Records show that Tyler only purchased the investment property earlier this year for $15 million before deciding to flip it for $17 million. However, the potential profit was eaten away when he sold it to Williams for $15.6 million, bearing in mind legal fees and transfer taxes associated with the deal. Williams, whose hits include “Happy” (from the movie Despicable Me 2) and “Blurred Lines” which he wrote for Robin Thicke, amongst many others, paid $7.14 million in 2015 for a six-bedroom, five-full-bathroom LA home above Laurel Canyon. Like his new investment, it also features a wall of windows.

The house contains 10 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms over two floors. In total, the interior of the property is an echo inducing 17,245 square feet with a total lot size of 4.25 acres. Clearly it’s not the kind of place to hide and be incognito. The amount of glass, steel, stone, concrete and hard angles give his newer purchase a rather cold aesthetic and it’s hard to imagine someone calling the place home on an ongoing basis, let alone raising a family there (Williams and his wife, Helen Lasichanh have four children, including triplets). Even the five fireplaces won’t warm it up. Adding to the frosty feeling are the sets of striking marble stairs connecting the three floors and the oversized crystal light hanging over the dining table.

Like Perry before him, chances are Williams will use the property as an investment, a place to park his money. It’s the ultimate party pad and don’t be surprised if it shows up in a future video or two from Pharrell or his pals. Other amenities include a stone-lined pool a grotto, a la Playboy mansion, slide, a below-grade tennis court with night lights and a carport that can hold no less than 30 vehicles (woot! woot!).

Pharrell has been writing hit songs for the like of Beyoncé, Britney Spears and Jay-Z for years. In addition he has fashion brands and regularly collaborates with companies such as Adidas, Louis Vuitton, G-Star Raw and Uniqlo. The artist who originally hails from Virginia Beach, was a judge on NBC’s The Voice for four seasons, appearing alongside Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera, before leaving in 2017. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Pharrell Williams’s ledger bulges to the tune of around $150 million (£107 million).

Much of that wealth has been spent on real estate. In 2012 he unsuccessfully attempted to sell his Miami, Florida estate in the coveted Coral Way neighborhood for $16.8 million. He tried again to offload it in 2013 for $14 million before dropping it to $10 million, according to trulia.com. The property was then pulled off the market for renovations before the musician found a buyer at $9.25 million — a loss of $3.27 million.

Williams net worth is dwarfed, however by Tyler Perry’s, which is estimated to be somewhere in the region of $600 million. Reason enough for the filmmaker and actor to build a massive 34,000-square-foot mansion on 1,200 acres, near his film studio in Georgia. Perry plans to use part of his extensive acreage for an organic farm.

Two years ago, Architectural Digest featured Perry’s former residence, a French Provincial-style manor, which sold for $17.5 million, breaking the city’s record for most expensive residential sale. The Atlanta Business Chronicle noted that Perry’s home, built in 2008, was set on 17 park-like acres along the Chattahoochee River. Must be nice.

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Perry bought the 17,475-square-foot residence in the private Mulholland Estates in Beverly Hills for $14.5 million in August of 2016, and, months later, put it back on the market for $17 million, purportedly without having spent single night in the home.

Evoking a modern public building, the estate was built in 1992 for philanthropist Alfred Mann, who lived in it until his passing in 2016. Following Mann’s death, the 10-bedroom, 11-bathroom abode was listed for $30 million, before undergoing a streak of price reductions.

Resting on nearly 5 acres, the mansion provides the perfect setting for Hollywood-style entertainment with its two stone-lined pools, an outdoor dining terrace, a tennis court and a 30-vehicle motor court.

Williams, who is a 11-time Grammy winner, also owns the spectacular Skyline Residence in Laurel Canyon and a waterfront house in Virginia. Perry, in the meantime, is known for his house-flipping deals, which made headlines in 2016 for the record sale of his Atlanta mansion.

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Perched on 5 acres in the private Mulholland Estates in Beverly Hills, the house is on the market mere months after Perry purchased it for $14.5 million in August of last year. Boasting 10 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, the abode provides the perfect setting for Hollywood-style entertainment. The massive home comes with a tennis court, outdoor dining terrace, a lavish pool with grotto and a motor court for 30 vehicles.

The home was built in 1992 for Alfred Mann, biotech pioneer and inventor. Famed for the creation of the insulin pump, Mann lived here until his death in 2016, when the house was listed for nearly $30 million. After a series of reductions, Perry snatched it off the market.

Perry, who has a knack for dealing and flipping luxury real estate, set a record in 2016 with the $17.5-million sale of his 35,000-sqaure-foot Atlanta mansion.

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