Stand-up comedian Bob Newhart has reportedly listed his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, for $15.5 million. The funny man purchased the home with his wife Virginia in 1990 for around $4.2 million.
However, this is not the first time the home has hit the listing market. According to the Redfin blog, the residence was initially put up for sale with a price tag of $18.9 million sometime in 2006. It sat unclaimed for almost a year. Moreover, since the housing market crashed in 2007-08, the home was taken off the listing. But now that the housing market is steady again, looks like Newhart wants to give it another go. Playing safe, he has listed it with a slight price-chop this time.
Listing records claim that the home is a 9169 square feet single family residence sitting on a 1.37 acre lot. Designed by famous starchitect, Wallace Neff, the home comprises of five bedrooms and six bathrooms complete with a detached gust house and pool.
The listing describes the home as:
Beautiful Wallace Neff which has been expanded and remodelled to perfection. The main house has generous public rooms and includes a spacious living room w/ fireplace, grand family room w/ fireplace leading out to outdoor covered patio and entertainment area. Gracious formal dining room adjacent to bright and airy breakfast room. Cooks kitchen with top of the line appliances. There are two maids suites and staff powder room off the kitchen. There is also a guest powder room on the main level. The second story has a grand master suite with a sitting area and his and hers baths and large walk in closets. Two additional bedroom suites are on the second level. There are a bank of detached offices with a separate entrance above the garage. The beautifully landscaped grounds offer complete privacy with a lagoon pool and huge grassy lawn. Off the pool area is a covered outdoor entertainment area with a kitchen and two baths. Additionally there is a guest apartment above that area.
Check out the photos of the home, here.
According to the Huffington Post, in his 2006 book "I shouldn't Even Be Doing This," Newhart wrote that a producer once took him aside and asked him if he could work on reducing his classic "stammer" to which he curtly replied:
"No, that stammer bought me a house in Beverly Hills."
Well! It definitely did buy him a house in Bel Air.
