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Floyd Mayweather Puts Beverly Hills Mansion up for Sale Asking $48 Million

The retired boxing champion has owned the stately house since 2017

Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather has listed his grand Beverly Hills, California, home for $48 million.

Mayweather purchased the six-bedroom estate on North Crescent Drive from spec mansion developer Nile Niami for $25.5 million in 2017, according to property records.

The French Modern-style house, built in 1992, comes with an open-plan living area, 10 sets of French doors, a paneled library, a wine cellar with an adjacent bar, and a guesthouse equipped with a cinema room that can seat 20 guests.

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J.Lo Reportedly Has Her Eyes Set on a Fashion Icon’s $55 Million L.A. Mega-Mansion

As a lawsuit plays out, the pop star is allegedly in negotiations to purchase the Paul R. Williams-designed estate that was previously home to BCBG founder Max Azria and his wife Lubov.

While rumors were still swirling about whether their two-year marriage would officially end in divorce, Hollywood A-listers Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck had already hoisted their massive Beverly Hills marital mansion on the market for a whopping $68 million and started the hunt for separate Los Angeles digs.

Though Affleck quickly scooped up a Cliff May-designed equestrian spread in Brentwood for a speck over $20 million, Lopez was frequently spotted around town checking out potential spots to hang her hat. Now word on the street has it that she’s finally settled on a Sunset Boulevard estate in the affluent Holmby Hills enclave that was formerly owned by the late BCBG founder Max Azria, as well as Oscar-winning writer, producer, and novelist Sidney Sheldon before him. It also just happens to sit right next door to the home her former beau Sean “Diddy” Combs is selling for $61 million.

By Wendy Bowman

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Matthew Perry’s Los Angeles Home Gets a $500,000 Price Cut

The late “Friends” actor purchased the mid-century Hollywood Hills house less than six months before his death last year

Matthew Perry’s estate has lowered the price of a Los Angeles home that he bought just months before he died last year.

The mid-century house hit the market in May for $5.195 million, Mansion Global reported at the time. After a nearly $500,000 price cut on Friday, it’s now asking $4.7 million.

The “Friends” star bought the home in June of last year for just under $5 million using a limited liability company, property records show, and he died the following October at the age of 54.

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Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones—acting wizards and a power couple for the past 24 years—are finally, and reluctantly, saying goodbye to their 1929 estate in Irvington, New York. It’s bittersweet news for the two, who have lived there since 2019, but (we’re all about silver linings here!) it could be great news for you. That is, if you have $12 million on the ready.

The celebrity duo is parting ways with their massive Westchester County abode at 2 Fargo Lane because their kids—21 and 23 years old— .. Read more 

This article originally appeared in the October 2000 issue of ELLE DECOR. For more stories from our archive, subscribe to ELLE DECOR All Access.

In the fall of 1939, Harper’s Bazaar predicted, with little fear of contradiction, that a certain 15-year-old then living in Old Westbury, Long Island, was “inevitably the next glamour girl.” Her name was Gloria Vanderbilt, and unlike most girls her age, she was already beautiful and already famous.

More typically of adolescents, Vanderbilt was not at all sure of herself. She scarcely recognized the self-contained, sensual creature in the Louise Dahl-Wolfe photograph. “Who was she?” she would write years later. “It really has nothing to do with me at all.” Yet the caption writer at Harper’s Bazaar had insisted. “Her tastes are definite,” citing the girl’s interest “in things Egyptian,” including an Egyptian room of Vanderbilt’s own design.

Fernando Bengoechea

In the background is a painting of the house where Vanderbilt grew up, in Old Westbury, Long Island.

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He’s best known for creating and then starring in the Rocky and Rambo franchises; he sometimes goes by “Sly” or “Italian Stallion”; he’s inspired many a hot take on how well he was able to preserve über-attractive looks well into his 70s. The man we’re referring to is Sylvester Stallone, and now you can get a bit closer to his stardom by buying his former home in Garrison, New York.

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We can’t disagree. The gated residence offers “unparalleled privacy and elegance,” the listing notes.

The interiors are defined by tall ceilings and “an inviting and spacious atmosphere.”

The open kitchen features high-end appliances and flows to several dining areas. Upstairs, there’s a large primary suite with a private balcony, a walk-in closet, and an en suite bath.

Other highlights include a media area, a custom gym, and a downstairs office perfect for “remote work, music making, or study,” according to the listing.

Out back, there’s a covered patio, pool and spa, and space for entertaining.

When not dabbling in real estate, the Australian-born Wilson has a smashing acting career. She’s had standout roles in the “Pitch Perfect” franchise, “Bridesmaids,” and many a rom-com, including “How To Be Single,” “Isn’t It Romantic,” and “Senior Year.” She recently penned a memoir, “Rebel Rising.”

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Vanilla Ice, the one-hit wonder rapper from the 1990s, might have faded from the limelight—but he’s quietly become a multi-hit real estate phenom.

When his rapping career ended, the performer, whose real name is Robert Matthew Van Winkle, turned to buying and fixing up properties to flip.

It wouldn’t have been so much of a shocker if the one-time rapper, who met with early success, had ended up a career failure after his music moment died. Instead, he changed his tune.According to Van Winkle, it all started in 1992, when Hurricane Andrew destroyed his Florida home. He decided to fix it up himself and sold it. He was on his way to a new money-making plan; and to hone his skills, he even went to design school.

He told Steve-O on his podcast, Steve-O’s Wild Ride, that he started “buying homes all over the country.” He never lived in them but “made millions” when he decided to sell them off. “I bought a bunch, and I never used them,” Van Winkle revealed to Steve-O. “I thought I’d use them while I was there. I don’t want to stay in hotels, it gets crazy. So, I bought all these homes, and then I said, ‘S—.’ I went on three years. I never saw them. I thought I’d lost money on them. I thought, ‘F—, I just blew a lot of money,’ and I go, ‘Let’s just sell them. Sell them all.’ And I sold them all.”

Turns out, the homes sold quickly, and Van Winkle “made millions for doing nothing,” he told Steve-O. “I didn’t even change the carpet or do—there were probably cobwebs in there. Nobody rented them out. They just sat there, and I go, ‘Holy s—, let’s go buy a bunch more of them.’ I was buying homes all over the place and still am.”

The 56-year-old’s talents as a real estate investor and contractor were showcased on his reality TV show, “The Vanilla Ice Project,” which has 180 episodes and 13 seasons. He explained to Steve-O that he buys “distressed houses” that are off-market listings, picking them up for “pennies on the dollar.”

Van Winkle’s home-flipping work must be paying off, because according to Celebrity Net Worth, he’s worth about $20 million.

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Pic source : New York times