Rihanna

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In 2017, Barbadian billionaire Robyn Rihanna Fenty, more notably recognized as Rihanna, purchased a $6.8 million mansion in Hollywood Hills, California. However, only a year later in December of 2018, Fenty listed her newly purchased property on the market. The price was presented at $7.495 million while simultaneously being offered as a rental at $35,000 per month. Since then, the home has been taken off the market before news this week that it has been listed once again. Now, the lavish mansion is presented at $7.8 million, an even higher price than its initial listing.

Built in 2015, Fenty’s former residence spans 7,130-square-feet with six bedrooms and 10 baths. The interior presents a formal living room with a tiled fireplace, ceiling medallion, and a dazzling chandelier. The family room features wooden floors, a fireplace, tray ceiling, and lit arched inset shelving. The dining room highlights beamed ceilings and steel framed arched windows. Further into the home, the space flows into the chef’s kitchen with a black marble island, bar, and backlit ceiling beams. The first floor also boasts a guest suite and billiards room with glass exterior doors.

Upstairs, the second floor offers three guest bedrooms and the primary bedroom suite with a seating area, cozy fireplace, and a private 180-degree balcony for picturesque views. Stepping outside, the exterior presents a 0.44-acre lot with lounge areas, an infinity pool, hot tub, lush landscape, and a barbecue. Other luxe amenities include a home theater, fully equipped gym, and a separate two-car garage.

James Harris of The Agency holds the listing for this property.

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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend

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In January of 2016, the celebrity couple purchased their Beverly Hills estate for $14.1 million. The property had previously been home to singer and pop culture icon Rihanna. After several years of residence, Legend and Teigen listed the California abode on the market for a whopping $23.95 million in August of last year. When the steep asking price failed to attract prospective buyers, the cost was reduced to $17.7 million. Roughly a week after its initial listing, a deal had been proposed but ultimately fell through. This reportedly caused the marketing momentum for this property to come to a halt. Recently though, an offer of $16.8 million was made and the residence was finally sold, although at $7.15 million below its initial asking price. The buyer is a private-equity executive but wishes to remain anonymous. Marshall Peck of Douglas Elliman represented the listing for this property.

Located in beautiful Beverly Hills, California, Legend and Teigen’s former residence spans 8,500 square feet and includes seven bedrooms. The home’s structural and interior design emulates Chrissy’s Southeast Asian culture with decorative elements of teak wood detailing and a hand-carved wood ceiling imported from Thailand. The celebrity duo redesigned the home and revamped the kitchen to include professional level equipment for Chrissy who is a cookbook author. Upstairs, the primary bedroom features a brass-and-concrete fireplace, balcony, beauty room, and designer closets which the listing agent describes as “evocative of a Chanel showroom.” Stepping outside, the exterior grounds of the home offer a heated saltwater pool, Jacuzzi, wood-burning oven, and pergola.

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There is no doubt that Rihanna is one of the biggest names in both modern music and makeup history, though, over the past several years, the Barbadian R&B singer’s music-release track record has been anything but consistent. The distinctive and accomplished artist tantalizes eager fans, keeping them on their toes while still not dropping her keenly awaited, and pre-maturely celebrated album, yet Rihanna remains active in several other sectors of the Hollywood scene. Of course, Rihanna's vastly supported and cult-followed relationship with A$AP Rocky cannot be ignored, and neither can her Uber-successful Fenty Beauty extensive and inclusive high-quality makeup line, and Savage X Fenty clothing line, but recently, Rihanna has made her newest pursuit known. The music and makeup magnate, colloquially known as RiRi, has further established her career as a business and real estate mogul by listing her 5,900-square-foot Beverly Hills farmhouse estate for rent. Monthly rental at Rihanna’s mansion definitely comes with a hefty fee, $80,000 per month, but with RiRi as your potential landlord, it is a price tag that super-fans and/or luxury home enthusiasts alike could be willing to splurge on. 

Rihanna’s recent rental offering is represented by James Harris with The Agency, and is her most expensive listing price to date, for good reason; the grandiose Beverly Hills home rental listing comes just seven months after the beloved superstar purchased the $13.75M luxury residence. Rihanna’s now available rental home boasts five bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms. Potential renters will enjoy a clean and classic elevated estate featuring cool-toned palettes of white walls, grey hipped roofs, and stone and brick detailing. The impressive home greets renters with a covered porch, includes two balconies, a stylish yet intimate sunken fire pit, and a courtyard to which guests are led to by chevron printed, light-colored wooden flooring and through black-trimmed glass pivot doors. The elaborate and different flooring theme, as well as the serendipitous color scheme, continue with a beautiful mosaic of grey, black, and white tiling adjacent to the aforementioned courtyard. Additionally, the estate has amenities on-site such as a state-of-the-art gym and an across-courtyard guesthouse. The interior of the main home features swanky and elegant detailing with coffered ceilings, a magnificent stone fireplace, patterned walls and furniture, gold-finished-hardware throughout the kitchen, stone finishes, and elaborate, funky lighting fixtures throughout the living areas. Black leather and fabric touches amongst the neutral grey and brown base add a final flair and edge, ultimately situating this Beverly Hills home, which overlooks a stunning pool and an unbeatable SoCal view, as the total package.

If all of that still isn’t enticing enough, renters of this home, of course, get a widely celebrated billionaire musical magnate as their landlord. Perhaps even during a renter’s stay teasers of Rihanna’s anticipated -and hopefully quickly upcoming- album can be heard. As much as we hope that Rihanna will drop new music soon, it truly does seem that she aims to continue working on her real estate developments and portfolio. Directly neighboring her phenomenal Beverly Hills rental listing, Rihanna purchased a $10M Tudor-style estate in April. She also owns a Hollywood Hills villa, which also happens to be listed for rent, a luxury historic London home, a Century City penthouse, a Wilshire Corridor condo, and a special-to-her mansion in Barbados. It is without a doubt that the famed businesswoman, makeup tycoon, and grammy-winning artist continues to learn, grow, and inspire, and we cannot wait to see what she takes on next. 

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Rihanna is joining her fellow celebrity companions, such as Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey, and Madonna, in Beverly Hills. The musician, and now beauty mogul, has recently purchased a massive 7,600 square foot mansion for $13.8 million.

Located in the mountains above Beverly Hills, the home was designed to provide an elevated living experience. Originally constructed in 1938, the home has undergone a significant amount of renovations. Offering a sophisticated design, the property blends contemporary and traditional elements.

The mansion includes five bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The master suite includes a grand walk-in closet and a luxurious master bathroom which opens directly onto a large private terrace with views of Coldwater Canyon.

Also included is a gourmet open-plan chef’s kitchen, a floor-to-ceiling black marble fireplace, a cocktail bar, formal living and family areas, and a home gym with a full wall of windows that look onto the home’s central courtyard. The outside area features a swimming pool, hot tub, open fire pit, and several outdoor entertaining spaces.

Rihanna’s new Beverly Hills mansion is an addition to her premium real estate portfolio. She also currently owns a Hollywood Hills estate, a condo in the Wilshire Corridor, and a penthouse in a Century City skyscraper.

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A lot has changed in 200 years. Horse-drawn carriages have been reduced to a tourist novelty around Central Park and The Brewster Carriage House on Broome street is now a fine example of Nuevo vintage design in New York.

The building that stands at the intersection of SOHO, the lower East side, and Nolita has so much charm that power couple John Legend and Chrissy Teigen have bought into it for the second time.

Their first one-bedroom apartment was sold in 2016 for $3.9 million, but they must have missed the orange bricks and white oak floors because in May of this year they purchased one of the penthouses.

The condo only has 9 units and now John Legend and Chrissy Teigen have lived in two of them.

Brewster Carriage House is a great reconstruction story. From being a factory to almost being demolished, to being restored with museum-like precision by artist and developer Ross Morgan, the building represents New York's Lower Manhattan luxury boom.

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen's 2,610 square feet of penthouse perch is a 3-3 with glorious 13-foot ceilings. Massive windows break up the exposed brick, and wood accented walls invite elevated views of Broome and Mott Streets.

Chrissy can watch re-runs of her show Lip Sync Battle on the retractable 133-inch projection screen. While John's Grammy-winning songs can accompany the passing clouds when played through the outdoor sound system installed on the private landscaped roof terrace.

The entire building is also green-energy efficient and wired for smart home technology. Adjusting the thermostat, raising the shades, and a host of other conveniences can be accessed via an app on the phone.

The fixtures in the apartment seek to honor the building's history while also providing a richly detailed quality. There's a copper-railed staircase framing a glass-fronted wine closet. The kitchen includes a natural quartz island surrounded by bespoke iron-faced cabinets.

A series of Juliet balconies off the living and dining areas encourage the opening of French doors to let a cocktail breathe. Industrial-yet-refined is the vibe here. Wood grains mingle with custom ironwork and exposed brick modernly offset by white walls in a setting fit for an R&B crooner and his media-savvy wife.

If John, Chrissy or their kids get hungry they won't have to go far. The block that The Brewster Carriage House anchors is encircled by high-rated and eclectic dining options. There's authentic Greek yogurt, old-world Italian, a Ramen noodle house, and Indian food only a few feet away.

Chrissy and John are based out of LA, where they purchased Rihanna's former mansion in 2016. When they do stay on the East Coast, this penthouse provides a desirable balance of style, comfort, and class. No wonder they came back to Broome Street.

Photos courtesy of Douglas Elliman

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There may soon be a new addition to Taylor Swift’s collection of lavish homes. According to the Daily Mail, the 25-year-old megastar has considered buying the Tower of Lethendy, a 16th century Scottish castle, for a cool £4.6 million ($7,206,820 USD).

The multiplatinum singer’s interest in the eight-bedroom, seven-bathroom, mega-mansion, is reportedly, in part, due to her relationship with Calvin Harris, the producer and DJ responsible for hits like “Summer” and Rihanna’s “We Found Love.” Located just north of Perth, the property is not too far from the town where Harris’ family currently resides.

Truly fit for royalty, the castle features a huge kitchen, a dining room, which seats 12, multiple reception rooms, a library, a china room, a sauna, a massage room and a greenhouse. An 18-hole golf course, two tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a heated swimming pool, two gate lodges, and two staff cottages are also found on the 40-acre property.

Swift, who is currently on the U.S. leg of her The1989 World Tour, also owns homes in New York, Beverly Hills, and Nashville.

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