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Melanie Brown Lists Tarzana House At $3.45M

[one_fourth]Price: $3,450,000[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth]Size: 8,204 sq ft[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth]Bedrooms: 5[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth_last]Bathrooms: 8[/one_fourth_last]

Maybe Scary Spice was always screaming, loud and a little less than refined, but you couldn’t tell it from her elegant 8,200 square foot home recently put on the market. In fact, it’s more like a home you’d expect for Posh Spice. The couple paid $3.159 million for this beautiful mansion in Tarzana, California less than two years ago. Then they put another million into when they added another detached cottage style building on the property containing a state of the art movie theatre, a mirrored gym, game room, gym, and wet bar. Why would Melanie Brown and Stephen Belafonte be selling so quickly? The couple may love the home, but they’re not too fond of one another and decided to call it quits.

The rooms in this French style mansion have beautiful Venetian chandeliers, marble or hard wood floors and look very continental. For those who want to watch how they eat, the dining room sports mirrored walls. There are huge his and her walk in closets, which rival the size of most people’s bedrooms. The bathrooms have the look of a posh hotel with one having a double window that opens to view the skyline of the city.

Of course, as with any mansion, there are plenty of bathrooms and bedrooms. You’ll find five bathrooms and eight bedrooms in this mansion. All of which are large and spacious. Some of the bedrooms are more ornate than others are, but all are contain the French decorating style, even the rooms for Angel, Phoenix, Giselle and new little Madison, the children are replete with that décor.

One big draw for the mansion is the outdoor living area, which is nicer than most of us enjoy inside the house. It offers a dining room, complete with a chandelier, an open but covered kitchen area, a large outdoor living room and a pool area. Of course, the no living room, indoors or outdoors, is complete without a huge flat-screen TV and this one is no different.

There’s a stone fire pit area for those cool nights also sitting atop the huge flat stone patio. Upon looking at it, it seems as though this would be the perfect place for any outdoorsman to set up camp. Okay, change that to “any outdoorsman who wants five star accommodations.” Therefore, if you have a box of marshmallows and a few million lying around, you might want to check out this prime piece of real estate.

Pictures of Melanie Brown’s Tarzana House For Sale

source: Los Angeles Times + Realtor.com

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Jason Segel Buys Another House In West Hollywood

[one_fourth]Bedroom: 5 [/one_fourth]

[one_fourth]Bathroom: 3 [/one_fourth]

[one_fourth]Size: 6,500 sq ft[/one_fourth]

[one_fourth_last]Price: $1,849,000[/one_fourth_last]

[box] Jason Segel purchased a home in the Hollywood Hills back in 2007 for just under $2.5 million. Then in the spring of 2010 Segel decided to follow in the footsteps of late night show host, Jimmy Kimmel, and sink even more money into the real estate market. Between these two Tinsel Town celebs there is now much less available land to buy near the LA based Chateau Marmont Hotel.[/box]

Segel has added to his private retreat by shelling out $1,849, 000 for two parcels of land that bordered his original property. This purchase of prime real estate has also helped catapult him into the role of a ‘major player’ should Andre Balazs, the owner of Chatueau Marmont, decide to extend the current property boundaries of his own historic LA landmark.

This could well be a vivid example of ‘money attracting money’. Why else would Jason Segel be so anxious to expand his real estate holdings in the Hollywood Hills if not for the investment potential?

According to well placed sources the latest trend for Hollywood celebs with deep pockets is to sink their money into real estate near the Chateau Marmont Hotel. The land is valuable, the scenery is breathtaking and they can scoop up great real estate deals at bargain basement rates.

Segel’s first purchase was a 4 bedroom, 4 bath Spanish style home which included 2876 square feet of living space. Now, thanks to the current prices of real estate he was able to acquire yet another ritzy compound, a 5 bedroom, 3 bath chateau with a swimming pool for nearly a half million dollars less than what his Spanish influenced hacienda cost.

Now Segel can choose to expand his own housing compound, rent out that second home or hold onto this piece of real estate until someone offers him a chance to double, or triple his investment.

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