December of 2012 was great fun on the celebrity real estate front. The biggest real estate news in the tabloids this month was Rihanna's purchase of a mini-mansion in Pacific Palisades. Perhaps the most interesting home of the bunch is famed photographer Annie Liebovitz's Greenwich Village digs.
1. Rihanna bought a villa in Pacific Palisades for $12 Million. According to Trulia, Rihanna just bought a $12M estate [1] in Los Angeles's celeb-heavy Pacific Palisades. Rihanna's new house boasts 20 parking spaces, 9 bathrooms, a swimming pool with a huge patio (perfect for parties, one presumes), stone tile floors, and 7 bedrooms. The previous owner of the house must have had a thing for beige, as he or she apparently instructed his or her Los Angeles painting contractor [2] to paint every single surface in the house beige. One would think that given Rihanna's colorful public persona, that she'd buy a house with more interior detailing, but perhaps the constantly busy starlet needs the serenity of a sleek, modern house up in the hills.
2. Jennifer Love Hewitt sold her Toluca Lake house for $2.15M. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt was reported to have pocketed a $450,000 profit in the sale of ther Toluca Lake house [3]. The sprawling house, though not architecturally interesting, did have quite a few nice built in features that were built by an obviously skilled trim carpenter [4]. The six bedroom, six bathroom house includes high ceilings with attractive moldings, built in book shelves, a swimming pool and large patio, and a working fireplace. She reportedly has not lived in the house for quite some time, rather occupying another home in Toluca Lake.
3. Photographer Annie Leibovitz lists $33M Greenwich St. house. Curbed reported that celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has listed her Greenwich Village mansion [5]. The compound is comprised of three connected townhouses (at a total of 10,200 square feet) built around a large courtyard . Allow me to be a home improvement nerd right now as I call your attention to her weathered, antique-looking floor boards. Much like a pair of jeans that someone would pay $200 for because of their perfect fit and pre-worn patina, these floors are perfect. OK, OK, her place occupies prime real estate; it is huge; and there is a whole floor of art studio space, but it is the architectural details of this house that make it so swoon-worthy.
Chaya Kurtz writes for Networx.com. View original post [6].