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High-End Amenities Help Put Price on Mansions – LA Business Journal

REAL ESTATE: Developers, designers look to create next big thing to hook ultrarich. By Helen Zhao Friday, March 31, 2017 From his and hers bathrooms to six-car garages, amenities once reserved for the ultrarich have become standard fare in what some call the “middle market” of luxury homes in Los Angeles, ranging from about $5 […]

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The Trials of the Old Hollywood Silent Stars

Old Hollywood stars had lots of ups and downs during their time in show business. Some made their own financial mistakes and others had wives who gladly spent their fortunes for them. In the 1920’s, Buster Keaton, one of Hollywood’s top three silent film stars, found out just how easily money could be made and […]

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The Magnificent Greenacres Estate: The Best of Old Hollywood

To say that the homes and estates of old Hollywood are grandiose is an understatement. I am not sure you can accurately put into words the lavish, opulent splendor that was the norm of these priceless relics. In our blog, we have taken a look at many of the estates that graced the Platinum Triangle […]

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Cove Way: Home of the Founder of Beverly Hills

At the beginning of the 1900’s, oil was the foundation of wealth for most of the prominent men in Los Angeles and surrounding counties. It was after making their fortunes in oil, that they turned their attention to the next most profitable venture, real estate. Land that had been purchased for oil production, but ended […]

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$250 million Bel Air mansion most expensive US home for sale — ABC NEWS

A mansion for billionaires became the highest priced home for sale in the country with its quarter of a billion dollar price tag. (KABC) By Rob Hayes Thursday, January 19, 2017 06:46PM BEL AIR, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Listed at $250 million, a mansion in Bel Air became the most expensive home for sale in […]

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In the early years, Beverly Hills was a hot spot for wealthy retirees who wanted a reprieve from the colder, Midwestern states. Acquiring a coveted spot among Hollywood’s top stars, movie producers and oil tycoons ensured that they remained at the top of the social pyramid, maintaining the status they held in their previous circle […]

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Mexican actor/director Eugenio Derbez grabs an $8 million architectural in Beverly Hills (Post Office) – LITTLE BLACK BOOK

What would we do without our beloved Romanian pal Vlad the Revealer from Celebrity Address Aerial, y’all? It was he, after all, who demanded that we spill the proverbial jelly beans on a super-contemporary mini-mansion way up high in the Benedict Canyon region of the Beverly Hills Post Office neighborhood. For those of you ignorant […]

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Seven Wonders: Epic Family Homes– CHRISTIE’S LUXURY DEFINED

There’s no place like home for the holidays, when those welcome hordes of relatives and friends descend upon the family household, where merrymaking—and logistical chaos—ensue. Here we present an alternative to that “relative” chaos with this collection of epically proportioned homes. Spanning from 15,000 to 56,000 square feet, these are no ordinary houses: among this […]

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Misty Mountain Estate

With gorgeous views and untouched acreage, Angelo Drive became the perfect spot for Old Hollywood stars and starlets to show off their wealth and prestige. In the early 1900s, one of the first Angelo Drive estates was built for Frances Marion and Fred Thompson, a screenwriter and cowboy star, who named their piece of paradise […]

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The largest private residence in Los Angeles just became the most expensive home in America – BUSINESS INSIDER

A mansion known only as “the Manor” has just become America’s most expensive home, boasting a $200 million price tag. Built in 1991 on five acres of land in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles, the house is a staggering 56,500 square feet and has 123 rooms, including seven bedrooms and a service wing. […]

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