The week's biggest real estate stories: Demi Lovato, Dean Koontz and Ali Tamposi and more
| | | | This week's top real estate headlines After a few months of attempting to sell his palatial Beverly Park compound in an off-market deal, His Royal Highness Prince Turki bin Nasser of Saudi Arabia has finally decided to try his luck on the open market. Currently asking a tad under $40 million, the estate is one of the biggest in the neighborhood and features two separate mansions plus detached staff quarters spread over a whopping five acre lot. Meanwhile, up the coast in Montecito, Ariana Grande just made another huge real estate move. Fresh off of buying a $13.7 million Hollywood Hills manse, the pop singer shelled out $6.75 million for the historic Porter House, which was sold by Ellen DeGerenes and Portia de Rossi.
In other news, songwriter Ali Tamposi picked up MTV legend Martha Quinn’s Point Dume home, horror author Dean Koontz sold his Newport Coast estate for a record $50 million, and pop singer Demi Lovato finally managed to sell her Sunset Strip villa.
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It’s no secret that at least four of the supersized homes in Beverly Park are owned by various members of the Saudi royal family. According to property records, this Disneyland-esque residential confection has about 43,000 square feet of living space with 22 bedrooms and an unfathomable 39 bathrooms. By James McClain • READ MORE |
| | The Porter House was originally constructed in England during the 1700s as two separate barns. At some point, the dual structures were eventually dismantled and carefully shipped to California, where they were painstakingly rebuilt as a single mansion-sized getaway. READ MORE |
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| | Prolific pop music songwriter Ali Tamposi has traded the hipster-approved chicness of L.A.’s Eastside for the relaxed surfer bro vibes of Malibu’s heavily celebrified Point Dume neighborhood. READ MORE |
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| | Nearly two years after it first popped up for sale, child actor-turned-bestselling singer-songwriter Demi Lovato has finally succeeded in unloading her highly-publicized white elephant of a Hollywood Hills mansion. READ MORE |
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| | Just days before they paid $10.5 million for a home in Irvine’s scenic Shady Canyon gated community, Dean Koontz and his longtime wife Gerda Ann very quietly sold their custom mansion in the uber-affluent Newport Coast neighborhood for exactly $50 million. READ MORE |
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| | Let’s face it, living in Magic City is not exactly for the faint of heart. Or the light of wallet, for that matter. Miami is perhaps the ultimate tropical playground; the flashy city has been attracting celebrities since the days of the Rat Pack. READ MORE |
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| | Celebrities and moguls alike have long since integrated home theaters into their residence’s decorative aesthetic, converting basements or secluded ground-floor rooms into darkened caverns with plush seating. READ MORE |
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