Friday, August 31, 2012

Friday Catch Up: Damon's New Digs

Actor Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso have been on a long and as-yet unsuccessful search for a new, super-sized pad in Manhattan for years* but, as the folks at Zillow revealed, they didn't seem to take much time on the west coast where they've dropped a whopping $15,000,000 on a three-story, 8,890 square foot** Zen-contemporary in the upscale Pacific Palisades community.

Previous reports and listing information we managed to dig up out of the depths of the internets show the hulking, KAA Design Group-designed domicile—a blend of California Modernism and traditional Spanish Colonial, according to the architect's website—was built in 2004 and sits on a flat, .68 acre corner lot in the quite-ritzy but none-the-less low-key Riviera section of Pacific Palisades. As it turns out—and maybe not coincidentally—Mister Damon's new digs happen to be on the same street as the plush, gated estate his b.f.f. Ben Affleck shares with wife Jennifer Garner.

The boxy mansion's series of interlocking glass, stone and wood pavilions orbit around a voluminous, cruise ship-like atrium with 35-foot mahogany ceiling and include 7 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, formal living and dining rooms, an office, eat-in kitchen and family room, media room, five-car garage, and what listing information called a "serious" home gym.

Wide and soaring banks of glass open up to various courtyards, garden, patios, and sleeping porches. The fully landscaped grounds include flat lawns and gardens connected by wood walkways, numerous water features—including, as per the architect's website, "a koi pond that functions as a fence," and a swimming pool and spa with adjacent pool house pavilion.

For the last couple of years Mister and Missus Damon (and their four children) have hunkered down in New York City but have long maintained a sprawling, two-parcel waterfront compound in Miami Beach, FL. The first portion of the property was purchased in April 2005 for $10,300,000 and includes a 9 bedroom and 10 bathroom mansion (plus a waterside guest house and additional living space above the garages), and the second parcel (with roof-terraced, bay-side pool house) was picked up a few months later, in December, for $4,200,000. Not too long ago Your Mama heard an entirely unsubstantiated rumor that Mister and Misssus Damon might like to sell their Miami Beach spread but, sorry Charlies, we can't offer up any additional details at this point .

*As far as Your Mama knows—and we really know so very little—Mister Damon still owns an East Village loft-apartment with a private basketball court in the basement.

**Some resources we consulted show the house may actually be as large as 13,508 square feet. 

listing photos: Coldwell Banker (via Curbed)

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing Zen about a living room thats as wide as a bowling alley and having to walk around furniture to get to the other side.

Anonymous said...

I love Matt. Love him!

Anonymous said...

Didn't you do a post on this a few months back, Mama? It's rather ugly. I appreciate the desire to be different, but the house just comes across as cheap.

Anonymous said...

At least they have SSA Security Patrol in this section of the Palisades. They are the best!

Anonymous said...

I liked.It's different.

Anonymous said...

The nannies are going to have their hands full keeping the kids out of the koi pond.

Lady J

Anonymous said...

That's a whole lotta $$$ for a house that is just up the hill and across the street from Sunset Blvd. For that amount of money, I would want farther back from the never-ending traffic and pollution. And, this is another example of people/builder wanting a more prestigious street address than the real one it ought to have; this house's driveway and front entrance front Romany, but who wants that street address for $15M? Just like former Paramount CEO's house addressed as S. Mapleton in Holmby Hills when it is clearly on Wynton Drive, but for a 25k s/f house, who wants a Wynton address? Now that house, I love!
Wallace Ridge

Anonymous said...

they paid under 15 mil. the photos obvs reveal the previous owner's furnishings..Matt & Lucy are back in New York for the school year. (her daughter is finishing 8th grade there..then they will permanently relocate back to the palisades at the end of the school year)
By that time I'm sure whatever remodel/decorating they want to do is done. they have great taste and are a great couple. They have 4 kids. One nanny (not live in) and they always have tons of family visiting from OOT and friends visiting..this kind of space fits their lifestyle..they're always entertaining.

Petra's said...

They paid exactly $15 mill, according to public records. That's quite a bit of moolah for a place that's on a fairly small lot with no view and on a corner, as another poster pointed out. Guess Matt just really really really wanted to be as close to Ben as possible.

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I loved the concept of the house. The interiors are just too impeccably designed for perfection.

Anonymous said...

On one hand it's a really gorgeous house, and on another it's kind of plain and boxy.

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