Melissa Gorga $3.8 Million Mansion, 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' Home Sold & Building Near Caroline Manzo (VIDEO)
Melissa Gorga and her husband Joe Gorga sold their New Jersey home for their asking price of $3.8 million, according to a new report.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey stars sold their Township, N.J. mansion Joe said in one episode he thought was worth $6 million. Melissa said she was excited to find a buyer and that the timing was perfect.
"I feel like this was meant to be. It happened just in time for the kids to start their first of day of school," the 34-year-old, told Radar Online. "It's going to be a lot of work designing and building the new home, but Joe is an incredible builder and I'm excited to go back to where we started our family."
Joe, a developer, told Us Weekly he also couldn't wait to begin building his dream home for his family. The couple have three children: Antonia, 8, Gino, 5, and Joey, 3.
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Joe revealed in May 2012 that the couple sought to sell their home to fulfill their wishes of returning to Franklin Lakes, N.J.
"We tried Montville, but it just wasn't for us," Joe told the magazine at the time. "We want to go back to Franklin Lakes, which is closer to where I work, and we're looking at a couple of properties now."
Now that the family has found a buyer that will pay their full asking price they plan to build their dream home in Franklin Lakes, which was originally planned. Until their new home is completely built the reality stars plan to rent a temporary home in Franklin Lakes, which is where their co-star Caroline Manzo also lives.
The couple purchased their Township, N.J. home, which is 9,500 sq. ft, in 2007 for $950,000
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The couple met with their real estate agent, Jerry Sahlman, to discuss selling their home in episode 2 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey's season 5. Melissa said in her on-camera confessional the real reason she wanted to move was to get away from her sister-in-law Teresa Giudice, whom she has had an ongoing feud with for several years.
"We did move to this town to be five minutes from Teresa, but sometimes when you're living in the same town and you're going to the same dance and the same gymnastics and the same high school, that, in the situation we're in, is too close for comfort," she explained. "I feel like Teresa and I have had enough chances of just trying to fix it."
Watch the video the episode 2 of TRHONJ season 5, where Melissa explains the reason she wants to move, here.
