The Arizona Republic

Champion swimmer Phelps lists Paradise Valley home for $4.1M

- Catherine Reagor

Swimming legend Michael Phelps is selling his Paradise Valley house for $4.125 million.

He bought the posh house, with crisp white decor and views of Camelback Mountain, in late 2015 before winning his 28th Olympic medal in Rio de Janiero.

Phelps paid $2.53 million for the Santa Barbara-style house, according to public records. The 6,010-square-foot house has five bedrooms, 61⁄2 bathrooms, and, of course, a great swimming pool.

It also has four fireplaces, a 350-bottle wine room, shiplap walls and a sports room. The house was built in 2015.

Phelps bought the house after becoming Arizona State University’s assistant swim coach. It’s not clear yet why he’s selling. It could be that he and Nicole Phelps are looking for a bigger Valley home to make room for their second son, born in February.

“Our backyard looks right at Camelback Mountain,” Phelps told the Associated Press in early 2016. “You go outside in our backyard, and we have orange and tangerine and lemon and lime and peach and apple — all these different fruit trees growing in our backyard.”

Phelps, the most decorated Olympian ever, bought the house through an LLC.

A Baltimore house linked to Phelps sold for almost $1 million in July 2016.

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