At the start of his 150-year prison sentence, infamous Ponzi scheme architect Bernie Madoff was ordered to sell his 3,000-square-foot Hamptons beach house.
The bungalow sold to its original developers for less than $10 million in 2009, the year Madoff — who died Wednesday at a secure federal medical center in Butner, North Carolina — was sentenced. The sale partially helped to repay swindled investors in Madoff’s $65 billion scam.
The three-bedroom, 3 ½-bathroom home has not changed hands since the forced sale, but it has been on and off the market for three years.
It first listed for sale at $21 million in 2018 and was most recently re-listed for $17.9 million in January 2021, according to Realtor.com.
![Financier Bernard Madoff (L) and his wife Ruth Madoff on a white couch at their Montauk beach house during July 1980 in Montauk, NY. (Photo by GI/BM/Getty Images)](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-dead-04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=300 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-dead-04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=640 640w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-dead-04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1280 1280w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-dead-04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-dead-04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=2000 2000w)
The private, gated home has 180 feet of oceanfront and sits on 1 ½ acres. The house has expansive views of the Atlantic Ocean and was fully renovated in 2011 by architect Thierry Despont.
Inside, the two-story great room has French doors and wide windows stacked on top of each other, reaching up to the barrel-vaulted ceiling. A stone fireplace towers almost to the ceiling, where a modern, branching chandelier looks over the room.
![The eat-in kitchen with hardwood floors is a modest, clean white with glass-faced cabinets.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-20.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=300 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-20.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=640 640w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-20.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1280 1280w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-20.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-20.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=2000 2000w)
The eat-in kitchen with hardwood floors is a modest, clean white with glass-faced cabinets.
The master suite has a private deck, a separate balcony with an outdoor shower, dual walk-in closets and a spa-like bathroom.
Outside, the home has a new gunite pool, a cabana with a gym and a wraparound porch with sun windows in its covered, shingled roof.
![Madoff bought the Montauk home for $250,000 in 1980, the Post previously reported.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-17.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=300 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-17.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=640 640w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-17.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1280 1280w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-17.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-17.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=2000 2000w)
Madoff bought the Montauk home for $250,000 in 1980, The Post previously reported.
Broker Chris Coleman of Compass has the listing.
![A private balcony overlooking the ocean is featured in this photo.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-16.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=300 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-16.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=640 640w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-16.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1280 1280w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-16.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-16.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=2000 2000w)
![The home offers private beach access and 180 feet of beachfront.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-04.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=300 300w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-04.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=640 640w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-04.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1280 1280w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-04.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024 1024w, https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/bernie-madoff-house-04.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&w=2000 2000w)