Billionaire is a private residence in the
Bel Air neighborhood of
Los Angeles
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, California, United States.
History
The previous home occupying the lot was owned by
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
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* Hollywood ...
star
Judy Garland
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until 1967. The property was acquired by
Bruce Makowsky
Bruce Makowsky (born 1956) is an American real estate developer and entrepreneur. In 2017, he set the record for the most expensive home listed in the United States by listing a home he developed in Bel Air on the market for $250 million, which ...
in May 2012, for US$7.9 million.
The structure was built in four years by 250 workers.
Price
Listed in January 2017 at US$250 million, Billionaire was the most expensive house listed for sale at that time in the US. In April 2018 it was relisted for $188 million. In January 2019, its price was cut again to $150 million. It surpassed the Gemini mansion in
Manalapan, Florida
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History
United States President Benjamin Harrison granted Ge ...
that was listed at $190 million at the time. The most expensive home ever sold in
Los Angeles County
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was the
Playboy Mansion
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at $100 million, while the record sale in the state of California was $117.5 million.
At that time, the most expensive home ever sold in the US was a $147 million
East Hampton mansion.
[ In October 2019, the house sold for $94 million.]
Description
The house at 924 Bel Air Road consists of of living space on four levels. It has 12 bedrooms: two master suites and ten large guest suites.fitness center
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, a wellness spa
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, a 4-lane bowling alley
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, a $12,000 glass pool table, and a 360-inch TV, likely the largest residential television set.Dolby Atmos
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James Bond
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-themed theater
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has a 22-foot screen, 57 speakers, and a 4k projector with 7,000 pre-loaded movies.[ Situated on a 1.08-acre lot, the exterior of the home features of outdoor deck space, a $2 million outdoor ]hydraulic
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retractable theater screen measuring 18 feet by 12 feet, an 85-foot glass tile
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Early history
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Where ...
infinity pool
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with a swim-up bar, and a helipad
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with an inoperable ''Airwolf
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''[ The home offers a 270-degree view of Los Angeles from the ]San Gabriel Mountains
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to the Pacific Ocean in Malibu.[
There are two ]wine cellar
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s, two commercial elevators lined in alligator
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skin, a $2 million polished steel staircase, a $500,000 set of moving Seven Dwarfs
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History
The Seven Dwarfs live in a tiny cottage and work in the nearby mines. Snow White stumbles upon thei ...
images, a $200,000 wall of candy dispensers, Dom Pérignon
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-filled fire extinguisher
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s, over 130 works of art (including photographs by Timothy White and a $1 million sculpture by Liao Yibai
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), and a seven-person full-time staff with separate living quarters.Lamborghini
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s, Ferrari
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s, Bentley
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s, a Rolls-Royce
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, a Bugatti Veyron
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, ten motorcycles, a one-of-a-kind Pagani Huayra
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worth more than $2 million, and a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K
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History
Introduced at the 1936 Paris Motor Show, the Friedrich Geiger designed car was a development of the 500K, itself a developm ...
worth in excess of $15 million.[
]
See also
* List of largest houses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
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* List of largest houses in the United States
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References
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Houses in Los Angeles
Bel Air, Los Angeles
Residential buildings completed in 2016