Kanye West Is Desperately Looking for a Buyer for His Uninhabitable Malibu Mansion
The Malibu Beach area of Los Angeles is one of the most expensive real estate areas in the state of California. However, Kanye West is finding it difficult to offload his oceanside mansion for a very understandable reason — it’s currently uninhabitable.
The gutted estate, which the 46-year-old rapper bought for a whopping $57 million in 2021, doesn’t have much curbside appeal for any buyer right now because it’s a concrete shell of a structure. He originally put the property on the market for $53 million in January, willing to take that $4 million hit, but no one was biting at that price. Now, according to TMZ which has the before-and-after photos, West has drastically dropped the price by $14 million — his home could be yours for only $39 million, but it doesn’t have any walls or decor… or anything.
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West’s only saving grace at this point might be a developer, who has a budget and a vision, because it’s unlikely that any average buyer would want to tackle this costly and lengthy renovation project. We also feel sorry for the neighbors who have endured this eyesore for years, and who will have to deal with massive construction at some point. What makes this particular sale so infuriating to architecture lovers is that this home was originally designed by the famous architect Tadao Ando.
It was seen as a significant part of Ando’s body of work with sculptural lines paired with his minimalist concrete structures. Since West stripped all of its windows, electrical, doors, and plumbing, it’s really hard to see the architect’s vision anymore. West wanted to make it look like a “bomb shelter,” according to Page Six. “It will take several million dollars for the house to be finished,” Selling Sunset star and listing agent Jason Oppenheim of the Oppenheim Group told The Wall Street Journal.
The reality star was trying to spin the sale in any direction he could to People, knowing that West’s construction customization wasn’t going to entice a lot of buyers. “This architect is known for his concrete work, which is what remains,” Oppenheimer explained. “So it’s really going to be up to the new buyer to imagine the interiors that he or she wants. It was a very minimalist interior previously and will likely continue to be that in order to allow the architecture to speak louder than the finishes.” We wish West and Oppenheimer the best of luck because this estate is a hard sell.
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