Beyonce and Jay-Z buy $200 MILLION home!!!

Jay-Z and Beyonce have just snagged one of the greatest architectural masterpieces in the country ... a 30,000 square foot home in the prime area of Malibu ... and they paid a King's ransom.

Real estate sources tell TMZ ... the couple paid $200 million for the property, making it the most expensive home ever sold in the entire state of California ... eclipsing the previous record of $177 million. It's also the second most expensive real estate deal in the country -- the top being $238 million for an NYC apartment.

Looks like a cult compound.

$200 million and you still look into your neighbor's windows 🙄

Malibu's latest resort... Club Bey

You'll find this in the dictionary under "obscene."

Ha! They could of snagged this single-wide in Paradise Cove for $4 million

I hope it falls into the sea.

Bye bye, $200,000,000!!!!

Oh, and by the way? It looks like CRAP.

R7 what horrible thing to wish on two great philanthropists and America’s Queen.

200 million for a bunch of white boxes? Hideous. LOL @ R8. Queen of the Kweens.

OP, it is customer to begin a real estate thread title with "Tasteful Friends..."

We're going to Hot Sam after we visit Helen Gallagher.

It looks like a luxury hotel/resort not a private house.

[quote]the top being $238 million for an NYC apartment.

That was for a studio in the meatpacking district.

Looks like a bus station.

Nobody needs that! Ego run rampant. It should be given to a church!

[quote] could of

R6. I could have said "Oh, dear!"

It’s really not very interesting…and I find that interesting.

THAT is an "architectural masterpiece"??? Architectural masterpiece my ass, its ugly as fuck

As R15 said it looks like a bus station, and not a very nice one either. Or a factory

R18, I agree. With all of the charming properties near there I'm not sure why they chose that home.

Looks like something I 5 year old put together with Lego pieces. And not a particularly bright or creative 5 year old at that.

Boring boojie ignorant talents.

And yet you still have to live with JayZ. Pass.

[quote]Looks like a cult compound.

Well, the Beyhive is a cult.

I love how the Queen is always left of center. The pedestrians of todays time won’t get it.

R16 A quarter of your money should be given to a Catholic charity. Practice what the fuck you preach.

[quote]I love how the Queen is always left of center. The pedestrians of todays time won’t get it.

Wait a few minutes to WW yourself. You're giving yourself away.

I see that the custom chair to accommodate Beyonce's wide ass has been delivered and is sitting on the lawn.

Airport terminal and is that a guard tower?

From Crazy in Love to just plain crazy.

[quote]My pussy stinks.

Try washing it once in a while.

Have none of you philistines ever heard of Ando?

Something tells me that if these two had $3 between them some bank would give them the loan as a loss leader. "We are the Queen's mortgage holder!"

Just call these 2 Bey-Z. Why waste so many letters?

Money doesn't buy happiness, as they will find out.

R30, wtf is that ugly piece of shit?

And she has to let that thing sweat all over her 🙈 She deserves the $$$$

I actually prefer the mobile home.

Are they going to buy Bonnie Ivy Blue a Shetland pony named Mr. Butler? It will end in tears.

It looks like a swanky campus building from the 90s.

This country needs a revolution.

It looks like a bunch of white painted shoe boxes which have been arranged on the floor next to each other, no style and unimaginative.

[quote]It looks like a bunch of white painted shoe boxes which have been arranged on the floor next to each other, no style and unimaginative.

I’d kill for that house in Paradise Cove.

The Arts are dying across the board and this house is proof that beautiful architectural style has gone down the shitter.

These uninteresting lifeless white boxes are going up around the world.

Will they both be eligible for reparation payments? Upkeep and California property taxes will be a real bitch.

Ladies not a single square inch of this place is ‘white’ it’s all concrete finish 😭

About the only good thing to say is that it won't burn in a fire. That's probably why the former art collector owner built it out of concrete.

The house was built by The Bells funded by an ill-legal operation which they inisheeated in the Hawaii courts with a corrupt Japanese judge to steal my righfilly owned propertees and funds. So, I should actually own this propertyy. My beautiful floor to ceiling portraitss would look great there.

Should their reparations checks be sent to this address?

A home shaped like and resembling...a 1970 shopping center (?). Oh dear, the tackiness never ceases with these two!

I've always wanted my own nuclear fusion reactor, but mine remains a mere dream and theirs a reality.

^ Ooh, the racist old jealous white lady is here

Looks like a mini-mall or mini-airport.

I like it. It's grand and spacious, but understated and minimal (at least on the outside). What else would you expect from EIGHT acres of prime waterfront real estate property in Malibu? $200M seems accurate. Jay-Z is a billionaire and they're living on Billionaire's Row. If they paid $200M for some gaudy, ostentatious, over-designed, Trump-esque mansion you'd brand them tasteless, nouveau riche swine anyway. DL is too old and white to carve out any love for Beyonce.

The article says it took 15 years to construct. Can you imagine what $200 million would build for low cost housing? What a mark they’d make on society if they built apartments for the elderly, rehabbed an LA building for homeless vets, underwrite a drug rehab center for downtown LA and built rentals for minimum wage families.

[Quote]Ladies not a single square inch of this place is ‘white’ it’s all concrete finish

White concrete is white, Rose.

R59 Not much as the large concrete towers that are constructed for affordable housing can cost that much or more.

Enjoy your ugly boxy beach house, located on an unswimmable beach.

I hope it falls into the ocean.

How to live together without living together.

"Pole dancer with a recording contract"

And does the house have a control tower? Because it sure does look like an airport. About the same amount of warmth as well.

Tacky people tacky house.

Just my bitchfest opinion but Something is seriously wrong when these plastic people make so much money while so many really valuable people that contribute genuine value to our society such as Nurses and teachers barely even hump their way into the middle class. My hero's are the people that slog the long hours and dogged persistence of a long working life. The shit they put up with everyday is a miracle. They do this while receiving a minimum. These Celeb Strawberries Lay around and basically jack off in front of a camera, millions just pour into to their Accounts. I know i guess this is = to the USA, but it is really sickening to watch and I'm becoming increasing disgusted by it. Sports stars too. they bounce a ball or drive a car in some stupid race. They just get millions for this useless wasteful activity that cause people to buy shit they don't need. My Family are these people. The house is a horror lets turn it into a homeless care center, fuck Malibu.

R49 is right, it is all concrete.... thats part of why it is so fugly. It could be painted white not that that would improve it much

R58 I neither know nor care who Beyonce or this JayZ person is. Its a butt ugly house

R69 couldnt agree more. Although I dont know if I'd want to inflict this monstrosity on the homeless either.

I'd want to fill it up with rock/dirt fill and place a genuinely beautiful home on top of the resulting platform. At least all that concrete is good for that as it would give good structural rigidity

if it's really that much and the number has not been faked for PR purposes then shame on them. They are disgusting.

It looks like an office park in Silicon Valley

They should have bought the decommissioned San Onofre nuclear power plant. Concrete, and right on the water. Better beach, too.

It's a bunker. I don't blame them

Jay-Z and his dirty hoes have the east wing. Beyoncé and the surrogate children get the south wing. The crates of Hennessy and Cristal take up the north wing.

Concrete is easy to hose down the filth so it makes sense.

Maybe they just wanted the land and it will be a tear down.

But, does it have a basement mall…..

It comes with an elevator for Solange

DL would've loved the property before the original owner sold it to Beyonce & Jay-Z. Now, they rag on it. Haters gonna hate.

[R49]is right, it is all concrete.... thats part of why it is so fugly. It could be painted white not that that would improve it much

Why talk about things you don't know? One doesn't paint concrete. One adds a tint to the concrete before pouring as the builders did in this construction. A white tint.

It looks cold and empty.

Like Beyonce and Jay-Z themselves.

Here's hoping it is swallowed by the ocean the next time Caliphonia gets another shake.

The best we can do is to not give them any attention. They have published this to a) make sure that people will talk about them and b) broadcast to fellow celebrities that they are at the top of the pecking order, and possibly aspire to climb to a higher stratum.

Nonetheless, it's a rather tacky and vulgar thing to do. They are behaving like the trashy nouveau riches that they are.

R80, nope. But you would have hated it if it belonged to someone not on your approved list.

R85 False. The Queen doesn’t have to do anything for attention. She is the attention. A sale of this magnitude is impossible to keep secret when one is famous. One of the many parties involved will inform the press.

R84 what a horrible thing to say. What if the Queen, King Consort Shawn, the twins, and the beautiful Blue Ivy were in it.

I am a bit of a Zillow addict and look at homes in different cities and fantasize. Even in this crazy market, that does not look like anywhere near $200M worth. Fools and their money……

She still has to roll over and look at this every morning...

I’m dying to see the inside. Maybe it will redeem the sins of the outside.

No R80 it would still be awful.

The Queen will be hosting a seminar there this summer just for Dataloungers. How to win friends and twerk your aging mussy. Are you happy now?

Nice location, underwhelming design.

They didn't want to live near us in Montecito?

I thought R93 was replying to R92, but they were actually replying to R80. Doesnt matter because either way they're right! The interior is likely just as hideous, how could it not be?

R80 most of us here hate this kind of architecture and dont care who owns it. Some of us may not even know who Beyonce is. I have a vague inkling myself, but if she bought something beautiful like an old Victorian place I'd be praising it (and her taste)

R97, the house was probably constructed of concrete to withstand wildfires. An old Victorian in that area would be torched and gone in an instant. It's not my cup of tea but then I don't have to live in it.

Is this anywhere near Barbra’s ersatz New England farmstead?

[quote]the house was probably constructed of concrete to withstand wildfires.

It was designed by Tadao Ando, an architect, who had been world famous for most of 30 years when he began work on the project in 1999/2000 -- famous for designing modern buildings in concrete, and almost without exception in concrete that celebrates its essential concreteness. The fireproof quality of concrete may have been a factor in the patron's mind, but hiring one of the most famous architects in the world with a very specific aesthetic, and letting him fuck around with the design for 15 years, the client definitely wanted a big concrete box with some glass for the look.

More examples of Ando's work. including 'the Tom Ford House, Stable, and Mausoleum, aka Cerro Pelon Ranch' on 32 square miles of land in New Mexico.

Good luck selling that behemoth when they can’t afford it any more.

You might as well buy Antarctica and then freak out when no one can afford to buy it from you later, when you’re continent-poor. That’s not an investment, it’s an unsustainable bottomless pit of expense.

[quote]With all of the charming properties near there I'm not sure why they chose that home.

So they could say they bought the most expensive home in the history of California real estate. Duh.

[quote]the house was probably constructed of concrete to withstand wildfires. An old Victorian in that area would be torched and gone in an instant. It's not my cup of tea but then I don't have to live in it.

R98 Thats a very good point, hadnt thought of that. That said, it is quite possible to build in that style in concrete, and it was done back in the day. The house linked was built back in 1873, although admittedly it was an uncommon material for homes back then - From a Guardian article;

[quote]Built in 1873, the house's walls are not made of the traditional brick, but pre-cast concrete. It is one of a tiny number of survivors from a brief period when a handful of Victorian builders became convinced that concrete was the future of housing. It is also believed to be the only remaining property built by Charles Drake, the era's most prolific and enthusiastic proponent of concrete homes.

So it is possible to build something charming and in concrete

Finally!

A place to sleep the 550 people who “work” on her stadium tour along with the 25 “writers” it takes to pen each of her songs.

Get to work!

[quote] So it is possible to build something charming and in concrete

No, shit!

R105, that's very interesting. I didn't realize they adapted that type of construction for residential structures in the UK. No offense to Paris and R107, lol.

I mean gorgeous view. Real estate is nuts right now in general. Feel like the bubble will pop.

[quote] Can you imagine what $200 million would build for low cost housing?

About 20 sheds if it's in California.

In case someone is interested, the Daily Fail has lots of pix. Hard to understand what they saw in this brutal looking abode……but hey…..rich people are different from you and me.

I actually like it. I’ve always enjoyed stark looking buildings and homes. And the view!

I don’t mind the concrete, but it’s all so faceless, random and sprawled out.

A great view to me includes more than a sea and sky horizon.

Will they live there are be buried there?

R101, the Tom Ford house looks like a place where male models are kept in chains.

R116 - Looks? Why be coy?

It has a museum for a private art collection on the property. Are there any photos?

All the warmth, livability, and home comforts of a Museum of Modern Art!

[quote] brutal looking

I read this as "[bold]burial[/bold] looking"; works as well.

R115 has it - saw it after I posted R121.

The art gallery is in the part with the huge windows. You can see a Jeff Koons piece in the window.

Her recent tour is going very well.

the Renaissance World Tour could be earning $6.8 million-$7.5 million per show, a personal-best that could potentially notch her first $300 million tour.

The whole place looks like a museum of modern art. God, their kids are loaded.

[quote]It looks cold and empty. Like Beyonce and Jay-Z themselves.

Beyoncé’s personality is so hidden she’s practically tabula rasa. Jay-Z, on the other hand, I have always found charismatic. I know very little about him so he could be a terrible person for all I know, but he has an interesting vibe.

Ok girls, why so harsh? Some gingham crisscross curtains in the breakfast nook, a few message magnets and pix of the kiddos on the frig, BarcaLoungers in the fancy room and run a drying line along the pool to take advantage of those fresh ocean breezes. Cozy as hell.

[quote] Airport terminal and is that a guard tower?

R31 It definitely has a liminal spaces vibe.

Are they art collectors? There is certainly nothing avant-garde about either of them. I mean their looks and music and fashion are tacky as fuck.

[quote] Boring boojie ignorant talents.

[quote] nice coded racism.

r25 I take "boojie" meaning bourgeois. It's not racist.

R130 yes they are huge collectors. About a decade ago Jay-Z hosted his album release at an art gallery in NYC.

Queen bey and Jay are fashion icons but I respect your opinion regarding their taste. I love when they dressed up as Frida and Jean Baptiste a few Halloweens ago.

What art do they collect? Thank you for this information.

I bet they collect anything their art adviser tells them is a good investment.

R133, No problem my friend.

I see that being a stupid hoe has it's benefits!

I don’t like her music but I respect her real estate and art portfolio. This house is something that could eventually be an art gallery and homage to its inhabitants. I’m sure many of the gilded age frowned upon the Newport RI mansions in their day. Now people fawn over them.

I see the collect the usual suspects. But thank you, now I am informed.

R136 you are very very ignorant and not even witty or clever while being so.

When you block R139, a quarter of the ass kissing replies in this thread disappear.

R140 Life becomes so much clearer and brighter when you embrace love and not hate.

[quote] most of us here hate this kind of architecture and dont care who owns it. Some of us may not even know who Beyonce is. I have a vague inkling myself, but if she bought something beautiful like an old Victorian place I'd be praising it (and her taste)

This is maybe the ultimate ignorant but thinks they’re not dl comment. I was going to joke earlier and say I’m sure the oldies on here would prefer a shitty Victorian and lo and behold it was done for me 😂😂😂 it even has the self referential plural 😭

The architecture threads on here are always so desperate, and gays supposedly have style!

I agree with you r142

I hate Victorian. Love minimalism.

But I also hate Beyonce and Jay Z. Talentless people whose wealth shows the cultural desperation of America celebrity worship.

R143 agree the wealth is disgusting. But I don’t think you could call Beyoncé talentless, even if you’re not into her.

Show offs. Richer celebs pay less for their homes.

Can they get any more pathetic and fugly ??

Maybe it’s concretey because it’s in wildfire country R1.

Malibu?! What if there's an earthquake followed by a big tsunami?

Then again, I hear Manhattan is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers.

I like it even though the choice of colours is a little too safe, with all the beiges, browns and grays. I wonder how much it costs to air condition such a big place. I hope the edge of the property is well protected from water erosion.

I guess the address is 27712 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu.

^^^ It sold for $14.5 million in 2003 and now sold for $200 million in May 2023! That's one hell of a mark up.

R107, the apartment buildings built by Haussmann in Paris are faced with limestone, not concrete.

Concrete reminds both of their various relatives time in prisons.

Just a view, and good food

They could hold tech conferences for all their friends

That house has Tom Ford's finger prints all over it. The architect that did this did one of Tom Ford's house? It reminds me of his ranch in Santa Fe.As soon as I saw the exterior, I thought of him. His kid goes to school with her kids and I know he has a lot of influence over Jay-Z's style.

i guess they think she will make the upper limits on this tour.

They brought this house from the Bell family. Why they do not want it now, who knows? The massive compound has a secure private museum. It has the vibe of a Modern Art Museum.

They are not going to live in it. It is an investment. A place to park their money and get tax advantages.

[quote] [R25] I take "boojie" meaning bourgeois. It's not racist.

The misspelling is a tell. It's just an idiot way of saying "uppity n-words."

It might as well have “Arbeit Macht Frei” over the front door.

I doubt it needs AC. It’s right on the ocean and perfectly situated to funnel breezes.

the only way the get a tax advantage if they make it an official museum. It is in California. There is no tax advantage.

You people are fucking nuts. The place is gorgeous.

As usual, Gaga does it better.

And at 1/10 the cost.

I wonder if they could make it into a music studio? So really a business related purchase?

I wonder if they could make it into a music studio? So really a business related purchase?

Conspicuous consumption. I think it's immoral to keep hundreds of millions dollars that no one and their children/grandchildren will ever need while millions of people live in the breadline, are homeless or animals suffer and need help etc, the list goes on.

Not saying rich people shouldn't enjoy their wealth and have nice things but don't hoard your money and waste it on $200m property that looks like shit

We need to tax this, absolutely. We need to have a tax code that expands and protects the middle class. We need make sure this money is locked up into entitlement programs for the American People (medical care, robust pensions and education), so the corrupt politicians and their donors cannot touch it.

Ah, I get it now. The huge mark up is after architect Tadao Ando did his magic.

How many maids do they need to keep a 40,000 square foot house clean?

That place looks like a cross between a shopping mall and a 1980s motel.

R167, if you look through the gallery of photos of the interior in OP's link, there is a recording studio in there.

We were saying it looks like a nursing home in the aerials. Some of the interior sightlines make good use of the views, but . . . this is like 8% of their net worth? Are we about to have a big enough underclass that they can staff/run it feasibly? I know Beyonce watched Downton Abbey.

It is a cross between a 1980's shopping mall and a modern museum out of Beetlejuice. The nuisance shit of this architect makes it less appealing.

[quote] It sold for $14.5 million in 2003 and now sold for $200 million in May 2023! That's one hell of a mark up.

I am wondering if this was just for the land. There was a rare promontory of flat land in Malibu that they had been trying to sell for some time. 14.M to 200M is a massive jump. Also, I would be shocked of there house was on PCH, b/c that's all waterfront. They are probably in gated Serra Retreat and way up.

I'll say it again, but why the fuck do people need all that space? I know. BIllionaires do what they want because they can. But why? I get it. You want to have a nice big house. But this is just ridiculous. Maybe it's because I really don't like them as a couple. But I felt the same way about the Gates family back before they divorced. Now I know nothing about him, but Dr. Dre is loaded. Billionaire. George Clooney is loaded Billionaire. But the ostentatious monstrosity here is just offensive. He's no better than a Kardashian or Kanye.

I'm curious if Chris Cortozzo was the agent. He was Herb Ritz's young, model widower (at the time) before he passed and is the king of Malibu real estate. The commission is typically 2.5 but on a house like this, let's say they negotiated a reduced commission of 2.0% on a 85% split with the agency. The agent, whoever they are, made 3.4 MILLION dollars on this sale.

Why listen to a lawyer who is getting paid by white supremist? I mean, we can all watch the video. That scumbag lawyer is lying too.

No, no, R172. The house is definitely at 27712 Pacific Coast Highway, as mentioned in the link at R151. If you type the address into google maps and look at the satellite view, it is their house. The house is also shown in the link at R101, along with its address.

You ar right, R172. I just looked at the map. They are out further north past the colony where Cher and Baby live which has those massive pieces of cliff side land. I was thinking of everything before Paradise Cove where the houses are literally on right on PCH on one side and the beach on the other.

You're probably right, R175. The $14 million was probably for the land. After the previous owner hired starchitect Tadao Ando to design the house and the owner took 15 years to build the new house, according to the TMZ article, there was a tremendous jump in price.

Tasteful Friends - Which diva has the best Malibu house (price aside):

Diva #1 - Cher - This is a reverse angle from the ocean. Cher's house has panoramic views. Off PCH, but w/ guardhouse and long driveway.

Diva #2 - Barbara Streisand complete with that private mall, but her house is literally right on the cliff and she doesn't have much by way of usable yard.

Looks like something Kanye would buy.

(That’s not a compliment.)

Diva #3 - Lady Gaga - Her home is more rustic, ocean views but up in the hills, Lots of land with horse stables, trails, etc.

Finally, just b/c I had to post it.

Diva #4 - Candy Spelling - Red brick on the sand in Malibu is a statement

They'll live there a year or so and put it up for sale at a huge increase.

Are they planning to complete the construction?

Gaga's look the best to me. Better than Beyonce's home at least.

Whoever has the most acreage wins.

Gaga’s, Cher’s and Barbra’s houses are all cheaply constructed, have no design other than to be large and to give in to the clients poor taste in housing, and none of them have access to the water directly.

Beyoncé’s house is architecture. That’s the difference. Expensive construction (not just in the finishes). Thoughtful design that concerns each part of the building (not just finishes). And she has direct beach access.

I hate the argument at r69. Entertainers provide their talents to millions of people who pay them for their services. A nurse or teacher providers services to 3,000 people in their career. Duh.

I was not that impressed with Gaga's house. It's fine and the there is some land, but it's noting to gaga about. I like Bab's cliff view and I have driven passed Cher's house so many times and I like that one as well. Beyonce has the most average, usable land, and architecture so I have to go with that one though I think I would be fine w/ Cher's house

How does one have a shopping mall in one's house? Is this true? Like there's a Fendi, Neiman's, etc. outlets in their house? Food court, Gloria Jean's?

Barbra does love her Hot Dog On A Stick with a large lemonade.

How long until the police are called there for something?

Candy's house is nasty- 2 combined (and it looks like it), with interiors that are vomit- inducing.

Candy's house it terrible! She has awful taste. The Manor was impressive for the sheer size of it all, but the interiors were not good. It's gorgeous now that it's been renovated. Candy has old lady taste even when she was younger.

Architectural Masterpiece?

I admire Tadao Ando but I would never hire him for a private residence.

A series of cement boxes. Meh.

R95 Yes,Just as much as patents and copywriter deliver profits to artists industry protects formulas and processes under these protections. Thereby making many thing more costly than they would otherwise be.Even music phrases and Microbes are protected to deliver profits to individuals. Entertainers provide for the camera or microphone the duplicating powers of the media do the rest. A big part of corporatism is the protection of these rights and getting them enforced. China and Mexico let these properties get used without getting royalties for the owners. It is but one of the reasons we are supposed to hate them. In fact lead was put in gasoline for at least 50 years because the non polluting alternatives could not be protected under patent laws. We were then bathed the planet in a cloud of lead vapor for 50 years but as this didn't benefit us. Only the patent holders got money. The rest of were poisined. As it doesn't benefit us to have these guys have a mansion in Malibu. Duh,Duh

[quote] A series of cement boxes. Meh.

I’m guessing you’d respond more to a house constructed of a bunch of 2x4s stapled together with Home Depot grade drywall stuck onto them and some laminate wooden flooring and a bunch of fake plastic ‘Victorian’ cornicing and paneling lmao 💀

It’s a statement piece. There’s nothing else quite like it hence the price. Hate it or love it, it wasn’t designed to appeal to the masses.

[quote]There’s nothing else quite like it

Airport terminals, corporate compounds, sterile MA museums...

Good luck ever selling that place.

R209 yes it won’t sell again easily.

[quote] They are not going to live in it. It is an investment. A place to park their money and get tax advantages.

There are loads of CA tax advantages for the ultra-rich in California, depending on how the property is held, managed and financed. Even if expenses associated with this castle result in a loss it is an offset to other income and capital gains.

[quote] their kids are loaded.

Probably all the weed and cognac.

It would be nice if these two would establish a sort of educational retreat for underprivileged kids of an artistic bent. They could stay there and be exposed to art and even learn to work a music studio giving them options for their future. I think both of them are too shallow, greedy and vapid though.

I like Gaga's because it's a bit out of the way. More privacy.

Being on the beach in Malibu isn't like being on the beach in, say, Hawaii. It's too cold most of the year for swimming and I much prefer hiking, trails, horses, etc.

I guess I prefer Gaga's land over the others.

As far as the houses themselves? Eh. They're all big and ostentatious and way more brick than I'd ever want.

How did they manage to accumulate so much money? Seriously, can someone please explain this to me?

You know how these celeb real estate reports turn out to be huge lies. I doubt they paid anywhere near $200 million for that house. That was probably the initial asking price.

R154 They’ve never been to prison you dumb ass bitch. Have you ever been to college.

GED or Diploma? Cunt.

213 But hey have Blanche they have. Google Beyoncé’s educational institution in Brooklyn.

R215 These lunatics are so misinformed they don’t care if they look like fools. And yes do your fucking homework if your going to post lies on a thread.

FWIW, these two support projects around Houston, e.g., the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments.

R222, Thank you. The deranged envious bottom feeders refuse to do their homework on America’s royalty which is fine. But then don’t post lies then.

America's royalty? Good God man. I'm embarrassed for you.

Airport terminal in Boise.

It was listed for $295 million. I would much prefer the old Jack Warner estate that David Geffen sold to Jeff Bezos for $165. That is an equisite house, and the highest sale at the time back in the 90s when Geffen paid almost $50 million, including the art and furniture.

I read they've kept their other house in LA, so I doubt they have any plans to live in this hideous thing full time.

That's a lot of terlits to clean.

I'd pay everything I have not to live there. Gross.

I didn't realize they were so wealthy. In any case, I hope they plan on keeping that place, because they'll never be able to sell that at a profit even in 20 years.

What are the untapped places in the U.S. that will be worth a fortune in like 15 - 20 years, like Malibu is now? I remember visiting family in LA a long time ago and Malibu just seemed so far away and there was nothing to do there except go to the mart and a restaurant.

[quote] FWIW, these two support projects around Houston, e.g., the Knowles-Temenos Place Apartments.

It’s the Cabrini Green of Houston.

There are some real know-nothings on this thread who aren't aware that real estate transactions are a matter of public record.

The house is not ugly, but it shouldn't even cost a third of that,let alone 200 million dollars, fuck these two.

Heads on sticks! Get the torches!

So then ... no one can explain why these two have so much spendable cash?

[quote]How did they manage to accumulate so much money? Seriously, can someone please explain this to me?

I guess Beyoncé's concert tours are really, really profitable. Plus Jay-Z is an extremely successful producer.

So many rooms that Jay can discreetly bring his whores in

[R153]the apartment buildings built by Haussmann in Paris are faced with limestone, not concrete.

Not who you were talking to, but thats really interesting, I didnt know that. I do recall that a few buildings in Paris were made in concrete in that era

[quote]As usual, Gaga does it better.

And at 1/10 the cost.

R165 Agreed. That is far nicer, even though its a bit bland inside. Its quite comfy and pleasant. It looks like a home, not a prison camp

And they paid cash for it.

R238 I heard recently that Taylor Swift makes 12 million per concert at her larger stadium shows. That adds up. Even if Queen Bey was getting half that.

Nobody keeps $200mm in cash. Obviously shares were sold somewhere. They are billionaires but not hundreds of billions worth.

I hate houses like that. I'd much rather buy a lot of land and live in a modest house on a lake than pay that sort of money for a house I'm not a fan of - though I get that the type of thing I'd want isn't even an option in LA.

The real estate market in LA is insane though - you see these multi-million pound houses on the likes of Selling Sunset and they go on about the incredible views - but it's just views of other people's houses (and they can see yours too) and loads of concrete. Pass.

Listen, 20 years from now, Anything in the north close to fresh water is going to be worth a fortune. So look to the Great Lakes. Upstate NY, Michigan Wisconsin, Illinois, etc. Because California will be on fire.

R245 selling sunset and the housing on the sunset strip isn't really indicative of LA housing stock generally. That type of housing only really exists over there, and then further west along the hills towards the ocean in some parts. There are a lot of very charming single family homes in the hills around Echo Park / Silverlake / Los Feliz / Mount Washington that all have nice views but also a lot of private outdoor space (great for sex parties ;) ) and also all of the canyons have a lot of cool ranchy / mediterranean / mid century places that also have both. Once you get off the flats in LA anywhere east you see a lot of very jumbled together housing styles, this is particular to the area (it doesn't (and LA generally doesn't) have any of the estate type planning familiar to europeans with 200 of the same building in a row) which is cool and unique. It's worth checking out.

It's kind of sad for this King and Queen that Kanye and Kim K each already have their Tadao Ando houses, not to mention Tom Ford. Doesn't seem very cutting edge. And they have overpaid. Or the price is bullshit.

I would safely bet that most rock stars, musicians, performers, celebrities, etc. usually overpay for their real estate. It just seems like they make so much money so quickly they just don't manage it well. Now some do. But many do not. Jay Z has always thought of himself as a business man. But I hope he also has sound business advisors.

Apparently Biltmore cost 5 million which is 180 million today.

Queen Bey is the most famous woman in the world. She must live a security strict compound.

R250 isn’t that sad? Imagine what Biltmore would cost today? Way more than $180mm. Didn’t Biltmore nearly bankrupt the owner? The gilded age today seems far more severe than the original one.

If he really is worth $2.5 billion, that is a reasonable purchase. Still hate the house.

R7 Jealous much? A shitty person much?

R249, they don't overpay any more than others with money. What they will do is buy more than they can afford, thinking they'll always have money flowing in.

If you are an agent, you are negotiating with business managers and attorneys- many of whom have their own agendas.

R251 She IS??? No fucking way. You are obviously very high on some exotic drug. Come on down baby... you're cray-cray.

I'm happy to say that neither one of these people has ever made even one red cent of of me. And it'll remain that way.

Why are so many celebs and billionaires in California so obsessed with living in hideous rectangular concrete houses/mansions with white minimalist interiors?

How many shitters in the place?

R260 I imagine a home of this magnitude there are at least a dozen bathrooms.

More bedrooms for Jay-Z to keep his mistresses in.

R262 why do you keep making the same joke? Are you ok?

It goes to show that great wealth doesn't mean taste. Buying a $200 million was an obscene flash of their money to show off. It's the most expensive home ever in CA, after all.

R264 I kinda feel your sentiment but they are billionaires after all. Their home is going to match their wealth. Good thing Queen Bey and King Consort Sean are philanthropists just like the great Bill Gates.

I made this exact house in the Sims once. I had to use every cheat code and it crashed the game.

[quote] This house is something that could eventually be an art gallery and homage to its inhabitants.

Wouldn’t the glare of the California sun reflecting off the ocean damage the art?

I actually love Ando's work and the house but I'm sort of surprised they like it. Well, Kim K has one too so they have to have one... (rolls eyes)

$200M makes sense for all that land in Malibu. Shrug.

Their fans made them all this money so, yeah, they've got it. I think Jay-Z is talented too... not so convinced about Bey's singing qualities, but she is pretty and seems to be a good entertainer/dancer.

Thank you Mr. Nicey McPollyanna.

R269 Over 109 years ago they invented something called blinds. And today they have high tech tinted windows.

An art collector who spent 15 years building a house has state of the art rotating shades, and other things to prevent damage.

I would presume one can prevent damage with the correct glass, alone.

[quote] $200 million and you still look into your neighbor's windows

That's why California pervs pay extra

I once saw a video on You Tube before it got sanitized when it was bought out, and in the video, it was home made, Jay Z and his boys were hanging out and he was arguing with some random woman and he started beating on her. He roughed her up and they were cursing at one another until his boys stopped him. It was authentic, not for show. But I don't think you can find it now. This was before he married Beyonce' and became a role model. LOL!

R276 Another stankin ass lie. He mushed her after said woman got in his face and put hands on him first.

It’s sleek and modern at least. Some of these ultra rich celebrities pay so many millions for custom compounds and they’re just oversized and ugly. Tom and Gisele had an ugly custom built property iirc. The only drawback is I’d think you’ll need a golf cart to get around JayZ and Beyoncé’s place.

Bold and Beautiful shot some episodes on the property, I believe. I’m guessing they filmed outdoors on the grounds as opposed to inside the home.

TAX THE RICH TAX THE RICH TAX THE RICH.....BEGINNING WITH REAGAN THEIR TAX WENT DOWN EVERY DAY YEAR.

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