Jennifer Lopez lists ‘rare’ Bel-Air home for $63m after settling on new abode with Ben Affleck
Six months after saying “I do” to Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez is saying goodbye to her Bel-Air home, and looking to make a major profit in the process.
Six months after saying “I do” to Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez is saying goodbye to her Bel-Air home of six years.
Lopez, 53, purchased the extravagant French-style nine-bedroom, 13-bathroom Californian property for $28m in 2016. It’s now for sale asking $42.5m (AU$63m), its listing brokerage told The Post.
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Lopez, long known as a savvy property investor, had already scored a deal at the time of purchase. The home had gone up for sale for $40m at the time.
Pegged as a “rare and extraordinary estate” moments from the Bel-Air Hotel, the home features a living room with a fireplace, high ceilings, a wet bar, and steel windows and doors that open to the stone terraces, according to the listing.
The formal dining room and chef’s kitchen with a built-in breakfast area come with a stone fireplace.
There are also a family room and a game room with a bar that opens out to the terrace, with views of the three-sided infinity-edge pool.
The lower-level lounge boasts a 30-seat screening room. On the second floor is an office/study, a massage room and a guest room.
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The primary suite wing comes with a library and siting room, a fireplace and dual dressing rooms that open out to an expansive terrace.
There is an additional guesthouse, a studio, a gym, a 100-seat amphitheatre and an organic vegetable garden.
Additionally, there is an entertainment pavilion with a full kitchen and an outdoor shower.
It comes complete with a private lake and a sandy beach.
It comes as Lopez and new husband Ben Affleck found themselves a new marital home, following months of searching.
The couple is reportedly under contract to buy a sprawling Pacific Palisades estate last listed for $34.5m (AU$49.4m), according to TMZ.
Their new abode boasts seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, a huge home theatre, a six-car garage and a detached guesthouse, with a pool, hot tub and outdoor kitchen.
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This story first appeared in The Post and was republished with permission.
Originally published as Jennifer Lopez lists ‘rare’ Bel-Air home for $63m after settling on new abode with Ben Affleck
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