EXCLUSIVE: Hayden Panettiere’s Childhood Home Returns to the Market for $3.6 Million—Weeks After Release of Actress’ Bombshell Memoir

Actress Hayden Panettiere's picturesque childhood home has been relisted for $3.6 million—just weeks after the "Nashville" star released an emotional memoir reflecting on the "brutal" experiences she endured as a child star.

The former home of the 36-year-old actress's family is located in the tony community of Palisades, NY, where Panettiere was raised alongside her brother, Jansen, who passed away at the age of 28 in early 2023.

Even after the "Nashville" star flew the nest, Panettiere's parents, Alan and Lesley, held onto the abode for many years, only putting it on the market for the first time in 2015, when it was listed with an asking price of $1.8 million—although it would be another six years before it actually sold for the lower price of $1.22 million.

Four years after the Panettiere family moved on from their longtime dwelling, the four-bedroom home, which is known as the French Ivy House, was put back on the market for $4 million—almost two years to the day after the actress's brother passed away from an undiagnosed heart condition.

It was then removed from the market in September 2025, before being offered up for rent in January 2026 for $17,500 a month.

Just one month later, the property was once again swiped from the rental block, until June 16, 2026, when the home was listed for sale for $3.6 million, Realtor.com® can exclusively reveal.

Built in 1998, the four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home has recently undergone an extensive renovation, according to listing agent Richard Ellis.

"No expense was spared in the renovation of French Ivy House. Everything was custom-designed," Ellis, who owns Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty in Nyack, NY, previously told Realtor.com.

"Steeped in the artistic legacy and rustic seclusion of Snedens Landing, this home—previously home to actress Hayden Panettiere—is truly a one-of-a-kind property."

Panettiere's parents snapped up the dwelling in 1998, the same year it was built, when the actress was 9 and her brother was 3.

However, the home no doubt looks very different from how the "Heroes" star remembers it, as it has been extensively updated by the current owners, who are offering the custom-designed property furnished for an additional fee.

The home is located in the idyllic spot of Snedens Landing, which is known for its connection to the arts dating to the early 1900s, per the New York Post.

The home is near where actress Angelina Jolie grew up and where star Bill Murray has owned a home. The Post notes that other luminaries to live in this secret celeb hideaway have included Diane Sawyer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Al Pacino, Scarlett Johansson, Björk, Jessica Lange, and Uma Thurman—as well as Laurence Olivier, John Steinbeck, and Katharine Hepburn.

Dubbed the French Ivy House thanks to the abundance of ivy covering the stucco walls, the 3,473-square-foot layout of the star's former dwelling features plenty of space.

It also comes complete with two staircases, window seats, and casement windows.

The European-inspired cottage features charming details like a steep roof and stone walls. Inside, the serene space boasts two fireplaces, two sitting rooms, an open kitchen, and four bedrooms. The primary bedroom is adjacent to a sunroom, which could function as a gym or office.

The delightful dwelling is a short walk to the Hudson River, a community tennis court, parks, and a market.

Luxe flooring includes slabs of Italian marble and oak, while the new kitchen serves up top-of-the-line appliances and marble counters, and the bathrooms are clad in marble.

All of the bedrooms feature en suite baths, including the primary suite found on the main floor. Outside, the grounds are professionally landscaped and feature a koi pond, stone walls, patios, and plantings.

Just about 25 minutes to New York City, the property could be either a vacation home or a primary residence.

Though the dwelling appears idyllic, it is no doubt tinged with tragedy for Panettiere, not least because it serves as a reminder of the time she spent with her late brother, with whom she was known to enjoy a very close relationship.

"He was my only sibling, and it was my job to protect him,” she told People magazine. “When I lost him, I felt like I lost half of my soul. I will always be heartbroken about it. I will never be able to get over it. No matter how many years go by, I will never get over his loss."

It's not known whether Panettiere has returned to the property since her brother's death—having since relocated to Los Angeles, where she continues to work as an actress.

The starlet also recently shed new light on her sudden rise to fame as a young girl, revealing in her memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning," that, even as her star was ascending up the Hollywood ladder, behind the scenes, she reached new lows as she endured a series of traumatic experiences, or what she refers to as "lifequakes."

In the tome, Panettiere writes that her mother taught her at a very early age to cry on demand through a method they called "trigger tears," a technique that required the actress to think about the most "horrific thing that could happen to an 8-year-old," from the death of a family pet to the passing of a family member.

The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere's life today, with the actress musing: "I've often wondered whether—unintentionally—I've brought on my traumas because I'm wired to think they're good for me."

She also writes that her career as a child star, which included roles in several major projects, from "Remember the Titans" to TV hit "Ally McBeal," led to her being bullied by her peers in middle school—and ultimately prompted her parents to start homeschooling her.

As her career continued to flourish into her teenage years, Panettiere claims she began to receive unwanted attention of a much more sinister kind, alleging that, at the age of 18, she was invited onto a yacht, where she was placed in a bed alongside a much older male celebrity, who she has not named.

"It was led by somebody that I had grown to trust and see as a protector and somebody who had my back," she told podcast host Jay Shetty of the incident.

Panettiere, who shares a daughter, Kaya, with her ex-fiancè, Wladimir Klitschko, also opens up candidly about her struggles with substance abuse later on in life, revealing that members of her team began offering her "happy pills" to quell her nerves ahead of red carpet events when she was just 15 years old.

"They were to make me peppy during interviews," she recalled. "I had no idea that this was not an appropriate thing, or what door that would open for me when it came to my addiction."

The actress went through an eight-month rehabilitation treatment in 2020, an experience that she describes in harrowing detail, revealing that she suffered a host of withdrawal symptoms, including shakes, insomnia, and severe headaches.