“If a buyer is found for the Playboy Mansion, Mr. Hefner will continue to live at the Mansion for the rest of his life”, he told USA TODAY.
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“The Playboy Mansion has been a creative center for Hef as his residence and workplace for the past 40 years, as it will continue to be if the property is sold”, Flanders said in a statement. Another provision states that potential buyers can tour the entire property, except Hefner’s bedroom.
Representatives did not specifically say why the company had the made a decision to sell the property, which was built in 1927 and purchased by Playboy in 1971 for a reported $1.1 million, a figure property agents said was the largest real estate transaction in Los Angeles history at that time.
A general view of the Playboy Mansion at “The Transporter Refueled” Los Angeles screening held at The Playboy Mansion on August 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
The listing of the 22,000-square-foot Gothic Tudor mansion comes amidst a continued overhaul of Playboy Enterprises as it seeks to shift from a racy magazine publisher to a global licensing company.
The Playboy Mansion boasts a home theater, a gym, tennis court, swimming poll with a grotto, a catering kitchen, and a wine cellar among its 29 rooms. The famed Playboy mansion has been given a price tag- the only catch is Hef comes with the place.
The Playboy Mansion has been the backdrop of many film shoots and wild parties over the years. Once notorious but now mostly tamed, the mansion has not been especially relevant in popular culture for years.
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Mauricio Umansky says, “The Agency couldn’t be prouder to represent one of the most well-known estates in the country”, said Mauricio Umansky.
