Posted on 11/25/2016 10:58:40 AM PST by BenLurkin
The 10-bedroom estate, overlooking Coachella Valley, was custom designed the famous comedian and his wife Dolores by renowned Modern architect John Lautner.
The unique UFO style home, which was completed in 1980, was first put on the market in March 2013 for $50 million. But the property proved a tough sell, and the price was dropped to $34 million just nine months later. By December 2014, the asking price had plummeted to half its original listing, at just $25 million.
However, the new owner, reported to be investor Ron Burkle - worth an estimated $1.54 billion, snapped it up at a bargain $13 million.
The futuristic mansion is the most famous property owned by Hope, who was extremely passionate about architecture.
'If the Martians ever came to Earth, they would know where to land,' the legendary comic once said of his home.
Its interior is almost as distinctive as the outside, though one imagines that architect John Lautner had little to do with the bright and whimsical Rousseau-like jungle mural and trompe l'oeil greenhouse alongside the sheltered pool.
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It’s been though many already you must not be a Californian
There’s an awful lot of some heavy building material in that overhang, it would make me nervous.
They are both very similar actually, but I still think I would rather have Hope’s home. But I could live in that one as well. Just don’t want to live in Mexico, personally.
Wow!
like the Sydney Opera House, right?
I absolutely LOVE that house! Sure would be nice to see the inside. A 22k sf house isn’t bad to clean at all. It would only take 2 cleaning people at most, one of them part time if only 2 people actually live in the house full time. These nice houses are very easy to clean...much, much easier than my 400sf apartment is even. I know, because I’ve done it.
When everything is well built in the first place, kept clean and up to date, they are far from being a maintenance nightmare. If they are thoughtfully built, then you have easy access to anything that might break down or need replacing.
Since eye appeal is crucial in these homes, there tends to be no over crowding, lots of empty space and room to move around which makes it very easy to clean. You don’t have to move the entire house around to get to the corners, and shelves aren’t overloaded, either.
I’ve seen vids of many of the homes of the rich and famous, but none of them appealed to me. This one however, is my dream house...I love it!! At least from the outside.
GREAT post. GRRRRREAT house. GRRRRRRRRREAT man. R.I.P., sir.
love
Thanks for the link. WOW!
ROFLMAO! Laugh of the week/month. Thanks, RD (I’d never seen that one before)
Wow. That IS amazing! I found a few more views of the interior at this youtube link:
If you like Ken Kellogg’s work, McGillicutty’s place is still there between JOshua Tree and 29 Palms facing the National Park.
His Charthouse Restaurant design in Rancho Mirage, burnt down a few years ago.
https://www.yatzer.com/desert-house-kendrick-bangs-kellogg
That house could definitely handle the worst of storms. Built like a castle.
Thanks.
That took me down memory lane. I haven't thought of a White Front store in decades. Not because I forgot them, just no reason to think of them.
Yep, Hope estate architect must have bought his readi-crete at White Front.
Thats it
Makes me miss my late mom we shopped there
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