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Madonna’s former Beverley Hills pad can be yours ... for $35m
One high point for many British fans of Madonna came during the late 1990s when the Queen of Pop met and later married film director Guy Ritchie.
The Material Girl embraced British culture wholeheartedly and this included the purchase of a large country pile in Wiltshire and taking up various rural pursuits.
Ritchie and Madonna were also frequently seen at their Mayfair pub, which he still owns today, drinking beer and chatting with bemused locals.
But during her love affair with everything British, Madonna kept her American roots alive with the purchase in 2003 of a $12m property in Beverley Hills, Los Angeles.
It’s a French Normandystyle mansion built in 1968 with 5,800 sq ft of space including eight bedrooms and 14 bathrooms on more than an acre of land with two separate guest houses.
Madonna put the property on the market in 2012 with a price tag of $28m, selling it a year later for $19m.
Since she moved out six years ago the property has been remodelled and refurbished substantially while the exclusive area’s neighbours have looked on.
These include Leonardo Dicaprio, Keanu Reeves, Simon Cowell, Jack Nicholson and Jennifer Lawrence.
The house features a 60ft pool and spa, a tennis court within mature landscaped grounds and a 15-seat movie theatre plus seven fireplaces, a bar, fitness centre and staff quarters.
Madonna’s former home is for sale at $35m through local estate agent Mauricio Umansky. For more information go to Topten Realestatedeals.com