One of my favorite movie houses has to be the gorgeous 1850s Victorian with the wraparound porch in the Julia Roberts-Susan Sarandon tear-jerker Stepmom.
So imagine my excitement when the homeowner wrote to tell me she’s selling it.
It’s in Upper Nyack, New York, and the asking price is a little under $2 million.
2019 UPDATE: The house is back on the market.
The “Stepmom” Movie House
It was also in the more recent movie The Bounty Hunter with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston, posing as a Bed & Breakfast called “Cupid’s Cabin.”
The Stepmom House as a B&B in Bounty Hunter:
The House in the Real Estate Listing Today:
It was built in 1854 and has over 5,000 square feet.
Would I kill for a porch like this? Don’t tempt me. 😉
The Stepmom sets were modeled on many of the real rooms in the house.
The entry hall and staircase in the real house:
The entry hall and staircase set created for Stepmom:
The living room in the listing:
The living room set created for Stepmom:
More listing photos:
A cozy upstairs landing with fireplace:
Another sitting room:
Kitchen:
Breakfast Nook:
Jackie’s kitchen in Stepmom:
The house has 8 bedrooms, 4 baths, and 6 fireplaces.
The upstairs landing onscreen:
The listing describes the house as the “Extraordinary French Second Empire Victorian gem Glenholme,” which boasts “Sweeping Hudson River views from every room.”
The homeowner has a blog where she has posted additional,
informal photos of the house that you can see here.
Thanks to Patrice, the homeowner, for sharing it with us.
2019 Update: It’s on the market again! See how the “Stepmom” house looks today.
Visit my Houses Onscreen page to see the other movies I’ve featured, listed A-Z.
One of my all time favorites! I’m definitely going to check out the other pictures.
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Love it! Now where did I live that extra $4 mil I had laying around?
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Once again, love the staircase in this home! It actually has the feel of a bed and breakfast, doesn’t it?
I stayed in a bed and breakfast that had an incredible staircase-here is a link, but I’m disappointed that there isn’t a better picture than this one. You may be able to tell that it is a few flights of beautiful woodwork and spindles!!!
https://bromleys-hillhurst.com/rates.html
Love, love, LOVE homes from another time!
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That does look beautiful, Josanne. Thanks for the link!
I love love love that house!! Ugh I want to buy it haha
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Oh my gosh! I’ve seen both movies numerous times and never clued in that the same house was a star in both.
~Tanya
dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.com
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I absolutely love this house. I am so glad that we finally got to see the inside. It’s gorgeous and I wouldn’t mind living in a house like that.
Thankyou for sharing this with us!
Wow! What a BEAUTIFUL house… and THAT KITCHEN!! Love it!!
Thank you for the great post! =)
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Julia a gorgeous home thank you for sharing so many details!!
Happy New Years!
Xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
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Wow, those bedrooms seem HUGE!
Wow, what we would give to move all our “junk” into this house!
Linda & Dixie
The Funky Junk Sisters
absolutely beautiful, I’d live there any day of the week!
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What a lovely thing to do, thank you, Patrice.
Ahhh…what a perfectly beautiful home!
: )
Julie M.
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A dream home for sure! With wonderful features and fantastic views, I’m sure it’s worth every dollar they are asking. The listing says that there are four bathrooms in the home but they have neglected to post a picture of even one of them. Why would they leave the bathrooms out of the visuals?
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when I move in, the furnishings will be a bit less formal and I will put my office on that second floor landing. Oh, wait-I just woke up 🙁 that house is to absolutely die for and I would love to live in Upper Nyack, too!
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This is one of my favs. Loved looking at it all over again! =) Happy Monday to you, Julia!
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I watch Stepmom over and over, especially in the fall, just to see that house.
What I wouldn’t give for this house! I look at these pictures and instant think of all the wonderful things that could be done to it. So stunning, definitely my dream house.
I love this house! It’s so beautiful and I remember it very well from the movie!
Ooooh, to have the money to be able to afford that home!!! It looks just as fab in real life as it does in the film. How cool that the homeowner contacted you! 🙂
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Oh wow! My favorite! Just what I needed this morning! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Thanks for posting this, Julia. I absolutely love the kitchen and breakfast nook surrounded by windows. Now I’m off to check-out the listing 😀
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What a dream of a house. If I win the lottery, I’m buying it. Love all the details. From the other sites photos you can better see the few steps that lead from the upstairs landing into another room. I don’t know why, but that detail delights me to no end.
Julia,
This is gorgeous! I am selling my house and I really want to buy a house just like that… full of character! Full of history and beauty!
Lovely post!
Have a great week!
Gee…. It’s snowing a lot here in Canada! 🙂
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
I need to get $3.375 million and fast because I love this house! I bet it wont be on the market for long.
How could anyone not LOVE that house!!! That porch!!!
I’m hyperventilating here!! So much architectural interest! This post could be considered depressing because it induces longing for something that cannot be. And how many other houses do the same, but we keep on dreaming on! Thanks, Julia and a joyous and healthy New Year to you and your family!
I’m finding it a little spooky that you featured this house/movie today. Last night my husband and I were watching the football game and they played that “Under Pressure” song and I remembered it was featured in the movie Stepmom as a music montage at the beginning (I think). I hadn’t thought about that movie in years and here you are talking about it. Love that house. It just looks so homey and comfortable in the movies but I love the updates in the kitchen.
Awesome house! Love that the interior movie set was basically the same. My favorite spot was the sitting space on the 2nd floor. 🙂
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That is a beautiful place, but sadly I don’t have $3 million to spend on a house.
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I can’t decide if I’m more in love with the front porch or the breakfast nook! I think I’ll go buy a lotto ticket now…
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The house of my dreams. I can see it in all seasons, especially Autumn with gorgeous pumpkins on the front porch. I also see myself reading in my favorite places around the house. I see my family and friends celebrating birthdays and holidays together there. This house…is the stuff dreams are made of.
Thanks for sharing!
CHERYL
I have an idea – so far 31 people have said they love this house and would buy it – so if we all chip in around $108,000 each, we can ALL buy it and share it!!!!!!
I’m in… 🙂
That is a great house! I particularly love the entry foyer.
-Trish
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Quite a pretty home actually! I loved the Stepmom, and having just recently travelled to NY for the first time {and falling madly in love} I would do anything to live there! I’d take this home for sure!
Nancy xo
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That is definitely the kind of house I would love to live in. Love everything about it: the size (big, but not too big), the layout, the details, the age, the neighborhood, the view… I even clicked on the monthly mortgage calculator link in case it would somehow seem affordable. I mean, I would hate to just assume it’s out of reach. Um, yeah, guess what–it’s out of reach. 🙁
Woo – 6 fireplaces?! That’s my kind of house!!
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I really love the house. Curious what their annual heating/cooling bill looks like. I am now going to consult my Field Guide to American Houses to figure out what style this home is…
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I’ll have my real estate agent set up an appointment to see it asap LOL!
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I think I might have to watch this movie. I’m a bit surprised I haven’t since I love Julia Roberts and quite like Susan Surandon. And the house is amazing, lol.
Be still my heart. I need this house. Really, I do.
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Me and my wife took a side trip to see this house in person in the middle of October during our New England vacation. I took a bunch of pics. It looks absolutely amazing in person. The neighborhood surrounding it is idyllic, too. I spoke to the owner’s neighbor for a little while and asked about how it was when they were filming Stepmom and Bounty Hunter. Some cool info for sure.
I just had to share this post on my facebook! I love this house…I have loved it since I first saw that heartbreaking movie! Now I’m going to dream about buying it and making it my own…sadly it will stay a dream! Bummer!
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What a gorgeous place!
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I KNEW that was the same house when I watched “Bounty Hunter!” I kept saying how familiar it looked. That house is absolutely gorgeous and reaffirms my love for wraparound porches. It has so much character. I adore the kitchen and staircases. Absolutely beautiful!
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Lovely house and it was very well studied and the architectural designs were well studied and fabulous. Your staircase was fantastic. I love it. The colors fitted to the entire area and it was a perfect property to have. Thank you for sharing.
Charles A
Does anyone know where I can find the floor plan to this house?
This home is a treasure. It would be my dream home. How fun it would be to sit on the porch.
Wrote about this house in my book NO PLACE LIKE HOME – one of my favorite movie home locations. I used to drive by this house in Nyack, NY when I was doing some client projects in area. Beautiful setting!
Any idea where to find the house plan for this house?? Its definitely the house that my husband and I would like to build. Wondering who the architect was so I could find it somehow?
Love this website so much! Been visiting it off and on for ages! I wonder if anyone has any pictures from Jennifer Anniston’s town house in ‘The Bounty Hunter’? I love the kitchen and the colors they used on the set. Thanks again for making this such a fun place to visit and dream about!