Newsday photo by J. Conrad Williams. Monique Van Vooren at her Bayside home in 2007.
Actress Monique Van Vooren has switched real estate agents for her home on Oakland Lake in Bayside from Bellmarc Realty to Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty. Veronica Raehse, who had previously co-listed the property for Bellmarc says that Daniel Gale will be the fourth agency to handle the property.
One reason for the switch may be that while Bellmarc represents homes outside Manhattan, it specializes in listing in that borough. Daniel Gale is known for representing homes on the North Shore of Long Island and in areas like Douglaston, Bayside and Little Neck in Queens.
Belgian-born Van Vooren, who starred in the 1973 cult classic, "Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein" had listed her lakefront mansion last summer with Bellmarc for $1.995 million. The Daniel Gale listing for the home shows a slightly higher price of $2.095 million.
The Mediterranean style dwelling was built in 1935, and was originally owned by Van Vooren’s late husband, Gerard Purcell, who was at one time manager for musician Al Hirt, writer Maya Angelou and comedian Jay Leno.
In August, Manhattan-based Van Vooren told Newsday that she renovated the house with interior designer Geoffrey Bradfield. Van Vooren said the home was, "an Old World gem," with its vaulted ceilings, wrought iron doors and full-length leaded windows. "You couldn’t reproduce it today," Van Vooren said.