Although he hasn’t occupied the premises in years, a Los Angeles estate still owned by LeBron James has popped up for sale with a whopping $20.5 million ask. Unfortunately for the basketball superstar and budding media titan’s pocketbook, that’s $500,000 less than the $21 million he paid for the place more than five years ago, way back in October 2015, when his current Lakers career was still a proverbial twinkle in some sports analyst’s eye.
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Image Credit: Redfin Set on prestigious Rockingham Drive — the same street made infamous by O.J. Simpson all those years ago — in the elite Brentwood Park neighborhood, the walled and gated property consists of a nearly 9,500-square-foot, two-story mansion on a sprawling lot that spans more than a half-acre, with views of the surrounding hills.
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Image Credit: Redfin Behind the home’s uber-traditional façade of white siding and stone contrasted against jet black shutters lie color-splashed interiors, including a double-height entryway with mustard-hued walls, and a formal living room wrapped in wallpaper and burnt orange draperies. All the public rooms are grandly proportioned, of course, and they additionally include a family room with fuchsia accent chairs that opens via two sets of sliding doors to a loggia with plenty of room for al fresco entertaining. Both the family and living rooms also include masonry fireplaces, two of four in the home.
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Image Credit: Redfin The kitchen flaunts a more muted color palette with snow white Shaker-style cabinets topped by thick slabs of marble. Like the rest of the main floor, the kitchen also has wheat-colored hardwood floors that flow into the adjoining semicircular breakfast room. A second family room, meanwhile, lies just off a wood-paneled office and is currently outfitted with a fancy portable bar and a flatscreen TV, plus there’s another set of sliding glass doors opening to a patio.
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Image Credit: Redfin Upstairs is a communal family gathering area/lounge with another TV. For its part, the sumptuous master retreat has its own fireplace and long views of the surrounding hills. A sitting area and fireplace lie in the bedroom, which is wrapped in a blue wallpaper, and a New Age-inspired chandelier dangles from the vaulted ceiling. Five additional bedrooms, a mudroom, gym, and an elevator complete the elegant offering.
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Image Credit: Redfin Those are just the interiors, though. Arguably the estate’s best feature is its backyard, where a well-tended grassy lawn runs out to a lap-lane swimming pool, complete with an inset spa and semicircular Baja shelf. A cabana lies at the pool’s south side, and westward views occasionally include inland-traveling mist from the ocean.
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Image Credit: Redfin Although the property appears well-maintained, James and his family haven’t lived in this home since at least 2017, when the 6’9″ star plunked down $23.5 million for his current main residence, another mansion elsewhere in Brentwood. And last year, James made all the news headlines when he paid $36.8 million for a hilltop 90210 compound once owned by Hugh Hefner and occupied by Katharine Hepburn.
David Offer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices holds the listing.