The lovely Spanish-style home in Brentwood where Marilyn Monroe lived and died has sold for $7.25 million.
The sale closed Wednesday, one day before what would have been the star’s 91st birthday. Monroe died in the two-bedroom house in 1962, just four months after she bought it. Though she lived all over Southern California, it was the only home she ever purchased.
The 23,200-square-foot property, which features a guest house, citrus trees, and a pool, was put up for sale in April with an asking price of $6.9 million. The buyer was not disclosed.
Built in 1929, the one-story main house is bedecked with tiled floors, arched entryways, pitched ceilings with exposed wood beams, and a newer kitchen. Listing agent Lisa Optican has described it as retaining, “many of the design elements selected by Monroe.”
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Comments
that house is in an A+ Brentwood location and the lot/setting is great. If you’ve been inside the house you’d agree that the structure is rather underwhelming – at least for a home in that price point. I’d be shocked if this isn’t significantly altered or torn down. Someone spending that kind of money usually wants the big walk-in closets, the grand kitchen etc and you don’t get those amenities here. Personally I would be perfectly happy with it as it is now and would just make some tweaks to the finishes.
By LAoneWay on 06.01.17 12:34pm
Not surprised this sold above ask. It’s pedigree almost ensured it.
I doubt this will be torn down. MM’s near-mythic status means the house will be turned into a shrine.
But I am curious about the "undisclosed buyer"? The Kennedy’s or the Lawford’s? They certainly don’t want any secrets to get out, in more ways than one.
By Flprepster55 on 06.01.17 5:57pm
What I like about it is that it isn’t ostentatious or flashy.
It’s simple, old-fashioned, serene and romantic. The large grounds put lots of space around the house making it feel like a true getaway.
This is a piece of old Los Angeles that is disappearing before our eyes, slipping through our fingers like water.
If it takes a richy-rich person willing to drop $7mil+ on a house with no giant walk-ins or 10-car garage, solely because that richy-rich might just want the bragging rights of owning Marilyn Monroe’s only owned house, then I say God bless the richy-rich.
By Shulius Julman on 06.02.17 4:44am