Dulos digs up for sale
$1.75M for Conn. manse tied to missing wife & suicide hubby
The luxury home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Connecticut where Fotis Dulos and Jennifer Farber Dulos raised their family before a bitter divorce, her mysterious disappearance and his suicide is going on the market for $1.75 million.
The 10,396-square-foot house with six bedrooms in Farmington that Dulos built for his family is being sold as part of a systematic sale of Dulos’ estate. In addition to the house, everything from boxes of Legos to high-end rugs and motorcycles will be sold as creditors and attorneys line up to get a share of the estate before it is turned over to the couple’s five children.
In his search for assets, attorney Christopher Hug , who was appointed administrator of the Dulos estate by Farmington Probate Judge Evelyn Daly, has uncovered everything from a secret safety deposit box containing gold doubloons and a Tiffany ring to $3,000 worth of exercise equipment.
Hug gave an update on the status of the disposal of Dulos’ belongings at a probate hearing Thursday — where the judge also deferred a motion to have Jennifer Dulos declared legally dead. Hug said that the coronavirus has slowed the sale of some of the properties, but that things were starting to move.
“We certainly hope to sell the house quickly and bring closure to the estate,” attorney Richard Weinstein said. Weinstein represents Jennifer’s mother, Gloria Farber.
The home, which sits high on a ridge along Avon Mountain, has been a central part of a story that has captured national attention since Jennifer Farber Dulos disappeared from her New Canaan home on Memorial Day weekend in 2019.
The couple moved into the house in 2012 after living in other homes Dulos had built or renovated in Avon and Canton. With seven bathrooms, four garage bays and top-of -the-line kitchen appliances, the house was the stuff of center spreads in glossy architectural magazines. For Dulos, it was the showcase home for his company, the Fore Group, that he started with financial help from his father-in-law, Hilliard Farber
But within five years, the marriage began to crumble. In early 2017, records show, Farber Duloslearnedherhusbandwas having an affair with a woman named Michelle Troconis. In June 2017, Jennifer gathered the couple’s five children, fled
Farmingtoni andd movedd to a house in New Canaan. She filed for divorce a day later. The couple’s contentious divorce was still pending at the time she disappeared.
After a lengthy and highprofile investigation, state police charged Dulos, who was 51, with killing Jennifer, who was 50, saying in warrants that he traveled to her New Canaan home and waited for her to return from dropping their children at school. Her body has yet to be found.
Dulos was charged with her murder in January 2020, but not long after posting.bail he was facing a likely return to prison after problems surfaced with his bond. On the day he was due in court, Dulos tried to kill himself in the garage at 4 Jefferson Crossing by attaching a vacuum hose to the tailpipe of his Chevrolet Suburban. He didiedd a ffew ddays llater iin a NNew York hospital.
The listing, being handled by Marshall + Ostop Associates of William Ravies realty, describes the home as having “a stunning and flexible floor plan that combines utility with elegance.”
Given the high interest in the case, steps are being taken to keep the simply curious away.
Any potential buyers must be preapproved for a mortgage and agree to allow realtors to check with the Farmington police to make sure no complaints have been filed against them by Dulos. There were several incidents with people showing up at the house. There will be no open houses in a further bid to keep away gawkers.
In addition to the real estate, personal items from the home are being sold. Hug said that the Nadeau Auction Gallery in
WiWindsord hhas bbeen hihiredd to conduct an online auction of some of Dulos’ furniture. Hug said there at least nine items that will be auctioned off.
Edward Nadeau said Friday that some of Dulos’ belongings will be sold during an online auction on Nov. 21. Nadeau said the items include a bed and bedroom furniture, a large outdoor dining table and chairs, at least one luxury rug and “other high-end household items.”
“There’s also lots of snow skis and water skis and a 75inch TV,” Nadeau said.
The value of the items to auction off has been appraised at about $40,000, records show. But Nadeau acknowledged there’s no way of knowing how the case’s notoriety will impact the sale. Nadeau said since Dulos was such “an infamous person” that could generate interest in his belongings.