The new listing beats out the last record-holder, a spec home in Bel Air, by a whopping $100 million.Perenchio renamed the 25,000-square-foot estate "Chartwell" and engaged designer Henri Samuel—whose client list included the Vanderbilts, Rothschilds and fashion designer Valentino—to redesign the palatial home, according to information released by a lineup of top Los Angeles real estate agents hired to market the home.The media mogul, whose famous deals included promoting the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier boxing match in 1971 and buying failing Spanish-language channel Univision and selling it 15 years later for $13.5 billion, was worth an estimated $2.7 billion at the time of his death.Here are all the homes that have held the title "Most Expensive in America" during our 2-year tenure.Today, Perenchio’s limestone chateau has a "world-class" wine cellar, a ballroom, formal salon and a paneled dining room, according to the listing agents.Over the past three decades, Perenchio added onto the property acre-by-acre through the purchase of at least four additional parcels costing tens of millions of dollars, according to property records. Mansion Hits Market, Becomes Priciest Listing in the U.S. He bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965. Chartwell was built in 1933 and designed by … The limestone clad mansion in Bel Air owned by the late TV executive Jerry Perenchio just got a price cut.. ... Chartwell … Architect Sumner Spaulding built the colossal home in the neoclassical, French chateau style in 1933.
The Murdochs have been L.A. mainstays for years. Its exterior was used in the credits of “The Beverly Hillbillies” TV series. A rep for Murdoch did not immediately respond to a request for comment.But for such a high-end listing, it’s not exactly move-in ready since it was last renovated in the 1980s (though by noted designer Henri Samuel).The estate also comes with an annual tax bill of $1.3 million, according to the L.A. Times.Chartwell is the latest L.A. area home to sell for more than $100 million. Clearly empire building of all stripes has been on Murdoch’s mind, as the Chartwell mansion purchase included 10 contiguous acres of land in prime Bel Air, plus the 1.3-acre vacant lot immediately lot next door, which was formerly the site of Ronald Reagan’s longtime L.A. residence.
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... as the Clampetts' mansion. Lo and A-Rod Find Buyer For Their Malibu Beach Home After Just a Month,Lachlan Murdoch Buys $14.1 Million Los Angeles Home of Model Cheryl Tiegs,105-Year-Old Chandler House in Pasadena, California, Lists for $12.8 Million. "Chartwell" is the ultimate trophy and a legend cherished for generations. We are not responsible for any loss that you may incur as a result of relying on these currency conversions. Chartwell is a country house near Westerham, Kent, in South East England. It sold in the 1940s to hotelier Arnold Kirkeby, whose family rented the home out for the set of the "Beverly Hillbillies" and later sold it to Perenchio for $13.5 million in 1986, according to property records.These days—even factoring in inflation—the Beverly Hillbillies’ newfound oil wealth of $25 million could barely cover a down payment on the home. The estate, known as Chartwell, has a storied history. All property prices are as stated by the listing agent.Perenchio lived in the historic mansion for 30 years and during that time, embarked on a landgrab of neighboring parcels that has nearly doubled the estate to 10.3 acres.Stay up to date with Mansion Global newsletters.For the optimum Mansion Global experience, please turn off any ad blockers and refresh this page.Bold in Beverly Hills: Owners Hike Prices on Mega-Mansions,J.
Perenchio lived in the historic mansion for 30 years and during that time, embarked on a landgrab of neighboring parcels that has nearly doubled the estate to 10.3 acres, according to property records.The main residence of the $350 million estate has only traded hands twice before this.