Prince Loved The "Purple Rain" House So Much, He Bought It
Update 07/19/16: Paisley Park wasn't the only Minnesota property Prince owned.
Last year, we reported that the Chanhassen home where Prince's character and his family lived in the 1984 film "Purple Rain" was for sale. Now, public records list the late musician as the buyer, according to Curbed. Turns out, Prince loved his hometown even more than we thought. In fact, The Current reports that Prince owned several other properties in the Twin Cities area, in addition to his homes in Turks & Caicos, Spain, and Los Angeles.
According to The Current, the house – which needs some TLC – is officially owned by one of Prince's companies, NPG Music Publishing, and is now being managed by Bremer Trust.
If you're hoping to get a look as to how the star really lived, hold tight: Prince's Paisley Park home is set to be converted into a Graceland-like attraction soon.
h/t: Curbed
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Previously 06/27/15: If ruffly shirts and platform shoes aren't your thing, there's another way to live out your secret Prince fantasies. A small fixer-upper in Minneapolis, where Prince's character and parents lived in the 1984 film "Purple Rain," just went on the market for a song. (See what we did there?)
The two-bedroom home is being sold for just $110,000 and "needs to be rehabbed," according to the Coldwell Banker listing. The 1,348-square-foot building has anunfinished basement as well as a kitchen and bathroom in serious need of updating. But its charming exterior and significance in pop culture may be worth the extra work.
Earlier this year, Prince's real-life Beverly Hills home sold for $5.5 million - 50 times the asking price for this house. The Los Angeles Times described the pop star as a "perpetual renter," saying Prince sold the Beverly Hills house in 1997 and it was the only Los Angeles-area place he ever owned.
Prince records his music and shoots many of his videos inhis hometown of Chanhassen, Minnesota at his massive recording complex, PaisleyPark Studios. The Purple Rain home is just a half-hour drive away.
Take a closer look at the property in the photos below.
h/t Curbed
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