We have some really juicy Celebrity Real Estate News this week compliments of Zillow.com. There is a Tree House, a Halle Berry home, a famous author and “The Brangelian House” which is just creepy.
“The Brangelina” House Built in Edmond, OK
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | December 8, 2009
File this one under real estate oddities. In one of the more bizarre real estate stories comes “The Brangelina,” a home built in Edmond, OK, that was done as a tribute to the domestic bliss of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
It is a 4,000 sq ft, $500,000 house built near Pitt’s birthplace in Oklahoma City. We’re not quite sure of the exact location of this home (it’s reportedly in the Thornbrooke neighborhood of Edmond), but the clincher of this story is the creation of a life-size sculpture of Pitt and Jolie in a passionate embrace titled “Brangelina Forever” (linking to TMZ since we’re a G-rated site). This statue reportedly contains crushed glass from the wine glasses Pitt and Jolie drank from during their first meeting on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. And we all know what happened there.
But, wait — that’s not the end of it. The sculpture is being attached to the ceiling of the home’s master bedroom “… to inspire a ’sexual healing’ for the room’s occupants.”
Behind the creation and conception of The Brangelina is Los Angeles artist Xvala, artist Daniel Edwards, and filmaker Dave Smith. It was done as a documentary titled “Domestic Bliss: The Daniel Edwards/XVALA Project.”
Want to buy the home? It comes with a proviso that the owner “…must offer honorary ownership to Pitt and Jolie and put them up every time they come to town to visit Pitt’s grandmother.”
This project started two years ago before rumors of a Brangelina breakup started dominating the news.
Author Tom Clancy Buys $12.6 Million Ritz-Carlton Penthouse in Baltimore
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | December 9, 2009
Novelist Tom Clancy, who has made a nice living writing military/espionage thrillers with the fictional Jack Ryan as the hero (”The Hunt for the Red October,” “Patriot Games”), has taken his literary earnings and purchased a Ritz-Carlton penthouse in Baltimore for $12.6 million. Clancy was born in Annapolis, so his roots are deep as a Marylander.
Actually, Clancy’s penthouse is made up of three separate penthouses, comprising nearly 12,000-square feet. It contains 4 bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms, 3 semi-private elevators, a theater, and six balconies with views of the Inner Harbor.
Clancy seems to have started a trend in super-sizing penthouses at Baltimore’s Ritz-Carlton, with other buyers interested in the “buy two, turn them into one” strategy, but the Ritz-Carlton folks says it is a challenge to reconfigure spaces to accommodate new plumbing and electrical work. The Ritz completed construction in Baltimore in May 2008, helping to inject vitality and status along the waterfront.
Interested in a condo at the Ritz-Carlton on the Inner Harbor in Baltimore? There are more than a handful of condos for sale and many with a price tag under $1 million.
Hollywood Hills Celeb “Tree House” Listed for $3,695,000
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | December 4, 2009
Once owned by comedian/talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and later, by the late actor Heath Ledger, it’s known just as the “Tree House” and it’s for sale for $3,695,000, according to Luxist.
Located in Hollywood Hills, it’s a cozy, private two-bed, two-bath hideaway that was sold in June 2008 for $2.5 million. The listing description says:
Celeb Sanctuary. Very special Shangri-La remodel with exceptional privacy. Stunning forest-like view from tremendous deck with amazing outdoor screening room and other areas of added living space. So close to everything yet feels as though you are on an enchanting zen retreat. Handsomely redone kitchen and baths. Certainly worthy of its “star” history.
Photos courtesy Prudential California Realty. See more photos of the Tree House
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Halle Berry’s Beverly Hills Home Listed for $5 Million
By: Diane Tuman, Zillow Content Manager | December 3, 2009
While this quaint and rustic Old World Mediterranean home looks like it should be located in Europe, it’s actually Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry’s Beverly Hills home and it’s listed for $5 million.
Berry purchased the home in 2001 for $2,275,000. It was built in 1948 and has two bedrooms and two baths and features private gardens, al fresco dining and seating area, a fire pit and stone spa set in a lush canyon setting. The listing description states:
The vibe is majestic, yet casual, with vaulted heavy wood-beamed ceilings, wide-planked wood floors, detailed custom-made ironwork, stone-carved fireplaces, a dramatic staircase, banks of French doors/windows & a master suite tube carved out of stone. Gourmet cook’s kitchen. State of the art Crestron system. For your entertainment/creative clientele.
No word why Berry is selling.
Prominent NYC Real Estate Developer Elie Hirschfeld Selling his East Hamptons Home for $25 Million
By: Sarah Greenleaf, PR Intern | December 7, 2009
Prominent New York City real estate developer Elie Hirschfeld, president of Hirschfeld Properties (developers of New York City’s Grand Sutton, the Hotel Pennsylvania, the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Park Avenue Court, the Gotham and Exchange Tower) is selling his own oceanfront East Hamptons home for $25 million.
The Hirschfeld home is located on the prominent Lily Pond Lane (just down the road from Grey Gardens) and occupies 1.2 acres with 200 feet of oceanfront. It has 8 bedrooms, 7.5 baths, 5 fireplaces, heated pool, a sun/game room, large living salon, library, formal dining room and gourmet kitchen.
Not sure if the sale of the East Hampton home is tied to the dissolution of Elie and Susan Hirschfeld’s estate after some headline-grabbing accusations, but here are some photos of the Hirshfeld property:
