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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11121155/Jeffrey-Epsteins-NYC-mansion-undergoes-construction-work-year-sale.html
EXCLUSIVE: Breaking new ground: Construction finally begins on pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan lair a year after Goldman Sachs exec purchased the seven-story townhouse for $51M and planning 'spiritual and physical' makeover
Australian former Goldman Sachs banker Michael Daffey, 55, and his wife Blake, are making good on their promise to remodel the Upper East Side mansion that belonged to Jeffrey Epstein
Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show construction and demolition work has finally begun to gut and renovate the seven-story home on East 71st Street
Daffey purchased the home last year $51million – the proceeds of which went to a fund for Epstein's victims
He said he planned on making extensive renovations on the property that would include a 'physical and spiritual' makeover
Building permits attached to the home show they were issued between April 6 and August 2 and all apart from one – for the installation of sprinklers – expire at the end of the year
The property was first put on the market for $88million back in July 2020, just under a year after Epstein was found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on a string of sexual abuse charges
The mansion was raided by the FBI in July 2019 in connection to Epstein's sex crimes and agents found child sex abuse images in a safe inside