Luxury Mansions & Celebrity Homes: April 2013

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Katy Perry's Hollywood House

Katy Perry's House: You Know You've Arrived When You Sell Your House Before Living In It

There are many ways to know that you have truly "made it". Katy Perry has managed to achieve almost all of them. She's won awards, had sold out concert tours, had a big screen documentary made about her career, appeared on numerous talk shows, and has even had a celebrity marriage and divorce. Most importantly, she has the real estate portfolio to back up her fame. In fact, she's so famous, she actually bought a home… and then never lived in it. Back during her married year (yes, that's singular), she purchased a home with then-husband, Russell Brand. Their busy work schedules made staying in their new mansion nearly impossible, and it sat empty. By the time either of them had a break long enough to warrant actually sleeping in their new abode, the relationship had soured, and the couple had filed for divorce. They have been trying to sell the massive mansion since then. This past week, it finally hit the open market.

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Katy Perry's house sits on 3 acres of land and is 8,835 square feet. The structure contains seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms, and, like many of Southern California's large homes, features Spanish-styling. Katy Perry's house is on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, and looks out over the Sunset Strip. In addition to the multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, the house also features a swimming pool designed to look like a lagoon, a large patio, two guest houses, and a carriage house for vehicles. Katy Perry's house is on sale for $6.925 million. She bought it for $4 million less in 2011, but as her value has risen, so has the value of the property.

Katy Perry's House in Hollywood.
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Katy Perry's House in Hollywood.
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Friday, April 12, 2013

Adele's House - "Lock House" in West Sussex

Adele's House: This is What 26 Million Records Sold Looks Like

Something about the way Adele sings resonates with just about everyone. Maybe it's the lyric choices she makes, her phrasing, her tone, or something less definable. Whatever it is, it made her first album, "19″, a multi-Platinum success on multiple continents, and made her second album one of the most award-winning albums of all time. Since the release of her first single in 2007, she has won five American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, 20 Billboard Year-End Awards (for songs that have set records over the previous year), four BRIT Awards, one Golden Globe, nine Grammy Awards, and an Oscar. She has received 107 major music awards for her two studio albums, out of 188 nominations. That's a rather impressive average. To date, she's sold seven million copies of her first album, and 26 million copies of her second album, "21″, worldwide. As the albums have been immensely popular, her tracks have played on international radio repeatedly, appeared on reality singing competitions, in commercials, in films, in mechanical toys, and at your local karaoke bar. Consequently, Adele has made a quite healthy bit of profit on royalties alone. In fact, she reportedly makes $62,000 per day based on her royalties. This rather sizable influx of income made it possible for her to purchase a massive, and reportedly haunted, mansion in West Sussex. She recently put that home back on the market, in preparation for moving into another home on the southern coast of England.

Adele's house is known as the "Lock House". The massive structure, described as a "cottage", houses 10 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, and six reception rooms. Hardwood floors, multiple fireplaces, and massive windows can be found in almost every part of the house, and the kitchen is an uber-modern open plan space with a stunning glass-sided staircase. Adele's house also features a separate breakfast room, a billiards room, and beautiful chandeliers. Outside of Adele's house, there is a tennis court and pavilion, a helicopter hangar, a pool, and an additional staff cottage complete with three bedrooms and bathrooms. The house, which sits on 25 acres of land, is currently available for rent to the tune of roughly $3,500 per week. It will be interesting to see which A-list musician or actor swoops in to take over the payments on that.

dele's House in West Sussex.

Adele's House in West Sussex.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood House

Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood House For Sale

by HOOKEDONHOUSES on JULY 15, 2010

Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Brentwood bedroom in 1962 at the age of 36 (hard to believe she’d be in her ’80s today!). This photo was taken by Allan Grantin her living room shortly before she died. Because it was the last house she lived in, there has always been a lot of fascination with it.

Grainy old photos were all that most of us had ever seen of the interior, so it’s big news that it’s on the market again.

The Spanish Revival home was built in 1929. Marilyn bought it in 1962 for $90,000. The current owners are asking $3.6 million. Here’s how the living room looked when she lived there (via LA Times):

Looks like they eliminated the dark paneling and removed the wall-to-wall carpeting to reveal the original tile underneath. The fireplace remains the same:

Here are some more old photos of how it looked after Marilyn died (via PopSugar):

The house doesn’t seem to have been altered much over the years, for which we can be thankful. It retains its unpretentious charm. Love the kitchen:

The house has 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, and about 2,600 square feet.

You can read more about the house on LA Curbed and the Daily Mail. For more information and the rest of the photos, check out the listing : David Offer, Prudential Realty.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos Selling SoHo Penthouse

Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos Selling SoHo Penthouse

by HOOKEDONHOUSES on JANUARY 25, 2013

Wow. Check out the HUGE penthouse in NYC that the Live! With Kelly and Michaelhost Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos are selling for $24.5 million. The place they’ve called home since 2005 has a whopping 6,792 square feet with 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths–plenty of space for their 3 kids to run around.

They bought the condo for $9.5 million and spent 2 years renovating it. The listing boasts “soaring 12’3 ceilings, lit by way of window after window. Enter through a gracious foyer into the spectacular living room sun kissed by an enormous skylight. Tread on dark stained white oak flooring past seven windows into the grand eat-in-kitchen and dining room.”

“A chef’s dream appears filled with high end appliances, including a fully vented six burner Wolf stove with griddle, two Electrolux dishwashers and three Sub-Zero refrigerators, clad in Carrara marble and luxurious blue stone as well as custom milled wood and stainless cabinetry.”

“A second stunning dining room opens up to a full outdoor kitchen.”

“A media room offers a cozy haven lit by an enormous skylight and warmed by a gas fireplace.”

I used to watch Kelly and Mark on All My Children, back when my son was little and I was home alone with him all day. I’d look forward to taking a break with my Pine Valley friends every afternoon at 1:00.

Anyone else remember them as Hayley and Mateo?

I was excited when she got the Regis & Kelly gig. It’s just not the same without Reege, though. But I digress…

“Swing open the French doors to reveal an incredible 3,073 square foot private roof deck with an outdoor fireplace and plenty of seating on which to unwind.”

Zillow has more info about the listing, which you can see at The Modlin Group. The property is co-listed with Adam Modlin and Raphael De Niro of Prudential Douglas Elliman.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Paula Deen’s House in Savannah

It’s Paula Deen’s House in Savannah, Y’all!

by HOOKEDONHOUSES on DECEMBER 9, 2009

Paula Deen’s house in Savannah, Georgia, was featured recently on CMT Cribs. I took these snapshots of it while watching the tour because I knew you’d want to see it, too! Because it came from the video, the photo quality isn’t very good, but it gives you an idea of her Southern home style.

Her house has 4,800 square feet (4 BR, 4.5 BA) and is just as charming as can be.

Paula welcomes us into her foyer:

Living room:

Dining area:

Her famous kitchen “where the magic happens:”

Wouldn’t you love to have a chance to eat something that came out of this kitchen? I’m getting hungry just looking at it.

Paula’s bedroom:

Paula shows off her dog steps that lead up to the bed so her “babies” can climb up without assistance:

The bathroom, where she gets her hair and makeup done before filming each show:

On the Food Network website, you can get Paula’s 100 most popular recipes, from her Lady & Sons Chicken Pot Pie to Grandmother Paul’s Fried Chicken. Yum. Here’s a photo of her in her kitchen that I found there:

You can watch the entire house tour on video at here. (Note: Unfortunately, it looks like the website is no longer live.)

*3/12 UPDATE: Oprah and Gayle King visited Paula in Savannah and got a tour of Deen’s waterfront property Riverbend on Oprah’s Next Chapter. Although it has a similar style, it looks like a different house than the one we saw on CMT. Take a look!