The Playboy Mansion has officially sold for $100 million. The infamous party pad was sold to Daren Metropoulos, a co-owner of Twinkies maker Hostess and next door neighbor to 90-year-old Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner. That’s right, he bought the home right next door.
The purchase price was actually half of what Hefner was originally asking. The Gothic-Tudor Revival-style mansion was put on the market for $200 million at the beginning of this year. Hefner bought the mansion in 1971 for $1.05 million. He will continue to live in the mansion for the rest of his life, per the terms of the life estate deal.
According to CNN, despite the stately mansion being sold for half of its original asking price, “it’s still enough to make it the most expensive home ever sold in Los Angeles.” The deal was first announced in June. The mansion has 29 rooms, a tennis court, a wine cellar, home theater, seven bedrooms, a swimming pool with a cave-like grotto and even a (sort of) zoo. The mansion has appeared in many television shows and movies, including “The House Bunny” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Metropoulos says his intentions are to combine his property next door and the Playboy Mansion into a 7.3-acre compound, according to Curbed. He hopes to restore it to its original grandeur that architect Arthur R. Kelly and its first owner envisioned in the 1920s.
Social Media Reacts to Playboy Mansion Being Sold
Damn it! I never got to go to the Playboy Mansion. they sold it.
— Ross Lynch (@RossLynch) August 17, 2016
Quite a run for @JDMetro. Bought Pabst. Sold it. Bought Hostess. Sold it. Just bought the Playboy Mansion for $100 million.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 16, 2016
I wish @hughhefner would have let me know he was selling the @Playboy mansion – I'M HOUSE HUNTING, HEFF!
— Cavin Vanderpoel (@cavinvdpoel) August 16, 2016
Playboy mansion just got sold for $100m…we shoulda kickstarted it
— Keaton (@keaton) August 16, 2016
y'all the news is just blowing my mind today…Hugh Hefner SOLD THE PLAYBOY MANSION TO HIS NEIGHBOR !!!!!
— k (@kaleecandothat) August 17, 2016
Damn I missed my opportunity to buy the Playboy Mansion
— Stuck With Green (@stuckwithgreen) August 17, 2016
Hugh Hefner sold the playboy mansion and I didn't have the 100Ms to buy it. All my childhood dreams are now dead.
— PRIMETIMEPIRY (@PrimeTimePiry) August 17, 2016
If I was buying the Playboy mansion, I'd have it fumigated before I even set a foot in there
— Jackie Hoffman (@JackieHoffman16) August 17, 2016
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