The Bel-Air estate that once served as the establishing shot for the CBS sitcomThe Beverly Hillbillieshas sold for about $150 million, the highest home price in California history.
The buyer is Lachlan Murdoch, the son of Australia-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the current head of News Corp., theLos Angeles Timesreports.
The exact price isn’t known, but according to theTimes, anonymous sources familiar with the deal said the closing price was well above the$119.75-millionpaid earlier this year for thefamous home of the late Aaron Spelling(father to Tori), known as The Manor.
After failing to find a buyer, it was laterlistedwith a massive price reduction — $245 million — with no fewer than eight high-power brokers: Jeff Hyland, Drew Fenton and Gary Gold ofHilton & Hyland(aChristie’s International Real Estateaffiliate), Jade Mills, Joyce Rey, and Alexandra Allen ofColdwell Banker Global Luxury; and Drew Gitlin and Susan Gitlin ofBerkshire Hathaway Home Services.
The final $150 million deal Lachlan secured is about 43% of the original number, and it still broke an all-time record for most expensive sale in the state’s history.
The seller was late media mogul A. Jerrold Perenchio.
Hilton & Hyland
In total, the estate contains 11 bedrooms and 18 bathrooms, with five of the bedrooms belonging to a massive guest house. The property will only be shown to pre-qualified buyers.
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In January 2017, a differenthouse in Bel Air claimed the accoladeof America’s most expensive home, when it hit the market for $250 million, but according to the property’s tax history on Zillow, the listing was removed in June 2017 and re-listed in April 2018 with a $62 million price cut. The listing was removed again in May 2018 and re-listed in July for $188 million.
A query sent to that home’s official media representative was undeliverable.
source: people.com
