- The former home of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt just sold in an off-market deal for $32.5 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.
- That’s a nearly 34% discount from its original asking price of $49 million in May 2019.
- The seller was a hedge-fund executive who bought the home in 2006 after Aniston and Pitt’s divorce.
- The two actors bought the Los Angeles home in 2001 and reportedly spent three years renovating it, adding heated marble kitchen floors, a private screening room, and a pub room with wood floors from a 200-year-old French château.
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The former Los Angeles home of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt just sold for $32.5 million in an off-market deal – a 34% discount from its original asking price of $49 million, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The 12,000-square-foot Beverly Hills home was on the market for over a year. It was first listed for in May 2019 for $49 million and got a $4.5 million price cut in October 2019.
Aniston and Pitt bought the 12,000-square-foot California house for $13.1 million in 2001 from entertainment attorney Ken Ziffren and spent three years renovating it, per Architectural Digest. The home’s current owner, hedge-fund executive Jonathan Brooks, bought the home from the actors in 2006 after their divorce, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The home, described by the Journal as a “French Normandy Revival property,” has four bedrooms and comes with a swimming pool, ample outdoor space, and a championship tennis court. It was listed by Susan Smith of Hilton & Hyland.
Here's a look inside the $32.5 million home.
The 12,000-square-foot Los Angeles estate that was once the home of actors Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt sat on the market for over a year.
Originally listed in May 2019 for $49 million, the home got a $4.5 million price cut in October 2019. It just sold in an off-market deal to an unidentified buyer for $32.5 million, per the Los Angeles Times.
The seller was a hedge fund executive who bought the home from the actor couple in 2006.
The house is in Beverly Hills, one of Los Angeles' ritziest neighborhoods.
The area, beloved by celebrities, is about 11 miles from downtown and 13 miles from Los Angeles International Airport.
Aniston and Pitt bought the California house for $13.1 million in 2001 from entertainment attorney Ken Ziffren.
They sold it to Jonathan Brooks, a founder of Smithwood Partners, in 2006 after their divorce.
The four-bedroom house was built in the 1930s, designed by the architect Wallace Neff for Fredric March and his wife, Florence Eldridge, both actors.
Source: Curbed LA
Aniston and Pitt, who owned the home from 2001 to 2006, spent three years remodeling it and lived there for less than two years.
Source: Wall Street Journal
They added a screening room, as well as heated marble floors in the kitchen.
Source: Wall Street Journal
They also created a pub room with wood floors brought in from a 200-year-old château in France.
Source: Wall Street Journal
A marble fireplace anchors the dining room, which can seat 20 people.
Source: Wall Street Journal
The great room features floor-to-ceiling windows ...
Source: Hilton & Hyland
... and opens directly to the backyard pool area.
Source: Hilton & Hyland
Like many Southern California homes, this one was clearly designed to merge indoor and outdoor living.
Source: Hilton & Hyland
The French Normandy Revival-style home, which sits on 1.2 acres, includes a spacious outdoor area for dining and entertaining.
Source: Wall Street Journal
The pool area includes shaded lounge chairs and privacy hedges.
Source: Hilton & Hyland
Brooks added a championship tennis court to the property after buying it from Aniston and Pitt.
Source: Wall Street Journal
While the original $49 million price tag may seem extravagant, it was in line with other home sales in the neighborhood.
Other homes currently for sale in Beverly Hills include a 27,500-square-foot estate with a 98-foot pool that's listed at $69.5 million and a five-bedroom Mediterranean-style mansion for $98 million.
According to The Journal, a neighboring home that once belonged to Danny DeVito sold in 2019 for about $66 million.