The previous property of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst is on sale (once more), and at $125 million, the property is a “cut price.”
Regardless of its magnificence, acreage and historical past, the home has been a tough promote. Initially listed for $195 million a number of years in the past, its worth was lower to $135 million in 2018 earlier than being lower additional.
Described by the property agent, The Company, as “among the many most unusual trophy properties in america,” the Beverly Home was not solely residence to Hearst and Marion Davies, however was the honeymoon love nest for Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy — and served as JFK’s Presidential Election Headquarters.
Movie buffs will acknowledge it because the setting for scenes in each “The Godfather” and “The Bodyguard.”
Situated three blocks from the Beverly Hills Resort, the property, designed by Gordan Kaufmann, options 18 bedrooms, a close to Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courtroom, two screening rooms, a commercial-grade kitchen, terraces to accommodate 400 or extra friends and grounds to accommodate greater than 1,000 individuals, in response to the itemizing.
It additionally comes full with 4 safety gates and several other perimeter housing buildings.
The Beverly Home “stands as an emblem of Hollywood’s Golden Period,” the itemizing boasts. Inside are floor-to-ceiling home windows, a two-story paneled library a proper front room with its 22-foot-high arched ceiling, spa and a Dennis Abbe mural.