Ron Howard’s estate hits the market

Ron Howard”™s estate, a 32 plus-acre spread in the Conyers Farm enclave that straddles the Armonk-Greenwich border, has hit the market.

And those considering the award-winning actor-director”™s longtime family estate will need deep pockets as the asking price is $27.5 million.

Coldwell Banker has announced that Tamar Lurie, a sales associate affiliated with its Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester, and independent sales associate Lyn Stevens of Sotheby”™s International Realty ”“ Greenwich Brokerage have been selected to co-market the Howard estate.

Steve Sawaii, a sales associate affiliated with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Greater Los Angeles, is a business consultant for Howard and his wife, Cheryl, and the referring broker for the property. It will be marketed through the company”™s luxury division, Coldwell Banker Previews International.

The lakefront retreat is set amid woods, riding trails and private parks with scenic lake views. A main residence offers more than 17,200 square feet of living space including six bedrooms, five full and four half baths, a two-story library, a 14-seat theater, an indoor saltwater pool, gym and yoga studio. There are also outdoor recreation areas, a working farm, a guesthouse and an observatory.

The Howards, who have owned the home for 20 years, carved out a private oasis that also features organic gardens, barns, a greenhouse and game rooms. Designed for family living and entertaining, the property has hosted two weddings, numerous parties, family reunions and fundraisers.

“We moved 3,000 miles away from the hub of Los Angeles to raise our family here,” Ron Howard said in a statement. “Whether we”™re watching films in our theater, walking the trails throughout our property, star gazing in our observatory or just relaxing with friends and loved ones by the lake, Cheryl and I feel we”™ve accomplished the goals we set when we began work on this place. Our children are grown, so it”™s time to move on, but the memories of this very special place will never leave us.”

Howard, a co-founder of Imagine Entertainment, is an award- winning film director, producer and actor. As an actor best known as Opie Taylor on “The Andy Griffith Show” and Richie Cunningham on “Happy Days,” Howard went on to produce and direct films including “Cocoon,” “Apollo 13” and “A Beautiful Mind,” the last for which he won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture.

“I am honored to represent this remarkable estate which offers all that anyone could wish for. A large-scale home that maintained the feeling of coziness and warmth for the current owners but also has the space and amenities for large-scale entertaining in a most breathtaking setting high above Converse Lake, is beautiful and tranquil,” Lurie said in a statement.

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