as the cost of real estate Scots fewer and fewer people are buying homes but for the upper echelon of a list actors purchasing opulent property is no problem at all from tropical getaways to stately mansions celebrities owned some of the most impressive houses in the world today we are looking at 10 incredible celebrity homes Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston may have officially parted ways in October 2005 but the stars are still making headlines the Beverly Hills mansion they owned from 2001 to 2006 is now on sale for forty four and a half million dollars it ended up being sold to a hedge fund executive in 2006 but now it's back on the market after their Malibu wedding pit and Aniston took on a three-year renovation process which involved upgrading the kitchen floor with heated marble designing a screening room and installing a bar with flooring from a 200 year old French chateau they even chose to add a tennis court in a guest house in addition to these standout features the French Normandy Revival style estate includes five bedrooms and 13 bathrooms as well as an outdoor space with a swimming pool there was also a more formal sitting room with hardwood flooring a marble fireplace and classic wood paneling on the walls with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the estate the room feels light and airy a formal dining room can seat up to 20 guests and leads directly to the kitchen the room has white walls and dark wooden flooring like much of the rest of the property but a polished oak dining table and purple rug at the lavish finishing touches in 2016 Tom Cruise sold the Los Angeles mansion he shared with ex-wife Katie Holmes the star offloaded his seven bedroom 10,000 square foot mansion in Beverly Hills for 40 million dollars TMZ reports the buyer was billionaire Leon black the founder a private equity group Apollo Global Management the gossip site reports the actor originally listed the home for 50 million the estate said in an exclusive area of Los Angeles has seven bedrooms nine bathrooms and a tennis court with basketball hoops the lavish property also boasts a lap swimming pool a children's playground and several guest houses and has a private driveway Tom and Katie purchased the home for thirty point five million dollars in 2007 one year after their daughter Suri was born the pair divorced in 2012 the multi winged mansion is clad in dour gray stone and is privately situated down a long and gated driveway in a plum pocket of Beverly Hills the heavily fortified 1. 3 acre spread also includes a roomy motor court with a swimming pool sized fountain a lap length swimming pool a children's playground and a couple of guest houses [Music] Denzel Washington is a Hollywood actor screenwriter director and film producer with a massive fan base and a net worth of 220 million dollars he first rose to fame in the 1990s when he joined the cast of the medical TV drama st. elsewhere Washington has since received much critical acclaim for such blockbuster hits as Malcolm X Men on fire John Q and training day for which he had won an Academy Award for Best Actor this gorgeous one and a half acre property is located in the exclusive gated community at the top of Beverly Hills the celebrity-packed neighborhood is heavily guarded and is only accessible through a private entrance off Mulholland Drve Denzel Washington's neighbors include Eddie Murphy Sylvester Stallone Rod Stewart and many others Washington is a notoriously reclusive actor and little is known about the interior of his home however his basketball court and swimming pool are visible from aerial photos of his home the 20 million dollar property was initially purchased for twelve billion dollars in 2004 [Music] back in 2018 in Granite Bay California an affluent suburb north east of Sacramento the one-time home of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy sold at auction for five and a half million dollars that's a far cry from when the two and a half acre estate was initially listed for 10 million Murphy along with his ex-wife Nicole Mitchell Murphy sold the property in 2007 for 6.
1 million dollars overlooking Folsom Lake the compound holds a twelve thousand six hundred square foot modern mansion a 5200 square foot guesthouse a 1,200 square foot gym a swimming pool and a sports court in total there are ten bedrooms and ten and a half bathrooms a rotunda tops great room encircled by dual staircases opens the interior which comes fully furnished rounded lounges and lofts to join the space which also holds a wet bar in a Chimel Pegasus piano other highlights include a formal dining room sunny breakfast nook billiards room arcade and movie theater one of the bedrooms is themed after Shrek the animated film franchise in which Murphy voiced the role of donkey outside a patio descends to an infinity-edge pool and spa second-story balconies overlook the palmtop space gardens and lawns as well as a pavilion and a pair of garages fill out the rest of the grounds with a combined net worth of 320 million dollars we'd hardly expect will and wife and fellow actor Jada pinkett-smith to have a modest home but their bulging property portfolio is impressive even for Tinseltown royalty Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's 9 bedroom house spans 25,000 square feet and sits on 150 acres designed by Steven Samuelson it started construction in 2003 and took seven years to build the Adobe styled interior is all custom designed with rooms connecting to each other in a sweeping fluent living area the house features many interesting unique features such as a meditation lounge and a recording studio the large garage fits 8 cars the grounds feature recreational activities such as a basketball court volleyball court tennis court a large swimming pool and a sunken trampoline the house is full of nature inspired and African influences which are evident in the intricate details such as the decorative banisters paintings furniture and ceilings outside you will see a basketball court volleyball court tennis court built-in trampoline and an outdoor pool so there's no time for the kids or guests to ever become bored the property features its very own lake complete with a small gazebo in the middle Smith heralds the quiet lake gazebo as his favorite spot of the whole house he told Architectural Digest answers come to be out there action film stalwart Jason Statham no longer wants a meticulously renovated and carefully updated mid-century residents in the ritzy foothills above la Sunset Strip setting it out for sale with an almost seven million dollar price tag one of Hollywood's most bankable stars whose 2019 blockbuster Fast and Furious presents hobbs and shaw hauled more than three-quarters of a billion dollars in the worldwide box office Statham purchased the property in 2015 for 2. 7 million dollars built in 1957 with a distinctive asymmetrical roofline the modestly sized home was rigorously restored by Statham and his savvy team of architects and designers in a manner that smoothly blends mid-century Scandinavian design with up-to-date creature comforts there are pale gray polished concrete floors clerestory windows that fill the house with ambient light and cedar planks on the vaulted ceilings that continue out to form deep exterior overhangs listings show the roughly 3 thousand-square-foot domicile has four bedrooms and three bathrooms I wanted to retain what was there before but make it look more robust Statham told ad the result was that at all times you're connected with the sea much of the appeal is the homes breathtaking location tucked away from prying eyes behind the guarded gates of Malibu's coveted colony Enclave the black house as it's known sits right on a private beach close to the end of the peninsula over the years the colony has been home for the likes of a list celebs from Tom Hanks sting Robert Redford and Edward Norton to Paul Reiser and Larry Hagman back in early 2017 Jessica Alba purchased a Los Angeles mansion for ten million dollars hi I'm Jessica when speaking to realtor. com the listing agent described the house as elegant yet comfortable but that doesn't even begin to illustrate this mansion the nearly 9000 square foot house features seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms on a 1.
85 acre property when there's also a detached guest house as the property listing highlighted the main house offers Alba her husband cash Warren and their three children Canyon and ocean views the actress and entrepreneur purchased the house from film exec Mike Medavoy she was living in a spot just down the street but one did a larger place for her growing family she now has three children alas Alba wanted to complete some major work on the property and stripped the home down to the studs she used a surprisingly relatable source of inspiration for her lavish renovation also known as Pinterest I spend a lot of time on Pinterest she explained to ad adding that she filled her mood boards with French countryside in Paris apartment aesthetics she was also influenced by the ultimate real estate connoisseurs perpetual house flippers Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi [Music] since she opened her Instagram page in late 2019 Jennifer Aniston has been sharing peeks at her incredible 21 million-dollar bel-air mansion Jennifer purchased the 8,500 square foot home in 2011 the mansion was designed by a Quincy Jones and completed in 1965 the Along Came Polly Starr is incredibly proud of her home and collaborated with designer Steven Shadley to transform the 1970s property into the perfect Californian retreat she opened up about her property to Architectural Digest telling the publication the house has a rather glamorous old-fashioned Hollywood quality I can just imagine the Rat Pack stopping by someone is playing the piano and people are laughing in the next room she also described her home as a big hug adding it's like a big hug people can get so distracted by static I love the silence here other perks of Jennifers property include an outdoor swimming pool a games room 24 seat dining room and a kitchen complete with a pizza oven and a wine cellar in 2018 Bruce Willis sold his Turks and Caicos mansion for twenty seven million dollars six million dollars less than its original 33 million dollar price tag but even with the price cut it's still the second most expensive home sale in the country's history coming second to a property that's sold for twenty seven and a half million dollars in 2016 the 11 bedroom 13 and a half bath estate is truly one-of-a-kind in its location in tropical paradise is unrivaled the Caribbean estate sits on nine acres of property and includes a five bedroom main house along with two guest villas it also has access to a private beach a nearby resort and an on-site pirate themed playground it has 18,000 square feet of interior space there are also four pools the main house has a 6,800 square foot deck area surrounding a 2,500 square foot pool the homes master suite takes up the entire second floor and features ocean views and vaulted ceilings the master bathroom has a large rain shower and free-standing soaking tub the suite is surrounded by wraparound terraces in 2015 actor Mark Wahlberg sold his Beverly Hills mansion for 13 million dollars the 11,500 square foot contemporary Mediterranean estate sits on 1.
