This New Jersey home was fit for a Soprano — but it won’t cost you a song.
For a starting price of $3.4 million, fans of the hit HBO series “The Sopranos” — whose premiere turned 20 in January — can own a big piece of show history.
The roughly 5,600-square-foot property that mob boss Tony Soprano, famously played by the late James Gandolfini, called home is now listed for sale by its owners, the New York Times reports.
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Located at 14 Aspen Drive in North Caldwell, New Jersey, this spread most notably appears at the end of the show’s opening credits, when Soprano pulls into the curved driveway.
Other parts of the home, like the kitchen and an outdoor patio, also appeared in the pilot. Later, however, indoor scenes were filmed at a soundstage in Queens.
Still, the show’s production crew would return every year to shoot the exterior. In sum, over the show’s six seasons, the house was used between 30 to 50 times. The various scenes are well chronicled by an online guide to “Sopranos” filming locations.
The owners are Victor and Patti Recchia. Victor, who runs Fourth Generation Construction, built the four-bedroom, 4 1/2-bathroom spread (and over 20 others nearby) in 1987. The pair told the Times they no longer need as much space since their grown son moved out years ago. (They declined to comment when the Times asked them how much they were paid to use their home as a set.)
The Recchias, who said they will stay in New Jersey after their house sells, will leave behind lots of memories — including the ubiquitous fans who pop by for photo ops.
During one visit, Patti says, “I was pulling out of the driveway and I noticed a few fellas on their motorcycles coming down the cul-de-sac. So I open my car window just to acknowledge them, and they say, ‘Hi, Mrs. Soprano! We’re not going to mess anything up, just want to take a couple photos.’ ”
And when James Gandolfini died suddenly in 2013 while vacationing in Italy, fans left flowers, candles and dried ziti near the home’s curb.
Other stars also stepped foot in the home: Famed photographer Annie Leibovitz snapped a portrait of Gandolfini in the sitting room, and late Yankees catcher Yogi Berra once stopped by to catch a glimpse of filming.
“The crew was mesmerized,” Patti told the Times.
There’s also a detached guest house with one bedroom. Images of the interior show a dining room with pink wallpaper, a spacious eat-in kitchen, fireplaces and high vaulted ceilings.
Because they’re not using a broker, the couple asks that qualified buyers submit offers and proof to funds by June 21 to [email protected].