Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are still the house-flipping champs and it doesn’t look like they’re slowing down anytime soon. The couple snapped up this Beverly Hills home seven months ago for $15 million and went to work on an extensive restoration, updating the circa-1962 structure with “all new systems/finishes,” according to the listing. Now, the beautiful abode is back on the market asking $17.95 million.Designed by architect John Woolf, the 5,100-square-foot house is the picture of Old Hollywood glamour meets contemporary chic style. One level holds everything a buyer could want, including 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and sun-drenched living areas. Massive glass doors offer gorgeous, uninterrupted city and ocean views, then step outside to feel like you’re on top of the world on the sprawling patio. After all, the home was built for sumptuous indoor/outdoor living.Each bedroom boasts floor-to-ceiling glass doors that lead out to a private courtyard/terrace, and the master suite has direct access to that space as well as larger outdoor areas so the new owner can wake up and enjoy the first moments of the day outside.Privacy makes this property all the more enticing. As well as being completely walled and gated, the house it sits in exclusive Trousdales Estates, so celebrities could find it to be the glamorous and secluded residence they’ve been searching for.Kurt Rappaport of the Westside Estate Agency has the impressive listing, which Variety first reported is up for sale.
This article appears in the March 2019 issue of DailyDeeds.