design when Preston was pregnant with their first youngster, Jett. (Jett handed away at age 16 of a seizure in 2009.)

Fellow Scientologist Kirstie Alley first confirmed them the property.

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The proprietor’s suite has its personal non-public solar porch, a full lavatory with a claw-foot tub and separate bathe.

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It was insanity — however a lot enjoyable,” Preston instructed AD. After the primary Christmas, they introduced in inside designer Christopher B. Boshears to make the mansion extra homey.

Preston handed away after a secret two-year battle with breast most cancers. The couple saved her analysis non-public till her loss of life.

The pair met on the set of the 1989 movie “The Specialists” and had three youngsters collectively.

They fully redesigned the 11,000-square-foot, 42-room cottage-style home, which oozes magic from its criss-cross home windows to its sprawling fairytale-themed playrooms.

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The gated house has a sq. tower with a steep pitched roof. It's distinctive in its juxtaposition of the Tudor and shingle kinds, based on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations.

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Preston’s distinctive aptitude is seen all through the house, which makes it straightforward to see why the “Pulp Fiction” star would promote the house following her loss of life after practically three many years of marriage.

Brian Wickenden with Legacy Properties Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty holds the itemizing.

In the meantime, the two-time Oscar nominee offered one among his mansions in Clearwater, Florida for $4 million in August 2021.

Travolta additionally owns a $3 million property close to the Scientology headquarters in Clearwater, Florida; a house close to the Jumbolair non-public airport in Ocala, Florida, and a $2.7 million mansion in Calabasas, California. He additionally not too long ago offered his Brentwood, Los Angeles mansion for $18 million to Scooter Braun.