Want to truly live the LA lifestyle and own a celebrity property? Check out the article below from the Hot Properties section of the LA times. Apparently Nicholas Cage put his 11,817 square foot Bel-Air mansion on the market (again) for a bargain price at $29,999,000 discounted from it's former $35 million asking price. To my mega-wealthy readers out there, please contact me if you are interested in seeing or purchasing this property. I would be more than happy to represent you in the purchase of this home.
HOT PROPERTY
Nicolas Cage's Bel-Air Tudor for sale (again) at $29,999,000
Cage may have leased
Hot Property
Hot Property
September 6, 2008
SOME people collect stamps, others collect houses. Count Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage among the latter.
Cage just listed his 11,817-square-foot Bel-Air Tudor at $29,999,000 -- and has leased a unit in the downtown Biscuit Co. Lofts with an option to buy. He also is believed to own a mansion in Rhode Island, Anne Rice's former house in New Orleans and a castle in Scotland. There may be a place in Hawaii too, and some more in L.A., but frankly he lost us at $29,999,000.
The Bel-Air home was built in 1940 for $110,000, according to Bret Parsons, author of the recently published book "Colcord Home," about the architect who designed this landmark property. The house has nine bedrooms and nine bathrooms and sits on an acre of land with an Olympic-size pool, a custom wine cellar and a 35-seat home theater. The focal point of the baronial English Tudor is a square tower -- a perfect place from which to practice archery on unsuspecting Fuller Brush salesmen.
The property was once owned by singer Dean Martin, who in 1974 commissioned Gerard Colcord and his associate Liza Kent to add the 2,500-square-foot entertainment complex. The house was on the market in 2006 when Cage listed it for $35 million and was taken off last year. He bought it in 1998 for $7 million.
James Chalke of Nelson Shelton & Associates is the listing agent for this property.
Cage, who lived in the Bel-Air estate only part of the time, now may be parking his bedroom slippers in the 3,500-square-foot penthouse unit of the Biscuit Co. Lofts. That unit had been listed at $4.9 million and is no longer for sale, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
The building, in the hip-and-growing-hipper Arts District, was built in 1925 and adapted for residential use in 2006. The Biscuit has street-level restaurants, a gym and a market. The lobbies and corridors have ornamental concrete, sandblasted brick, copper doors and vintage lighting -- all very cool stuff.
Cage's lease-option penthouse has 28-foot ceilings, exposed brick walls, hardwood floors, industrial-scale windows, Wolf stainless-steel appliances and a wraparound deck. His foray into the neighborhood might make this the new "in" in-town location for celebrities and those who worship the hardwood floors they walk on.
Cage, 44, won an Oscar for his role as a suicidal alcoholic in "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995). He played an eccentric historian in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" (2007) and appeared opposite Cher in "Moonstruck" in 1987. He also stars as an assassin in " Bangkok Dangerous," which just opened.
Billy Rose and Blair Chang, Prudential California Realty, Beverly Hills, had the listing on the Biscuit loft. Neither could be reached for comment.
HOT PROPERTY
Nicolas Cage's Bel-Air Tudor for sale (again) at $29,999,000
Cage may have leased
Hot Property
Hot Property
September 6, 2008
SOME people collect stamps, others collect houses. Count Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage among the latter.
Cage just listed his 11,817-square-foot Bel-Air Tudor at $29,999,000 -- and has leased a unit in the downtown Biscuit Co. Lofts with an option to buy. He also is believed to own a mansion in Rhode Island, Anne Rice's former house in New Orleans and a castle in Scotland. There may be a place in Hawaii too, and some more in L.A., but frankly he lost us at $29,999,000.
The Bel-Air home was built in 1940 for $110,000, according to Bret Parsons, author of the recently published book "Colcord Home," about the architect who designed this landmark property. The house has nine bedrooms and nine bathrooms and sits on an acre of land with an Olympic-size pool, a custom wine cellar and a 35-seat home theater. The focal point of the baronial English Tudor is a square tower -- a perfect place from which to practice archery on unsuspecting Fuller Brush salesmen.
The property was once owned by singer Dean Martin, who in 1974 commissioned Gerard Colcord and his associate Liza Kent to add the 2,500-square-foot entertainment complex. The house was on the market in 2006 when Cage listed it for $35 million and was taken off last year. He bought it in 1998 for $7 million.
James Chalke of Nelson Shelton & Associates is the listing agent for this property.
Cage, who lived in the Bel-Air estate only part of the time, now may be parking his bedroom slippers in the 3,500-square-foot penthouse unit of the Biscuit Co. Lofts. That unit had been listed at $4.9 million and is no longer for sale, according to the Multiple Listing Service.
The building, in the hip-and-growing-hipper Arts District, was built in 1925 and adapted for residential use in 2006. The Biscuit has street-level restaurants, a gym and a market. The lobbies and corridors have ornamental concrete, sandblasted brick, copper doors and vintage lighting -- all very cool stuff.
Cage's lease-option penthouse has 28-foot ceilings, exposed brick walls, hardwood floors, industrial-scale windows, Wolf stainless-steel appliances and a wraparound deck. His foray into the neighborhood might make this the new "in" in-town location for celebrities and those who worship the hardwood floors they walk on.
Cage, 44, won an Oscar for his role as a suicidal alcoholic in "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995). He played an eccentric historian in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" (2007) and appeared opposite Cher in "Moonstruck" in 1987. He also stars as an assassin in " Bangkok Dangerous," which just opened.
Billy Rose and Blair Chang, Prudential California Realty, Beverly Hills, had the listing on the Biscuit loft. Neither could be reached for comment.
For more information please visit www.MarkSellsLA.com
Written by Mark Gonzales Copyright 2008
Mark Gonzales, Realtor, real estate agent specializing in marketing and selling residential homes, condos, and commercial real estate sales in Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Woodland Hills, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas. Please visit www.MarkSellsLA.com for more information.
Written by Mark Gonzales Copyright 2008
Mark Gonzales, Realtor, real estate agent specializing in marketing and selling residential homes, condos, and commercial real estate sales in Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Woodland Hills, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Encino, Tarzana, Calabasas. Please visit www.MarkSellsLA.com for more information.
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