Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z
Location: Indian Creek Village, Florida
Sale price: $9,300,000
This palatial two-story
Mediterranean-style concrete waterfront property, built in 1991, was the
onetime residence of Beyonce and Jay-Z. It’s 7,888 square feet with 7
bedrooms, 8 full and two partial baths, a tile roof, and a pool. It’s
situated on an exclusive golf and residential island located between Bal
Harbor and Miami Beach.
Indian Creek Island is one of the wealthiest communities in America and
is favored by celebrities, due in no small part to its dedicated police
department including a round-the-clock marine patrol unit. Among Ms. B
and Jay-Z’s current and former island neighbors are Julio Iglesias and
his son Enrique, model Adriana Lima, and former Miami Dolphins coach Don
Shula.
Connie Chung and Maury Povich
Location: Middletown, New Jersey
Price: $2,300,000
Broadcast journalist Connie Chung and
talk-show host Maury Povich put their 4-bedroom, 4-bath Greek Revival
manor house on the market, and the buyer gets two houses for the $2.3
million price tag, as it comes with a 4-bedroom guest house.
Built in 1832, it’s also nominated for the National Registry of Historic
Places—we can envision the plaque: “Maury and Connie slept here.” Also
on the premises: the original barn with hay loft, a putting green, a
workshop, two live-in cabanas, a pool and garages for six cars.
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
Location: New York, New York
Price: $16,000,000
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
recently put their penthouse apartment in Chelsea’s City Prairie
building on the market. The space is 5500 square foot with 4 bedrooms
and 4.5 baths. Each of the 11 floors of the former Barney’s warehouse
and office has been converted into a full-floor loft apartment.
Features include anigre wood cabinetry, hardwood floors and poured
concrete radiant heat floors, master bedroom suite with dressing room
and bath, a library, home office, gym, laundry room, private terrace
with views of Manhattan and the Hudson, and a wood-burning fireplace.
Heidi Klum and Seal
Location: Los Angeles, California
Selling Price: $14,200,000
Heidi Klum and Seal obtained this
foreclosure in the Brentwood Country Estates community following a
bidding war last year, reportedly paying significantly more than the
$13,400,000 asking price.
The 12,300 square foot home has 9 bedrooms and 7 baths and is situated
on 8.52 acres—plenty of room for the model/“Project Runway” hostess, the
singer, and their four children, who also have a playhouse, because
their parents are Heidi Klum and Seal.
Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie
Location: Toluca Lake, California
Price: $7,000,000
Newlywed pop singer/ actress Hilary
Duff and her hockey player husband Mike Comrie listed their Toluca Lake
home for $7,000,000 in September. They’ve thrown in an eight-seat
electric boat to sweeten the deal, which will come in handy because the
property is located on Toluca Lake.
The 1951 Mediterranean style home features 6 bedrooms, 6-1/2 baths, a
dark-wood paneled and stainless steel kitchen with skylight, plenty of
terrace space with views, a pool and an outdoor fireplace.
Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen
Location: Los Angeles, California
Rent: $10,000
Previous Asking Price: $2,900,000
This 1959 home, with its clean and
classic midcentury modern design, sits on a stately perch atop Laurel
Canyon, never betraying that one of the owners is known for parading
around in a neon green monokini thong bathing suit in “Borat.”
Sascha Baron Cohen and his actress wife Isla Fisher (“Wedding Crashers,”
“Confessions of a Shopaholic”) listed their Los Angeles home last
summer, but it’s currently off the market. Built in 1959, the house has
just over a quarter acre with a lagoon-style pool and both mountain and
canyon views, including the 52-acre Woodrow Wilson Preserve.
Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber
Location: Los Angeles, California
Previous Rental Price: $18,500
Estimated Worth: $3,750,000
This ivy-covered 4-bedroom, 6-bath
circa-1938 charmer is nestled behind a gated privacy wall in the coveted
Brentwood section of L.A. The home is so appealing that it already had
at least one famous resident, Sally Field, before Naomi Watts moved in
following her split from Heath Ledger. Naomi and her partner Liev
Schreiber resided here with their two children before making off for the
east coast to live in New York City.
The house is now off the market, but just to offer a few tidbits to
appease the lookie-loos, it’s got open, exposed-beam ceilings, a modern
kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, and a private, sloping yard with a
pool and a canyon view.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
Location: New York, New York
Rent: $45,000
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s
high-floor apartment in the West Village’s Richard Meier building offers
stunning views of the Hudson. But according to Curbed, those views are
no longer as unhindered as they used to be due to the construction of
165 Charles Street tower, so Ms. Kidman and her musical husband moved to
a penthouse in an 11th Avenue starchitect-designed building closer to
the river, where no more towers can spring up in her view.
Still, the space they left behind isn’t too shabby: the 3 bedroom, 3-1/2
bath residence features high ceilings, wide-plank walnut flooring, a
chef’s kitchen, walk-in closets, two guest bedrooms with en suite
bathrooms, and a south-facing terrace offering views of the Statue of
Liberty and Jersey City across the river.
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
Location: Los Angeles, California
Asking Price: $3,150,000
Newlywed actors Penelope Cruz and
Javier Bardem have just welcomed their first child into the world, so
perhaps Penelope’s 3-bedroom, 4-bath home in the Hollywood Hills just
wasn’t big enough for their newly expanded family.
However, the single-story modern home (built in 1956) is much more
spacious inside than it appears from the privacy-protecting exterior.
The yard is modest in size, but the home is optimized for enjoying the
outdoors, with a pool and spa and many glass doors opening out to the
patio terrace area.
Pete Sampras and Bridgette Wilson Sampras
Location: Thousand Oaks, California
Asking price: $25,000,000
Tennis star Pete Sampras his actress
wife, Bridgette Wilson Sampras (“Billy Madison,” “I Know What You Did
Last Summer”) are selling their 7-bedroom, 10-bath, 4-5 car garage
contemporary home in a secure Westlake Village gated community.
