Private residences in Beverly Hills
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Residences in Beverly Hills and its immediate vicinity are famous for their size, cost, luxury, flamboyance, and associations with wealth, power, and celebrity. Largest private residences in the Beverly Hills area The following includes private residences or more. The Spelling Manor, 594 South Mapleton Drive The Manor, also known as Spelling Manor is the largest home in Los Angeles County, a super mansion in the French chateau-style mansion with 123 rooms and (about 1.05 acre) of space on more than . It was built by television producer Aaron Spelling (Dynasty, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Charmed) in 1988 as his private residence. It is located in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1988, it is the largest home in Los Angeles County. The house was designed by architects James Langenheim & Associates and built in 1988 at a cost of $12 million ($ adjusted for inflation). The two-story house is high with a basement and an intermediate level for closets between the second story and attic. The mansion has a screening room, gymnasium, bowling alley, three rooms for wrapping presents, four two-car garages, tennis court, and swimming pool. The parking lot accommodates 100 vehicles, and there are also 16 carports. Spelling died in 2006 and the mansion was listed for sale in 2009 at an asking price of $150 million, making it the most expensive home in America. When the house was listed, Candy Spelling called it the "greatest entertainment house ever" with a "kitchen where you can cook for two or 800." In the movie Legally Blonde, Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) described her social standing to Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis) this way: "I grew up in Bel Air, Warner. Across the street from Aaron Spelling." In Spelling's 2006 obituary, the mansion was described - "Mr. Spelling himself, though a self-effacing and extremely shy man in private, put his own vast wealth on display in the late 1980s when he and his wife, Candy, supervised the construction of their home in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles. The structure, which like his shows drew mostly scathing reviews, eventually contained 123 rooms over about 56,000 square feet. It was said to include a bowling alley, an ice rink and an entire wing devoted to his wife's wardrobe." 1156 Shadow Hill Way The largest residence in Beverly Hills proper (90210) as of 1995, according to John Bruce Nelson Real Estatee, was 1156 Shadow Hill Way, Beverly Hills, 90210. The residence is notable for its interior size (35,736 square feet), 360 degree view of Beverly Hills on top of a knoll, its luxury, and its involvement in international celebrity and crime. In 2002, it was listed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as the contact address for Pearlasia Gamboa, president of a micronation called the Dominion of Melchizedek, regarding First Canadian American Holding Corp and the International Monetary Reserve. These were banking and finance companies associated with international fraud. Gamboa's method of operation was to appear to have vast wealth in order to lure investors and depositors. 1156 Shadow Hill is the home of Navid Shirazi in the television series 90210, and can be seen in the season one episode "Games People Play", when Adrianna goes over to his house for dinner. The show was produced by Aaron Spelling, who owned the only larger home in the Beverly Hills are at that time, known as The Manor. 18 Beverly Park 18 Beverly Park is . 1158 Shadow Hill Way 1158 Shadow Hill Way is Fleur de Lys mansion, 350 North Carolwood Drive The residence at 350 North Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90077, in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Bel Air, is . It is known as the Saperstein Estate, "Fleur de Lys", owned by billionaire David Saperstein. Saperstein built it in the 1990's for his then-wife, Suzanne. It has 12 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, and is a Versailles-style. The home is listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the most expensive in the United States, with an estimated property value of about $125 million. The compound, which according to W Magazine is inspired by France's 17th-century Vaux-le-Vicomte, occupies about and is called Fleur de Lys ("Lily Flower" in French). The home took five years to build and the couple were divorced 18 months after it was completed. His wife Suzanne has had the house on the market at a listing price of $125 million. She listed the home shortly after divorcing her husband. 677 North Faring Road 677 North Faring Road Los Angeles CA 90077 is . 41 Beverly Park Circle 41 Beverly Park Circle Beverly Hills CA 90210 is . 10644 Bellagio Road 10644 Bellagio Road Los Angeles CA 90077 is 28,725 square feet. 67 Beverly Park Court 67 Beverly Park Court Beverly Hills CA 90210 is . 9505 Lania Lane 9505 Lania Lane Los Angeles CA 90210 is . 330 South Mapleton Drive 330 South Mapleton Drive Los Angeles CA 90024 is . 601 Mountain Drive 601 Mountain Drive Beverly Hills CA 90210 is . 76 Beverly Park Lane 76 Beverly Park Lane Beverly Hills CA 90210 is . 73 Beverly Park Lane 73 Beverly Park Lane Beverly Hills CA 90210 is . 1130 Schuyler Road 1130 Schuyler Road Beverly Hills CA 90210 is 377 South Mapleton Drive 377 South Mapleton Drive Los Angeles CA 90024 is .
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