Katharine Hepburn's waterfront home in Old Saybrook, Conn., has been sold to a neighbor who plans to renovate the property, Hepburn's real estate agent said.

Frank Sciame, a New York City-based architect who owns F.J. Sciame Construction Co. Inc., signed a contract to buy the home, Colette Harron of The Mitchel Agency in Essex said Tuesday.

She wouldn't reveal the sale amount but said it was under the $12 million asking price. The price was knocked down a few times because the 1939 home needs cosmetic work in the kitchen and bathrooms, she said.

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Hepburn died June 29, 2003, at the house in the Fenwick section of Old Saybrook. The actress was 96.

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