Moby sells New York home, plans to donate profits to charity
POUND RIDGE, N.Y. - Grammy-nominated musician Moby says he's donating the profits from selling his home to his favorite causes.
The electronic-dance musician and animal-rights activist, whose real name is Richard Melville Hall, recently unloaded his midcentury modern home in Westchester County, New York, for $1.1 million
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The New York-bred Moby, who leaped to mainstream stardom with his 1999 album "Play," purchased the two-bedroom, three-bath house in Pound Ridge in March for $1.24 million. He announced his decision to sell it on Instagram this summer.
"It's one of the most beautiful (midcentury modern) houses I've seen, but to be honest, I'm rarely there," he wrote. "So I'm going to sell it and take the money to: support progressive political candidates, support my animal rights foundation, produce documentaries, and fund scholarships."
The sale was first reported by Mansion Global.
Property records on the transaction have yet to be filed with the Westchester County Clerk's Office. But according to the listing brokerage firm, Ginnel Real Estate, the property was sold for $1.1 million on Dec. 12.
Ginnel's Muffin Dowdle was the listing agent.
"It was such a unique and cool house," said Meg Clark, who works for the realtor. "A lot of people like the look of it."
Clark declined to comment on who bought the property.
Designed by David Henken, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright, the house was built in 1956 by renowned local builder Vito Fosella, according to the listing.
Moby purchased the house from its second owner, Shelley Azapian.
Azapian, who is an interior designer, told The Journal News in 2014 that she and her late husband Asadur bought the house on two acres in 2009 because she fell in love with the property although the house was in disrepair.
"I felt the potential — it just needed some updating," she said. "I wanted to work with the architecture that was here."
The Azapians restored and updated the house while respecting its original features.
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