Tiger Woods' Ex Elin Nordegren Is the One Doing the 'Homewrecking' Now

on January 5, 2012 at 2:12 PM

elin nordegren's home in north palm beach, florida Elin Nordegren's home before the wrecking ball hit.I think we can all agree that Tiger Woods' ex-wife Elin Nordegren isn't your everyday divorcee. And that's why I guess we shouldn't be surprised that there's still major fallout from her brutal, public split with the pro-golfer-slash-serial cheater. Elin seems to be taking pent-up aggression out on a house -- specifically, a $12 million six-bedroom mansion on the beach in North Palm Beach, Florida. She only bought it last March, but she's gone and knocked it down with plans to rebuild a TOTALLY DIFFERENT home on the property. TMZ says Nordegren has hired a high-priced architect, and every single worker is required to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Word is she didn't think the home was "modern" enough, but others speculate she's just doing it because she's so loaded, she can. I say there's more to the story than that.

See, Elin bought the 9,000-square-foot mansion right after she struck a $100 million divorce settlement with Tiger. Given that kind of timing, I wouldn't be surprised if the decision to buy the home was impulsive. Maybe it wasn't really what she was looking for, but it was there, and she had the money and just wanted to move the hell on from anything that reminded her of her messed-up marriage, so she bought it and moved in. Now, she's probably realized that it still reminds her of that unhappy time in her life, and so she's taken a wrecking ball to the house.

Yeah, it definitely seems a bit wasteful, but I can understand why someone wouldn't want to live in a home that they associated with bad memories. I've heard of people selling their homes after a family member died there or they went through a particularly tough divorce while living there, you know? We can't necessarily say that that's what happened here, but no matter -- I'm sure Elin has her reasons. She also has plenty of money that she deserves after going through what Tiger put her through. So if the woman wants to go around knocking down and rebuilding mansions, meh, it's nobody's business but hers.

What do you think about Elin's "homewrecking"?

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Comments (8)

Kritika

on Jan 5, 2012 at 2:24 PM

I can understand why she's doing this. She's got all the money in the world and it's a paying job for construction workers so why the Hell not. I got rid of most everything my live-in ex even touched after we broke up.

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Nonmember comment from KellyB

on Jan 5, 2012 at 2:33 PM

I grew up in North Palm Beach, and I can tell just from the look of that house that it probably is very outdated. Most of the original homes in that area were built in the fifties, and it's not uncommon at all to see people buy property, especially waterfront property, and tear down the entire existing house. Your theory may be part of it as well, but I wouldn't be surprised if she never intended on keeping that house to begin with.

Tracy1464

on Jan 6, 2012 at 1:51 AM

Your title is very "National Enquirer" and seems a little low.

gardenchic

on Jan 6, 2012 at 2:47 PM

and i thought i liked her, I REALLY DO NOT NOW!

Facebook comment from Pedro Faberlle

on Feb 12, 2012 at 1:48 AM

Maressa should have made a little research for the story. She wrote; "She just wanted to move the hell on from anything that reminded her of her messed-up marriage" - She was living in Orlando area, and she moved to North Palm Beach area to be close (3.5 miles away) to Tiger's new $55M mansion.She never moved into the house, and she tore it down because the house infected with termite, hired engineer inspectors determined it was cheaper to demolish the house. Besides she wanted something a bit more modern, except it will have a similar architectural look as the old one. Court agreement shows that they share custody of the children, so she has to live nearby. That is the true story...no gossip!

jessicasmom1

on Apr 10, 2012 at 2:28 PM

I can't understand this why buy it then wreck it down?

PrettyMomma24

on Apr 15, 2012 at 7:57 PM

She tore the house down because it wasn't safe. It was built a while ago and it wasn't safe for tropical storms and stuff like that. People are going to talk smack and hate on her no matter what she does just because "she has money".

on May 4, 2012 at 12:22 PM

I can see why she would want to do that .. I do not have much of anything that I had when Hubby was alive.. do not associate anything with pain