Half Way There! Jon Bon Jovi does DIY job of moving out of his $37.5m Soho apartment despite making a $13.5m profit on the sale
After making a tidy $13.5m profit on the sale of his New York City apartment, he's not exactly living on a prayer.
But that didn't stop Jon Bon Jovi from saving a few quid on movers and doing some of the heavy lifting himself.
The 53-year-old rocker was spotted carrying some of his belongings out of the swanky Soho pad he finally managed to sell after two years of trying.
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You give lug a bad name: Jon Bon Jovi was spotted on Thursday carrying some of his belonging out of the Soho apartment he recently sold for $37.5m
The 7,452-square-foot, six-bedroom home boasts a dining area and a chef's kitchen with 11-foot ceilings, a wood-burning fireplace, a screening room, and private deck with stunning views of Manhattan.
The Bon Jovi frontman was clearly prepared to work up a bit of a sweat, dressing in trainers and white socks, navy Addidas sport shorts and a black North Face fleece.
But a sweat he barely broke as he helped carry down moving boxes and an air purifier to pack into a waiting SUV.
Jon originally bought the gorgeous duplex apartment in 158 Mercer St back in 2007 for a bargain $24m.
Livin on some air: The 53-year-old carried an air purifier down from the palatial pad
Check out my young guns: Despite making 13.5million profit on the sale, Jon opted against paying movers and did some of the heavy lifting himself
Dressed for the occasion: The Bon Jovi frontman was clearly ready to sweat a little, opting to wear workout gear
The 7,452-square-foot, six-bedroom home boasts a dining area and a chef's kitchen with 11-foot ceilings, a wood-burning fireplace, a screening room, and private deck with stunning views of Manhattan.
Then five years later he decided to put it back on the market and simply reverse the figures, listing it at $42m.
But the $18m price increase was just too much for prospective buyers and Jon was forced to drop it back to $39.9m after a few months.
Say it isn't so: Jon had originally listed the apartment for $42m but couldn't find a buyer
In a blaze of glory: He slashed the price a number of times, but even Supermodel Heidi Klum came to check it out at one stage
Sold! Finally at $37.5m he found a buyer - Austrian American businessman Gerhard Andlinger, who had sold another NY apartment for that much in 2009
Yet again he had no bites - including from supermodel Heidi Klum who went for a viewing - and he eventually took it off the market for a time, before relisting it at a more reasonable $37.5million.
According to RealDeal, the eventual buyer was Austrian-American businessman Gerhard Andlinger, who had that exact amount of change in his pocket after selling his Time Warner Penthouse for the same amount in 2009.
He knows all about the falling price of property, having slashed the price of his last apartment from $65m in the space of just a year.
Have a nice day: Jon made himself a tidy $13.5m profit on the deal in just eight years, having bought it in 2007 for $24million
The Mercer St apartment block is the same one where Mark Madoff, the son of the infamous Ponzi scheme swindler Bernie Madoff, committed suicide in 2010.
The 46-year-old hung himself on the two-year anniversary of his father's arrest for the largest financial fraud in US history, which defrauded investors worldwide of almost $65billion.
His apartment recently sold for $9million, having been listed for a month.
Tragic: The building at 158 Mercer street is also the apartment block where fraudster Bernie Madoff's son Mark killed himself in 2010
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