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10 Most Beautiful, Unique and Amazing Celebrity Homes
Posted in Features on May 28, 2008A few weeks ago, we introduced you to what we considered the Top 10 Ridiculous, Obnoxious, and Just Plain Ugly Celebrity Houses. Now, we’re going to do an about-face and show you the homes we believe to be the top ten most beautiful, amazing and unique celebrity homes. While some homes on this list teeter on the border of obnoxious, even the most expensive or largest homes have been saved by tasteful touches. We were not surprised to discover that the most beautiful homes were those that were modest, that seemed to fit into their surroundings, and that supplied just enough panache for each celebrity to call that house a “home.”
The list below is in no particular order. While the home sites are numbered, the numbering does not indicate that we favor one home over another or that they are listed in order of value.
Oprah Winfrey: This home, located in Santa Barbara, California, belongs to Oprah Winfrey. The property covers approximately forty-two acres and the house is 23,000 square feet. It has six bedrooms, fourteen bathrooms, ten fireplaces and a home theater. Oprah added a man-made lake stocked with rare fish and she had local Montecito sandstone bricks hand-laid into a quarter-mile long driveway. Although this house is nicknamed, “Oprah’s Hearst Castle,” we like it because of the landscaping, which is meticulous. To Oprah’s credit, this property contains the largest amount of green space in Santa Barbara. Its balanced elegance reminds us somewhat of the famous historic Biltmore estates located in Ashland, North Carolina.
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn: Actors Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell moved to Vancouver, Canada to support their son’s fledgling hockey career. This home, a Tudor-style creation located in the Shaughnessy area, is now on the market again and listed at $5.4 million Canadian. It contains five bedrooms and eleven fireplaces, a gym and a built-in theater room, and the house sports a grand oak paneled entrance hall with fireplace, two dens, new kitchen, private yard and a separate coach house. There is a formal living room and separate dining room, a conservatory, and the master suite contains a separate dressing area. The couple purchased the home in 2002 for $2,995,000, or $1,875,000 US dollars, and its charm and settings make the grade for this list.
Madonna: This pop-singer icon made a bid on Ashcombe, the former home of late photographer Cecil Beaton, in 2001. Friends including Rex Whistler, Salvador Dali and Augustus John returned Beaton’s hospitality by painting murals in the house. Located in Wiltshire, England, this 1,200-acre carried a guide price of £9 million. This was the first time that Ashcombe had been for sale on the open market since the First World War. It is an exceptionally private house, hidden in its own valleys which contain one of the country’s best shoots. The pop star learned how to fish, hunt and ride horses, so this home seemed to fit Madonna to a “T” in 2001. The couple also owns a mansion in London, and the Wiltshire property is within easy reach and close to the Wiltshire estate of Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler. They are close friends of the singer and first introduced her to her husband, Guy Ritchie. It appears recently, however, that Madonna has put Aschombe on the market again, this time to the tune of £12 million.
George Clooney: This sexy and talented actor purchased this 25-room Italian villa in 2001. Known as Villa Oleandra, it is said to contain an outdoor theater, a large swimming pool and a garage for Clooney’s motorcycles. Italian journalists and tourists swarmed to the small town of Laglio, where this villa is located, when they heard rumors that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would wed at pal George Clooney’s lakeside estate. Clooney has some illustrious neighbors as well - designer Donatella Versace owns a home on Lake Como near the burial place of her late brother Gianni. Singer Avril Lavigne and husband Deryck Whimbey honeymooned in Lake Como a few years ago as well. Clooney really admires this home and says, “I go there whenever I can. It’s where I wrote Good Night And Good Luck and where I finished the script for Leatherheads. It’s a really peaceful place to go and write.” Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are regular guests at the mansion, where Clooney also shot scenes for the film, Ocean’s Twelve.
Joel Horowitz: The co-founder for Tommy Hilfiger found his home - named Tranquility - in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. This home, conveniently located on the tax-free side of Lake Tahoe, contains a 20,000-square-foot main house that is modeled after a northern European mountain home. It also contains a 3,500-bottle wine cellar, an indoor swimming pool and an atrium as well as a 19-seat movie theater. It also boasts nine bedrooms, fourteen full and five half-baths, a private lake with docks and two par-three golf holes. While this home could be called “ostentatious,” it carries a glamor reminiscent of Europe. The living room features a double-height ceiling adorned with carved beams, large windows at one apse-like end and hand-carved antique fireplaces. The dining room’s floor dates back to the 17th century, and was salvaged from a French chateau. Its ceilings are hand-painted, not with Old World themes, but images of animals indigenous to Lake Tahoe. Want to purchase the home? It’s on the market again for a cool $100 million.
Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld purchased this lavish and luscious East Hampton, New York estate from rocker Billy Joel for the then record-setting price of $32 million in 2000. According to the magazine, OK!, this home beat out properties own by Donald Trump, Sir Elton John, and even George Clooney’s Italian villa noted above for the number one celebrity palace in 2007. This home has been described as a “magnificent Tudor-style waterfront manor … sited on over 14 acres of rolling lawns and naturalized landscaping. There are three buildings total with a sum of twenty-four rooms, including eight full baths and five half-baths. There are thirteen fireplaces, a gym, indoor and outdoor pools, a gourmet kitchen, a tennis court, a bowling alley, a guest cottage, a music room, a smoking bar and a wine cellar. Annual taxes are $208,463.
William Zysblat: William Zysblat recently purchased this modern beauty located in East Quogue, New York. Zysblat’s company, RZO Productions, has handled business and management affairs for rock icons U2, David Bowie, The Police and the Rolling Stones among others. The sale of the oceanfront post modern home on Dune Road closed in December for $6.2 million. The asking price for the 3,200 sq ft dwelling had been $6.7 million. The property includes 166 feet of ocean frontage on 2.5 acres. The home was designed by Quogue-based architect Jay Sears, and has a heated gunite pool, guest house, and tennis and bocce courts.
Tony Hawk: Tony Hawk shoveled his profits from professional skateboarding and gaming into this modest 5,000 square-foot home with a 4,000 square-foot skate park in Carlsbad, California. He grew frustrated from begin hassled by fans at public parks, so he added this unique skateboarding feature to his home. It comes complete with a rail, a center pyramid and a ledge that serves as a bench. Other outdoor features include a basketball court and a pool. Inside you’d find about $150,000 worth of gaming electronics hooked to a 65-inch plasma HDTV. Sounds like Hawk lives his work - all skateboard and video games. And, although this home seems a bit on the stark side, Hawk has made it his home. That, in our book, is truly amazing for any celebrity.
Brad Pitt: We chose Brad Pitt and his home(s) for several reasons. First, although this cliffside home isn’t shabby (worth about $4.5 million), it is just one piece of the Pitt puzzle. When you compare this home to their modest 1830s New Orleans dwelling, the cliffside home takes on a new perspective. This house is unusual, just like the house in the New Orleans that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Not to say that the home in Louisiana was inexpensive - it’s located near the French Quarter, and Pitt paid $3.5 million in cash on January 2, 2007, for the right to live there. According to the news story, “A real estate listing for the property shows the house has a grand spiral staircase, elevator, gourmet kitchen, a large private courtyard and a separate two-story guest house. It also has private parking for two cars - a luxury in the French Quarter.” Of course, it was a matter of convenience as well, as Pitt was filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in Louisiana last year. And, in the process, he’s also overseer of the housing project in storm-ravaged lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. This effort, in our opinion, is a mighty one indeed. In contrast to his isolated home in California, Brad and his consort, Angelina Jolie, appear to be good southern neighbors in a busy and famous neighborhood.
Sandra Bullock: This home is the quintessential Tybee Island, Georgia beauty. Actress Sandra Bullock spent more than one million dollars to purchase this modest three-story home on the north end of the island in 2001. She also purchased empty lots on either side of the home to protect her privacy. She reportedly owns homes in Southern California, Jackson Hole, Wyoming and in Austin, Texas as well. Bullock bought the home after filming Forces of Nature. The island faces the Savannah river inlet east of Savannah where portions of the movie where filmed.
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Deeman
May 28, 2008
Tony Hawk also owns the adjoining properties where his good friends and family all live. They share a huge bay, marina and there are connecting trails all thru the entire frontage. Thank you Cribs ™
MARK Z
May 29, 2008
Must be nice, I would love to see interior photos if anyone has any access to the inside of these homes.
Northville Real Estate Agent
May 29, 2008
Just because these celebrities have a lot of money doesn’t mean they have good taste. You are right some of these homes are just flat out ugly. They may be expensive, but that doesn’t mean they are nice inside.
Lankan
May 30, 2008
love to see the interior designs of these homes, specially the one in 5th photo which belogns to Joel Horowitz
Isabella
June 11, 2008
They are big and beautifull but don,t you think that they are just a bit selfish to think they need all that room for they family when there are people starving in other parts of the world and in their own country, why would you need such a hugh home anyway I consider these places to be a waste of money,they could put all that money to charities, I mean come on..they have millions, we have a mortage.
cherylt
June 16, 2008
Another reason to become best friends with Jerry and Jessica. OMFG, did you see that house? Just to be in the guest house would be like sitting in the lap of luxury.
Rosemary
June 18, 2008
Thank you for submitting this to the Blog Carnival.
Rosemary
http://mydiyhometips.com/2008/06/17/blog-carnival-edition-no-2/
Aubrey
June 23, 2008
those house are really beautiful and thanks for showing them on internet, pls send me the most hotest ever including Usher rayhmond and Jay z’s mansions.
loco
June 24, 2008
did you see oprah’s house? its MASSIVE!
UZAIR AHMED
June 27, 2008
10 most beautifull celebrity houses in the world
aisha
July 21, 2008
hi
would had love to see the interior of the houses shown in the picture
all I can say is greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
cute Saudi
July 24, 2008
Well…they’re nice..
i wish u can come and check my Villa which Located in Jeddah-KSA
U R WELCOME ANY TIME…
THANX
kiran
September 06, 2008
Take a look at this property. This estate can be a wine country Vacation home to someone very sprcial. http://www.circlepix.com/gesggu
x-riDerZ
October 06, 2008
nice homes.. but without love these homes are just a ruin damages..because purchaser have lot of money to buy these homes but they cant buy time and happiness to live in it…
BISHOP CHRIS MATTHEW
October 12, 2008
ANYBODY WHO WORKS TO TOUCH, CHANGE, HELP AND IMPACT OTHERS THE WAY OPRAH IS DOING IS A GODLY PERSON.
SHE DESERVES ALL THE COMFORT POSSIBLE BECAUSE SHE WORKS HER HEAD THINKING OF PROGGRAMS THAT CAN CHANGE LIVES.
WHEN I SEE PEOPLE WEEP AND SOME MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE BETTER AND RELATIONSHIPS RESTORED AND ADDICTS MAKE CHANGE COMMITENTS I HAVE EVEN WEPT ALONG SOMETIMES.
I MAY NEVER MEET YOU OPRAH BUT I LOVE YOU AND I PRAY EVERYTIME I SEE YOU ON TV I HOPE YOU FIND PERSONAL HAPPINESS ALSO.
GOD BLESS YOU IN JESUS NAME. AMEN!
SINCELY YOURS
BISHOP CHRIS MATTHEWS
safter
October 13, 2008
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ali asghar abbas
October 17, 2008
i intend to publish this artical in weekly peela lahore kindly allow me thanks
ac_kelly2000
October 25, 2008
hello what si up i am from usa in ohio my name is kelly and u i whjat u to add me in my email ok bey is ac_kelly2000@yahoo.com
pallavi
November 04, 2008
Nice houses .i like where much.
pallavi
November 04, 2008
nice houses
josievel
November 07, 2008
really love beautiful houses..thanks for publishing it
kimberly
November 08, 2008
ooo gosh these house are cool but some……..wooo they are just whhhack.the fact that they are expensive and all doesnt mean they are so nyc….GET A BETTER TASTE
p
November 15, 2008
Tacky Tacky Tacky, I agree with the other comment, how selfish, it is ok to have a nice home, but enough is enough. The money wasted on this type of selfishness could feed and cloth many…..or possibly provide rehab for those less fortunate the need it to better their lives. Just plain selfishness.
nqgawa
November 16, 2008
yyyyyyyeeeeeeeesssssssssi these r nice im gona have to find myslf a place lyk Tommyz
kitty kay
November 22, 2008
kitty like the big house in blue. but kay like the big house in red.
love ms weisssat
chad
November 22, 2008
they might be nice houses, but all the people that live in them are all screwed up!!!!!!!!
LORENZO
November 25, 2008
Have you seem Oprah’s ass lately? That is also massive! She needs a big house for that big booty.
Tyler
December 01, 2008
some of these houses are just straight up ugly=(
casey baumbach
December 08, 2008
The Spelling house is awesome. I feel sorry for Candy Spelling,her precious Aaron is not there to enjoy it with her. She is estranged from her daughter,Tori, and her family.Who does she get to snuggle next to every night?
Applelonia
December 10, 2008
I love Sandra Bulllock house it is just so plain and simple.
kimberly
December 14, 2008
GREAT BUT THIS MONEY IS BEIN WASTED CANT THESE CELEBS STOP BEING SELFLESS AND START BEIN MORE GIVING
Yuuzaa
December 16, 2008
I like Brad Pitt home..:)
katie
December 23, 2008
wow, some of those are just downright ugly! I guess money can’t buy good taste!
CAMERON
December 31, 2008
thought u might like this baby. love mommy. so u need to go to college and u can have all that to
megan
January 03, 2009
i love oprahs house
surabaya property
January 08, 2009
A house has many value. Pride seems to be the first for celebrities, although if it is convenient to live. It must spend highly cost in order to maintain either.
Brooke
January 09, 2009
Gorgeous!
Alex
January 13, 2009
i wish i had a home like this who cares about people in china they can get a job im not giving away money to stupid homeless… unless there not going to spend it on vodka
Sandy
January 17, 2009
Your website is awsome. It is always nice to know how the other ( better off) half lives. I do not begrudge anyone of them, they had to have earned it or wouldn’t have all they have. Keep up the great work. Thanks
Precious
January 28, 2009
I love the houses. I am in love with Oprah’s and Joel Horowitz’s houses. The European style makes me want to isit Europe! I am definitely star struck now!
Precious
January 28, 2009
P.S. How can u have more bathrooms than bedrooms??? And fireplaces??????
Timbrel
January 28, 2009
THESE HOUSES ARE BEAUTIFUL BUT MY HOUSE IS BETTER THAN ALL THESE, COZ I LIVE THERE.
mudassar raja
January 30, 2009
i like these houses.but these are expenses
mudassar raja
January 30, 2009
i want a house in DEVOS!!!!!!!!!!but no money!!so live in pakistan~~~~~~~M~~~~~~
irene dames
February 05, 2009
wow, its amazing to see that over-indulgence doesn’t necessarily bring out what we really want in a house! Celebs…., best way is to keep it simple and nice otherwise you end up with massive but no theme! I am an architect so take it from me.
amy
February 26, 2009
its amazin how many ppl r so jealous lol!i guess its coz ull never have a house like this, well with an attitude like this, y wud you deserve it. another thing…start giving a little did u say? scuze me but its tere money and they can do wotever they wasnt with it. they EARNT that money. Im sure they do give alot to charity. but also they want a nice house for themselves. nothing rong with that and fair play to them all.
These houses are not flat out ugly to the person that lives inside. They are all beautiful in some way to the people that live in them. So shut up and butt out
denise lotts
March 01, 2009
send to my e-mail
joy
March 01, 2009
oprah what a mansion. i wish she can just rennovate my house in africa………………………
aidah
March 02, 2009
massions!! but guesswat, it profits one nothing to gain the whole world and lose their own soul.. so pliiz think about accepting Jesus as yo personal savior. thats wat can make a difference in all yo lives. He who has jesus is the wisiest, richest,,,…………..
lots of luv Aidah- U
jo
March 03, 2009
i wud luv to live in a mansion
asya golooba
March 20, 2009
wow they house are so nice wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwow i like them am from afreca uganda
Kathy
March 20, 2009
Good grief people, learn proper English, learn how to spell properly, use a dictionary for God’s sake. Did you people even bother paying attention in school? Apparently not if your spelling and grammer useage is any indication.
Quick lesson,
It’s where NOT were.
would NOT wud
what NOT wat or wot
iram ahmad
March 26, 2009
i like kurt russell and goldie hawn’s home very much it is just imagnairy home
manasvi chaudhary
March 26, 2009
hi, i liked russell n hawn’s home v much. its BEAUTIFUL.
manasvi chaudhary
March 26, 2009
hi, i liked russell n hawn’s home v much. its BEAUTIFUL. GORGEOUS
wow
March 28, 2009
wowowowowowowow
Aayushi
March 30, 2009
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kaye
April 02, 2009
nice houses,very expensive but they deserve it for all their hardworks……just dont forget to help others specially those less fortunate ones
God bless you guys!
Clayton Potts
April 10, 2009
with all that money yall could give me some!!!™
Clayton Potts
April 10, 2009
and homes are crazy i love them!!!™
Dr.Arshad(Doctor of pharmacy)
April 16, 2009
I always pray to my Allah that give me such a beautiful and nice house in this world and also in the next world.
Mike
April 17, 2009
This is good stuff. Go to my celebrityhomes.devhub.com site.
Veronica Watibini Makhanu
April 27, 2009
Lovely, I wish I would just spend a night in these houses. Am reguesting for financial help for my 8 kids who are not able to continue with their education. Even $100 will help me put a meal before them.
Thanks
Veronica Watibini Makhanu
April 27, 2009
Pls help Save a Soul, just a meal
HLENGIWE
May 06, 2009
Wow,wow,wow this is absolutely amazing OPRAH you go girl.
HLENGIWE
May 06, 2009
Wow,wow,wow this is so so amazing OPRAH you go girl.
tmil
May 14, 2009
tony hawk likes men
tmil
May 14, 2009
so does konner
kreed
May 14, 2009
chad baller loves the weiner
Gosi
May 15, 2009
This is just not fair.Lord why did u even create some of us?dont you think you are punishing us even before you pass judgement?I think you have the people you realy like and us you just created to fill the earth so that they are not lonely.Iam sleeping in a room with my sisters and brothers,my mum, 1 room shud i repeat,and some one out there has 20 rooms and is staying alone? just take us back like you are doing rite now by AIDS..I bet you are so pleased with your creation.HAVE A NICE DAY. BY the way theb houses are so nice,i hope they make the owners happy as well. AFRICAN QUEEN.
alex
May 26, 2009
yous are the best guys!I am proud of yous!
alex
May 26, 2009
yous are the best guys!I am proud of you!
prasad.n
June 01, 2009
this houses are very pretty i like very much
frank
June 10, 2009
this houses shouldnt even be here does the author of this page know who 50 cent, russell simmons, hugh hefner, or even richard bronson is ridiculous
KELLY K
June 10, 2009
lovelly homes especially tony hawks but if you r a celeb yr house should be huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge my hose is way huger than dat 1 but my daddy is gonna make a minni ramp like TONY HAWKS BABY BUT 50 CENTS HOUSE IS WAY BETTER HAVE YOU SEEN JAY-Z’S HOUSE MY GOD! BUT TONY HAWKS HOUSE RULZZZZZZZZZZZZZ I LOVE SKATEBOARD I HAVE 36 OF DEM ND 6 JAY BOARDS.
Edge
June 14, 2009
All those houses are magnificient but the real idea of building a house is not by how many millons you spent with it but by building it with a determinations that you’ll actually fell that you can call it “HOME SWEET HOME “…….
Jack
June 19, 2009
Everyone coming on here complaining about the amount of money they spend on these homes needs to take a long look in the mirror. You think your better because your a broke drain on society, rather than an extremely wealthy, charitable person who spends a VERY small chunk of their forutne on a home. They earned what they have in life and you think YOU should be able to judge them? Now that’s selfish….
vanessa
June 25, 2009
hi oprah i wish u can come help me wit anm my kids with our apartment and help me grow my future for my kids thank you llots of love for u
vanessa
June 25, 2009
your mansion is beautiful god bless
wes
July 01, 2009
FYI THE BILTMORE IS IN ASHEVILLE, NC NOT ASHLAND, NC. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE WRITING AN ARTICLE YOU NIT WIT!