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Tiger's ex-wife building new home in Florida

Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:10 AM EST
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PALM BEACH — The oceanfront mansion Tiger Woods' ex-wife purchased for $12.3 million has been demolished and she is planning to build a new home.

The Palm Beach Post (http://bit.ly/Avza2Z ) reports that Elin Nordegren (EE'-lihn NOHRD'-grihn) plans to build on the North Palm Beach lot she bought last year. The lot is about 140 miles southeast of Woods' home in Orlando.

The newspaper reports the mansion that was demolished was a two-story, 17,000-square-foot-home built in 1932. It had a swimming pool and an elevator.

Realtor John True of Oceanfront Realty says the lot is in the Seminole Landing development, among the most exclusive in Palm Beach County.

Nordegren divorced Woods in 2010 after learning he had a string of affairs during their five-year marriage. They share custody of the couple's two children.

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Information from: The Palm Beach Post, http://www.pbpost.com

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Little Sure Shot

Must be nice to have that kind of money to spend.

    Reply#1 - Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:28 AM EST
    beaz-435179

    It's actually obscene, self-centered and totally disgusting. I hope she at least let the out-of-work poor builders and construction workers come and pick up the usable items --- should have been enough to start a few new businesses.

      #1.1 - Sat Jan 7, 2012 10:49 AM EST
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      Starseeker

      I wonder if she was thinking of Tiger when she decided to demolish 12 million. Maybe she burns 100 dollar bill fire logs on a cold night too...

        Reply#2 - Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:50 AM EST
        Little Sure Shot

        I believe she bought the house after her divorce. At the rate she is going, the 100 million she got won't last long.

          #2.1 - Sat Jan 7, 2012 12:44 AM EST
          Starseeker

          Yes this is a house she bought after their divorce not one they lived in which some people assume and might be part of the reason for their reactions. Given the general public reaction seems to be negative and hateful I think Tiger either doesn't give a crap (and really why should he [possibly because he is human and self centered]) or he is pissed off. My guess is it pisses him off.

          It could be there were good reasons for demolishing the ~80 yr old mansion... as they started to renovate it and possibly it needed extensive repairs to structural walls etc. we may find out in the future. Or she may have been scammed by the contractor and/or who is advising her.... She may not be very savvy in this area ... career wise she did a modeling job or two, worked as a clerk at a store, and apparently left college after her freshman year to become a nanny for the Parnaviks.

          Then again she may have done it to get under his skin... eh, you see what im doing with all that money I got from you...

          None of these scenarios seems very smart, and it's hard to imagine one that would be... Still she's a sweet woman according to some... I hope she gets it together... Really a person or family of three should have no trouble living their life out on 100M. You are right though ... it wont last they way she is going.

            #2.2 - Sat Jan 7, 2012 12:15 PM EST
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            Starseeker

            So it seems there was a good reason to demolish and she allowed Habitat for Humanity to scavenge the old place before it was flattened.

            the oceanfront 1920s house was infested with termites and not compliant with hurricane building codes -- and that she gave a local Habitat for Humanity group a month to salvage usable materials and fittings before the demolition.

            http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/Tiger-Woods-ex-wife-Elin-Nordegren-to-build-mansion-with-same-look-as-old-one-010912

            Maybe she's not the _itch some tried to make her out to be...

              Reply#3 - Mon Jan 9, 2012 11:21 AM EST
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