21 - Gisele and Tom Brady
They might have a chicken coup, but Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady’s Tinsel Town home is no shack. Their 22,000-square feet pad has two wings with 8 bedrooms, a nursery, weight room, wine cellar, a lift, 6-car garage and even a butler’s room.
No doubt the Brazilian supermodel keeps her killer bod in shape in the lagoon-shaped swimming pool. It even has it’s own moat - great for keeping out uninvited paps and their pesky cameras. As well as looking fabulous, the mansion is also eco-focused, which should be no surprise because Gisele is passionate about protecting the environment.20 - Taylor Swift
The music superstar stumped up $17.7m – in cash - for her Rhode Island mansion. The fantastic 11,000-square feet waterfront bolthole is set in 5 acres, has 8 bedrooms and at least 10.5 bathrooms.
It’s a mere 65 feet from the water, but if Taylor doesn’t fancy a dip in the ocean, she can swim in her large pool. It’s reported that she had her eye on the 1930s-built property for several weeks before buying it. 19 - Jerry Seinfeld
The American comedian bought his elegant home in East Hampton, New York for $32 million from rock star Bill Joelin 2000. A princely sum, but chicken feed to Jerry who made it rich after 9 seasons of Seinfeld, the show that made him a household name around the world.
The house has 24 rooms, including a smoking room and music room - and 24 fireplaces. I guess it gets cold in The Hamptons! Complete with a tennis court and baseball field, the property sits in one of the most sought-after zip codes of the rich and famous, just 100 miles from Manhattan.18 - George and Amal Clooney
Oh Boy! If it wasn’t bad enough that one of the world’s most eligible bachelor gets snapped up; he and his wife go and buy a 17th century manor house in a quaint English country setting.
The Clooneys bought Aberlash House at Sonning Eye in leafy Berkshire as their marital home last year and have been renovating the £10 million Grade II-listed house including putting in security cameras and home cinema. The house, surrounded by extensive gardens, has 9 bedrooms, a steam room, gym, library, guest cottage and boathouse. Okay! I’m officially green with envy. Move on!
17 - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
It comes as no surprise that Hollywood royalty Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a home fit for a king and queen. The couple called Château Miraval in the South of France home for many years before buying it for an estimated $60,000 in 2012.
The sprawling 1,200-acre estate was the setting for the couple’s wedding last year. The house has 35 rooms, outdoor and indoor gyms, a moat, olive groves, private lake and the remains of a Romanesque chapel, where the couple tied the knot. 16 - Pharrell Williams
If his Hollywood Hills’ pad doesn’t make the Happy singer smile, then nothing will. There’s plenty of room for the Grammy winner to hang his hats in the $7.14 million steel and glass futuristic style home sitting high above the twinkling lights of LA.
It’s reported the star bagged himself a bargain by snagging the iconic property for $2 million less than the original asking price. The property comprises two buildings with a 4 to 5 bedroom open plan house with stunning views from every room and a 2-storey guesthouse. (Sigh!)15 - Simon Cowell
If any house is going to have the X Factor, you can count on it belonging to Simon Cowell. The music mogul splits his time between London and LA. His 90210 residence in Beverly Hills is a 9,335 square feet mansion with 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms.
The X Factor and American Idol judge bought the original house that stood on the land in 2004, pulled it down and built his dream house. Just off Sunset Boulevard, it features a high-tech media theatre, tanning salon, gym, luxury spa, and separate live in butler’s and maid’s quarters.14 - Oprah Winfrey
The “Queen of Talk” has a California home well worth talking about. The property contains 6 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, 10 fireplaces, a cinema and sits on 42 acres of land. The successful talk show host even has a lake for her exotic fish collection.
The weekly upkeep of this gigantic mansion must be whopping, but that shouldn’t bother Oprah. Her popular Oprah Winfrey Show ran for 25 years until 2011, but she continues to rake in the dosh from royalties from the show, her books and endorsements. 13 - Sean Connery
This is for your eyes only; the first actor to play James Bond in the 007 films has a home in the luxurious Lynford Clay community on New Providence Island, in the Bahamas. The Bahamas was a popular location for many Bond movies and the Scottish actor, who starred in 7 of them, should feel right at home.
The 1,000-acre gated community features 300 plush properties in a setting that could come straight out of a movie with its own golf course, tennis courts, marina and even a private school. I could tell you more – but I’d have to kill you!12 - Ozzy Osbourne
The Osbournes have been playing property musical chairs. In 2007, the Black Sabbath rocker sold the family’s Beverly Hills’ home, which featured in their reality TV series, to Christina Aquilera and found a private retreat in Hidden Hills, at the north end of California’s San Fernando Valley.
But in 2012, bat-eating Ozzy sold the property to singer/actress Jessica Simpson and for the past few years has rented around the LA area. Now he’s dropped $10,000 on a 5,680-square foot luxury English country-style mansion with 5 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms in North Arden, Beverly Hills once owned by Alan Ladd Jnr.11 - Jessica Simpson
Three years ago, Jessica splurged $11.5 million on the Osbourne’s palatial mansion in Hidden Hills, a popular enclave for celebrities. The rock and roll couple, who had paid $12.4 million for it, had given the property a major revamp.
The 10,953-square foot home stands in sprawling grounds and boasts a swimming pool, barbecue island and spa. After moo-ving in, Jessica decided to do her own revamp by adding a country feel to the estate – by adding a statue of a cow. The house has 6 bedrooms, a guest apartment, home theatre and state-of-the art kitchen.
10 - Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
The power couple shelled out $20 million on their 3.5-acre home in Hidden Hills in August last year and moved in earlier this year. The 16,000-square ft faux French country mansion has 8 bedrooms, several swimming pools, a vineyard, 8 fireplaces and a guesthouse.
For most people that would be more than enough, but not for Kim and Kanye. The pair forked out a further $2.9 million for a neighbouring 2,842 square ft home so they can expand their estate. Well, a girl can never have too many closets for her shoes! The smaller property was previously owned by Lisa Marie Presley.9 - Harry Styles
One Direction’s Harry Styles has a stunning home in the heart of Beverly Hills. Built in 1967, the $4 million property home has a cool tree-house design and enough bedrooms for all his bandmates. With awe-inspiring mountain top views, the 2-storey house is around 3,000 square feet, has 5 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.
There’s also a guesthouse that no doubt Harry fans will be eager to occupy. One fourth of the English boy band splits his time between England and the US, where his home features a pool, courtyard. office, breakfast area, gym and courtyard.8 - John Travolta
How many people do you know who have a runaway leading up to their house? Well, John Travolta for one. The star of Pulp Fiction and Saturday Night Fever has one of the most unusual celebrity homes ever. His mansion in Ocala, Florida could be mistaken for an airport.
That’s because of his private planes parked outside. Worth $2.7 million, the house has it’s own private runway with space for planes to taxi right up to his house. Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston designed the house around his jets so they could have “access to the world in a moments notice”.
7 - Tiger Woods
Golfing superstar Tiger Woods is another moneybags with an astonishing backyard. Tiger’s $54.5 million Florida home has a running track and 4-hole golf course on 3.5 acres. The property has 10,000 square feet of living space, a gym, tennis court, multiple pools and a dock for his 155-foot yacht.
After buying the property in 2006 for around $40,000, Tiger demolished the exiting 13-year-old mansion and spent another $20 million building his dream home and moved in after his divorce. The property is on exclusive Jupiter Island, which has just over 800 residents including several other professional golfers.6 - Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, held their A-list private wedding in the beautiful landscaped garden of their stunning $21 million Bel Air mansion. The 3.5 acre property is in a gated community in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains.
The actress and her actor/writer husband moved into the 8,500-square foot property after overseeing massive renovations. The sprawling estate in the exclusive LA neighbourhood features a guesthouse, obligatory pool, it’s own vineyard and wine cellar, gourmet kitchen and projection room.- Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp has been dubbed the coolest actor in the world and his 37-acre French estate is pretty cool too. The Pirates of the Caribbean star bought an entire village of more than 12 buildings in 2001 and has spent millions on renovations.
Just north of the famous beach resort Saint Tropez, the vast estate includes a house with 12 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, a church converted to a guest house, a restaurant, 2 swimming pools, skate park and wine cellar. The buildings are clustered around a square and are thought to date back to the 1800s. 4 - Jennifer Lopez
She may have been a “Maid in Manhattan”, but Jennifer Lopez is the lady of the house in her new pad in the Hamptons. Following her divorce from Marc Anthony, the star has made a fresh start by buying a $10 million pad with 8 bedrooms in Water Mill.
The luxurious house was built in 2004 and is close to Mecox Bay. It sits on a 2-acre estate and is in its own cul-de-sac making it private, though that didn’t stop a stalker who was discovered by her security staff living in her pool house.3 - David and Victoria Beckham
The glamorous couple, said to be worth £210 million, have shelled out a whopping £40 million on new digs in London. The gorgeous white stucco Georgian mansion in the exclusive neighbourhood of Kensington & Chelsea has 7 bedrooms and an underground garage for the former England captain’s fleet of luxury cars.
Its rumoured the couple are planning to spend millions on renovating the 4-storey property including building a gym, wine cellar and rooms for hairdressing and manicures, as well as converting two bedrooms to house the ex-Spice Girl’s shoes.2 - Khloe Kardashian
The reality star paid pop star Justin Bieber $7.2 million for his house in Calabasas, California and has spent a tidy sum giving the pad a sophisticated makeover.
Fans of Keeping Up with the Kardashians got a glimpse of the remodelling which was carried out by celebrity interior decorator Martyn Lawrence Bullard of Bravo's Million Dollar Decorators and includes a fabulous walk-in closet and shoe rack. The swanky home has 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms and sits in a private, gated community in which her sister Kourtney purchased a neighboring home. 1 - Leonardo DiCaprio
The Wolf of Wall Street star has properties on both coasts, including several in New York City. A new addition to his titanic real estate portfolio is a 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom super eco-friendly condo in Greenwich Village.
The actor is reported to have rented out the $10 million property in the Delos Building, which boasts a host of health-focused amenities including vitamin-C infused showers, purified air and water and posture-supportive flooring. The star, known for his environmentally conscious lifestyle, owns another swanky “green” apartment in New York.For More Posts Go To Main Blog
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