Why Did Tiger Woods’ Ex-Wife Level A $12 Million Mansion?
Last week, we brought you the story of Elin Nordegren’s curious-at-the-time decision to knock down a $12 million mansion. It seemed, at first glance, a rather conspicuous display of wealth — I’ve got so much money I can demolish a mansion and build a new one!
A divorce from Tiger Woods, it seemed, was the gift that kept on giving.
Well, turns out that there was a pretty good reason for razing the estate: termites. A report in People magazine indicated that the 1920s-era mansion fell short of current hurricane safety codes, and combined with a termite infestation, that was enough to warrant blasting it down to the sand.
Also of note: Nordegren offered a local Habitat for Humanity chapter a month to take whatever it could from the mansion before demolition. (No, don’t go all, “Oh, so generous, donating termite-infested wood!” on Elin. It was a nice gesture.)
Still, as you can see from the pre-demolition photo, that was a good-lookin’ little shack there, regardless of what evil lurked behind its walls:
Apparently Elin thinks so too, because she’s filed plans with the Palm Beach County Department of Planning, Zoning and Building that seem to indicate that the new mansion will look a whole lot like the old one.
There’ll be nine bedrooms, two kitchens, two Jacuzzis, a pool cabana and a three-bedroom guest house.
Tiger Woods, meanwhile, will somehow manage to suffer through his day-to-day life in his meager 6,400-square-foot bachelor pad.
