TURN BACK TIME IN CHER’S FORMER HOME
TURN BACK TIME WITH CHER
If any house could be a celebrity then this Tuscan-style mansion in the Holmby Hills neighbourhood of Los Angeles would be a candidate.
Owlwood is within one of the most sought-after areas of the city called the Platinum Triangle taking in Bel Air, Holmby Hills and Beverley Hills, and has been owned by a string of America’s richest and most famous names. This includes Joseph Shenck, the founder of movie studio 20th Century Fox, oil millionaire William Keck and film star Tony Curtis, while Marilyn Monroe was once a house guest.
But its best-known owners were pop duo Sonny & Cher, most famous for their 1965 hit I Got You Babe, which helped them sell 40 million albums during their nine-year career together.
The couple, who were also partners in real life, divorced creatively and maritally in 1974, and while Sonny’s fame waned, Cher went on to be a global acting and singing superstar, enjoying several career revivals. This includes her 1998 global chart-topping single Believe and appearances in several blockbusters including 1987’s Witches of Eastwick and the 1994 film Pret-a-Porter.
If you’d like to turn back time and live in her former home then, for the extraordinary sum of $180m, it could be yours.
Referred to as ‘The Crown Jewel of Holmby Hills’, the main house has nine bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, two guard houses, a pool, garden house and – within its vast grounds – fountains, fruit trees and formal gardens. More information from TopTenRealEstateDeals.com