Archive for the 'Celebrity Homes' Category
Howard Stern (Hamptons House)
Filed under: Celebrity Homes, New York
Radio Personality Howard Stern purchased the land the home sits on in 2005 for $20 million in Southampton and subsequently built this 16,000+ square foot home with 8 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, media room, attached cabana, bowling alley and wine cellar.
He shares the home with his wife Beth Ostrosky Stern.
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Mar-A-Lago
Filed under: Celebrity Homes, Florida
Mar-A-Lago, located in Palm Beach, Florida, is the former estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post. It was purchased in 1985 by real estate developer Donald Trump and turned into the Mar-A-Lago Club.
The house has 58 bedrooms and 33 bathrooms and covers over 62,000 square feet of living space. It also has 3 bomb shelters and 12 fireplaces.
Donald Trump opened up membership to the club for those who can afford the $125,000 initiation fee.
Trump has supposedly turned down an offer of over $200 million for the property from a wealthy Middle Eastern Sheikh.
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Paris Hilton House
Filed under: California, Celebrity Homes
The home above (center) is the residence of pseudo-celebrity Paris Hilton. It is the home in which she is serving her sentence under house arrest after being released early from her 23-day jail sentence.
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Playboy Mansion
Filed under: California, Celebrity Homes
The Playboy Mansion is the home of Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner. It is one of the most famous homes in the world. It is known for the wild parties that are thrown by Hugh Hefner.
The house sits on 5 acres of land and is valued at approximately $50 million. It has 22 rooms and includes the following amenities: private zoo and aviary, tennis courts, waterfall, game room, wine cellar and large pool area (including the famous grotto that can be seen above).
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Bill Gates’ House
Filed under: Celebrity Homes, Washington
Bill Gates’ House overlooks Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The house is 50,000 square feet on an over 5 acre lot. It has 4 stories and contains 8 bathrooms. Construction of the house took seven years. The assessed tax value of the house is $125 million and it pays close to $1 million a year in property taxes.
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Tiger Woods’ House (Windermere, Florida)
Filed under: Celebrity Homes, Florida
The home pictured above currently belongs to Golf Superstar Tiger Woods. He recently purchased another home on Jupiter Island for $54 Million which he plans to tear down and build a custom home.
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