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Friday, 26 February 2021

Justin Bieber Takes a Loss, Sells Beverly Hills Home for $8M

Justin Bieber Sells Beverly Hills Home — Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

After moving into a massive, $25.8 million Beverly Park compound, the pop star Justin Bieber and his wife, the model Hailey Baldwin, have officially sold their smaller—but still very spiffy—spot in Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The listing came on the market about a year after they had picked up the property in 2019, for $8.5 million. An $8 million deal on the home closed last week—so the hit-maker took a hit.

The couple had originally placed the home on the market for $9 million in the fall of 2020. It reportedly sold fully furnished.

Real estate ‘changes’

After settling down and buying the gorgeous traditional, which dates to the 1930s and is known as “The Tropics,” Bieber and Baldwin quickly desired some changes when it came to their real estate choices.

Bieber announced to his Instagram followers his intention to unload the property, and in the fall of 2020, placed it on the market with a $9 million price tag.

“I think I wanna sell my home in Beverly Hills who wants it,” the Grammy winner teased to his followers.

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On another post, he added, “I’ll sell it with all the furniture. MAKE AN OFFER.”

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While Bieber and Baldwin decamped to a deluxe estate in an exclusive area, the place they left behind is also very upscale. In fact, it’s next door to the compound owned by the billionaire founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos.

Kitchen with marble counters
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With 6,132 square feet of living space, the residence, which was completely redone, comes with five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

The stylish layout features white oak floors, custom built-ins, and seamless indoor-outdoor living. Steel-case windows and doors open up to the property grounds.

The interior offers a living room, great room, office, theater, and a wine cellar with a bar. The sleek chef’s kitchen includes white oak cabinets, a marble island, and Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances.

A master suite features vaulted ceilings, a fireplace, bathroom, and custom closet.

Surrounded by tall, lush greenery, the backyard boasts an infinity pool, a water feature, barbecue, and a cabana with a fireplace.

Meanwhile, the furnishings that come with the place are pitch-perfect with the interior design.

Beverly Park pad

The couple didn’t go far, and they scored a deal in the process. They upgraded to a much bigger property on 2.5 acres with almost double the square footage, at 11,000 square feet.

Amenities include a large living room, library, dining room, eat-in kitchen, and adjacent family room. The spread also features a home theater, wine cellar, and gym.

The sprawling grounds sport an infinity pool, sport court, lawns, a koi pond, and barbecue with pizza oven.

On and off the market since 2018, the posh property was once the most expensive new listing on realtor.com®, at $42 million.

Following an initial lack of interest, the place received an interior refresh and the price was dropped to almost half the original ask. The couple appreciated the huge discount when they snapped up the gated property for $25.8 million.

Now that the deal is done on their initial foray in Beverly Hills, the couple can fully move on.

Joshua Altman with Douglas Elliman represented the seller. Steven Schaefer with Newmark Residential repped the buyer.

The post Justin Bieber Takes a Loss, Sells Beverly Hills Home for $8M appeared first on Real Estate News & Insights | realtor.com®.

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Messy Tahoe Home Filled With Mannequins Is the Week’s Most Popular Home

most popular homes 2/25/21 — realtor.com

A wild residence in South Lake Tahoe, CA, crammed with clutter—including dozens of dead-eyed mannequins dressed in evening wear—is the week’s most popular listing on realtor.com®.

The home ticked all the boxes for the kind of listing designed to be shared far and wide across the web. Unassuming exterior? Check. Listing details with no acknowledgment of the weirdness within? Check. Photos that defy easy description—and leave you with more questions than answers? Check!

Carefully posed throughout the house, with at least one mannequin sprawled across a rug wearing nothing, these eerie ladies—and at least one gentleman—serve a dual purpose. They force you to take a closer look at the listing for an otherwise humdrum duplex and serve to distract from the messy kitchen and bathroom.

The combination was enough to send the listing ricocheting on social media.

Bold move.

But that wasn’t the only off-the wall listing racking up clicks this week.

A Pennsylvania home with painstakingly customized interior touches—including rounded doorways, a honeycomb-style grand staircase, and floating light fixtures—grabbed your attention, as did a Disney-themed home in Disneyland’s home town.

Other popular picks this week included a pair of dreamy celebrity properties: the historic New Orleans home of a politically polar-opposite power couple, as well as A-lister John Travolta‘s 43-acre oceanfront Maine estate.

There’s a lot going on this week. Scroll on down through the list, and take it all in for yourself.

10. 1171 Palmer Ave, New Orleans, LA

Price: $3,380,000
Why it’s here: No partisan bickering here. We love this house. The sellers, political consultants James Carville and Mary Matalin, are staying in NOLA but have decided to downsize from this 8,279-square-foot Colonial Revival home.

The massive home was built in 1906 and has been updated to perfection. The quarter-acre lot is described as a “tropical oasis,” filled with gardens, mature shade trees, a terrace, a pool, and fountains.

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9. 967 Housel Craft Rd, Cortland, OH

Price: $197,000
Why it’s here: This is for a buyer looking for something outside the box. Surrounded by 8 acres of privacy, it’s a legitimate, two-bedroom treehouse. There’s a fairly large caveat: The place isn’t finished.

The raised octagon has an open second floor, a deck, and a shop with kitchenette. The home is outfitted with electrical and septic systems and well service, but needs to be completed by a buyer with big dreams.

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8. 421 N. Pine River Rd, Ithaca, NY

Price: $195,000
Why it’s here: Sitting on just over a half-acre at the top of a hill, this stone house from 1890 is a classic. The five-bedroom home comes with a four-car garage, lookout tower, original hardwood floors, curved interior walls, and updated bathrooms—for a combination of charm and convenience.

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7. 48 Hidden Cove Dr, Southampton, PA

Price: $1,399,999
Why it’s here: This curious five-bedroom house is all angles and sharp edges from the outside, but the interiors were designed with curves in mind. The contemporary home features custom effects like the butterfly-wing entry staircase, rounded doorways, and floating light fixtures that suggest sand dollars from space.

Although it was designed for a very specific taste, the home, from 1987, is upscale, with a saltwater pool, kids playhouse, whole-house generator, and many upgrades.

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6. 726 W. Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL

Price: $535,770
Why it’s here: Known as the O’Leary mansion, this historic brownstone dates to 1890. It was built by James Patrick O’Leary for his mother, Catherine O’Leary—the woman considered to be responsible for the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Today, the four-level, 12-bedroom home is in need of repair and is being sold as is. It still has much of the original woodwork and moldings, as well as walk-in vaults and a two-story coach house.

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5. 5743 Pleasant Hill Rd, Hartford, IL

Price: $700,000
Why it’s here: This hideaway on 11 acres is just steps from the Ice Age Trail, and includes a three-bedroom home built in 1991. Highlights include a large kitchen, a living room with cathedral ceiling, log beams, a stone fireplace, and wet bar.

There’s a heated shop off the garage, a private pond, a new roof, as well as a number of other recent upgrades.

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4. 535 W. 13th St, Laurel, MS

Price: $255,000
Why it’s here: Although this storybook home hasn’t been featured on HGTV’s “Home Town,” that didn’t stop folks from clicking. Built in 1929, the three-bedroom residence recently had a stylish makeover, including new paint, windows, and refinished floors.

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3. 1543 W. Harle Pl, Anaheim, CA

Price: $835,000
Why it’s here: Built in the shadows of Disneyland, this ranch home has been decked out as an homage to all things Mickey Mouse. Happiest Airbnb opportunity on Earth?

The custom Disney designs are so spectacular, the four-bedroom home was featured on the Discovery Channel. Besides the decor, the home includes a heated pool, custom carpets, and a toddler-safe playroom floor.

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2. 299 Drexel Ln, Islesboro, ME

Price: $5,000,000
Why it’s here: This 48-acre oceanfront estate is being sold by actor John Travolta. The massive 20-bedroom mansion was featured in Architectural Digest in the 1990s and has been recently renovated.

The extraordinary property includes a deepwater dock, open fields with ocean views, a third-floor children’s space, and a detached barn used for car storage.

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1. 3695 Primrose Rd, South Lake Tahoe, CA

Price: $650,000
Why it’s here: Nondescript from the curb, this five-bedroom residence made waves this week, thanks to the mannequins staged throughout the property.

Most of the mannequins are dressed in evening gowns—adding to the mystique. Built in 1962, the place could use some work—and a lot of tidying up. There’s no word on whether the list price includes the mannequins and/or their glittery gowns.

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Thursday, 25 February 2021

Underground Compound of 4 Fallout Shelters in Montana Awaits Buyer To Burrow In

Underground Compound Fallout Shelter — Theresa Lunn

When spectacular mountain views are available, nearby homes almost always feature an abundance of windows to soak in the vistas.

However, this property in Montana heads in a completely opposite direction. These four homes have no windows at all—they’re completely underground.

The quartet of below-ground homes sit beneath 10.6 acres in Paradise Valley near Emigrant, MT, just north of Yellowstone National Park.

Listed for $1.75 million, the earth-sheltered homes were originally built as fallout shelters. They offer all the amenities a comfortable residence requires—albeit with curved walls.

Three of out of the four homes measure in at about 2,500 square feet, and each features multiple bedrooms, bathrooms, and living spaces.

The fourth home is significantly larger, with space to accommodate a crowd looking for a real escape.

“The largest one has several bunk rooms, so you could have more than a couple people in there,” says the listing agent, Theresa Lunn.

Each boasts a basement for food and supplies storage and to house all of the mechanicals.

The earth keeps the houses at a constant 50 to 55 degrees and to increase the temperature as needed, each home is equipped with its own HVAC and ventilation system.

“It never feels musty in there with the air circulation system. It always smells fresh,” Lunn says.

Each home comes with its own kitchen, complete with appliances.

“Once you’re in there, they’re comfortable. It’s just like you’re in a house,” Lunn explains. “You walk down hallways, but then you just you walk into a kitchen that you think is your mom’s kitchen—a great area, bedrooms, very nice bathrooms.”

One house features a pool table in the rec room.

The current owner is a builder and is willing to sweeten the deal for a buyer who might be interested in buying the land and the underground homes.

“He would put a very nice [above-ground] home for an extra $240,000 onto the list price. Underneath the house, it would have a discrete entrance into shelter No. 4,” Lunn explains. “The additional house has not been built. He is offering that as a buyer package, if someone wanted that.”

The Paradise Valley area is known for its outdoor activities.

“It’s arguably one of the most beautiful places in the U.S., for sure. It’s a huge mecca for fly fishermen,” Lunn says, adding hunting, hiking, snowmobiling, four-wheeling, and horseback riding are also popular.

“It’s a great spot for vacation rentals,” Lunn says, adding that renting an underground home could offer a unique allure for guests. “If you bought this, you could live in it and still rent it out. It’s also a great retreat possibility.”

Lunn says buyers have shown an interest in the property—ranging from those in search of a sustainable property, to folks who desire the ultimate in protection.

The agent says she doesn’t like to use the term “preppers,” because of the negative connotations attached to the term. But she acknowledges that that is basically what people do when they store supplies in underground bunkers.

“If our great-grandparents didn’t prep, none of us would be here,” she says. “It’s just being prepared.”

The homes are currently attached to the electrical grid, but could be unhooked if a buyer decided to rely on the property’s own generators for power.

As in the case of most fallout shelters, the entrance to each home is through a thick door. Upon entry, the hallway takes a turn at a right angle.

“Any bunker worth its salt has to have those 90-degree turns, because nuclear and chemical material can’t go around [corners],” Lunn explains. “That’s really one of those tips of the trade for guys that are building bunkers.”

Lunn stresses these are regular homes where people would be very comfortable living or vacationing.

“[They’re not] some kind of freaky, end-of-the-world, zombie-apocalypse whatever. There is a lot of need for this type of property.”

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source https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/underground-compound-fallout-shelters-in-montana/

House From ‘Silence of the Lambs’ To Become a ‘Cinematic Destination’

Would you spend the night in the house of Buffalo Bill, from the terrifying film “Silence of the Lambs”? One horror superfan, Chris Rowan, hopes so.

He recently sewed up a purchase of the Perryopolis, PA, home that was the scene of some of the most chilling scenes in the classic flick, and he plans to turn it into a “cinematic destination.”

Work to add some film-based flourishes to the property will be a labor of love for this New Jersey-based art director and prop stylist.

“It seems to be a match made in heaven,” he says.

Rowan, 39, has loved horror films since he was a kid, and for a decade, he’s hosted the New York City Horror Film Festival.

As an aficionado of all things creepy, he was excited to find the home back on the market last fall for $298,500. He visited the Pittsburgh-area house and walked up the infamous path to the front door.

“It was a really special moment for me. As a fan, it was an amazing feeling,” he says.

Now that he has the keys to the not-so-spooky residence, Rowan is ready to lean in to the home’s cinematic connection. He plans to turn the Queen Anne Victorian into a “boutique accommodation” for overnight stays, as well as guided tours.

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Buffalo Bill's home in 'Silence of the Lambs' (Alexis Fatalsky)

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Entry (Alexis Fatalsky)

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Dining room (Alexis Fatalsky)

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Kitchen with basement door in background (Alexis Fatalsky)

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Master bedroom (Alexis Fatalsky)

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Creepy cold cellar (Alexis Fatalsky)

The unforgettable movie, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, starred Anthony Hopkins as an imprisoned serial killer, Hannibal Lecter, and Jodie Foster as an agent in training for the FBI, Clarice Starling. The film, based on a novel by Thomas Harris, won five Academy Awards and continues to resonate throughout pop culture.

This house served as the residence of the sadistic murderer Buffalo Bill, played by Ted Levine, who imprisons his female victims at the bottom of an old well in the basement before killing them.

Scenes from the movie were shot on site, and the home’s exterior, kitchen, living room, and basement can be seen in the film.

As for the well in the basement where the serial killer kept his victims lotioned up? That was actually a sound stage.

Rowan has his own designs in mind for bringing a well into focus. He’s “actively working” to recreate some of the scenes from the movie in the home’s cellar.

Once everything is completed, guests will be able to set up scary fun photo shoots in the faux dungeon and Buffalo Bill’s “workshop of horrors,” as Rowan calls it, complete with mannequins and sewing machine.

He may even throw in a pair of night-vision goggles.

Beyond its creepy cinematic ties, the home, which is over 100 years old, bears little resemblance to a “house of horrors.”

The space measures nearly 2,400 square feet and has four bedrooms and plenty of vintage quirks, including a wraparound deck, pocket doors, original wallpaper, and hardwood floors.

Rowan has filled the place with movie memorabilia, including an animatronic Hannibal at the front door. A third-floor loft could be the perfect place to set up a modern media room to screen your favorite scary movie, Rowan says. You, like Hannibal Lecter, might want to pair it with a “fine Chianti.”

Set on almost 2 acres, the picturesque property is on the Youghiogheny River, and includes a pool, rose gardens, and fountains. Other notable features outside include an antique train caboose and a three-car garage that was once a general store.

In 2016, the home attracted a ton of buzz before finally selling for $195,000. Records show that it was sold for $290,000 late last month.

For those who can’t resist a spooky thrill, the home will be set up for visitors sometime in the future. Along with short-term rentals, the homeowner also plans to provide guided tours and rent the space out for film shoots.

To keep up with Rowan’s project, head to @buffalobillshouse on Instagram, or visit the home’s website.

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